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TREY MARTINEZ-FISCHER

Democrats who fled Texas sue Gov. Greg Abbott, Speaker Dade Phelan, saying efforts to force their return violate their civil rights

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After Democrats absconded to Washington, D.C., GOP leaders threatened to have them arrested on civil warrants and brought back to the Capitol. Twenty-two Democrats are suing state officials, but their suit does not provide specific details about several allegations.

Much still unknown about Gov. Abbott’s Texas border wall

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Like many Texans, State Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer, of San Antonio, is waiting to hear the details of Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to build a border wall, announced Thursday in Del Rio.

For Democrats of color, walkout on Texas voting bill was rooted in the long fight for equal voting rights

Read full article: For Democrats of color, walkout on Texas voting bill was rooted in the long fight for equal voting rights

All they could get was a temporary win. But the lawmakers said taking the extraordinary measure of breaking quorum was justified by the harm they felt their mostly Black and Hispanic constituents would face under the GOP's voting bill.

Texas House Democrats see walkout as ‘show of strength’

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“This was a show of strength,” said Ina Minjarez, District 124 state representative.