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‘She Can’t Be Forgotten’: Family of Unarmed 20-year-old Killed by Border Patrol Seeks Justice
Update May 2021: In the three years since Claudia’s death, the Gómez González family is still desperate to know what happened and why their daughter was killed. In May 2020, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family seeking damages from the U.S. government for her wrongful death at the hands of the Border Patrol agent who shot her dead. As of today, the federal government has indicated the ongoing FBI investigation is near completion. But until we have justice for Claudia’s senseless death, we will not stop fighting for her and her family.
By Edgar Saldivar
Texas Has its Own Bad Abortion Legislation. And it’s About to Become Law.
By Drucilla Tigner
We Stopped the State’s Attempted Voter Purge. Here’s How to Protect Your Right to Vote.
By Thomas Buser-Clancy
Denying Formerly Incarcerated People the Right to Vote Isn’t About Justice
At the age of 19, I lost my right to vote due to a low level, non-violent felony drug conviction. I was sentenced to 22 years in prison, 17 of which was spent on parole, based on a prosecutor’s 45-year sentence recommendation for not accepting a plea bargain and exercising my right to due process.
By Darwin Hamilton
The Department of Homeland Security's Attack on Asylum Seekers at the Border Continues
In a desperate attempt to escape immediate threats to their life, the Castro* family fled their home country of El Salvador, hoping to make it to the U.S.-Mexico border to seek refuge. What they found instead at the port of entry in Eagle Pass, Texas, were cruel U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and no protection to be found.
By Cynthia Pompa, Shaw Drake
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