If the teenage refugee wants to end her pregnancy, the government argues, she need only drop her immigration case and return home.
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Posted inBorder Patrol, Immigration, Kids on the Line, Religion, Religion and Government, The Trump Era
Government must allow abortion access for migrant girl, judge rules
The ruling is the first test of a Trump administration policy of denying abortion access for immigrant minors in federally funded shelters.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, Prisons, The Trump Era
Judge denies ACLU effort to release detained migrant girl for abortion
“The government may not want to facilitate abortion, but it cannot block it. It is doing that here,” the federal judge also writes in her ruling.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice, Immigration, National Security, The Trump Era, The Wall
ICE issues plan to detain 1,000 more migrants in Texas
“This would continue the trend of this administration’s giveaways to the private prison industry at the expense of immigrants,” one advocate says.
Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability
https://d1m3w2qdkx2ozg.cloudfront.net/335ThePerfectStorm.mp3
The perfect storm
Hurricane Harvey has pummeled Texas, dumping a year’s worth of rain in just a few days and displacing thousands from their homes.
Posted inClimate Change, Sustainability
Houston suburb is magnet for growth and flooding – it’s not a coincidence
Houston suburbs have exploded in population in recent years. Scientists say that’s a big reason why some neighborhoods saw devastating floods.
Posted inAccountability
https://d1m3w2qdkx2ozg.cloudfront.net/328FosterCare.mp3
No place to run
In Texas, the foster care system is failing the vulnerable children it’s meant to protect, leaving many without a safe place to live. Foster children
Posted inInequality, Voting
How Jeff Sessions could determine the state of democracy in Texas
Federal judges have ruled four separate times this year that Republican leaders in Texas rigged election systems to discriminate against minority voters, which potentially could land the entire state under federal oversight.
Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era, The Wall
https://d1m3w2qdkx2ozg.cloudfront.net/309UpAgainstTheWall.mp3
Up against the wall
This episode of Reveal explores the political, logistical and geographic barriers that could get in the way of President Donald Trump’s plan for a bor
Posted inAccountability, Immigration, The Trump Era, The Wall
Scientists say Trump’s border wall would devastate wildlife habitat
Environmentalists say that turning the border fence into a continuous 40-foot concrete wall would make the bad situation for wildlife only worse.