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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Greg Abbott defies White House warning on floating Texas border wall: ‘See you in court, Mr President’

Migrant advocates and Texas employees say barriers already putting people in harm’s way

The Independent UK

DoJ sues Texas governor over refusal to remove anti-migrant buoys from river

Move is latest in growing political spat between Greg Abbott and Biden administration over immigration

The Guardian - US

First Thing: conservatives in Spain fail to secure expected majority

Weeks of negotiations likely after snap election leaves left and right almost neck and neck. Plus, Twitter gets a rebranding

The Guardian - UK

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‘Not acceptable’: Texas lawmaker speaks on reports of inhumane border tactics

Tony Gonzales said governor Greg Abbott is ‘doing everything he can’ at the US-Mexico border despite justice department backlash

The Guardian - US

Texas is using disaster declarations to install buoys and razor wire on the US-Mexico border

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S. The Republican is pushing legal boundaries along the border with Mexico to install razor wire, deploy massive buoys on the Rio Grande and bulldoze border islands in the river

The Independent UK

Fifth bus of asylum seekers arrives in Los Angeles from Texas

Bus was carrying 44 people hailing from Colombia, China, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, including 14 children

The Guardian - US

Biden administration warns Texas over floating barriers at border

The US Department of Justice says the barrier in Rio Grande is unlawful and could endanger the lives of immigrants.

Al Jazeera

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Biden administration planning to take legal action against Texas over floating Rio Grande border wall plan

Activists, state troopers, and diplomats have all challenged border plan

The Independent UK

Justice Department tells Texas that floating barrier on Rio Grande raises humanitarian concerns

The Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants crossing from Mexico

The Independent UK

Justice Department threatens Texas with legal action over floating barrier in Rio Grande

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the 1,000-foot barrier to be deployed in the river near Eagle Pass earlier this month. The Justice Department gave Texas until Monday to commit to removing it.

The Texas Tribune

Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right to rest breaks

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

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Buoys, razor wire, and a Trump-y wall: How Greg Abbott turned the Rio Grande into an immigration ‘war zone’

Texas governor has funnelled $12bn into a military-style border buildup with floating walls and razor wire. Josh Marcus speaks with a local business owner and lifelong riverman who’s suing the state to stop it

The Independent UK

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

Mother of Gabriel Infante, 24, sues employer for $1m, saying construction workers had no protections from extreme heat

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Deep in the heart of Texas: As Abbott ramps up ‘inhumane’ operation, where are the feds?

A toddler, passed out from heat exhaustion and caught on a coil of barbed wire, pushed back without assistance by armed men. Desperate people denied water on orders from above, and left to die as a deterrent to others. These aren’t scenes from some UN observer report on a warzone,…

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‘It’s inhumane.’ Mexican president blasts treatment of migrants by Texas

AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blasted the treatment of migrants following reporting earlier this week that officials received orders to push those crossing at the Texas border back into the Rio Grande and also were told not to give them water.

Los Angeles Times

Texas trooper alleges ‘inhumane’ practices against migrants at the border

Troopers at the Texas border were ordered to push children back into the Rio Grande and failed to provide water to asylum seekers in extreme heat conditions, according to an an email sent by a Department of Public Safety trooper, and first reported by the Houston Chronicle.

Al Jazeera

Texas trooper letter describes women, children injured at border

The trooper’s email raises concerns about heavy-handed tactics used to keep migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

Texas’ razor wire, buoys at border violate international law, Mexican officials say

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ installation of a razor wire fence, which has led to an increase in migrant injuries, and a floating border barrier along the Rio Grande violates international law, Mexican officials and experts said.

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The Independent UK

Texas heat wave has inmates' families worried about lack of air conditioning in state's prisons

As a summer heat wave continues to bake most of Texas, family members of inmates are calling for all of the state’s prisons to be fully air conditioned

Miami Herald

Florida aided Texas’ border security initiative under scrutiny for ‘inhumane’ actions

Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent millions of dollars this year to support Texas in deterring migrants from entering the country through its border security initiative. Now, some of those efforts are coming under scrutiny amid reports that Texas officers were ordered to push small children and nursing babies back into…

The Texas Tribune

Prisoners’ relatives and former inmates plead for help as deaths mount in sweltering Texas prisons

Several lawmakers supported a call for Gov. Greg Abbott to bring lawmakers back immediately to approve air conditioning for prisons, which the Legislature declined to do during its regular session.

The Independent UK

Texas trooper's accounts of bloodied and fainting migrants on US-Mexico border unleashes criticism

The White House is criticizing Texas’ operation to stop migrants along the U.S. border with Mexico after a state trooper told a supervisor that the mission has become inhumane

Tribune News Service

To beat the Texas heat, this construction company is turning to wearable tech

A Dallas-based contracting firm is turning to technology to combat hot temperatures across Texas.

The Texas Tribune

State investigating claim that DPS troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water

The Office of the Inspector General is investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out on the riverbank from the heat.

The Guardian - US

Texas trooper says they were told to push children into Rio Grande and deny migrants water

Trooper employed by Greg Abbott’s initiative expressed concern over ‘inhumane’ actions, in email reviewed by the Guardian

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