State troopers arrest City Council candidate Misael Ramos for ICE protest. austinchronicle.com/news/sta…

🚨 CARAVANA MIGRANTE LLEGA A TAPACHULA ESTA NOCHE Tapachula, Chiapas.— La caravana migrante que ingresó este jueves por el municipio de Suchiate avanzó durante el día y esta noche hizo su arribo a Tapachula, donde sus integrantes continúan su recorrido. Tras varias horas de camino, hombres, mujeres y familias llegaron visiblemente cansados y algunos con signos de deshidratación, pero también con la esperanza de encontrar mejores condiciones de vida. La caravana avanza por territorio chiapaneco mientras las autoridades mantienen presencia en la zona para atender y dar seguimiento al contingente.

🚨 BREAKING: The US Supreme Court has officially BLOCKED Missouri from using their new 7R-1D Congressional map Democrats will now regain a seat in the US House This is UNACCEPTABLE. Missourians ALREADY voted in their primaries with the new maps, meaning they’ll now have DIFFERENT candidates on their general election ballots, in many cases. What a JOKE.

NEW: Drug cartels are rapidly advancing their drone capabilities — and U.S. officials are now concerned they could be learning from the battlefield. There are reports cartel affiliates are being sent to the Russia-Ukraine war to gain battlefield experience — potentially bringing those skills back to Mexico. A @StateDept spokesperson saying, “The Department of State takes seriously reports of transnational criminal organizations’ growing use of drone technology and tracks the issue closely… The Department of State engages U.S. law enforcement and Ukrainian counterparts to adopt measures to mitigate the risk of battlefield skills transfer and apply lessons from Ukrainian counter-UAS experience to counter the cartel drone threat.” In a statement, @CBP telling @NewsNation, “In fiscal year 2025, CBP detected over 42,000 near-border, unmanned drone flights. This fiscal year, detections have exceeded that number… Cartels use drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. law enforcement, to move illegal narcotics across the border into the United States, and to guide illegal aliens across the border. Inside Mexico, cartels use weaponized drones against rival cartels, law enforcement, and military personnel to evade arrest and capture. They continue to advance their drone technology and tactics, to conceal their movements and operations. President Trump’s executive orders and overall focus on cartels and air dominance has empowered CBP to combat and mitigate cartels’ use of drones. Additional technology resources have benefited border security operations.  CBP continues to deploy multi-sensor capabilities on the border to increase detection and mitigation effectiveness.” H/t @Jackie_Koppell

The City of Austin is preparing to extend contracts with Catholic Charities of Central Texas - another $315,592 - totaling over $2.6M for legal and counseling services for immigrants from the Public Health budget. See items 51 and 59 on the Sept 24th agenda austintexas.legistar.com/Mee… Current contracts can be viewed on Austin Finance Online - Vendor CAT8320745 financeonline.austintexas.go…

You can do something to stop this. Urge Austin to stop funding immigration: $315,592 to Catholic Charities of Central Texas (items 51 & 59) $548,280 to American Gateways (items 52 & 57) Email City Council tinyurl.com/emailaustincityc… Sign Up to Speak on Thursday Sept 24th 👉 cityofaustin.formstack.com/f… 👈 Meeting Starts at 10am.

Videos from Austin, Texas show protesters still on the streets, blocking traffic, doing donuts and waving Mexican flags. Local KVUE reports crews saw water bottles being thrown at law enforcement