The Democratic legislator of Texas State remains during the night on Capitol Floor during Standoff

A legislator of the Democratic State spent the night on the ground of the Texas Chamber, refusing a police escort imposed by the Republicans to prevent it, it and its democratic colleagues, to leave the State while the GOP seeks to redraw the districts of the Congress.

The representative of the Democratic State Nicole Collier remained on the floor of the room in Texas Capitol Monday evening and Tuesday. The room should not meet again before Wednesday, when a vote on the cards is planned.

Collar, which represents a minority majority district at Fort Worth, said that it “refused to sign its dignity”, qualifying as a political prisoner, Fox4 Dallas-Fort reported.

The Democratic legislators of the State Capitol said that the agents of Texas of the Ministry of Public Security had followed them on Monday, were kept their offices or remained there, and made them appear when they left. They said they had to sign “authorization slips” and accept surveillance to leave the building.

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The Democratic representative of Texas, Nicole Collier, speaking on the ground of the Chamber on Monday August 18, 2025 in Austin. Collar qualified as a political prisoner while sleeping on the floor of the State House on Monday evening. (Texas rep. Gene wu via AP)

This occurs after a two -week confrontation between the republican leaders of Texas and dozens of members of Texas House Democratic Caucus who fled the State in the refusal efforts of the Legislative Assembly The quorum necessary to adopt a draft bill supported by President Donald, which would potentially give the Congress Congress.

The representative of the State Nicole Collier is one of the Democratic legislators of Texas who oppose the draft bill supported by Trump of the State. (Texas rep. Gene wu via AP)

After the Democrats fled, the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders have sworn not to go back and threatened to withdraw from his functions and to have them arrested.

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For their part, the Democrats of Awol have undertaken not to return until another Democratic State is not “canceling” the new Republican seats in Texas. Democrats also promised not to return to Texas until the special legislative session, which the governor had called to adopt the redistribution bill, as well as other priorities, had ended.

The state representative, Nicole Collier, said that she had refused an escort of the police mandated by the GOP and had chosen to stay on the floor of the house on Monday and Tuesday. (Texas rep. Gene wu via AP)

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The special session ended on Friday; However, Abbott called a second special session, which started immediately. The Texas Senate has already voted to adopt the measure.

Peter Pinedo by Fox News Digital and the Associated Press contributed to this report.