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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Migrant says he was paid to recruit migrants for Florida’s controversial Martha’s Vineyard flights

Migrants have said they were falsely promised work and housing

The Independent UK

Texas court expands protections for families with trans kids

State officials are blocked from investigating families with trans children if they are members of PFLAG.

Axios

Texas social-media law on web censorship upheld by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court upheld the validity of a Texas social media law that companies like Meta Platforms Inc. and Twitter Inc. say will prevent them from blocking hate speech and extremism.

Tribune News Service

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Texas’ child welfare agency blocked from investigating many more parents of trans teens

Friday’s injunction applies to all members of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group with more than 600 members in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Texas judge halts abuse investigations into advocate families with transgender children

A Texas judge has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to halt all investigations into the families of transgender children if they are members of the LGBT advocacy nonprofit PFLAG.

Tribune News Service

White House says DeSantis, Abbott like ‘smugglers’ for transporting migrants from border

The Biden administration increased its criticism of Ron DeSantis over his scheme this week to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, accusing Florida’s Republican governor of deploying “smuggler tactics” to deceive asylum seekers.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Abbott sent migrants to Harris' home

"These are human beings," advocates plead

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Picture Chicago: The Sun-Times’ photos of the week

Illinois takes in immigrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Bears beat the 49ers in a rain-soaked season opener in our best photos of the week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hillary Clinton says DeSantis sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is ‘literally human trafficking’

Ron DeSantis abandoned around 50 migrants on Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday without warning in a pushback against the Biden administration’s immigration policies

The Independent UK

Texas denies a posthumous pardon for George Floyd over a drug charge

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer.

WEKU

DeSantis criticized for sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard: ‘It’s un-American’

Democrats outraged at the ‘reckless’ and ‘soulless’ actions and question the legality of what some called a political stunt

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis embraces white nationalism

Republican governors "shipping" migrants off is a dehumanizing stunt — and it's meant to be one

Salon

DeSantis tries to out-Trump Trump

There's an ugly history behind this week's Martha's Vineyard atrocity — even if Trump thinks it was all his idea

Salon

DeSantis and Abbott Are Wrong To Treat Migrants as a Punishment

Plus: How students learn best, insurers drive police reforms, and more...

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The Texas Tribune

“It needs to stop”: Mass shooting sparks a wave of political activism in Uvalde

The father of one shooting victim has launched a write-in campaign for county commissioner. Other parents have traveled to Austin and Washington, D.C., to pressure elected officials to support stricter gun laws.

The Independent UK

Texas denies posthumous pardon for George Floyd

Board has reversed its decision saying it found ‘procedural errors’ in its initial recommendation

France 24

Biden outraged as Texas, Florida governors displace migrants across country

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans from Texas to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before November midterm elections.

The Independent UK

Migrant crisis – live: DeSantis stunt could undercut Hispanic voter support in November

Critics accuse Republican governors of carrying out a dangerous ‘political stunt’

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Los Angeles Times

GOP governors bused migrants to liberal cities. Texas sent them to the vice president’s home

WASHINGTON — Politicians have been using migrants as props for decades. Republicans visit the Southwest border and declare that immigration is out of control. During the Trump administration, Democrats made their way to detention centers to decry the treatment of children locked in cages.

Axios

Top Biden officials to discuss "litigation options" over migrant buses sent by GOP governors

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes to fly roughly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

The Independent UK

Texas board denies posthumous pardon for George Floyd

A Texas board has declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas Gov. Abbott sends asylum seekers here to sow chaos, but Illinois is better than that

We currently have a group of asylum seekers staying at one of our hotels in Countryside.

Tribune News Service

Is Beto gaining on Abbott? Poll shows Texas voter thoughts on abortion, border, guns

With the race for Texas governor just two months away, Republican incumbent Greg Abbott continues to have an edge over Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, according to a new poll.

Axios

"They've been lied to": The scramble to help migrants on Martha's Vineyard

Roughly 50 people are packed into a homeless shelter at a small church in Edgartown.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis’ remarks prompt more questions on where migrant flights originated

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis took credit for sending undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, the governor suggested at a news conference on Thursday that his efforts prevented those migrants from ever making it into Florida.

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