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Jun 11 • 8 tweets • 6 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
#Texas Patrols Its Own Border, Pushing #Legal Limits; Gov. #Abbott is expanding state law enforcement on the border as some state leaders appear eager to test the waters on how far Texas can go in enforcing #immigration law. nytimes.com/2023/05/09/us/…
1) And now #Florida, which doesn’t have a border with Mexico, is involved. #immigration #legal floridapolitics.com/archives/61706…
2) Republican governors from #Virginia, South Carolina, W. Virginia and #Iowa said they are sending National Guardsmen + other state LE officers to the state of Texas to expand the militarization of the US border w/Mexico.#immigration #law wsws.org/en/articles/20…
3) Written Testimony of Bob Libal, Consultant, US Program, #HumanRights Watch:
Appropriation of State Funds to Operation Lone Star Has Led to Injuries and Deaths of US Citizens and Migrants, Violated Non-Discrimination Rights… hrw.org/news/2023/02/0…
4) 2 Years + 4B Later, What We Know About “Operation Lone Star” Gov Abbott’s wide-ranging and controversial initiative deploys thousands of state authorities to apprehend & jail migrants and is costing far more than has ever been spent on border security governing.com/now/2-years-an…
5) Gov. Abbott Is Still Prosecuting Migrants Under a Bogus Disaster Declaration; #Texas Governor’s “Operation Lone Star” sets a dangerous precedent for authoritarian attacks on migrants. #immigration truthout.org/articles/greg-…
6) Some #Texas Lawyers Think Gov Abbott’s Border Initiative Is #Unconstitutional—But They’re Afraid to Challenge It. As the fed judiciary has shifted 2 the right, many who represent migrants are wary of bringing Op Lone Star before the highest courts. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
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Transgender health: Comparing model bills to real proposals; Many bills have preambles asserting that the risks of #gender-affirming care outweigh its benefits, which has been rebutted by major #medical organizations. courthousenews.com/transgender-he…
1) The AP obtained the texts of more than 130 bills in 40 state legislatures from Plural, a public policy software company, and analyzed them for similarities to model bills touted by the conservative groups Do No Harm and the Family Research Council.
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Actually, it’s his Astroturfed “Moms for Liberty” that is rolling this out nationally at his direction. > #DeSantis inspires push to make book bans in Republican-controlled states easier livenowfox.com/news/desantis-…
1) Unmasking “Moms for Liberty” - a nonprofit claiming to advocate for “parental rights,” appears to be using parents as pawns to advance a far-right agenda. mediamatters.org/critical-race-…
2) We must emancipate U.S. kids from groups like Moms for Liberty
Some media outlets tend to give the ultraconservative, book-banning organization a pass for its links to #extremism. Here’s why that’s a mistake. msnbc.com/the-reidout/re…
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#Debtceiling deal includes permitting reforms. People familiar w/the provisions, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the language includes review timelines + a lead agency charged with shepherding a project’s #environmental review. eenews.net/articles/debt-…
1) The bipartisan agreement includes language to ease transmission deployment and address storage for renewable energy development, but the particulars remain under wraps.
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#DeSantis #campaign will receive $500K raised by super PAC, a source says. Campaign finance experts call it “unprecedented” winknews.com/2023/05/27/des…
1) Saurav Ghosh, dir of federal campaign finance reform at the Campaign Legal Center, said while the right conditions of contribution limits have been applied by #DeSantis PAC in soliciting the donations, their actions 2 raise $ blurs the line that separates super PAC + campaign.
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Since ‘21 lawmakers proposed nearly 900 anti-#LGBTQ+ bills, nearly 500 of which were introduced this year in 49 state legislatures+Congress. Many bills target rights of #transgender people by curtailing “basic healthcare, education, legal recognition & the right to publicly exist
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2) #NorthDakota recently enacted a statute restricting access to sex-segregated spaces apnews.com/article/transg…
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DeSantis set to relaunch migrant flight program with 3 new vendors
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1) Picked were #ARS Global Emergency Management, #GardaWorld Federal Services & the co that carried out last year's migrant flights 2 Martha's Vineyard: #Vertol Systems Co. Inc. That's according to a "notice of intent to award" notice published on Monday. vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com/search/bids/de…
3) Notice of a intent to Award Dated May 8, 2023 2:31.40 PM #florida awards to fight vendors to conduct #human #trafficking of #migrants cc: @USCIS vendor.myfloridamarketplace.com/e6c70c91-b365-…
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