Today, Wednesday, Dec. 12, Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada leads a protest of the construction of the border wall and the planned seizure of private lands in Texas by Homeland Security, by way of the law of eminent domain. Lipan Apache women are standing firm against the seizure of their land, along with hundreds of Texas landowners.

On Sunday, Dec. 16, a vigil will be held to free the imprisoned migrant and refugee children of Hutto prison near Austin. Candles will be lit for hope, as those gathered remember the children imprisoned. Migrant and refugee children were forced to wear prison uniforms and drink spoiled milk. Migrant women were chained to their beds during medical examinations and one woman was sexually assaulted by a prison guard in front of her child. Hutto is the same prison that denied entry to the United Nations Rapporteur Jorge Bustamante on migrants in May.