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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 · Jul 20, 2023

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,…

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

‘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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023

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…

Miami Herald · Jul 18, 2023

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 Texas Tribune · Jul 18, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

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 Texas Tribune · Jul 18, 2023

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

The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2023

$1M Donation to Glenn Youngkin Linked to Associates of Austin Area Billionaire Investor

Democratic politicians and reformers say the donation from associates of Joe Liemandt shows a major loophole in campaign finance law.

Texas Observer · Jul 18, 2023