This weekend will mark five years since a North Texas man drove to El Paso to shoot up a Walmart filled with Hispanic shoppers. On Thursday, human rights groups
Heat index values up to 109 are possible in Central & North Texas . A Heat Advisory is in effect for Milam County through 8 pm Thursday.filled with Hispanic shoppers. On Thursday, human rights groups from the Texas border plan to speak up about the anti-immigrant rhetoric they believe inspired the attack. These groups worry the same kinds of things are being said in this year's election campaigns.
On Thursday, a coalition of Hispanic advocates plans to gather virtually to discuss what they call "lessons not learned" from the El Paso mass shooting. This comes as some politicians focus on two undocumented immigrants accused of the rape and murder of a Texas 12-year-old girl. Staff Attorney Travis Fife says, “The lieutenant governor's suggestion basically flips the presumption of innocence on its head by saying, 'No, we're not going to look at individualized circumstances, we're not going to trust our judges, we're just going to shut it down as a matter of state law and incarcerate every person on the basis of just probable cause."
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