by Bobby Watson | Feb 14, 2022 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Law Enforcement
Operation Lone Star (OLS) is a mission initiated by Gov. Abbott in March 2021 as the state’s attempt to tackle immigration. Abbott issued a disaster declaration that covers 48 different counties near the border allowing the Texas Government to direct resources from...
by Bobby Watson | Feb 7, 2022 | Climate Justice, Disaster Responses and Resilience, Global Climate Policy, Human Migration, Human Rights
Migration is a complex global issue that can be influenced from any number of factors such as climate resilience, economic stability and the presence of conflict. We have created a database that demonstrates what major religious organizations are involved in global or...
by Bobby Watson | Feb 7, 2022 | Human Rights, Resources
Texas Impact recently held its annual United Methodist Women’s Legislative event. As part of it, we prepared the following single page fact sheets over some important topics related to US immigration, such as the Migrant Protection Protocol, asylum seekers and...
by Bobby Watson | Jan 18, 2022 | Human Rights, Latest Posts
Construction of the southern border wall was one of the main goals of the Trump administration, but riddled with difficulties in both funding and in the actual construction of the wall, Trump left the project largely unfinished. Before Trump took office, the US...
by Bobby Watson | Jan 12, 2022 | Human Rights
One of President Biden’s major campaign promises was to tackle US immigration at the southern border and to reverse some of the Trump administration’s inhumane border policies. However, a year into the administration little has changed and it doesn’t look like it’s...
by Sidney Earnheart | Sep 17, 2021 | Human Rights
Remain In Mexico Updated and Explained On August 24, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an Order effectively requiring the reinstatement of the Migrant Protection Protocols implemented by the Trump administration. Ending MPP was one of the Biden...
