Daily Dispatch 1/22/25: ICE Raids and Jan 6 Releases Impact Texas Immediately, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: San Antonio is one of the cities said to be in the crosshairs for ICE's renewed push for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/immigration-raids-texas-trump-20046972.php ...The expansion of dentention facilities in Texas and other states - to the benefit of private prison companies - is an integral part of the Trump plan: https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2025-01-20/aclu-texas-government-likely-to-cooperate-with-mass-deportation-efforts-expected-under-trump ...People protected by DACA or Temporary Protected Status are implored to keep those protection arrangements up to date: https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-01-22/tps-daca-reapply-north-texas-immigration ...Trump's promised mass deportation presents a reckoning for America on our true humanitarian and ethical self-image: https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorial/article/trump-mass-deportations-era-20037685.php ...Governor Abbott and other fans of mass deportation have not been honest with their MAGA voter base on how such a move will undermine the "Texas miracle": https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-gop-anti-immigration-hard-liners-putting-on-a-show/ ...Officials in Mexico are concerned that they'll be asked to take deportees from other countries, as well as those who have been ripped away from long-established lives in the U.S.: https://www.texasobserver.org/is-mexico-prepared-for-mass-deportations/ The January 6th insurrectionists have been absolved by Trump via a variety of legal maneuvers: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan6.html Over 100 Texans are among those who have recieved clemency and many are on their way home from prison: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/21/texans-insurrection-capitol-trump-pardon/ ...One Jan. 6th rioter writes, "We Are In Charge...This Is Our Country": https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/high-profile-jan-6-cases-with-north-texas-ties-pardoned-or-commuted-by-trump/vi-AA1xClCV#details The merch to match your progressive values awaits at our web store! Grab your goodies at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://store.progresstexas.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We're loving the troll-free environment at BlueSky! Follow us there at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/progresstexas.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.