Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:

Harsh facts face families with undocumented members in Texas as preparations begin for Donald Trump's promised deportation of millions: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/11/13/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-fact-vs-fiction-whats-next-for-texas/

Advocacy organizations like the ACLU and RAICES are up against a relentless and uncaring opponent with limitless resources: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-trump-anti-immigrant-policies-pave-rocky-path-for-advocates-21045574

Elon Musk will share the leadership of a new Department Of Government Efficiency (or "DOGE"), tasked with slashing the operations and staffing of the federal government: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/12/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-department-of-government-efficiency-trump/index.html

Over 1,000 bills were filed yesterday by Texas lawmakers on the first day they could do so: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/12/texas-legislature-bills-filing/

...One bill is designed to strike antiquated restrictions on LGBTQ+ freedom from the Texas books: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4987265-texas-democrats-revive-effort-to-repeal-states-ban-on-gay-sex/

A bill in the U.S. House that would have given Trump the power to single-handedly crush non-profit organizations died yesterday after an effort by the ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-urges-house-to-kill-bill-that-could-give-trump-admin-power-to-crush-dissent-and-go-after-political-enemies

...But not without the support of 52 Democrats, including Colin Allred: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024458?RollCallNum=458&BillNum=H.R.9495

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