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AUSTIN – The ACLU of Texas today praised the legislature for unanimously passing House Bill 2048, which eliminates the Driver Responsibility Program, and urged Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign the bill into law.
AUSTIN – The Texas House of Representatives today approved passage of Senate Bill 1978, which would allow individuals to discriminate against others in the name of religion without government interference.
WESLACO, Texas – News reports confirmed today the death of a 16-year-old Guatemalan teen in U.S. Border Patrol custody. The news of his death comes days after the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU Border Rights Center filed an administrative complaint with the U.S.
MCALLEN, Texas – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU Border Rights Center today filed an administrative complaint concerning the mistreatment of migrants detained at Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol facilities.
HOUSTON – News circulated Monday night of a video taken by a witness showing a Baytown police officer shooting a woman five times leaving her fatally injured during an attempted arrest.
Andre Segura, legal director for the ACLU of Texas, had the following reaction:
AUSTIN – The Texas House of Representatives today passed House Bill 2020, which would delay release on bail by requiring magistrates to use a risk assessment before setting money bail and disqualifying most magistrates in Texas from setting bail at all.