Lomi Kriel
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“I’m so scared”: 911 recordings reveal fear and urgency of those trapped in Uvalde elementary school
Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School. → Read More
91 Texas state troopers responded to the Uvalde massacre. Their bosses have deflected scrutiny and blame.
State troopers outnumbered local law enforcement 2-to-1 outside Robb Elementary, but the Department of Public Safety has blocked the release of records and carefully shaped the narrative to cast local authorities as incompetent. → Read More
Texas officials celebrated end of abortion rights after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension
Gov. Abbott said Texas provides expectant mothers “necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,” but it now doesn't offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth. → Read More
Death is a constant risk for undocumented migrants entering Texas
In 1987, 2003 and 2017, groups of migrants died of heat and dehydration in Texas after being trapped in stifling containers. Hundreds more die alone or in smaller groups as desperation drives them to take fatal risks. → Read More
NRA convention goers describe a culture under siege after Uvalde
Deflecting blame from guns, attendees said a breakdown in society — including removing... → Read More
Reality Check: Seven Times Texas Leaders Misled the Public About Operation Lone Star
As they investigated Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, reporters repeatedly found situations where Abbott and DPS officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples. → Read More
Reality Check: Seven Times Texas Leaders Misled the Public About Operation Lone Star
As they investigated Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, reporters repeatedly found situations where Abbott and DPS officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples. → Read More
Texas has spent billions of dollars on border security. But what taxpayers got in return is a mystery.
Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives, which usually kicked off during their reelection campaigns or while they were considering bids for higher office. → Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott brags about his border initiative. The evidence doesn’t back him up.
Arrests of U.S. citizens hundreds of miles from the border. Claiming drug busts from across the state. Changing statistics. The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers. → Read More
Russia’s arrest of Brittney Griner, WNBA basketball star of Houston, adds to surging global conflict
The athlete, who is Black and gay, was detained by Putin’s regime, which has stoked... → Read More
Russia’s arrest of Brittney Griner, WNBA basketball star from Houston, adds to escalating global conflict
The athlete, who is Black and gay, was detained by Putin’s regime, which has stoked nationalism and homophobia and is admired by some in America’s far right. → Read More
UT begins $6 billion fundraising campaign, biggest ever among Texas universities
About $1 billion will go to support students, as the cost of living in Austin skyrockets. → Read More
Converted Texas prison gets first immigrant detainees as Gov. Greg Abbott's border security effort ramps up
Border-crossing immigrants are being arrested by Texas troopers on state charges like... → Read More
Converted Texas prison gets first immigrant detainees as Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security effort ramps up
Border-crossing immigrants are being arrested by Texas troopers on state charges like trespassing, and they’re starting to trickle into a prison emptied to house them. → Read More
Border Policy Is Getting More and More Convoluted. That’s Creating False Hope for Migrants.
The Biden administration and the Mexican government have made the situation at the border so confusing that even seasoned experts can’t always determine who is allowed in and who isn’t. That may be contributing to the high number of border crossings. → Read More
For Some Transgender Asylum Seekers, Fleeing a Dangerous Migrant Camp Meant Being Left Behind
The Biden administration shuttered a migrant tent camp in Mexico that was created under a Trump policy. Immigration advocates praised the move, but the closure adds to growing confusion over which migrants are let in or left out. → Read More
ICE deported a key witness in investigation of sexual assault and harassment at El Paso detention center
Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department inspectors general are investigating allegations that ICE guards assaulted detainees in camera blind spots. → Read More
ICE Guards 'Systematically' Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say
Allegations include guards attacking victims in camera “blind spots” and telling them that “no one would believe” them in ICE detention centers, which imprison about 50,000 immigrants each year at a taxpayer expense of $2.7 billion. → Read More
ICE Guards ’Systematically” Commit Sexual Assaults On Prisoners, Say Lawyers
Guards in an immigrant detention center in El Paso sexually assaulted and harassed inmates in a “pattern and practice" of abuse, according to a complaint filed by a Texas advocacy group urging the local district attorney and federal prosecutors to conduct a criminal investigation. → Read More
ICE guards ‘systematically’ sexually assault detainees in an El Paso detention center, lawyers say
Allegations include guards attacking victims in camera “blind spots” and telling them that “no one would believe” them in ICE detention centers, which imprison about 50,000 immigrants each year at a taxpayer expense of $2.7 billion. → Read More