by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Sep 15, 2023 | Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA) DECISION On September 13, 2023, Texas Southern District Court Judge Andrew Hanen ruled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy unlawful, but making it clear the ruling does not require that federal...
by Bee Moorhead | Sep 14, 2023 | Education, Latest Posts, Religious Freedom
Senate Bill 763 gives public school districts the option to replace school counselors with religious chaplains. SB 763 doesn’t require school boards hire chaplains, but it requires them to take a record vote. Now, every Texas school board must vote on whether...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Sep 8, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
BUOY LAWSUIT UPDATES Texas continues to waste taxpayer dollars on lawsuits to keep buoy barriers on the Rio Grande that have already caused grave injury and death to various people, including children. Texas wants to enforce immigration law on their own terms while...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Aug 25, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Latest Posts
New Asylum Shelter Location in Matamoros For many months, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from both Texas and Mexico have diligently coordinated together, and this past week, worked with asylum seeking families to relocate them from the outdoors asylum...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Aug 23, 2023 | Advocacy 101, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
BRIDGE Institutes for Human Rights Leadership, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Last week, it was an honor and a privilege to attend the BRIDGE Institutes for Human Rights Leadership two-day event in San Benito hosted by the National Network for...
by Bee Moorhead | Aug 22, 2023 | Education, Faith Leader Statements, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative, Religious Freedom
MEDIA CONTACTSManisha Sunil, West End Strategy Team / msunil@westendstrategy.com; 202-417-0171Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, BJC / guthrie@bjconline.org; 713-614-4946Joshua Houston, Texas Impact / josh@texasimpact.org; 979-487-1188 AUSTIN—More than 100 Texas chaplains...
