Out today: Laredo isn’t as widely known as the Big Bend for its history and natural beauty, but it’s one of the oldest cities in #Texas, and the Rio Grande as it winds through South Texas is unlike anywhere else in the state. https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-trump-border-wall-city-deal-border/
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New from Jason Buch: Laredo officials and activists have fended off essentially all border barriers, save for a stretch of less-obtrusive wrought-iron fencing around a Laredo College campus.
Now, the #border town of 250,000 has its back against the wall like never before, and some think it’s already too late. https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-trump-border-wall-city-deal-border/
#immigration #Trump #Texas #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas
Texas Rangers were asked to assist a border city in three murder cases- including that of a local attorney. The results? A botched trial; a controversial plea and lots of missing evidence. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-troubling-disappearance-of-el-gallito/
New from Jason Buch: Laredo officials and activists have fended off essentially all border barriers, save for a stretch of less-obtrusive wrought-iron fencing around a Laredo College campus.
Now, the #border town of 250,000 has its back against the wall like never before, and some think it’s already too late. https://www.texasobserver.org/laredo-trump-border-wall-city-deal-border/
#immigration #Trump #Texas #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas
Our top story, from Steven Monacelli: “Brandon Herrera is probably the exact opposite of the type of candidate that most people want going into a competitive race in this election. His campaign is not about anything that people really care about.” https://www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herrera-gun-youtube-uvalde-congress/
#Texas #extremism #GunViolence #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas #border
"Family detention center has this feedback [loop] where parents are put in a position of helplessness because they can’t get what their #children need because the administration will not give them what they need, and the children are watching their parents be helpless, the parents are watching their children suffer and they’re only spiraling worse." https://www.texasobserver.org/dilley-family-detention-immigration-habeas-corpus-sb-4/