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Alleged Houston Migrant Smuggling Victims Detained, Deported Despite Visa Eligibility

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on June 8, 2021 · A special visa can protect victims of violent crimes, including kidnapping and extortion. But for the 97 migrants found locked inside a Houston home earlier this year, the involvement of federal authorities in the investigation has led to their detention and deportation.

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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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Immigrant Hotline Expands Hours Of Service

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on March 12, 2018 · It provides information and referrals to local free and low-cost immigration legal services

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8 more charged in March migrant kidnapping that ended in Houston shooting

Jake Bleiberg, AP

Posted on August 1, 2023 · The federal charges are in connection with the kidnapping of a group of migrants that began with a highway gunbattle and ended days later with FBI agents fatally shooting a suspect at a Houston hotel.

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Houston Democrats call for accountability amid claims about DPS troopers’ treatment of migrants

Patricia Ortiz

Posted on July 21, 2023 · A whistleblower said DPS troopers had been instructed to deny migrants water and to push migrants back into the Rio Grande. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has denied that such orders have been given.

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‘This is not a political football’: Houston City Councilors criticize Greg Abbott’s reported treatment of migrants at border

Briana Williams

Posted on July 19, 2023 · A recent report claims Gregg Abbott ordered border security officers to push small children into the Rio Grande and to deny them water, even in extreme heat.

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The Latest on the DACA Hearings and Immigration in the U.S.

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on June 6, 2023 · Experts explain the current landscape of immigration issues and the impact they could have.

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