Today, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and alleged birth tourism, marking the administration’s latest effort to narrow who is entitled to U.S. citizenship at birth following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 decision affirming birthright citizenship.
AUSTIN, TX — Today, Governor Greg Abbott signed Executive Order GA-57 directing multiple Texas state agencies to investigate alleged birth tourism and pursue enforcement actions
AUSTIN, TX — Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Barbara, that President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship violates the Fourteenth
AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) is demanding the immediate release of Yenniffer England, a DACA recipient, Certified Nursing Assistant, and mother of two, who has been detained for nearly three months after a routine traffic stop in the Rio Grande Valley and will miss her immigration court hearing today.
AUSTIN, TX — Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the nation’s primary safeguard against racially discriminatory maps and voting laws.
AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) submitted a public comment opposing a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule that would bar mixed-status families from federally assisted housing, warning it would destabilize Texas families and disrupt the state’s workforce.
AUSTIN, TX — Today, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) demands the immediate release of Dr. Ezequiel Veliz and Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, two physicians serving the Rio Grande Valley who were detained by immigration authorities last week after federal actions earlier this year disrupted their work authorization.
AUSTIN, TX — Today, as the Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in a case that could reshape the future of birthright citizenship, Chairman Ramón Romero Jr. of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) issued the following statement:
AUSTIN, TX — Today, Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC) Chair State Rep. Ramón Romero Jr. (D-Fort Worth) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating at Houston’s Hobby and Bush Intercontinental airports:
