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        "articleBody": "__Updated on September 1 at 9:47 a .m.:__\n\nAs rescue efforts push on and [waters recede](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/31/houston-hurricane-storm-harvey-recovery-donald-trump), the crisis in Houston is far from over, despite Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaiming that his city is \"[open for business](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/us/harvey-houston-texas-flood/index.html).\" Turner attributed his hopefulness to the [decrease of people in shelters](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/us/harvey-houston-texas-flood/index.html) and some bus lines resuming their routes.\n\nHowever, just 24 miles from downtown Houston, there's been a [series of explosions at a flooded chemical plant](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/texas-chemical-plant-explosion-arkema.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-abc-region&region=span-abc-region&WT.nav=span-abc-region) located in Crosby. According to *The New York Times*, the explosions occurred after the \"[main electrical system and backups failed](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/texas-chemical-plant-explosion-arkema.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-abc-region&region=span-abc-region&WT.nav=span-abc-region), cutting off refrigeration systems that kept volatile chemicals stable.\" Residents near the plant had been evacuated, however, 15 public safety officers had to be taken to the hospital due to the inhalation of smoke from chemical fires. \n\nIn the city of Beaumont, 100 miles northeast of Houston, Mayor Becky Ames said \"[Beaumont is basically an island](http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Beaumont-could-be-without-water-for-days-12163451.php).\" Officials there are concerned about possible fires because most of the roads are flooded and fire trucks wouldn't be able to access more than one fire. \"[[Don't] worry, but be as safe as you can](http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Beaumont-could-be-without-water-for-days-12163451.php),\" Fire Chief Anne Huff said, according to the *Beaumont Enterprise*. \"Don't use candles and be careful when cooking. Don't leave pots on burners.\"\n\nThe Texas Education Agency is reporting that about one million students in the state have been affected by Hurricane Harvey.\n\n\"[Roughly 20 percent of our student population has been affected by Harvey](http://abcnews.go.com/US/million-public-school-students-estimated-impacted-hurricane-harvey/story?id=49511399),\" Texas Education Agency spokeswoman Lauren Callahan told ABC News on Wednesday. \"This is absolutely an ongoing situation and our first and foremost priority is making sure everyone is safe.\"\n\nOut of 1,200 school districts, 200 of them have experienced closures and will remain closed indefinitely.\n\n\"We used this word because we are attempting to be as transparent as possible. [We do not have a timeline for how long the recovery process will take](https://www.facebook.com/AransasCountyISD/posts/1952870914988462),\" Superintendent Joseph Patek said in a released statement on Facebook. \"We must first have drinkable water and power. After that, we must ensure our facilities are safe and then we will be able to allow teaching staff in the buildings to look at their needs for supplies.\"\n\n\n\n__*Previously...*__\n\nThe [largest hurricane in a decade](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-nhc-idUSKCN1B409K?utm_source=applenews) to make landfall in the United States hit the central coast of Texas on August 25. Hurricane Harvey brought a life-threatening storm surge, rain and wind, and catastrophic flooding across the middle and upper coast of Texas, with the city of Houston bearing much of the damage. \n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/kxlblockade/status/902566683658805248]\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/901119439269134336]\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/texasdemocrats/status/901110180187910149]\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/SecretarySonny/status/901124980120985600]\n\n\nPresident Donald Trump [reversed](http://columbiaclimatelaw.com/resources/climate-deregulation-tracker/database/executive-orders/#13690) an Obama-era order that strengthened flood protection standards on August 15,  just before Harvey approached. On August 29, the president [visited Corpus Christi, Texas](http://www.npr.org/2017/08/29/546861395/trump-heads-for-texas-to-inspect-storm-damage), but [did not meet](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-steered-clear-storm-victims-during-texas-visit) with any victims of the storm.\n\nTexas is home to [over one million](http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/one-million-undocumented-people-live-houston-dallas-combined/) undocumented people, whose status and wellbeing throughout the storm has been a concern. Border Patrol [announced on August 24](https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/24/border-patrol-texas-checkpoints-remain-open-hurricane-harvey/) that it would keep border checkpoints open throughout the storm, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) later issued a [statement](https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/joint-statement-ice-and-cbp-regarding-hurricane-harvey)  saying that all non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will be suspended at evacuation sites or places offering hurricane relief. They note, however, that laws will not be suspended.\n\n\"Routine non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will not be conducted at evacuation sites, or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks,\" the statement says. \"The laws will not be suspended, and we will be vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.\"\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/901100286298730496]\n\nTexas Gov. Greg Abbott, however, said undocumented people will not be forced to show identification to get relief. Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would legally represent any undocumented people in court should that happen. \n\n“I and others will be the first ones to stand up with you,” he said, according to the [*Hill*](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348340-houston-mayor-to-immigrants-if-you-face-deportation-for-seeking). “If you need help and someone comes and they require help, and then for some reason, then somebody tries to deport them, I will represent them myself, okay?”\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/901115810617344004]\n\n[*New Republic*](https://newrepublic.com/article/144513/hurricane-harvey-also-major-pollution-disaster) reported that the area the storm is set to hit hardest is where one-third of the U.S.'s known oil and gas reserves are housed, along with a large bulk of the nation's oil refineries, according to Roy Scranton's 2016 op-ed for the *New York Times*, titled [“When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/when-the-hurricane-hits-texas.html?mcubz=1&_r=1) This, *New Republic* pointed out, could lead to a pollution disaster. On August 30, the largest refinery in the U.S., Saudi-owned Motiva in Port Arthur, Texas, [shut down operations](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/08/30/largest-u-s-refinery-shuts-down-harvey-floods-texas/615524001/).\n\nDowngraded to a tropical storm, Harvey's rainfall carried in to neighboring Louisiana [on Wednesday morning](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3). According to [Houston police chief Art Acevedo](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3), over 3,500 people have been rescued from flood waters after the hurricane slammed Houston and surrounding areas.   \n\nThe city's George R. Brown Convention Center reportedly held more than 9,000 evacuees on Monday, and Dallas is preparing to open a \"mega-shelter\" [as the state prepares for more rain](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-landfall/index.html). \n\n[*Houston Public Media*](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/08/27/233347/list-of-houston-area-shelters-for-those-forced-out-of-homes/) posted a list of shelters, including various mosques and churches that have opened their doors to evacuees. *Colorlines* compiled a list of local organizations that serve people of color and other marginalized communities in the affected area, which can be found [here](https://www.colorlines.com/articles/how-donate-money-and-other-aid-communities-color-houston). \n\n__Related:__ [Hurricane Matthew Hits Florida](http://www.teenvogue.com/story/hurricane-matthew-hits-florida)",
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href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/texas-chemical-plant-explosion-arkema.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=span-abc-region&amp;region=span-abc-region&amp;WT.nav=span-abc-region" data-reactid="128">series of explosions at a flooded chemical plant</a><!-- react-text: 129 --> located in Crosby. According to <!-- /react-text --><em data-reactid="130">The New York Times</em><!-- react-text: 131 -->, the explosions occurred after the &quot;<!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/texas-chemical-plant-explosion-arkema.html?action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=span-abc-region&amp;region=span-abc-region&amp;WT.nav=span-abc-region" data-reactid="132">main electrical system and backups failed</a><!-- react-text: 133 -->, cutting off refrigeration systems that kept volatile chemicals stable.&quot; Residents near the plant had been evacuated, however, 15 public safety officers had to be taken to the hospital due to the inhalation of smoke from chemical fires.<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="134"><!-- react-text: 135 -->In the city of Beaumont, 100 miles northeast of Houston, Mayor Becky Ames said &quot;<!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Beaumont-could-be-without-water-for-days-12163451.php" data-reactid="136">Beaumont is basically an island</a><!-- react-text: 137 -->.&quot; Officials there are concerned about possible fires because most of the roads are flooded and fire trucks wouldn&#x27;t be able to access more than one fire. &quot;<!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Beaumont-could-be-without-water-for-days-12163451.php" data-reactid="138">[Don&#x27;t] worry, but be as safe as you can</a><!-- react-text: 139 -->,&quot; Fire Chief Anne Huff said, according to the <!-- /react-text --><em data-reactid="140">Beaumont Enterprise</em><!-- react-text: 141 -->. &quot;Don&#x27;t use candles and be careful when cooking. Don&#x27;t leave pots on burners.&quot;<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="142">The Texas Education Agency is reporting that about one million students in the state have been affected by Hurricane Harvey.</p><p data-reactid="143"><!-- react-text: 144 -->&quot;<!-- /react-text --><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/million-public-school-students-estimated-impacted-hurricane-harvey/story?id=49511399" data-reactid="145">Roughly 20 percent of our student population has been affected by Harvey</a><!-- react-text: 146 -->,&quot; Texas Education Agency spokeswoman Lauren Callahan told ABC News on Wednesday. &quot;This is absolutely an ongoing situation and our first and foremost priority is making sure everyone is safe.&quot;<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="147">Out of 1,200 school districts, 200 of them have experienced closures and will remain closed indefinitely.</p><p data-reactid="148"><!-- react-text: 149 -->&quot;We used this word because we are attempting to be as transparent as possible. <!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AransasCountyISD/posts/1952870914988462" data-reactid="150">We do not have a timeline for how long the recovery process will take</a><!-- react-text: 151 -->,&quot; Superintendent Joseph Patek said in a released statement on Facebook. &quot;We must first have drinkable water and power. After that, we must ensure our facilities are safe and then we will be able to allow teaching staff in the buildings to look at their needs for supplies.&quot;<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="152"><strong data-reactid="153"><em data-reactid="154">Previously...</em></strong></p><p data-reactid="155"><!-- react-text: 156 -->The <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-nhc-idUSKCN1B409K?utm_source=applenews" data-reactid="157">largest hurricane in a decade</a><!-- react-text: 158 --> to make landfall in the United States hit the central coast of Texas on August 25. Hurricane Harvey brought a life-threatening storm surge, rain and wind, and catastrophic flooding across the middle and upper coast of Texas, with the city of Houston bearing much of the damage.<!-- /react-text --></p><blockquote class="embed twitter-embed-component twitter-tweet " lang="en" data-type="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/kxlblockade/status/902566683658805248" data-reactid="159"><p data-reactid="160"><a href="https://twitter.com/kxlblockade/status/902566683658805248" data-reactid="161">https://twitter.com/kxlblockade/status/902566683658805248</a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="embed twitter-embed-component twitter-tweet " lang="en" data-type="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/901119439269134336" data-reactid="162"><p data-reactid="163"><a href="https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/901119439269134336" data-reactid="164">https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/901119439269134336</a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="embed twitter-embed-component twitter-tweet " lang="en" data-type="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/texasdemocrats/status/901110180187910149" data-reactid="165"><p data-reactid="166"><a href="https://twitter.com/texasdemocrats/status/901110180187910149" data-reactid="167">https://twitter.com/texasdemocrats/status/901110180187910149</a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="embed twitter-embed-component twitter-tweet " lang="en" data-type="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/SecretarySonny/status/901124980120985600" data-reactid="168"><p data-reactid="169"><a href="https://twitter.com/SecretarySonny/status/901124980120985600" data-reactid="170">https://twitter.com/SecretarySonny/status/901124980120985600</a></p></blockquote><p data-reactid="171"><!-- react-text: 172 -->President Donald Trump <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://columbiaclimatelaw.com/resources/climate-deregulation-tracker/database/executive-orders/#13690" data-reactid="173">reversed</a><!-- react-text: 174 --> an Obama-era order that strengthened flood protection standards on August 15,  just before Harvey approached. On August 29, the president <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/08/29/546861395/trump-heads-for-texas-to-inspect-storm-damage" data-reactid="175">visited Corpus Christi, Texas</a><!-- react-text: 176 -->, but <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-steered-clear-storm-victims-during-texas-visit" data-reactid="177">did not meet</a><!-- react-text: 178 --> with any victims of the storm.<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="179"><!-- react-text: 180 -->Texas is home to <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/one-million-undocumented-people-live-houston-dallas-combined/" data-reactid="181">over one million</a><!-- react-text: 182 --> undocumented people, whose status and wellbeing throughout the storm has been a concern. Border Patrol <!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/24/border-patrol-texas-checkpoints-remain-open-hurricane-harvey/" data-reactid="183">announced on August 24</a><!-- react-text: 184 --> that it would keep border checkpoints open throughout the storm, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) later issued a <!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/joint-statement-ice-and-cbp-regarding-hurricane-harvey" data-reactid="185">statement</a><!-- react-text: 186 -->  saying that all non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will be suspended at evacuation sites or places offering hurricane relief. They note, however, that laws will not be suspended.<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="187">&quot;Routine non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will not be conducted at evacuation sites, or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks,&quot; the statement says. &quot;The laws will not be suspended, and we will be vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.&quot;</p><blockquote class="embed twitter-embed-component twitter-tweet " lang="en" data-type="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/901100286298730496" data-reactid="188"><p data-reactid="189"><a href="https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/901100286298730496" data-reactid="190">https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/901100286298730496</a></p></blockquote><p data-reactid="191">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, however, said undocumented people will not be forced to show identification to get relief. Houston&#x27;s Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would legally represent any undocumented people in court should that happen.</p><p data-reactid="192"><!-- react-text: 193 -->“I and others will be the first ones to stand up with you,” he said, according to the <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348340-houston-mayor-to-immigrants-if-you-face-deportation-for-seeking" data-reactid="194"><em data-reactid="195">Hill</em></a><!-- react-text: 196 -->. “If you need help and someone comes and they require help, and then for some reason, then somebody tries to deport them, I will represent them myself, okay?”<!-- /react-text --></p><blockquote class="embed twitter-embed-component twitter-tweet " lang="en" data-type="twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/901115810617344004" data-reactid="197"><p data-reactid="198"><a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/901115810617344004" data-reactid="199">https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/901115810617344004</a></p></blockquote><p data-reactid="200"><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/144513/hurricane-harvey-also-major-pollution-disaster" data-reactid="201"><em data-reactid="202">New Republic</em></a><!-- react-text: 203 --> reported that the area the storm is set to hit hardest is where one-third of the U.S.&#x27;s known oil and gas reserves are housed, along with a large bulk of the nation&#x27;s oil refineries, according to Roy Scranton&#x27;s 2016 op-ed for the <!-- /react-text --><em data-reactid="204">New York Times</em><!-- react-text: 205 -->, titled <!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/when-the-hurricane-hits-texas.html?mcubz=1&amp;_r=1" data-reactid="206">“When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas.”</a><!-- react-text: 207 --> This, <!-- /react-text --><em data-reactid="208">New Republic</em><!-- react-text: 209 --> pointed out, could lead to a pollution disaster. On August 30, the largest refinery in the U.S., Saudi-owned Motiva in Port Arthur, Texas, <!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/08/30/largest-u-s-refinery-shuts-down-harvey-floods-texas/615524001/" data-reactid="210">shut down operations</a><!-- react-text: 211 -->.<!-- /react-text --></p><p data-reactid="212"><!-- react-text: 213 -->Downgraded to a tropical storm, Harvey&#x27;s rainfall carried in to neighboring Louisiana <!-- /react-text --><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3" data-reactid="214">on Wednesday morning</a><!-- react-text: 215 -->. 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Border Patrol ",["a",{"href":"https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/24/border-patrol-texas-checkpoints-remain-open-hurricane-harvey/"},"announced on August 24"]," that it would keep border checkpoints open throughout the storm, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) later issued a ",["a",{"href":"https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/joint-statement-ice-and-cbp-regarding-hurricane-harvey"},"statement"],"  saying that all non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will be suspended at evacuation sites or places offering hurricane relief. They note, however, that laws will not be suspended."],["p","\"Routine non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will not be conducted at evacuation sites, or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks,\" the statement says. \"The laws will not be suspended, and we will be vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.\""],["inline-embed",{"type":"twitter","meta":"%7B%22type%22%3A%22twitter%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FACLU%2Fstatus%2F901100286298730496%22%2C%22width%22%3A%22%22%2C%22height%22%3A%22%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%7D","ref":""}],["p","Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, however, said undocumented people will not be forced to show identification to get relief. Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would legally represent any undocumented people in court should that happen."],["p","“I and others will be the first ones to stand up with you,” he said, according to the ",["a",{"href":"http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348340-houston-mayor-to-immigrants-if-you-face-deportation-for-seeking"},["em","Hill"]],". “If you need help and someone comes and they require help, and then for some reason, then somebody tries to deport them, I will represent them myself, okay?”"],["inline-embed",{"type":"twitter","meta":"%7B%22type%22%3A%22twitter%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMSNBC%2Fstatus%2F901115810617344004%22%2C%22width%22%3A%22%22%2C%22height%22%3A%22%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%7D","ref":""}],["p",["a",{"href":"https://newrepublic.com/article/144513/hurricane-harvey-also-major-pollution-disaster"},["em","New Republic"]]," reported that the area the storm is set to hit hardest is where one-third of the U.S.'s known oil and gas reserves are housed, along with a large bulk of the nation's oil refineries, according to Roy Scranton's 2016 op-ed for the ",["em","New York Times"],", titled ",["a",{"href":"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/when-the-hurricane-hits-texas.html?mcubz=1&_r=1"},"“When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas.”"]," This, ",["em","New Republic"]," pointed out, could lead to a pollution disaster. On August 30, the largest refinery in the U.S., Saudi-owned Motiva in Port Arthur, Texas, ",["a",{"href":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/08/30/largest-u-s-refinery-shuts-down-harvey-floods-texas/615524001/"},"shut down operations"],"."],["p","Downgraded to a tropical storm, Harvey's rainfall carried in to neighboring Louisiana ",["a",{"href":"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3"},"on Wednesday morning"],". According to ",["a",{"href":"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3"},"Houston police chief Art Acevedo"],", over 3,500 people have been rescued from flood waters after the hurricane slammed Houston and surrounding areas."],["p","The city's George R. 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Don't leave pots on burners.\"\n\nThe Texas Education Agency is reporting that about one million students in the state have been affected by Hurricane Harvey.\n\n\"[Roughly 20 percent of our student population has been affected by Harvey](http://abcnews.go.com/US/million-public-school-students-estimated-impacted-hurricane-harvey/story?id=49511399),\" Texas Education Agency spokeswoman Lauren Callahan told ABC News on Wednesday. \"This is absolutely an ongoing situation and our first and foremost priority is making sure everyone is safe.\"\n\nOut of 1,200 school districts, 200 of them have experienced closures and will remain closed indefinitely.\n\n\"We used this word because we are attempting to be as transparent as possible. [We do not have a timeline for how long the recovery process will take](https://www.facebook.com/AransasCountyISD/posts/1952870914988462),\" Superintendent Joseph Patek said in a released statement on Facebook. \"We must first have drinkable water and power. After that, we must ensure our facilities are safe and then we will be able to allow teaching staff in the buildings to look at their needs for supplies.\"\n\n\n\n__*Previously...*__\n\nThe [largest hurricane in a decade](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-nhc-idUSKCN1B409K?utm_source=applenews) to make landfall in the United States hit the central coast of Texas on August 25. Hurricane Harvey brought a life-threatening storm surge, rain and wind, and catastrophic flooding across the middle and upper coast of Texas, with the city of Houston bearing much of the damage. \n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/kxlblockade/status/902566683658805248]\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/901119439269134336]\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/texasdemocrats/status/901110180187910149]\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/SecretarySonny/status/901124980120985600]\n\n\nPresident Donald Trump [reversed](http://columbiaclimatelaw.com/resources/climate-deregulation-tracker/database/executive-orders/#13690) an Obama-era order that strengthened flood protection standards on August 15,  just before Harvey approached. On August 29, the president [visited Corpus Christi, Texas](http://www.npr.org/2017/08/29/546861395/trump-heads-for-texas-to-inspect-storm-damage), but [did not meet](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-steered-clear-storm-victims-during-texas-visit) with any victims of the storm.\n\nTexas is home to [over one million](http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/one-million-undocumented-people-live-houston-dallas-combined/) undocumented people, whose status and wellbeing throughout the storm has been a concern. Border Patrol [announced on August 24](https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/24/border-patrol-texas-checkpoints-remain-open-hurricane-harvey/) that it would keep border checkpoints open throughout the storm, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) later issued a [statement](https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/joint-statement-ice-and-cbp-regarding-hurricane-harvey)  saying that all non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will be suspended at evacuation sites or places offering hurricane relief. They note, however, that laws will not be suspended.\n\n\"Routine non-criminal immigration enforcement operations will not be conducted at evacuation sites, or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks,\" the statement says. \"The laws will not be suspended, and we will be vigilant against any effort by criminals to exploit disruptions caused by the storm.\"\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/901100286298730496]\n\nTexas Gov. Greg Abbott, however, said undocumented people will not be forced to show identification to get relief. Houston's Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would legally represent any undocumented people in court should that happen. \n\n“I and others will be the first ones to stand up with you,” he said, according to the [*Hill*](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/348340-houston-mayor-to-immigrants-if-you-face-deportation-for-seeking). “If you need help and someone comes and they require help, and then for some reason, then somebody tries to deport them, I will represent them myself, okay?”\n\n[#twitter: https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/901115810617344004]\n\n[*New Republic*](https://newrepublic.com/article/144513/hurricane-harvey-also-major-pollution-disaster) reported that the area the storm is set to hit hardest is where one-third of the U.S.'s known oil and gas reserves are housed, along with a large bulk of the nation's oil refineries, according to Roy Scranton's 2016 op-ed for the *New York Times*, titled [“When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/sunday/when-the-hurricane-hits-texas.html?mcubz=1&_r=1) This, *New Republic* pointed out, could lead to a pollution disaster. On August 30, the largest refinery in the U.S., Saudi-owned Motiva in Port Arthur, Texas, [shut down operations](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/08/30/largest-u-s-refinery-shuts-down-harvey-floods-texas/615524001/).\n\nDowngraded to a tropical storm, Harvey's rainfall carried in to neighboring Louisiana [on Wednesday morning](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3). According to [Houston police chief Art Acevedo](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/us/hurricane-harvey-storm-flooding.html?mcubz=3), over 3,500 people have been rescued from flood waters after the hurricane slammed Houston and surrounding areas.   \n\nThe city's George R. 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