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A dead child and missing water in the desert
The treatment of migrants under Gov. Greg Abbott's border security and immigration policies continued to draw national and international attention throughout the weekend and on Monday.
On Friday, a child died onboard one of Abbott's chartered buses delivering migrants to Democratic-led cities. And 55-gallon barrels of water that had been placed by human rights groups near the Texas-Mexico border have unexplainably gone missing, a potential hazard as temperatures are consistently climbing into the triple digits.
Abbott's busing program has proved popular with Republicans in Texas and around the country, and it has been emulated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he seeks the GOP nomination for president. The Texas Division of Emergency Management, which runs the program, declined to provide details on how or when the child died.
"Once the child presented with health concerns, the bus pulled over and security personnel on board called 9-1-1 for emergency attention," the agency said in a statement. "The child was then taken to a local hospital to receive additional medical attention and was later pronounced deceased."
It's unclear who moved the water barrels or why, and the Texas Department of Transportation denied moving them.
From 2012 to 2015, 3,586 gallon jugs of water were destroyed in an 800-square-mile desert area in southern Arizona, the group No More Deaths found.
Who's up, who's down
Up: Sheila Jackson Lee.
The Houston Congresswoman and mayoral candidate won the endorsement of three labor groups Monday, although she still trails fellow candidate and Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, who has amassed support from a number of unions.
Down: Porn-watchers.
Those who enjoy X-rated films will have to upload digital identification, government-issued identification or transactional data to prove they're above the age of 18 under the recently-enacted House Bill 1181. Pornhub is coming to the rescue, however, taking Texas to court over the law.
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What else is going on in Texas
 Photo by: William Luther/San Antonio Express-News | | Cecily Ann Aguilar pleaded guilty in November to helping her boyfriend dispose of Vanessa Guillén's body in 2020 and to concealing evidence of the crime. She's the only living suspect tied to the 2020 slaying of Guillén, a Houston native. | |
 Photo by: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer | | MD Anderson Cancer Center will open a new hospital at the UT Austin campus, marking the hospital's first independently operated facility outside of Houston. | |
 Photo by: Joe Timmerman | | Records obtained by the Tribune through an open records request show that DPS has made 1,253 arrests in Travis County between March and July, including 513 in April alone. | |
 Photo by: Pivotal Weather | | For a state that routinely sees temperatures rise over 100 degrees, finding the hottest city is more complicated than it seems. | |
 Photo by: Ronald Cortes | | The congregations at both churches were notified Sunday via letters from Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller that were read aloud. | |
Pick of the day
Today would have been the first day of sixth grade for the 19 children murdered at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School in May 2022. Parents and others connected to the tragedy posted tributes to the victims.
What else I'm reading
As our nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip-hop music, The New York Times Magazine late last week published this great piece remembering the many rappers who've left us too soon.
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