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As a majority-minority state, what role do you see Austin playing in the long-term conversation around immigration and migrant rights?

City of Austin : City Council, District 1

Austin has been a leader in the immigrant and migrant rights conversation in Texas. Part of the issue is the …

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Vincent Harding

Austin has the unique distinction of being a pillar of hope, progress and diversity in Central Texas. We should remain …

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Natasha Harper-Madison

City of Austin : City Council, District 3

Policy-makers need to better understand what causes anti-immigrant sentiments because resistant public opinion is the key roadblock for immigration reform …

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Susana Almanza

Austin has to be one of the leaders. We can uniquely show how these groups allow our city to flourish. …

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Justin Jacobson

City of Austin : City Council, District 9

Austin is a lot like San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.  We have become a predominantly white city, and a rich …

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Linda O’Neal

In my view, if we claim to be a progressive bastion in Texas, we must practice what we preach and …

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Danielle Skidmore

City of Austin : Mayor

I see Austin continuing its central and visible leadership on these issues, both with actual budget support and with constant …

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John Doe

I see Austin continuing its central and visible leadership on these issues, both with actual budget support and with constant …

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Steve Adler

Let’s first acknowledge that most of the minority-majority in Texas have indigenous DNA lineage to this greater region of Turtle …

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Travis Duncan

I believe Austin’s elected leaders have a responsibility to speak out on immigration and migrant rights, as well as other …

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Laura Morrison