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Rep. Filemon Vela: 40 migrant students were subject to racial slurs at inauguration events
Filemon Vela becomes fourth Texan in Congress to boycott Trump inauguration
Vela, of Brownsville, initially planned to attend Friday’s event, which he thought could serve as “a moment of healing and outreach” but racist remarks from inauguration attendees and a lack of diversity in the final cabinet selection made him reconsider.
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/01/19/texas-congressman-filemon-vela-signals-boycott-tru/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1484851171