A widespread Russian disinformation campaign is fueling divisions in the United States over the Texas border crisis. To do this, the Russian Federation uses everything from high-ranking legislators and government officials to influencers, bloggers, bots and large state media, Wired reports. Russia is sending its...
Six people were killed in Texas when a teenage driver of a pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a minivan carrying seven people, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Yahoo! writes about this. Three people, including a 17-year-old driver...
On December 18, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law that allows police to arrest undocumented immigrants crossing the border illegally and gives local judges the power to expel such migrants from the country, AL reports. Opponents called the measure Texas' most dramatic attempt to control immigration since...
On December 5, a gunman killed two and injured one in San Antonio, Texas. On the same day in Austin, he shot and killed 4 people and wounded two police officers. The suspect is now in custody, CNN reports. The male suspect has been charged with capital murder...
When 34-year-old Billy Rojo (@billy_the_realtor) posted a tour of a new affordable housing community in San Antonio, he didn't expect the video to go viral. It has been viewed more than 500 times on TikTok and over 000 million on Twitter. Why users...
The Texas House of Representatives has approved immigration bills. They would allocate more than $1,5 billion to install additional border barriers and make it a state crime to cross the Texas-Mexico border illegally. The Texas Tribune reported in more detail. Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) provides...
On October 4, US President Joe Biden's administration announced it would repeal 26 federal laws in Texas to allow construction of a border wall. It marked the first time the administration has used the kind of sweeping executive power often used during Donald Trump's presidency. AP writes about this...
The mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, signed a declaration of a state of emergency due to the fact that thousands of migrants crossed the city border. TPR reported in more detail. Eagle Pass has become accustomed to a regular flow of immigrants as, in recent years, the town of fewer than 30 has become one...
On September 7, police discovered the body of a man at the Insta-Fuel Travel Center gas station in Buda, Texas. He turned out to be an immigrant from Belarus Alexander Bushter. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Denis Cheredov from the Bureau YouTube channel spoke with Alexander’s widow. Texas police have arrested a suspect...
On September 7, police discovered the body of a man at the Insta-Fuel Travel Center gas station in Buda, Texas. He turned out to be an immigrant from Belarus Alexander Bushter. He was pronounced dead at the scene. My Texas Daily reports on this. According to a GoFundMe page set up by a friend...