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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 District’s Board of Trustees. At the meeting, the Board of Trustees announced they will no longer be taking legal action against parents who display a rainbow Wimberley Texans logo, a symbol of solidarity with LGBTQ students. A recording of the meeting can be viewed via the school district’s YouTube channel.
By Brian Klosterboer
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.
By Cynthia Pompa
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.
By Shaw Drake, David Donatti
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
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By Kate Huddleston
“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 United States.
By Cynthia Pompa
Here’s How Fort Worth is Setting Up its New Police Monitor for Failure
This piece originally published in the Fort-Worth Star Telegram.
By Pamela Young, Paige Fernandez
A Border Officer Told Me I Couldn’t Opt Out of the Face Recognition Scan. They Were Wrong.
“Look at the camera,” a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer told me as I approached the primary inspection point at the Paso del Norte port of entry.
By Shaw Drake
The Faces of Smart Justice Reform in Texas
Criminal justice reform has been a hot button topic in Texas for decades. And with good reason.
By Lauren Johnson, Dominique Walker
I Testified at a Public Input Hearing on Redistricting. Here’s Why You Should, Too.
This past September, the House Redistricting Committee kicked off a series of statewide public input hearings in Austin. The purpose of these hearings is to gauge feedback from various communities throughout the state about how Texas redistricting, or the redrawing of state electoral maps, impacts all of us.
By Valerie Street
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