by Bee Moorhead | Apr 10, 2023 | Action Alerts, Health, Latest Posts, Legislative, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
Image: Rosa Rolanda, Autorretrato 1952 Get these bills moving! The following bills have not been scheduled for committee hearings yet. These bills would help to mitigate the damage from Texas’ extreme abortion laws, consistent with the beliefs held by the...
by Kat Karbach | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Posts, Race & Gender, Religious Freedom
In response to the Texas Legislature’s attack on trans Texans, Texas Impact mobilized faith leaders from across the state to oppose harmful legislation that would prohibit health professionals from providing gender-affirming care to individuals under 18. On Monday,...
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 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 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 Bobby Watson | Mar 9, 2023 | Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
This year Texas Impact is engaging the state legislature through a variety of means including our Issue Teams; teams focused on working on advancing policy goals for a specific issue. Currently we have teams for Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ Rights and Ending Gun...
