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O’Rourke blames ‘hateful rhetoric’ for anti-immigrant violence during gubernatorial debate with Abbott

October 3, 2022

Days after a former warden was arrested in connection with a migrant’s murder in Hudspeth County, West Texas, Beto O’Rourke on Friday blamed “hateful rhetoric” for an increase in violence in the state.

Pablo De La Rosa is a freelance journalist in the Rio Grande Valley reporting statewide and nationally, including with Texas Public Radio and NPR. You can follow him on Twitter.

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In Tamaulipas teachers strike, a call for the resignation of the Secretary of Education on the third day of widespread school closures in the state

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Amnesty International and 10 other human rights groups will be in Reynosa and Matamoros to document the end of Title 42

From license to lawsuit–the first 18 days since SpaceX got its hands on the FAA launch approval

Just before the second SpaceX full launch attempt at Boca Chica, a Rio Grande Valley environmentalist lays out the industrialization happening to local wildlife refuges in one viral tweet

Listen: TPR’s The Source talks with Texas Civil Rights Project on the GOP’s HB 20 that would create a new “Border Protection Unit”

Rio Grande Valley voter’s guide: The race for new mayors in Pharr and Brownsville is on–here’s how to vote

SpaceX update after first-day failure, plus–some supporters now believe FAA’s blessing is a guarantee against environmental impact

Starship may launch in the Rio Grande Valley on Monday, environmentalists allege leaked SpaceX emails may show “FAA coordination”

Can the states intervene? The SCOTUS Title 42 decision will impact much more than just immigration