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Updated: 2022-11-16 15:30:00

Sick child treated after migrant bus arrives in Philadelphia from Texas

“There’s a 10-year-old who’s completely dehydrated. It’s one of the more inhumane aspects that they would put a child who was dehydrated with a fever now, a very high fever (on the bus).”

By Maryclaire Dale/The Associated Press

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Philadelphia says it’s ready to welcome migrants sent by bus from Texas with ‘open arms’

“If it is (Texas) Governor Abbot, they should re-examine their Christian values because they talk about it a lot, but they don’t do much.”

By Tom MacDonald/WHYY

Texas House report blames local, state and federal officers for ‘systemic failure’ in Uvalde

The report is the clearest, most-detailed picture yet of what happened that day, during which local, state, and federal law enforcement waited for more than an hour to confront the gunman.

By NPR

Texas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling

Amy Hagstrom Miller, president of Whole Woman’s Health, said the latest ruling forced an end to abortions in its four Texas clinics

By The Associated Press

Threats to Democracy: Texas GOP’s new platform says Biden didn’t really win. It also calls for secession

“We hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected by the people of the United States.”

By NPR

The new Juneteenth federal holiday traces its roots to Galveston, Texas

“The birthplace of Juneteenth is here at the southwest corner of 22nd and Strand where Gen. Gordon Granger set up his Union headquarters.”

By NPR

A federal judge in Texas blocks a major DHS policy limiting immigration enforcement

Tipton sided with the states of Texas and Louisiana, which argued that the DHS guidance is preventing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from enforcing the law.

By NPR

The story of a Uvalde victim’s green shoes captures the White House’s attention

“These are the same green Converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting.”

By NPR
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