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Margaret Rees

Texas National Guard soldier shot Mexican citizen across the border

Last Saturday’s incident marks the second time this year a Texas National Guard member has fired upon a civilian while deployed under the auspices of Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, and the third known time a soldier has fired their weapon while on duty at the border. 

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Texas prisoners on hunger strike against solitary confinement

Texas is currently holding more than 3,000 inmates in what the TDCJ refers to as “restrictive housing.” Of those, more than 500 have been held in solitary confinement for at least 10 years and 138 for at least 20 years.

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