samia halaby, your response to that?> well, my response to that is, first of all, they never gave me a reason. they never responded. never even talked to me. so i got the impression they did not like, from a very brief phone call from the director of the museum, one way or the other by general attitude and support for palestine and criticism of israel and u.s. partnership, u.s.-israel attacking palestine and especially the massacre, believable massacre, destruction of people and of culture, that my anger with that, my support of the palestinians was the cause. i think this idea that they are so terrorized or frightened by needing a lightning rod and the show -- i think the students to their majority were for the show. they were delighted. i think this idea of a lightning rod for trouble is there imagination, their invention. this propaganda -- invention, i don't see that. museums guard their work and they could've put a second show if there were so frightened. but canceling it, considering all of the grants they received

retrospective of renowned artist samia halaby. halaby, who is an indiana university alum, was informed her social media posts on the israeli assault expressing solidarity with gazans under attack was the reason for the cancellation. the exhibition had been in the works for over three years. texas republican governor greg abbott is facing more condemnation over his support of anti-immigrant and border enforcement policies that led to the recent deaths of another three asylum seekers attempting to cross the rio grande near the border city of eagle pass. the mother and her two young children have been identified as 33-year-old victerma de la sancha cerros, yorlei rubi and jonathan agustÍn briones de la sancha, who were 10 and 8 years old. they were from mexico. their drowning friday came just days after texas troopers took over about 2.5 miles of the u.s.-mexico border, including shelby park near eagle pass, a city park on the banks of the rio grande, denying access to the u.s. border patrol and making it impossible for agents to res