Zahira Torres

I come from a city filled with loving and caring people. A city that stands against injustice and that cares for those less fortunate. A city that will remain strong and proud and united despite this utterly devastating day. I love you, El Paso.

Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Take Action on Flooding propublica.org/article/texas-…

In 2013, Elon Musk had to beg TX lawmakers to pass bills helping his business. But still, he got nothing. This year, he got what he wanted and didn't even have to show up at the Capitol. The latest from Austin's Elon watcher, @lmcgaughy: propublica.org/article/elon-m…

this is extraordinary work by @propublica @texastribune and their fearless partners projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm… #txlege

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away. Now, their stories will begin to be told. Starting here. projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm…

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility. He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.” Thread 👇

After a Texas lawmaker saw the havoc wreaked on his district, he said his vote a few months ago against a bill that would have established a statewide plan to improve disaster response, "would probably be different now." texastribune.org/2025/07/06/tex…

All eyes were on Elon Musk in DC this year. But do you know what he was up to in Texas? The brilliant @lmcgaughy does. She dives DEEP into what he got out of the TX legislative session. Read more on @KUT , part of our new @propublica / @TexasTribune collab kut.org/politics/2025-…

Excited for what @renLarson_ will do! propublica.org/atpropublica/p…

🧵All eyes were on Elon Musk as he slashed his way through Washington this year. But what about the Texas Capitol? I set about tracking Musk's influence here, where he's moved most of his companies. His star may be fading in DC. But Musk had a very good year in Texas. #txlege

Great piece by @lmcgaughy on Elon Musk's power in Texas. "By all accounts, Musk’s influence was great enough that he did not have to formally address lawmakers in person this session to make the case for any of his priorities." propublica.org/article/elon-m…

Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the state’s labor supply and economy. propublica.org/article/texas-…

Trump says the migrants he deported to prison in El Salvador are “rapists” and “savages.” ⁦@propublica⁩ and reporting partners obtained government data showing that administration officials were aware that was not true. propublica.org/article/trump-…

Bravo @propublica and ⁦@TexasTribune⁩ for shining a light where so many are content to accept darkness! Trump Administration Knew Most Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Had No U.S. Crime Convictions — ProPublica texastribune.org/2025/05/30/tru…

Great news! Excited for you and for @VotebeatUS

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to a maximum security prison in El Salvador were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws. texastribune.org/2025/05/30/tru… via @TexasTribune

The Trump administration knew the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S. beforehttps://www.propublica.org/article/trump-el-salvador-deportees-criminal-convictions-cecot-venezuela

"Everyone's afraid that there’s going to come a point in time where you don’t know where one agency stops & the next begins," said the former ombudsman for the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which cares for immigrant kids, about closer ties w/ @ICEgov propublica.org/article/office…

Important piece by @lomikriel and @micarosenberg about the evolution of a federal entity, tasked with protecting immigrant children, that is becoming an enforcement arm, according to current and former staffers texastribune.org/2025/05/14/off… via @TexasTribune

Current and former officials told @lomikriel and I that the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which cares for unaccompanied migrant children, is becoming an enforcement arm and at the same time the Trump administration fired the agency's first ombudsman propublica.org/article/office…

This is why I love El Paso. A city that lives love, not hate. Relatives of those slain by a mass murderer hugged him. “If you would have come before to get to know our culture, you would have experienced what warm and good-hearted people us Hispanics are.” elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22/vic…