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Abbott sent migrants to Harris' home

"These are human beings," advocates plead

Salon

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

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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

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DeSantis and Abbott Are Wrong To Treat Migrants as a Punishment

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Reason

“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 Texas Tribune

Texas denies posthumous pardon for George Floyd

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

The Independent UK

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.

France 24

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

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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

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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.

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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.

Al Jazeera

Texas sends two buses of migrants to US vice president’s home

Migrants stood outside Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, DC before aid workers guided them to nearby church.

Los Angeles Times

Migrants, long used as political props, were dumped Thursday at the vice president’s residence

The Texas Tribune

Fight over border security escalates after governors send migrants to Kamala Harris’ home and Martha’s Vineyard

The latest moves by Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week have triggered outrage among immigration rights’ groups and Democrats who have accused the Republicans of engaging in human trafficking and treating migrants like “human cargo” to score political points.

The Independent UK

2 busloads of migrants dropped off near VP Harris' residence

Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday

The Independent UK

Texas sends two buses of migrants to Kamala Harris’s home

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency last week and announced the city would be creating a new office to provide services for migrants

The Texas Tribune

Comptroller, railroad commissioner, lieutenant governor: What do Texas state officials actually do?

For example, members of the Railroad Commission don’t deal with railroads. Here’s what the many officials elected statewide do with the power voters give them.

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