Who Will Stand Up for the Rio Grande?

The river is drying up, while Texas's elected leaders ignore the real border crisis.

In an aerial view, the Rio Grande is shown between Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico on January 26, 2023. (Photo credit Brandon Bell via Getty Images)

In August 2022, Democrats in Congress rallied around a vote for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), despite opposition from a hard line of Republican nays. The IRA aimed to fulfill the promise of the…