Gov. Greg Abbott, center, at a press conference at Bexar County s 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 criticized the administration’s decision to allow unaccompanied children into the country, calling it “open border policies” even though families and adults are still turned away, in violation of federal and international asylum law.
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 summarizes concerns that “there is sexual acting out between children” and that gay teens are bullied.
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When the Texas power grid failed during a historic winter storm, millions of people were left in the cold and dark. The operator of that grid, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said they were only moments away from an absolute nightmare scenario: a statewide blackout that could have lasted weeks or months.
The storm was unprecedented but it wasn’t unpredictable. How did this disaster happen, and what can be done to prevent a similar failure?
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Dominic Anthony Walsh is a Trinity University student studying communication and communication management. He is the student director of programming for Indie Overnight on Trinity’s KRTU 91.7 FM, where he got his broadcasting start as creator and host of The Hippie Coffee Hours in 2017. Starting in the fall of 2019, Dominic will serve as platforms coordinator and podcast producer for the Trinitonian Trinity’s campus newspaper, where he began his journalism career in 2017 as a feature reporter.
Prior to enrolling at Trinity, Dominic spent six years in the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. He formed his first rock band in 2015 with other youth musicians from YOSA. Since then, he has stayed active in the local music community as a member of Elnuh, Sugar Skulls, and Samantha Flowers, among other projects. Dominic will graduate from Trinity in 2020 and intends to continue working as a broadcast journalist.
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