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photo-op intended to humiliate asylum-seekers and shame the Biden administration into heavier action along the border but that plan kind of fizzled once it became clear that forcing any unwilling migrant onto a bus would be kidnapping and Abbott had to classify participation as “voluntary.
THUMBS DOWN: Another peculiar stunt from a governor who bills Texas as ‘open for business’ was shutting off a major international trade corridor with Mexico, angering businesses, truckers and politicians on both sides of the aisle. Even Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, in a rare appearance as the adult in the room, demanded his fellow Republican end the excessive, duplicative vehicle inspection program at the border, saying it was turning “a crisis into a catastrophe.
THUMBS UP: How about some good news? Houston City Council had some cute crowds this week thanks to Nwamaka Unaka, chief of staff to council member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, and her daughter, Muna, who was able to witness the unanimous passage of a paid parental leave policy. The new policy, championed by council member Abbie Kamin, gives city employees 320 hours of paid parental leave after birth or adoption with a bump up to 480 in September 2023.
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