State and federal action where Houston is part of the story.
Wendy Alvarez, mother of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez who was fatally shot in Houston in 2022, demanded on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 that Gov. Greg Abbott's campaign remove a political advertisement featuring her daughter's photograph. Alvarez said she never agreed to have her daughter's image used to promote Abbott's reelection.
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Houston-area members of Congress, labor leaders and immigration rights activists on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, and called for cutting off all federal funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the agency should not receive money from Democrats without structural changes and greater accountability.
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