News
Paxton Leads Charge to End DACA, A 2012 Program For Undocumented Young Immigrants
Posted on · Fully end an Obama-era immigration program or we'll see you in court, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told the Trump administration.
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Podcast
Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 13: The DACA/DAPA Divide
Posted on · Can you have one without the other?
News
Advocates Discuss Strategies To Counteract The Problems Of Undocumented Immigrants
Posted on · Local activists and representatives from groups based in other states meet in Houston.
News
Congresswoman Says Deportation Of Houston Father Of Two Was An “Injustice”
Posted on · Jackson Lee spoke alongside the man’s wife, Rose Escobar, in downtown Houston today.
Education News
With DACA’s Uncertain Future, Teach For America Supports Some Immigrant Teachers
Posted on · The national nonprofit Teach for America has more than 100 teachers nationwide, and more than 50 in Texas, who have a work permit and protection from deportation through DACA.
Houston Matters
Rice President David Leebron Discusses the University’s Achievements and Goals
Posted on · In October, Rice University President David Leebron became chair of the Association of American Universities Board of Directors, an organization focused on issues important to 62 public and private research-intensive universities. And along with that honor, Rice has garnered other critical praise this past year — the announcement of Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum as the first Houston […]
City of Houston
Houston Officials Reiterate They Will Not Ask About Immigration Status, Create New Office To Help
Posted on · HPD Chief Art Acevedo says that would divert 'limited resources' and Mayor Sylvester Turner announces a new City Department to assist immigrants and refugees.
News
Workshop Aims To Educate Undocumented Houstonians About Their Rights, Options
Posted on · The Texas Organizing Project is partnering with Neighborhood Centers and an immigration law firm for the event.
News
Interest In Houston Municipal IDs Grows
Posted on · The undocumented community wants them, but other groups like seniors and members of the LGBT community could also use them.
News
Ruling On Deferred Action Frustrates Undocumented Community
Posted on · They hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would be on the side of the Obama Administration.
News
Hundreds Of Undocumented Immigrants Gather In Houston For National Convention
Posted on · The purpose is to train immigration leaders but also to draw attention to the situation of those in the country illegally.
News
Houston Workshops Help Undocumented Immigrants Get Ready For DACA and DAPA
Posted on · The Texas Organizing Project is behind the initiative, hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the deferred action programs.
Politics
Supreme Court Will Review Texas’ Challenge To DACA And DAPA
Posted on · A key point will be whether the President exceeded his executive power and the justices will also evaluate if the deferred action programs violate a clause of the Constitution.
Houston Mayor
Houston Immigration Advocates Lobby For Municipal IDs
Posted on · Groups such as Texas Organizing Project and SEIU Texas say the undocumented community needs them, in lack of work permits through the deferred action programs.
Politics
Houston Activists Weigh In On Judicial Decision Against DACA And DAPA
Posted on · Some immigration advocates say the two programs should not be litigated in the courts and vow to keep fighting to have them implemented.