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Advocates back Gov. Greg Abbotts call for greater oversight at migrant shelters. But they question his timing and motivations. Texas Tribune Tags:  Credit: REUTERS/Go Nakamura After Gov. Greg Abbott gave a fiery press conference outside a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in San Antonio on Wednesday, advocacy groups said they supported his general message. The Republican governor had called for more oversight and an immediate investigation into reports the state had received of sexual...

After Gov. Greg Abbott gave a fiery press conference outside a shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in San Antonio on Wednesday, advocacy groups said they supported his general message. The Republican governor had called for more oversight and an immediate investigation into reports the state had received of sexual abuse inside the facility holding more than 1,300 children. But some who have demanded improved conditions in such facilities for years said they couldnt help but question the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott, center, at a press conference at Bexar Countys Freeman Coliseum. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has leveled a serious allegation against the federal Department of Health and Human Services: that child abuse is occurring in an emergency care facility at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. The accusation — made in a Tuesday-evening press conference — marks an elevation in the governor’s public campaign against the Biden administration’s border policy. Abbott has repeatedly critici...

This story was originally published on April 8. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has followed up his accusations of "abuse and neglect" at an emergency intake site for migrant teens at the Freeman Coliseum in a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris, who is serving as border czar in response to an increase in immigration. The letter calls for migrant teens to be moved out of the site, and details tips received by the state that they were not eating and lacked supervision in showers and overnight. It also...

The Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival explores U.S.-Mexico border crisis in first all-virtual festival The Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival explores U.S.-Mexico border crisis in first all-virtual festival Courtesy of / Soheil Rezayazdi The above photo is a still from Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” (1958), which will be presented at this year’s virtual Kit Film Noir Festival. By Caroline Val | March 15, 2021, 12:44 AM For many years, the sultry and mysterious pr...

For the first time ever, Arrowhead Stadium will have a naming rights sponsor. The Chiefs announced Thursday that its home will be called GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium beginning with the 2021 season, which be the team's 50th season at Arrowhead.

Hero Pay for Grocery Workers, Pharmacy Workers Takes Effect in Santa Ana Grocery workers and retail pharmacy workers in Santa Ana, Calif., will begin receiving an hourly pay boost after city council passed an urgency ordinance to implement “hero pay”. The measure, which passed with a 5-2 vote during a March 2 council meeting, takes effect immediately. Eligible workers will receive an extra $4 per hour. Under the new law, stores with grocery sections 10,000 square feet or larger—such as th...

Weve never seen anything like the images that are coming out from todays visit and to your point, if this was to have been constructed as a pr opportunity, i think it appears to have blown up in the face of the vice president significantly, because im shocked even knowing what i hoe, im shocked by the images im seeing. >> jonathan ryan of raices texas which provides legal support and representation for many of the migrants down at the boarder who are seeking asylum, which is of course legal unde...

This is the reality, as "washington post" reporter josh dawsey who was there wrote, pool was taken to an outdoor corder where almost 400 men were in caged fences with no cots. the stench was horrendous. when the men saw the press arrive, they began shouting, and wanted to tell us theyd been in there 40 days or longer. the men said they were hungry and wanted to brush their teeth. it was sweltering hot. agents were guarding the cages wearing face masks most of the men did not speak english and lo...

Facility who came across with other adult family members. we met almost no children who came across unaccompanied. the united states is taking children away from their family unit and reclassifying them as unaccompanied children. but they were not unaccompanied children, and some of them were separated from their parents. joining on us discussion now is jonathan ryan. hes executive director for the refugee and immigrant center for education and legal services in texas. also joining us, rita trac...