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San Antonio’s March for Science will begin at Jefferson High School on Saturday, April 14, at 10 a.m. Mayor Ron Nirenberg will deliver opening remarks around 10:45 a.m. Marchers will then leave the Jefferson campus and head south on Wilson Avenue toward Woodlawn Lake. After the march, three accomplished scientists with ties to San Antonio …

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Sunday afternoon, students from all over Austin organized a Town Hall for Our Lives event. Hundreds showed up to continue the discussion on gun violence in schools. Watch the clip here.

WASHINGTON — Texas members of Congress reacted swiftly to President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he planned to order the military to the U.S.-Mexico border until he can build a wall. “Ignoring the law, the cost to taxpayers, and umpteen campaign promises, Trump’s effort to militarize our border is just another of his bad border …

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A Salvadoran woman seeking asylum who has said that a guard groped her inside a Williamson County immigration detention facility has been released, a group supporting her said Saturday. U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, wrote to immigration officials last month asking them to “direct an investigation of ICE’s handling of …

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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – An asylum seeker who says a guard sexually assaulted her while she was in a Williamson County immigration detention facility has been released according to Grassroots Leadership — a group supporting her. The group said Laura Monterrosa was released from detention at the Don T. Hutto facility on Friday evening …

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On the federal level, Texas legislators have introduced measures relating to guns and school safety. Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett opposes the proposed legislation. “Bills like that of Sen. Cornyn and Rep. Williams [are] really an excuse and a political contrivance to avoid taking bold action that’s needed to confront the National Rifle Association,” he said. …

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A group of Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to investigate the Texas immigrant detention center where Laura Monterrosa, a young woman from El Salvador seeking asylum, reportedly remains suicidal after a female guard allegedly sexually assaulted her for four months. In the letter, addressed to the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Democratic Congressmen …

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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, had a different take. “This horrible, unending loss of precious lives must not be ignored by this Republican-controlled Congress, owned lock, stock, and barrel by the NRA,” he said in a statement. “There have been 376 mass shootings since the beginning of 2017, and the Parkland massacre marks the 18th …

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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, found the speech less provocative than usual for Trump, but no more encouraging about where he is leading the country. “There is just a totally amazing gap between his tweets and his teleprompter readings,” Doggett said. “He’s full of love and unity and not the usual racist rant.” But, Doggett …

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Austin Democrat Lloyd Doggett, a member of Brady’s tax-writing committee, pointed the finger back. “The cause of any government shutdown now will be the same as in the past-Republican intransigence,” he said. “If they continue to insist upon an entirely partisan bill that excludes Dreamers, they should not expect Democratic votes. I want the government …

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