News and Resources

• The Surge
  the surgeHow Texas’ decade-long border security operation has turned South Texas into one of the most heavily policed and surveilled places in the nation. by Melissa del BosqueMay 23, 2018 On a Friday morning, two days before Christmas 2016, Marianna Treviño-Wright decided she’d had enough of the Texas Department of ... read more
  Source: Texas ObserverPublished on 2018-05-23
• Rio Grande Valley Residents Call on Governor Abbott to Protect Bentsen State Park from the Border Wall
  Last Saturday dozens of Rio Grande Valley residents spent their morning showing their love for Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and World Birding Center. They gathered under the shade of beautiful Texas ebony trees to draw attention to the threat posed by the Trump administration’s border wall. This March Congress ... read more
  Source: Sierra Club Rio Grande VallyPublished on 2018-05-15
• Fact-Check of the Day: Trump Misleadingly Says Construction Has Already Begun on His Border Wall
  The Border Patrol has begun replacing old barriers with new barriers — which some call walls and others fencing. But construction on a 1,000-mile border wall has not begun. ... read more
  Source: New York TimesPublished on 2018-05-11
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott at NRA Convention: ‘The Problem is Not Guns, It’s Hearts Without God’
  At the NRA convention in Dallas Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said religion and the Second Amendment are the best ways to curb gun violence and mass shootings. “The answer to gun violence is not to take guns away, the answer is to strengthen the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding ... read more
  Source: Texas ObserverPublished on 2018-05-04
• The great test for Trump’s border wall: Texas’ Rio Grande Valley
  Congress approved $1.6 billion to build 100 miles of border wall, a third in the heavily trafficked Rio Grande Valley, but it's not clear where and why. ... read more
  Source: LA TimesPublished on 2018-04-30
• President Trump, citing ‘overrun’ border, threatens to shut down government if Congress fails to fund border wall
  President Trump said Saturday he would shut down the government in September if Congress did not approve enough border funding in next year’s budget to satisfy him, a threat he made after criticizing immigration laws as “pathetic.” In a speech to animated supporters in a sports arena in Washington, ... read more
  Source: LA TimesPublished on 2018-04-29
• Decoding Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Attacks
  ACLU attorney Madhuri Grewal discusses the Trump administration’s never-ending assault on immigrants. Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration has continued its relentless crusade against immigrants by moving to dismantle important protections for immigrants with little input or oversight from Congress or the public. Though the changes made in ... read more
  Source: ACLUPublished on 2018-04-27

RESOURCES

CASE AGAINST THE WALL

The Environmental Cost of Trump’s Border Wall – Center for Western Priorities
Why we don’t need Trump’s ‘great, great wall’ – Arizona Daily Star
New Border Walls Designed to Flood Texas Towns – Texas Observer
Border Lawmakers Balk at Donald Trump’s Wall Request – Wall Street Journal
Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat – The Texas Tribune
Surprising Lives of Those Living Along U.S.-Mexico Border – National Geographic
There’s a better alternative to building a border wall: restoring the Rio Grande – Quartz
The environmental impact of the US-Mexico Border Wall – Newsweek
Why Trump’s wall won’t stretch ‘from sea to shining sea’ – Washington Post
The Founders would have opposed seizing land for Trump’s border wall – Washington Post

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