by Bobby Watson | Mar 24, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
On Tuesday March 22, Texas Impact brought 4 members of its Ending Gun Violence Issue team to attend the House Select Committee for Community Safety’s first reading of bills. The committee read through 14 bills. Texas Impact brought its members, several of whom are...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 24, 2023 | Latest Posts
On Wednesday March 24 the Senate Border Security committee met to lay out their first round of bills. The senate committee was created last special session in order to address the crisis at the border and oversee Operation Lone Star, the governor led military...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 24, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
This week, action heated up in the Capitol across a range of issues. Texas Impact focused especially on hearings related to the electric grid; vouchers; and addressing gun violence. We are proud of the members of our Ending Gun Violence issue team who provided...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 19, 2023 | Action Alerts, Latest Posts, Legislative
Download the PDF Committees take center stage for the next several weeks as decisions are made about which fraction of the hundreds of bills referred to them will see the light of day on the floors of their respective chambers. We are at full speed now. As has...
by Bee Moorhead | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Posts, Legislative
At a rally at the Capitol opposing anti-trans bills, Equality Texas Executive Director Ricardo Martinez told a crowd of trans Texans, medical professionals, faith leaders, and allies that it’s everyone’s responsibility to speak up loudly against baseless...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Mar 16, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Individual Action, Latest Posts
Submit your comment here: https://immigrationjustice.quorum.us/campaign/44910/ TLDR: The Biden administration’s proposed asylum transit ban and contemplation of the use of family detention again is simply recycling the previous administration’s cruel tactics to erode...
