Out today: "Castroville, 'the Little Alsace of #Texas,' was founded in 1844 by colonists from that region of France. The 'native sons' as I’ve heard them called, occupied a caste to which I, a Puerto Rican and Greek ... from the city, would never belong." https://www.texasobserver.org/time-comes-for-castroville/
#culture #history #politics #USpol #news #SouthTexas #racism
New, from our magazine: April Maria Ortiz has a troubled history with her adopted home, and the #racism and segregation she experienced there. Yet when she researched its actual #history, Castroville turned out to be even more complex than she expected. https://www.texasobserver.org/time-comes-for-castroville/
“The Department of Homeland Security is not being clear intentionally about what their plans are, what they’re deploying in the region, and so it’s up to us in the community to track and document and report on it. This is how we fight back.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#DHS #SouthTexas #border #immigration #HumanRights #politics #USpol #news #Trump
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
A construction contract was awarded Mar. 18, using money from “One Big Beautiful Bill,” to build wall through the National Butterfly Center and the Santa Ana refuge, among other once-protected sites.
Our top story: https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#Trump #border #Texas #SouthTexas #politics #USpol #news #immigration
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
“It’s showing that the government is willing to literally waste billions upon billions of dollars to make these useless walls … instead of taking that exact same money and making sure that everybody has housing or clean water and food and education.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#Texas #border #politics #USpol #news #immigration #SouthTexas
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
“It’s showing that the government is willing to literally waste billions upon billions of dollars to make these useless walls … instead of taking that exact same money and making sure that everybody has housing or clean water and food and education.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#Texas #border #politics #USpol #news #immigration #SouthTexas
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
Our top story: “For months, I’ve been documenting the Department of Homeland Security and their masked contractors installing buoys in the Rio Grande.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#DHS #politics #USpol #border #immigration #news #Texas #SouthTexas
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
New today: “The Department of Homeland Security is not being clear intentionally about what their plans are, what they’re deploying in the region, and so it’s up to us in the community to track and document and report on it. This is how we fight back.” https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#DHS #Trump #border #SouthTexas #poltiics #USpol #news #immigration
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
Last week: As we walked, we chanted, “Kids do not belong in cages!” We sang songs about liberation, and how—as James Baldwin famously wrote—”all of the children are always ours.”
Our march was a political action, a spiritual practice, a grief ritual, a block party, and a walking love letter to our communities, all rolled into one. https://www.texasobserver.org/we-must-end-family-detention-in-texas/
#ICE #immigration #politics #USpol #news #activism #Texas #SouthTexas
A construction contract was awarded March 18, using money from the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” to build wall through the National Butterfly Center and the Santa Ana refuge, among other once-protected sites.
New from Michael Gonzalez, copublished with The Border Chronicle: https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-border-wall-rio-grande-valley/
#border #Texas #politics #USpol #immigration #Trump #news #SouthTexas
Even sites once protected by Congress, including a butterfly refuge and a historic church, are slated for fencing funded by the “one big beautiful bill”—while the river itself is transformed by a floating barrier.
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