Apr 30 Watch 5:56 Chicago warns of humanitarian crisis as city struggles to house migrants By John Yang, Claire Mufson More than 8,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago since August, when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing asylum-seekers to so-called sanctuary cities as a protest against immigration policies. City officials say daily arrivals have increased tenfold over the last two… Continue watching
Apr 19 Uvalde families plead for stricter gun laws nearly a year after mass shooting By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press Next month is the anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack that left 21 people dead. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP leaders have not softened in opposing tougher gun laws. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 8:30 Texas governor seeks to pardon man found guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori, Courtney Norris, Ian Couzens, Saher Khan A politically charged murder conviction in Texas is testing Gov. Greg Abbott's pardon power. At the governor's request, a state board is looking into whether to recommend a pardon for a man convicted of killing an armed protester during the… Continue watching
Nov 08 Greg Abbott wins governor's race in Texas By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Republican Gov. Greg Abbott wins reelection in Texas. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 8:37 D.C. mayor declares emergency as Republican governors send migrant buses to Washington By Amna Nawaz, Layla Quran, Karina Cuevas Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday as thousands of migrants have been sent to the nation's capital from Texas and Arizona over the last several months. Buses are going to New York City and Chicago as… Continue watching
Sep 02 Pecan farmers on Texas border get caught in immigration enforcement battle By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over immigration enforcement on the southern border. Continue reading
Jul 07 Texas governor authorizes state forces to return migrants to border By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Abbott on Thursday authorized state forces to apprehend migrants and return them to the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the boundaries of their enforcement powers and the Republican's escalating efforts to curb the rising number of crossings. Continue reading
May 27 Trump, Cruz stand by gun rights at NRA convention days after elementary school shooting By Juan A. Lozano, Jill Colvin, Associated Press One by one, speakers took the stage at the NRA convention and denounced the massacre at an elementary school across the state. And one by one, they insisted that changing U.S. gun laws or further restricting access to firearms was… Continue reading
May 27 WATCH: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he was 'misled' about police response to Uvalde school shooting By Associated Press Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he was 'misled' about the police response to the Uvalde school shooting and is 'livid about what happened.'… Continue reading
May 25 WATCH: Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Abbott at news briefing for Uvalde school shooting By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling the tragedy “totally predictable when you choose not to do anything.”… Continue reading