Everything is done to paint Stallings as a terrible mother, but absent from the official narrative is any questioning of the social conditions that would deprive a working parent of childcare, forcing them to bring their children to their workplaces.
Since the funding bill was first introduced in October, President Joe Biden has repeatedly called on Congress to pass his request, warning that the funds are imperative for Ukraine, and more broadly, for US national security.
The squabbling in Congress over immigration policy is only one element in the broader conflict between the Democrats and Republicans over border policy, an issue that has become intimately tied up with US military operations abroad.
A major driver in the rise of poverty is the end of pandemic emergency benefits, including expanded child tax credits and food stamps, as well as free school meals.
On Wednesday, Federal District Judge David A. Ezra initially ordered Texas to remove the obstruction by September 15. However, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it could stay in place pending the lawsuit.
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.
The child’s death comes only days after an unaccompanied Honduran 17-year-old held at a Florida detention center died while under the care of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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.
The official death toll of the massive winter storm that plunged much of the United States into sub-freezing temperatures over Christmas weekend continues to rise as rescue crews clear roads and buildings inundated in snow and ice.
From Sunday to Tuesday, approximately 2.2 million water customers were told to boil water for at least two minutes before preparing food, drinking, bathing or brushing their teeth.