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Texas could see thousands of new citizens cast ballots in this year’s November election as the number of immigrants eligible for citizenship in the state nears 800,000.
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Paxton, a Republican who’s been under indictment for securities fraud since 2015, is scheduled to face a jury in April.
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The legislation is scheduled to go into effect March 5 and also empowers local judges to order a migrant to return to Mexico. Opponents say the law isn’t just discriminatory — it also interferes with the federal government’s efforts to secure the border.
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More recently, the party has been engulfed in controversy and infighting — from spats over Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment to ties to white supremacists.
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As a convoy travels throughout Texas to protest President Biden’s immigration policies, Texas Democrats joined human rights experts and advocates on Thursday to push back on harsh border rhetoric.
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At the center of the issue is the attorney general's decision to not continue fighting a lawsuit brought forward by a group of former employees who were fired after reporting him to the FBI in 2020.
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Paxton, a Republican who beat impeachment charges last year, has commented for the first time on why he has not listed six out-of-state properties on his state ethics forms.
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Amid the growing standoff between the state and federal government on Texas’ southern border, advocacy groups are joining Democrats in a call for the Biden administration to act more forcefully.
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A federal appeals court ruled this week that a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against U.S. gun manufacturers can resume.
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This latest development comes one day after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a blistering report about the botched response to the Uvalde shooting, which left 21 dead.
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The over-500 page report is the culmination of an 18-month long U.S. Department of Justice investigation into the shooting.
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The big GOP endorsements are coming from Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. But both Republicans seem to be backing different candidates in the same districts.