Invoking the Insurrection Act in response to the standoff at the US-Mexico border in Texas would set a dangerous precedent for involving the US military in civilian affairs.
Texas' SB4 criminalizes the act of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally, raising fears over racial profiling and civil rights violations in communities of color.
Nearly two weeks after a gunman killed 8 people in Allen, Texas, Korean Americans there are asking why the shooting isn't being treated as a hate crime.
A raft of bills from Republican lawmakers in Texas would prohibit Chinese and other foreign nationals from attending higher ed and buying property in the state.
