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An article from the Chicago SunTimes about a woman with terminal cancer taking in refugees from Venezuela who were sleeping on the floor at a Chicago suburb police station. The refugees had been bused to Chicago from Texas. -

Chicago-area retiree opens her home to migrants — ‘new family members’ — stuck at police stations
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What a beautiful story. :crying:
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He knows, he just does not care. Once they are sent off then the purpose of the trip is fulfilled, namely propoganda and "revenge." It does not matter to him what happens after that.
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JFC.
Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tells Dana Loesch the "only thing we're not doing is shooting people" crossing the border because "the Biden Administration would charge us with murder."
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raison de arizona wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:53 pm JFC.
Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tells Dana Loesch the "only thing we're not doing is shooting people" crossing the border because "the Biden Administration would charge us with murder."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tells Dana Loesch the "only thing we're not doing is shooting people" crossing the border because "the Biden Administration would charge us with murder."
Because that's what it would be, you piece of shit.
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Resume18 wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:14 pm
raison de arizona wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:53 pm JFC.
Heartland Signal @HeartlandSignal wrote: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tells Dana Loesch the "only thing we're not doing is shooting people" crossing the border because "the Biden Administration would charge us with murder."
Because that's what it would be, you piece of shit.
I mean, it also shows his lack of creativity and knowledge of international law. I think the Biden Administration would let the Mexican government charge him with murder and then extradite him.
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They really are quite cruel.
Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck wrote: An overnight filing by DOJ at #SCOTUS in the concertina wire case lays out Texas’s rather stunning escalation of its efforts to interfere with federal immigration authorities along the US-Mexico border.

Whatever you think of current policy, this is nuts:

https://supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/2 ... lement.pdf
https://x.com/steve_vladeck/status/1745 ... 73519?s=20
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Moar on the TX insurrection.
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CNN did a piece on that earlier this morning. If anyone spots a link to the video, please post.
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The solution is simple. Arrest them. Call in the National Guard if you have to :lol:
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Texas National Guard are the ones that seized the park and kicked out the Feds. Who are politely staying away to avoid a confrontation. For better or worse.

Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 wrote: BREAKING: Texas National Guard seizes control of a public park on the Rio Grande:

"Now under Gov. Abbott's emergency declaration, the Texas National Guard has seized control of this park and some surrounding land around the river, put up fencing and razor wire, and kicked out Boarder Patrol agents."

Border Patrol has pulled resources to avoid a confrontation.
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Beto weighs in.
https://x.com/BetoORourke/status/174584 ... 18598?s=20
Beto O'Rourke @BetoORourke wrote: The President must take control or this crisis will get worse.

Abbott has already illegally deployed drowning devices & DPS has been ordered to push women, babies into the river.

Yesterday he said he wants to shoot migrants.

Now he's stopping Border Patrol from doing its job.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports wrote: This is an extraordinary situation: A state is denying federal law enforcement access to a section of an international boundary, physically preventing Border Patrol agents from processing migrants in a public park near the Rio Grande (as they are required to). twitter.com/camiloreports/…
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Now Abbott’s occupation has a body count.
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A woman and two children.
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raison de arizona wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:03 pm Now Abbott’s occupation has a body count.
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A woman and two children.
Too bad those kids weren't in the womb, then they would've been protected. These fucking hypocrite Texas RWNJs from Paxton to Abbott are complete, utter sociopaths and should be prosecuted.

Fat chance.

Texas sucks and the U.S. would be well rid of it.
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Bangalore torpedoes for those who like explosives

Otherwise wire cutters..
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Texas' floating U.S-Mexico border barrier can remain, court rules in reversal

January 17, 2024 / 3:07 PM CST / AP

A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed an order requiring Texas to move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico — the latest development in legal battles between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over control of migration at the border.

In December, a divided panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with a federal district judge in Texas who said the buoys must be moved. On Wednesday, the court vacated the panel's 2-1 ruling after a majority of its 17 active judges voted to rehear the case.

The series of linked, concrete-anchored buoys stretches roughly the length of three soccer fields. The state installed it along the international border with Mexico between the Texas border city of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila.

The barrier is one focal point in the legal disputes over border control between Democratic President Joe Biden and Abbott. The Biden administration also is fighting for the right to cut razor-wire fencing at the border and for access to a city park at the border that the state fenced off.



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The 5th is delightful. Again.
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raison de arizona wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:30 pm The 5th is delightful. Again.
To be clear, the 5th voted to rehear the case en banc; it hasn't ruled en banc yet. It doesn't appear the 5th released the vote count, and it also doesn't appear any judge dissented "issued a statement."

But the vote to rehear vacated the panel's ruling, so the case returns to status quo, meaning Texas isn't enjoined from using its buoys.

Arguments will be held in May.
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bob wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:19 pm
raison de arizona wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:30 pm The 5th is delightful. Again.
To be clear, the 5th voted to rehear the case en banc; it hasn't ruled en banc yet. It doesn't appear the 5th released the vote count, and it also doesn't appear any judge dissented "issued a statement."

But the vote to rehear vacated the panel's ruling, so the case returns to status quo, meaning Texas isn't enjoined from using its buoys.

Arguments will be held in May.
Mark my words, that vacation (vacating?) is going to have a body count by May.
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What are dead people against the rights of Texas to kill them?
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A new border law could affect how Southeast Texans do business

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The Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce brought together business owners and leaders to see how SB 4 will affect them.

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Time for Governor Hot Wheels to get his balls outta the water.

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I'm not surprised the Chief voted to vacate the injunction, but Barrett's vote does somewhat surprise me.

But there has been chatter that Barrett is increasingly SCOTUS' decider-maker. That is, there's a fairly predictable 4-3 split for close cases. If the liberal branch can convince the Chief to join, it falls to Barrett to create a majority.

"For completeness," there were no dissents/"statements" regarding this application.

I'm curious what the full 5th will (or even can) do.
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