by Bobby Watson | May 19, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
As mass shootings and gun violence continue to wreck the US, state and federal legislatures are forced to reckon with our current gun culture. Texas, having just had another mass shooting in Allen, TX, is no different and has had gun laws at the forefront this...
by Bee Moorhead | May 18, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement, Legislative
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by Scott Atnip | May 6, 2023 | Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Weekly Witness
This week Scott welcomes two advocates in the struggle for common sense gun control. Christina Delgado, Southwest Regional Advocacy Associate with the Community Justice Action Fund and Nicole Golden, Executive Director with Texas Gun Sense, have both been working...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | May 4, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Congregation and Group Action, Faith Communities, Get Involved, Human Migration, Human Rights, Individual Action, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
Militarized Response to Humanitarian Crisis As I detailed in a previous post, Title 42 is nearing its end on May 11, 2023 and as a result many changes in processing of asylum seekers at the border are going to take place. In conjunction with the migration plan...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | May 3, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
TLDR: On April 27th, Biden Administration officials announced their plans to help manage migration in light of Title 42, a pandemic health policy set to expire on May 11th. Use of Title 8 expedited removal proceedings, credible fear interviews in custody, and the...
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...
