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#ACLU attys started w/an emergency filing in Federal Dist Court in Abilene, #Texas, in which they claimed that officers at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson had started distributing notices to #Venezuelan immigrants informing them that they could face #deportation as soon as Fri night.
They asked Judge Hendrix, who is overseeing the case, to issue an immediate order protecting all immigrants in the Northern District of TX who might face deportation under the #AlienEnemiesAct.

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Texas is almost certainly getting school vouchers — Senate Bill 2 has passed in the state’s House and is likely to have a fairly smooth passage to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. It’s the culmination of a 30-year battle that has until now been blocked by Democrats and rural Republicans.

@TexasObserver takes a look at how it happened. Zeph Capo, the president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers, said in a statement: “Greg Abbott relied on a last ditch phone call from Donald Trump to bully Republican lawmakers to fall in line.”

texasobserver.org/abbott-trump

#Education #SchoolVouchers #SchoolChoice #GregAbbott #DonaldTrump #USA #Texas #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

5/15

The Texas Observer · Ending 30 Years of Resistance, Trump and Abbott Break the ‘People’s House’The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.
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“Petitioners have learned that officers at Bluebonnet have distributed notices under the #AlienEnemiesAct, in #English only, that designate #Venezuelan men for removal under the #AEA, & have told the men that the removals are imminent & will happen tonight or tomorrow,” #ACLU atty Lee Gelernt wrote in the filing.

The filing does not say how many people are facing #deportation, but that "dozens of Venezuelan men" have been brought to the #ICE facility in #Texas in the last few days.

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#Trump is preparing to deport a 2nd group of #Venezuelan #immigrants under a rarely used #wartime authority that has for weeks put the admin in a tense showdown w/the #judiciary, acc/to an emergency legal filing.
The men in the govt’s custody have been transferred from across the country to the Bluebonnet Detention Center in #Texas, in the past 2 days & were told they are at imminent risk of being deported using the #AlienEnemiesAct, per the #ACLU & written declarations by the men’s attys.

“It’s almost as though some members have been told how to vote, and they aren’t looking at the policy. They’re just following directions.”

Our top story: Despite monumental opposition, Governor Greg Abbott finally made his goal of undermining public schools a reality ... with a little help from President Trump. texasobserver.org/abbott-trump

The Texas Observer · Ending 30 Years of Resistance, Trump and Abbott Break the ‘People’s House’The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.