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Mar 18 2024
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Supreme Court keeps handing Greg Abbott legal losses
Roughly five minutes after Texas' controversial Senate Bill 4 took effect, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended his administrative stays of the new immigration legislation indefinitely. Backed by Governor Greg Abbott, S.B. 4 was approved by a special Texas legislative session in November, providing a green light for local and state law enforcement to arrest, detain and remove
NewsweekMar 15 2024
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SXSW musicians trash Greg Abbott over Texas ban
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been publicly criticized by a number of the musicians that he told not to "come back" to his state, after they pulled out of South by Southwest (SXSW) over the U.S. Army's sponsorship of the festival. The internationally recognized event, which brings thousands of visitors to Austin annually, showcases music, film and interactive media and was this year scheduled
NewsweekApr 05 2024
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticized over migrant crisis at gala in NYC
NEW YORK -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was in New York City for a Republican gala on Thursday, facing criticism over the busing of migrants to our area. The latest numbers released by Texas officials in March show the state has now transported more than 105,000 migrants to sanctuary cities since 2022, and the topic was front-and-center at Thursday's event. "When we began the bussing operation, it
Yahoo NewsMar 19 2024
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Supreme Court Justice Warns Greg Abbott Will 'Sow Chaos' at Border
The U.S. Supreme Court made a surprise decision on Tuesday, voting 6-3 to allow Texas' Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4) law to go into effect and provide Texas law enforcement officials the authority to arrest, detain and remove individuals suspected of being in the United States illegally.
"The Court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and
NewsweekMar 16 2024
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Greg Abbott slammed over report on busing fundraiser flop: "Irresponsible"
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's migrant busing fundraiser has been criticized on social media after it was revealed that he raised less than 1 percent of the program's cost. Texas has faced the brunt of the massive surge of migrants coming in illegally through the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years. Abbott has used deterrence tactics, such as putting razor wire along the southern border, and has
NewsweekJan 03 2024
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How Greg Abbott Forced Democrats to Change
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has reshaped the U.S. political landscape on immigration by busing migrants from Texas to Democratic-led sanctuary cities.
Abbott, a Republican, in 2022 began busing migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to sanctuary cities that protect undocumented immigrants from deportation, amid an influx of migrants arriving to the southern border. There were more than 2.4
NewsweekMar 19 2024
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Greg Abbott says 'buoys remain in river' despite Supreme Court blow
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to continue placing controversial buoys in the Rio Grande river after the Supreme Court blocked a new state law targeting suspected illegal migrants from taking effect on Monday.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Abbott said: "We continue building the wall, use NG [National Guard] to erect razor wire barriers to repel migrants & buoys remain in
NewsweekMar 25 2024
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This New Jersey mayor wants to be a governor like Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbott — but for the left
Ras Baraka couldn’t be less like Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbott. A Black Democrat raised by activist poets, he is the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, and proclaimed it a sanctuary city in the Trump era, ran a guaranteed income program and expanded opportunities to vote. But he sees a chance to be like the Republican governors of Florida and Texas in one way. If he’s elected governor
Yahoo NewsJan 31 2024
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Greg Abbott's move against Biden could spectacularly backfire
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's standoff with the federal government over migration policy could backfire and end up benefitting President Biden, according to two prominent political scientists. Heath Brown, an associate professor of public policy at the City University of New York, said the confrontation had shown "Biden as a fighter," whilst Professor J. Wesley Leckrone, an expert in American
NewsweekFeb 18 2024
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Greg Abbott to build military base in Eagle Pass - Washington Examiner
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced plans to construct a new military base in the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, as a large number of immigrants attempt to come into the United States around that location. This base would be for Texas National Guardsmen, who have been nearby setting up barbed wire fences at the border. Late last year, the Justice Department sued the Texas government for its
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