Laura Peña

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

Grateful to be interviewed by @csmonitor @SamLainePerfas @henrygass on the third episode of Perception Gaps. Please note one comment should have been there is no access to *government appointed* counsel in immigration proceedings. Please listen & share! https://t.co/DJ5txY9l0z

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

@AppleNews apologize for such an epic #Fail on #Juneteenth. New game Quartiles had all the letters but refused to recognize the validity. #ApologizeApple #Caste

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

BREAKING: We are pleased to announce TCRP's new President, @RochelleMGarza 🎉

Rochelle is a 5th generation Tejana & civil rights attorney from the RGV. She has spent her legal career fighting for the civil rights of children, immigrants, & families.

Join us in welcoming her!

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

Shout out to @DavidGHinojosa for holding it down in oral arguments today at the US Supreme Court! So much is on the line for our schools and our communities — keep up the fight (and keeping it real w the children’s book references)!

[Walt Disney Studios @DisneyStudios]

Out of the sea, wish I could be... part of that world.

Disney's The Little Mermaid is coming to theaters May 26, 2023.

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

@Karla_M_Vargas @ujohnnyg "We saw the government completely pull together resources to be able to process Ukrainian migrants...but that we have not seen the reading of resources to support other non-white migrants. This is not a question of capacity. It is a question of political will." - @Karla_M_Vargas

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

Here's the thing about this petition: everybody who's anybody is signing it. It's like the Met Gala for progressives. Get in on it! https://t.co/j5TVainZH0

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

Yesterday, a bad bail bill died. SJR 1 would have allowed judges to deny bail in more cases, forcing people to stay in jail for weeks or months before their day in court. Read this statement from Liyah Brown, our Director of Law and Policy for the Criminal Injustice Program.

[#WelcomeWithDignity @WelcomeWDignity]

Today is a national day of action for Black migrants. We took out a full page ad in the @nytimes to get President @JoeBiden’s attention.

#DefendBlackImmigrants

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

Read the letter by the brave Black women who wrote about their horrendous conditions, including poor medical care. In response @DHSgov sent them to different detention centers. @Grassroots_News hosts here: https://t.co/Smu3dxRNCD

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

I am proud to join @txcivilrights 24h fast to support @BAJITweet @HatianBridge & other Black-led orgs as part of a National Week of Action in support of Black Migrants. #DefendBlackImmigrants. @POTUS must stop deportations, end #Title42, and #WelcomeWithDignity and #FreeThemAll

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

As I fast today for 24 hrs, I am recommitting to fight anti-Blackness and I hold in my heart the past actions of Black migrants like the Cameroonian Women in Hutto,TX who held sit-ins to protest indefinite detention while non-Black detainees were released. #DefendBlackImmigrants

[Laura Peña @laurapena82]

@SaraRamirez Yaaaassss! This right here is exactly it. Speak your truth!!

[Dina Arévalo @PhotogDina]

“I think it’s a betrayal of the people who helped put him into the White House in the first place. It is really thinking that we are somehow too stupid to notice the construction happening in our own backyards when we see it every day,” said @TXCivilRights attorney @RickyAGarza.

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

📽️ Tues, 8/24, 6:30p (Brownsville) Southmost Branch Library
📽️ Weds, 8/25, 1:00p (McAllen) Casa de Palmas Hotel
📽️ Thurs, 8/26, 8:30p (Falfurrias) Brooks Co. Courthouse (outdoor)
📽️ Fri, 8/27, 1:00p (Falfurrias) Brooks Co. Courthouse

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

Tomorrow begins the RGV tour of 'Missing in Brooks County' - a deeply humane portrait of the human rights workers & activists who confront the life-and-death consequences of a broken immigration system.

Watch the trailer & see the screening dates here: https://t.co/Bx5sz0GX9Z

[Jolie McCullough @jsmccullou]

ICYMI: The first migrants arrested on @GovAbbott's order to "catch and jail" people crossing the border have pled guilty to trespassing.

Their state sentences are now complete. The question is if ICE will detain them or if they'll be released.

https://t.co/13D1Rfkv0J #txlege

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Using this dataset, I was able to show that 68% of all Border Patrol apprehensions since January have led to an expulsion or deportation. Another 10% led to a migrant sent to jail or to ICE detention—78% in total.

Just 14.2% of apprehensions since January have led to a release.

[Texas Civil Rights Project @TXCivilRights]

MUST READ THREAD 👇 This was a travesty of a "public" hearing & could be Senate's approach to every other bill they’re hoping to jam thru #txlege. Our attorney didn't make it within the 1 hour notice. This video sums up how Texans scrambled just to say anything on a 35 page bill.

[TFDP @FairDefense]

Check out this powerful episode of Brief but Spectacular from @NewsHour with our friend @RenaudAntonio.

"The justice system is our failure to imagine anything besides punishment."

https://t.co/MrqJSOUD8Z

[Jessica Cisneros @JCisnerosTX]

When they said we had no chance, we showed them just how powerful the dreams of immigrants, teachers, and rancheros are.

Now, it’s time to finish what we started.

I’m running for Congress because #TX28 deserves a representative who will fight for our dreams as hard as we do.