Texas Mass Shooting and Immigration Debate Continues.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has apologized for referring to the victims of a recent mass shooting as "illegal immigrants" after criticism from immigration advocates, Latino state lawmakers, and Congress members. The accused killer, Francisco Oropeza, allegedly killed five neighbors, including a young boy and two women shielding children, in Cleveland, Texas. Abbott's rhetoric drew ire as it hewed closely with his track record of smearing immigrants in the wake of mass shootings. Authorities said the victims were all originally from Honduras, and Oropeza was a Mexican national who had reportedly been previously deported from the US.