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The map was initially approved by Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives members on Wednesday night, but Democratic lawmakers made it known during the session that it was not made available for public hearings.

On Wednesday, Texas Democrats raised a number of questions and objections to the measure.

Before the bill’s passage, Democrat representative John Bucy claimed from the floor that the new maps were blatantly intended to stifle the votes of Black, Latino, and Asian voters and that his Republican colleagues’ bending to Trump’s will was deeply worrying.

Bucy remarked, “This is authoritarianism in real time, not democracy.” Donald Trump’s map is on this one. Because Trump is aware that the electorate is rejecting his agenda, it is clearly and purposefully creating five more Republican seats in Congress.

Republicans claimed that the map was intended to increase the number of predominantly Hispanic districts.

President Trump urged the Texas House of Representatives to approve the extraordinary mid-decade revision of congressional maps, which would give his party a better chance of holding onto the US House of Representatives in the upcoming election. Before they can become official, the state Senate must approve the maps and sign them with Governor Greg Abbott’s signature.

Texas’ state legislative Democrats evaded the state by escaping the state earlier this month in protest, and they were given round-the-clock police monitoring upon their return to ensure they were present on Wednesday’s session. They delayed the vote by two weeks.

Democrats voluntarily returned on Monday, saying they had succeeded in preventing a vote during the first special legislative session and persuading Democrats in other states to take retaliatory measures.

The Democratic-controlled state Legislature of California is likely to approve its own new House map, which aims to create five Democratic-leaning districts, after the Texas maps are approved. California’s map would need voter approval in November before it becomes official, in contrast to Texas.

Three measures are expected to be approved by the California Legislature on Thursday morning: creating new congressional districts, authorizing the replacement map, and holding a special election in November to get the support of the electorate.

Democrats have also vowed to file legal action to challenge the new Texas map, and they have alleged that Republicans used their political leverage to pass legislation to stop deadly floods that swept the state last month.

Other Republican states, as well as Democratic ones like Maryland and Illinois, are pursuing or considering their own redistricting initiatives.

A lower court’s decision to suspend 60, 000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal’s temporary protections has been overturned by a US appeals court, which has sided with the Trump administration.

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco granted an emergency stay while an appeal was pending on Wednesday. The administration’s alleged unlawful action was used by the administration to end Honduran, Nicaragua, and Nepal’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations.

With this decision, the Republican administration can begin removing an estimated 7, 000 Nepalis whose TPS designations expired on August 5. On September 8, the TPS designations and legal status of 51, 000 Hondurans and 3, 000 Nicaraguans will expire, with the removal of those designations and legal status.

The district court stayed the district court’s ruling granting plaintiffs’ motion to postpone until this court makes a new order, the judges wrote.

A district judge set aside a hearing on the merits in July to hold until November in which case the TPS would continue in effect. She stated in her ruling that the plaintiffs would suffer “irreparable harm” as a result of the hasty termination, but that the general public would be impacted by the labor force’s and community’s decline.

There was no justification in the brief decision of Wednesday, and UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy co-director Ahilan Arulanantham claimed there appeared to be no due process in a statement released on Wednesday.

The court’s failure to provide any justification for its decision, including why this was an “emergency,” is far below what due process demands and our clients deserve.

TPS allows citizens of nations that are in conflict, a natural disaster, or other extraordinary circumstances to temporarily reside in the US. They are also permitted to travel and work.

More people are now eligible for removal as a result of the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to remove the protection. The administration’s wider plan is to carry out mass deportations of immigrants.

In response to a recent court ruling that protected some CDC employees from layoffs but not others, at least 600 of its American employees are receiving permanent termination notices.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents more than 2, 000 CDC dues-paying members, claims that many people have not yet received the notices.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC was instrumental in gathering information and developing health plans.

The department’s hiring practices were announced in March, months after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, made the announcement that it was making more than 20 percent of its workforce reductions.

At least 600 employees have been laid off, according to AFGE officials.

However, the union hasn’t received formal notices about who is being laid off, according to the federation in a statement released on Wednesday.

About 100 professionals in violence prevention are included in the permanent cuts. A man fired at least 180 bullets into the campus of the CDC, killing a police officer, according to some employees, and those cuts occurred less than two weeks later.

On Wednesday, Brugada said three people were directly involved in the shooting, despite not releasing their names.

She told reporters that “13 people were detained in this operation, including three people who directly participated in the murder, and others who had to do with the logistical preparation of the event.”

The city, which is seen as a relative safety haven in comparison to the rest of the nation, was shocked by the daytime shooting of two of Brugada’s top aides by gunmen riding motorcycles.

Ximena Guzman, the personal secretary of Brugada, and Jose Munoz, their advisers, were the victims.

This government will not stand in for justice until the truth is known and justice is served, the mayor declared in a social media post on Wednesday.

Claudia Sheinbaum, a Brugada ally who previously served as the capital’s mayor, pledged that her government would ensure that “justice is served” following the shooting.

In May, Sheinbaum stated, “We express our solidarity and support for the families of these two individuals who have long been active in our movement.”

“We know them, we support their families, and we will give her]Brugada” all the Mexican government’s needs,” the mayor said.

Mexico has struggled with high crime rates and murders, including those committed against journalists and political and security officials, for decades.

Omar Garcia Harfuch, the security chief in Mexico City, survived an ambush by gunmen that resulted in the deaths of two of his bodyguards and a bystander in 2020.

Sheinbaum’s administration announced a security strategy shortly after taking office last year that focused on boosting intelligence gathering, strengthening the National Guard, and addressing root causes, including poverty.

The United States issued a travel advisory for Mexico earlier this month in light of security risks. The country has been struggling with its own crime rates.