News & Commentary
How Trump Is Threatening the Constitution
This post originally appeared on the Houston Chronicle website.
By Andre Segura
I’m Suing Texas Because the Legislature Passed a Bill that Discriminates Against My Town
This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website
By By Raul L. Reyes, Mayor of El Cenizo, Texas
Why the ACLU is suing Texas over SB4
This op-ed originally appeared in the The San Antonio Express-News.
By Edgar Saldivar
This is Not the Texas I Know
Senate Bill 4 ignores our values, imperils our communities and sullies our reputation as a free and welcoming state.
By Terri Burke, Executive Director, 2008-2020
We Call B.S., Mr. Attorney General
Earlier this week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a press release his office’s support for a lawsuit that would allow states to deny drivers’ licenses to immigrants who hold federal work permits. In other words, if he can’t do anything about immigrants having the right to a job, at least he can try to stop them from traveling to it.
By Terri Burke, Executive Director, 2008-2020
Her reporting in Mexico could get her killed but she does it anyway. She has to. Here’s why.
More from ACLU of Texas’ Humans of the Border. An interview with a Mexican journalist who asked that her name not be used.
By Debbie Nathan
Immigrants versus Alt-Facts in South Texas
They used the bathroom at a ball game and got arrested. The community asked why. Turns out they’d been spied on by a government camera. But the Border Patrol told a different story.
By Debbie Nathan
Humans of the Border: Gabriel Sanchez
A beginner drag queen discovers that in South Texas, queer history and family history can be one and the same
By Debbie Nathan
Humans of the Border: Gaby Zavala
Facebook is who I am. Really. Why do I have all the selfies? Well, I don’t have a partner, someone to always tell me, “You’re beautiful.” Selfies build up my self-esteem. I have yet to figure out my interaction with men. When they first meet me they love that I’m independent and can hold it down. They work really hard to get me. But once they have me they feel … what’s the word?...emasculated.
By Debbie Nathan
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