up. texas hasn t always been like this. texas in the 90s, when the democrats were in charge, was 14th in ease of voting in the country, ranked 14th. after republicans took over power today, texas ranks 50th. 50th in ease of voting in the country. there are more people who there is 5.5 million texans who didn t vote, and many weren t able because of the system that is in place in texas. we are the worst state in the country today for the ability for texans to vote, for the ability of voters to go to the polls. it s amazing and something to watch to see if that becomes a driver, right? these bigger issues of democracy and voter suppression. thank you both. when we come back, we ll tell you what is being done to fight ron desantis voter sup prex law in florida. we ll be right back. voter sup prex law in florida.
immigration service so we they are happy to take you. i don t know why texas hasn t declared an invasion. 8000 people a day walking across the border in a federal government that abandons pretext, they are facilitating it. that will trigger a constitutional showdown. these are human beings going through the process. they made the choice to come in illegally and governors are taking a stand. rachel: it is a place of giant mansions. i have been to uvalde, a relatively poor town. the obamas s neighbors, unless
into our country? oh , that s too hard. but texas is apparently taking some steps to slow the massiveta surge of migration about to hit this country. it s about to get even bigger a todd benjamin just wrote a piece about what texas is doing. he s the author of america s border wars, also senior national security fellow at the center for immigration studiesgh joins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on . pardon my skepticism about this theater going on . it s greatly frustrating toer people in other parts of the country that texas hasn t just shut down its own borderwn since. it always talks b about how it s a country but the state is doing something you say to slow this border surge. what is it doingngrder surge.? right. well, i agree. i think that the busing of migrants to washington, d.c. is a bit of a sideshowit to the man event, which is that the abbott administrationad is shutting don trade with mexico. they re saying that they re doing it with enhanced safety inspections at th
back in the texas state captial, austin, 13 plaintiffs have come to court to challenge the constitutionality of the lanessica fled. it s a terrifying feeling to not feel in control of our own body and our future. when you allow a country to take away one of your rights, you give that same country permission to take away all of your rights. but the governor of texas is holding firm. he is proud of his state s new law. our creator endowed us with the right to life and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion. in texas, we want to save those lives. texas hasn t only banned abortion after a foetal heartbeat can be detected but the law empowers people to sue anyone seen to help someone end a pregnancy
all of your rights. but the governor of texas is holding firm. he is proud of his state s new law. our creator endowed us with the right to life and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion. in texas, we want to save those lives. texas hasn t only banned abortion after a foetal heartbeat can be detected but the law empowers people to sue anyone seen to help someone end a pregnancy after that time. counsellors and physicians say it effectively criminalises care and shows that roe v wade has never been enough. since this bill has gone into effect, sice the law has gone into effect, i have not been able to provide abortion care in texas at all and i have increased travelling to oklahoma to be able to take care