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Illnois will provide burial for migrant toddler who died on bus

Officials say Illinois will provide funeral and burial services for the migrant toddler who died last week on a bus headed to Chicago from Texas

The Independent UK

An Aussie TikToker Deleted Her Account After Copping Shit From Americans On This Viral Vid

Even the Texan governor is involved.

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Uvalde family blasts Greg Abbott over ‘back to school’ message: ‘An embarrassment’

The Texas governor said the shooting ‘could have been worse’ in the aftermath of the attack

The Independent UK

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University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center will partner to create a new $2.5 billion hospital

The new medical facility, to be located in downtown Austin, will help expand the University of Texas System’s reputed cancer center outside of the Houston area.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott declares wildfire disaster for three-fourths of Texas

At least 8,500 acres of Texas land have burned since Aug. 1. The governor’s disaster declaration allows included counties to access state resources to fight wildfires.

The Texas Tribune

Lawmakers demand Greg Abbott end ‘barbaric’ migrant busing after three-year-old’s death from Texas to Chicago

More than 30,000 asylum seekers have been removed from Texas under the governor’s plan

The Independent UK

Toddler dies in US on a Texas migrant bus going to Chicago

The 3-year-old was being transported as part of the controversial Operation Lone Star border control program.

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Child dies while en route to Chicago as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program

After a 3-year-old began showing signs of distress, the bus of asylum-seekers traveling from Brownsville to Chicago pulled over and an ambulance was called. The child later died at a hospital in Illinois.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House committee report outlines possible path forward for school vouchers

The House blocked school vouchers during this year’s regular lawmaking session, but a report released Friday shows some members might be willing to approve a scaled-back version of the program that doesn’t compete with public schools for funds.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans invoke Noah’s Ark to defend Greg Abbott’s floating Rio Grande border wall in DoJ lawsuit

Texas is being sued in state and federal court over floating border wall plan

The Independent UK

‘Cruel and inhumane’: The US-Mexico floating border is equipped with ‘circular saws’

Videos shared on social media on August 8 provide a closer look at the floating border barrier installed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and aimed at keeping illegal migrants from entering the US. These controversial installations, near which a body was recently found, are equipped with spiky metal discs manufactured…

France 24

Ousted Rep. Bryan Slaton’s tarnished legacy looms over special election to replace him

Candidates are promising to restore integrity to the district, including one Republican who has welcomed endorsements from some of Slaton’s leading supporters.

The Texas Tribune

After property-tax deal, Speaker Dade Phelan weighs in on leadership relations, next special session, reelection

Rapport among the state’s top three Republicans has greatly improved, the House leader said, but another relationship-testing special session awaits on contentious education issues.

The Texas Tribune

Venezuelan matriarch ‘catches a break’ in complicated search for housing for migrants

Turned away from a shelter, the mother and grandmother happened to find a benefactor in a former spice merchant. They’re just one of the hundreds of families that have begun to call Chicago home.

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Texas state troopers are routinely stopping motorists of color in Austin, data shows

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”

Al Jazeera

Operation Lone Star: All you need to know about latest US border flashpoint

Critics say Texas policies at US-Mexico border, such as new floating barriers on Rio Grande, put asylum seekers at risk.

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott slammed by Texas lawmakers for ‘cruel’ floating border barriers with ‘chainsaw devices’

Texas has been sued for controversial floating border barriers

The Texas Tribune

How the Texas AG’s office became a pipeline for conservative federal judges

In just a few decades, the Texas attorney general’s office became a powerhouse in national legal fights over abortion, health care and immigration. Here’s a timeline of how it happened.

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The Independent UK

How governor Greg Abbott is using an obscure ‘invasion’ legal theory for a border power grab in Texas

Legal experts say the governor is twisting the Constitution, but that hasn’t stopped him from ramping up military action at the border, Josh Marcus reports

The Texas Tribune

Eagle Pass residents sour on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star

After initially supporting the governor’s efforts to stem illegal immigration, many residents say Operation Lone Star has gone too far.

The Independent UK

Texas separates migrant families, detaining fathers on trespassing charges in latest border move

Texas officials say state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal agencies

Al Jazeera

2 bodies found in Rio Grande, spurs criticism of US-Mexico border policies

One of the bodies was found tangled in a series of giant buoys installed as a barrier, raising human rights concerns.

Texas Observer

Fighting for Breaks on Multiple Fronts

Workers and activists implore Governor Greg Abbott to consider the dire need for protections in the record-breaking heat.

The Independent UK

Body found trapped in Greg Abbott’s anti-migrant buoys along Mexico-Texas border

First fatalities confirmed near Greg Abbott’s floating barrier in the Rio Grande

The Independent UK

Body found stuck to floating barrier backed by Greg Abbott in Rio Grande, Mexico says

Mexican authorities are working to identify two bodies found in the Rio Grande, one of them spotted along the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had installed recently in the Rio Grande, across from Eagle Pass, Texas

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