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Jan 13, 2020

Living Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Militarized U.S.-Mexico Border

I have walked across the Brownsville international bridge, the structure that connects my hometown with Matamoros, Mexico, hundreds of times over the years. As a longtime borderland resident, crossing back...

Jan 7, 2020

Wimberley's School District is Going After Parents Who Support LGBTQ Students

Update May 2020: On May 20, the ACLU of Texas defended the free speech and LGBTQ rights of Wimberley parents and students at a special meeting held by the Wimberley Independent School...

By Brian Klosterboer

Update May 2020: On May 20, the ACLU of Texas defended the free speech and LGBTQ rights of Wimberley parents and students at a special meeting held by the Wimberley Independent School...

By Brian Klosterboer

Dec 23, 2019

What’s Really Happening at Our Border and What You Can do to Help

This blog, and the resources within, was originally published on July 15, 2019. It has been updated to reflect changes that have occured since then.

Like many others, I’ve been consistently...

This blog, and the resources within, was originally published on July 15, 2019. It has been updated to reflect changes that have occured since then.

Like many others, I’ve been consistently...

Dec 20, 2019

How Far Will Trump Go to Get his Border Wall? We’re Demanding Answers.

President Trump continues his pursuit of a pointless, destructive border wall at all costs.

Despite causing the longest government shutdown in...

President Trump continues his pursuit of a pointless, destructive border wall at all costs.

Despite causing the longest government shutdown in...

Photo: Immigrants' rights supporters lined up to march alongside a stretch of Border Wall in El Paso, Texas

Dec 18, 2019

We’re Suing to Make Sure that CBP Can’t Keep Asylum Seekers from Their Lawyers

Kate Huddleston, Equal Justice Works Fellow, ACLU of Texas

This year has...

Kate Huddleston, Equal Justice Works Fellow, ACLU of Texas

This year has...

Dec 11, 2019

“Disgusting subhuman shit:” Border Patrol Agent’s Actions and Attitudes Reflect Agency’s Violent Culture

While on duty in 2017, Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen was driving in a government-issued pickup truck when he saw Antolin Rolando Lopez-Aguilar, a migrant from Guatemala, attempting to cross into the...