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Tag: asylum

Immigration

Asylum-Seekers Reaching U.S. Border Are Being Flown To Guatemala

Reynaldo Leaños Jr., TPR

Posted on March 11, 2020 · Hundreds of asylum-seekers are not getting a chance to make their case in U.S. immigration court. Instead, the migrants are put on planes to Guatemala and told to ask for asylum there.

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Immigration

Tent Courts Set To Open On Border For US Asylum Seekers

CEDAR ATTANASIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on September 12, 2019 · The court, or "soft-sided" facility as U.S. officials call it, is scheduled to begin operations Monday in Laredo, Texas.

Tags america asylum brownsville Laredo mexico Rio Grande Valley texas Trump

Immigration

Supreme Court Allows Government To Curtail Asylum Requests During Legal Fight

Richard Gonzales NPR

Posted on September 12, 2019 · The administration scores a victory in its efforts to reduce the number of asylum applicants presenting themselves at the U.S. southern border.

Tags ACLU asylum Trump administration U.S. Supreme Court United States

Houston Matters

Full Show: How Texas Handles Transgender Migrants, Inside Harris County’s Drug Court, And Chef Christine Ha (Sept. 10, 2019)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 10, 2019 · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: How Texas handles transgender migrants seeking asylum, creative approaches to flood mitigation, a firsthand account of Harris County’s drug court, and chef Christine Ha.

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Top Stories

Texas Leads Probe Of Google’s Potential Monopoly, Rule For Border Asylum Seekers Blocked, And Electric Cars Promoted In Houston

HPM Digital Team

Posted on September 9, 2019 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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Immigration

Judge Blocks Trump’s Rule For Asylum Seekers On Southern Border

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune

Posted on September 9, 2019 · The rule would allow U.S. officials to deny asylum to immigrants who passed through another country before reaching the border. Monday’s ruling blocks the policy across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tags asylum southern border Trump immigration policy US-Mexico border

Immigration

Judge Won’t Block US Asylum Restrictions At Southern Border

ASHRAF KHALIL, AP

Posted on July 24, 2019 · The latest proposal from the Trump administration prevents most migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they passed through another country first.

Tags africa Asia asylum Barack Obama Central America Donald Trump South America U.S.

Immigration

11-Year-Old Salvadoran Girl Living In Houston Gets Second Chance At Asylum

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on April 17, 2019 · The judge who ordered Laura Maradiaga-Alvarado to be deported after a scheduling mix-up at immigration court has now reopened her case.

Tags asylum FIEL houston immigration

News

Asylum Seekers Who Show Credible Fear Will Not Be Eligible For Bond

ASTRID GALVAN, AP

Posted on April 17, 2019 · Under the ruling by the U.S. Attorney General, they will have to wait in detention until their case is adjudicated. The decision doesn't affect families or unaccompanied minors.

Tags American Immigration Lawyers Association asylum Barack Obama Central America Jeff Sessions Migration Policy Institute u.s. attorney general William Barr

Party Politics

Crisis At The Border, Shake-Up At Homeland Security, Trump Visits Texas, And More

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 12, 2019 · Brandon Rottinghaus and Jay Aiyer also discuss Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick and Speaker Bonnen proposing a 1 percent sales tax increase to cut property taxes.

Tags asylum Central America Donald Trump immigration Kirstjen Nielsen texas

Immigration

It’s Been A Big Year In Immigration News, Here’s How Houston Was Impacted

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on December 26, 2018 · Considering a quarter of the Houston-area population is foreign-born, this city has been among the most impacted by numerous policy changes.

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News

US Says Asylum-Seeking Migrants To Wait In Mexico

Colleen Long, Associated Press

Posted on December 20, 2018 · Only about 9 percent of people are actually granted asylum. The Trump administration says too many migrants make false claims.

Tags asylum border Donald Trump Kirstjen Nielsen mexico United States

News

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Asylum Ban

Emily Sullivan, NPR

Posted on November 20, 2018 · A U.S. district court ruled that President Trump's proclamation banning anyone seeking asylum from entering the U.S. without crossing a port of entry violates existing law.

Tags ACLU asylum federal court immigration President Donald Trump

News

Houston Lawyers React To Trump’s New Limits On Asylum-Seekers

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on November 9, 2018 · The Trump administration’s new rule makes anyone who enters the country without authorization ineligible to seek asylum.

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News

US Immigration Officials Move To Restrict Asylum At Border

Colleen Long, Associated Press

Posted on November 8, 2018 · New regulations will block migrants from claiming asylum if they do not come to an official border crossing.

Tags asylum border Central American mexico Trump U.S.

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