Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A state district judge Thursday may have set in motion a new wave of legal challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s trouble-plagued border security initiative, ruling that one migrant’s arrest on […]
Migrants
Strict U.S. Immigration Laws Leave Migrants Dependent on Human Smugglers
Tougher immigration enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past 50 years has made human smuggling more profitable and resulted in an ever-increasing number of desperate people employing smugglers to reach America. To end human smuggling, U.S. laws and policies must provide significantly greater avenues for individuals to live and […]
Greg Abbott’s plan to bus migrants to Washington, D.C., will be voluntary
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Responding to the recent announcement that the Biden administration will lift a pandemic-era immigration policy that allows authorities to turn away migrants, Gov. Greg Abbott promised drastic, “unprecedented” action to […]