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SB4 Events Around the State
Texas's "show me your papers" law Senate Bill 4 (SB4) is scheduled to take effect September 1st. If enacted, SB4 will put a target on the backs of communities of color, allowing officers to stop people based on how they look, how they speak or what accent they have. Thousands of Texas families, law enforcement and community leaders have spoken out against this hateful bill.
New Immigration Laws and Deportation Threats Have All but Erased a Border Town’s Favorite Pastime
This post originally appeared on the San Antonio Current's website.
By Debbie Nathan
If You Target Trans Texans for Discrimination, We’ll See You in Court
Just one day before President Trump announced his intention to ban transgender service members from the U.S. military—in a series of tweets the U.S. military itself was unprepared for—21 members of the Texas Senate voted to advance their own anti-transgender agenda.
By Kali Cohn
Lawmakers in Texas Are Returning to the Capitol for More Anti-Trans Discrimination
This post originally appeared on the ACLU National website.
By By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU
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
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