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Tag: hurricane Mitch

Immigration

Termination Of TPS Has Some In Local Honduran Community Considering Staying As Undocumented Immigrants

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on May 10, 2018 · With the government's decision to end their protected status by 2020, Hondurans living in Houston weigh their options to avoid going back to one of the most dangerous countries in the world

Tags DHS Honduras houston hurricane Mitch Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 texas TPS United States

Immigration

Dept. Of Homeland Security Announces End Of Temporary Protected Status For Hondurans

Elizabeth Trovall / HPM Digital Team

Posted on May 4, 2018 · An estimated 6,000 Hondurans with TPS live in the Houston area

Tags el salvador Honduras houston hurricane Mitch Kate Vickery texas TPS

Yurexi Quinones, 24, of Manassas, Va., a college student who is studying social work and a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, rallies next to Ana Rice, 18, of Manassas, Va., far right, in support of DACA, outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. President Donald Trump plans to end a program that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children and call for Congress to find a legislative solution.

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Houston Immigration Activists Criticize End Of Temporary Protected Status For Nicaraguans

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on November 7, 2017 · The Trump Administration argues the status, which was granted in 1999 under President Bill Clinton after hurricane Mitch, is no longer necessary

Tags Honduras hurricane Mitch Nicaragua TPS Trump United States

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Texas can’t legally secede from the U.S., despite popular myth

Texas Tribune Staff

Posted on June 21, 2022 · Historical and legal precedents make it clear that Texas could not leave the Union — at least not legally.

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Houston

LIST: Juneteenth events in Houston

Duaa Faquih

Posted on June 15, 2022 · Learn about and celebrate Juneteenth this weekend throughout the Houston area.

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Criminal Justice

Houston-area man among 31 Patriot Front members arrested near an Idaho pride event

Martha Bellisle, Associated Press

Posted on June 13, 2022 · Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear.

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Energy & Environment

Texas breaks power demand record during June heat wave

Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 13, 2022 · The state’s grid operator was able to maintain supply without needing to call for any conservation.

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