This fall, I got an e-mail from a guy named JM Simpson who'd read things I'd written about homelessness. He mentioned he was a photojournalist in Olympia and that he'd been photographing the unhoused population there. He wanted to share some work with me . . . (1)

New: A humanitarian organization in Matamoros said it did not create flyers urging migrants to vote for President Joe Biden that were filmed at its shelter in a viral video that sparked a firestorm of conservative outrage this week.

Story w/Ali Swenson

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Views of the Franklin Mountains flying into El Paso. These mountains have Precambrian rocks that are over a billion years old. 🗻

34 #migrants have died so far this fiscal year in #BorderPatrol ’s El Paso Sector — and summer hasn’t yet begun.

Last year was devastating, when 149 migrants died here, often within reach of help👇

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Young #voters , old candidates & a lesson in #democracy : 'When you don't go vote, you turn over the keys to government to those who do. If you don't do politics, politics will be done to you.'

Great read by Trevor Hughes @usatoday >>

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NEWS — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas today denounced Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to fortify stretches of the southern border with razor and concertina wire as ineffective, saying migrants are 'easily cutting' the barriers.
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Wow. Beautiful thread 👇

“The U.S. isn’t full. Its people are demonstrating every day that they can make more room; that they can support newcomers and therefore lead them to better support themselves.” Read Dara Lind’s new piece “Still Bring Us Your Tired” in The American Prospect: immcouncil.co/4aE2EmW

Could #SB4 erode the GOP hold on Texas? Listen in to @usatoday’s The Excerpt here:

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#SB4 gets its day in court (again).

Laws targeting #immigrants in #California or #Arizona didn’t pass judicial muster, but they did galvanize a generation of Latino & immigrant voters. What’s next for #Texas ? w/ 📸 J. Omar Ornelas via USA TODAY

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PSA: The cost of #citizenship or a #greencard just changed. Here's what to know>> USA TODAY #immigration

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40 migrants died at a fire in a Mexican migrant detention center in Cd. Juárez. To this day not one person has been found responsible for their tragic death. Activists demanded justice families of the victims on the anniversary. Nota con Dr. Corrie Boudreaux shorturl.at/fjD26

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A Texas Texas DPS helicopter enters Mexican airspace and flies at a very low altitude in an area where migrants gave crossed to El Paso.

The facts are that the concertina is not stopping migrants from turning themselves to Border Patrol to seek asylum. The Texas National however has implemented more forceful tactics in the last week in El Paso leading to dramatic optics.

There’s something pawn shop owners know about the #economy that others don’t. @usatoday #pawn

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