Immigrant-rights advocates warn the proposal will lead to a jump in racial profiling, and the constitution states that immigration enforcement is the federal government's job.
In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.
One hopes, perhaps in vain, that this is where your trans-bashing bigotry at long last jumps the shark, and all except the most demented of your followers shake their heads regretfully and take their business elsewhere.
Friday's order blocks state investigations of three families who sued over Abbott's order that Texas child-welfare officials conduct child-abuse investigations of parents who seek gender-affirming care for their kids.
'[My son] is receiving mental health care and is recovering from the attempt, but these events have devastated our life,' said the mother of the trans teen who tried to take his own life.