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Advocates back Gov. Greg Abbott's 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 abuse inside the facility holding more than 1,300 children. But some who have demanded improved co...

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 couldn't help but question the governor's timing and motivations. Abbott largely remained silent despite reports of widespread abu...

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 �...

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 b...

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 presence of Hollywood film noir has remained a genre of intrigue in the world of cinema. Films like �...