In the News
Democratic Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) joins Julie Mason to discuss the leaked SCOTUS draft opinion that signals Roe v Wade could be overturned, plus immigration legislation in Texas.
WASHINGTON — Texas lawmakers were divided largely along party lines Tuesday over a leaked Supreme Court opinion striking down the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision that established a woman's legal right to an abortion.
In statements shared on social media feeds, Republican members of the state's congressional delegation were embracing the draft opinion's substance while denouncing the leak itself as an unprecedented bid to pressure the court into changing course.
Democrats have opened an ideological rift on Title 42 and the issue of immigration ahead of the upcoming midterms this week. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met with President Biden Monday to urge him to follow through on the CDC's announced May 23 deadline to lift Title 42. At the same time numerous Democrats, many running for reelection in red or purple districts, are pressuring the Administration to keep in place the Covid-19 era health policy that allows for migrants to be rejected instantly at the Southern border.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is already crowdfunding a border wall between the state and Mexico, and now it's requesting donations as migrants are bused to Washington, D.C.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced the busing plan in response to the Biden administration ending the Trump-era Title 42 border policy. The public health policy—which limits asylum at the border in order to curb the spread if COVID-19—is slated to end May 23. It's expected that will increase border crossings. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued to block the policy's rescission.
The first state-sponsored bus full of migrants arrived in the nation's capital from Texas on April 13, and many buses have been chartered since.
U.S. representative for Texas, Sylvia R. Garcia, announced she has COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Rep. Garcia released this statement Wednesday:
"This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I'm fully vaccinated and boosted -- so my symptoms are mild. I'll follow CDC guidelines and I expect a full recovery. I'll be quarantining and focusing on getting healthy. I will work virtually, and my office will remain open and ready to serve you!"
A Cayman Islands government press release confirmed that the Premier and Minister for Sustainability and Climate Resiliency, Wayne Panton, attended the Carribbean Financial Access Roundtable on Wednesday, April 20 to discuss correspondent banking relationships as well as other matters.
According to the release, the Premier attedned the Roundtable session at the inviation of the Barbados Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, The Hon, Mia Amor Mottley. Also in attendence were Congresswoman Maxime Waters, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, COngresswoman Joyce beatty; Congressman Ed Perlmutter; Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett; Congresswoman Sylva Garcia, and Congressman Troy Carter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — Marking the two-year anniversary of the murder of Army SPC Vanessa Guillén, Representative Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23) today joined Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA-14), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-02), Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16), Troy Balderson (R-OH-12), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29), and Anthony Brown (D-MD-04) in introducing the "Sexual Harassment Independent Investigations & Prosecutions" (SHIIP) Act to remove sexual harassment from the military chain of command.
Primer ministro de Trinidad y Tobago, Keith Rowley, pidió una mayor cooperación entre los bancos estadounidenses y caribeños lo anterior durante la apertura de la Mesa Redonda sobre Eliminación de Riesgos y Banca Corresponsal celebrada en el Centro Lloyd Erskine Sandiford en Bridgetown, Barbados, esta semana.
El evento fue copresidido por la primer ministro de Barbados, Mia Mottley y la congresista Maxine Waters D-CA, presidenta del Comité de Servicios Financieros de la Cámara de Representantes de EE. UU.
La soldado hispana fue reportada como desaparecida el 22 de abril del 2020 en la base militar de Fort Hood, Texas, cuando tenía 20 años. El asesinato de Vanessa Guillén provocó una reforma en el Ejército y permitió la creación de leyes que catalogan el acoso sexual como delito en el Código de Justicia Militar.
La familia y amigos solicitaron ayuda de organizaciones comunitarias para dar con su paradero. La congresista Sylvia García anunció a través de sus redes sociales el apoyo a la familia.
La ceremonia del último adiós a Vanessa Guillén se llevó a cabo el sábado 15 de agosto. Entre los asistentes estuvieron la congresista Sylvia García y el jefe de la policía de Houston, Arturo Acevedo, que indicó que la familia se despide de la soldado después de realizarle la segunda prueba de ADN.
AUSTIN, Texas.- La soldado hispana Vanessa Guillén desapareció el 22 de abril de 2020 de la base militar Fort Hood, ubicada en Killeen, Texas, y a dos años de su muerte tanto autoridades estatales como federales han realizado una serie de cambios en la forma en que trabaja el Ejército con casos de hostigamiento sexual.
Mientras, su familia sigue a la espera de justicia en su caso. Cecily Aguilar, de 22 años, la mujer sospechosa de ayudar al soldado Aaron Robinson de deshacerse del cadáver de Guillén, aún espera por su juicio.