by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Apr 14, 2023 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
On April 12th, 2023 the House committee for State Affairs laid out HB 20 and HB 7, Texas’s most recent attempt to criminalize migrants. Texas Impact joined dozens of other grassroots groups to protest the bills and testify against them in the hearing, which was...
by Bee Moorhead | Apr 13, 2023 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative
Join Texas denominational leaders in urging legislators to abandon plans to impose a harsh new anti-immigrant regime in Texas. Add Your Name The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would establish a new, state-based system to repel, detain, and punish...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 31, 2023 | Asylum, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
This past week there was the first round of real debate heard in the Senate Committee for Border Security. In the hearing, which was held on the morning of Thursday, March 30th, only two new bills were laid out by the committee: Senate Bill (SB) 1484 by Creighton and...
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...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Feb 9, 2023 | Blog, Get Involved, Human Migration, Human Rights
My first time attending and participating in the three-day Texas United Women in Faith (UWFaith) Legislative Event this past month has left me filled with much hope for this legislative year. A room full of Texans from various denominations who are putting their faith...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jan 18, 2023 | Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Last week, I had the refreshing opportunity to meet with professors and students from Texas State University, UT-RGV, and George Washington University who have funding from the National Science Foundation to study “the geography of migration and (in)security at the...
