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The Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, otherwise known as Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), began just one year ago in January 2019.

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 and forth for work, family, or business is part of regular life.

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.

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. 

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

Kate Huddleston, Equal Justice Works Fellow, ACLU of Texas

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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.

This piece originally published in the Fort-Worth Star Telegram.

“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.