Immigration
Undocumented Population Up In Texas, Despite Nationwide Decline
Posted on · A new Center for Migration Studies report shows a 9% drop in the nationwide undocumented immigrant population.
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News
Lawsuit Says Migrants Were Subjected To Dirty Detention Facilities, Bad Food And Water
Posted on · In interviews that appear in the suit filed by the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, detainees also reported not being allowed to shower for days and sleeping in overcrowded rooms.
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Customs And Border Agency Halts Many ‘Zero Tolerance’ Detentions, Citing Workload
Posted on · "A much better system would be to keep families together through their immigration proceedings," Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said. "That's what the Obama administration did in 2014."
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A Latino Nonprofit Is Holding Separated Kids. Is That Care Or Complicity Or Both?
Posted on · Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work — and raised uncomfortable questions.
Houston Matters
Examining The Latest Immigration Issues Affecting Greater Houston
Posted on · News 88.7's Elizabeth Trovall updates Houston Matters on the latest immigration stories.
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WATCH: During Roundtable, Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’
Posted on · During the discussion on California's "sanctuary law," the president said of immigrants suspected of gang membership, "These aren't people. These are animals."
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UPDATE: Most Of Central American Migrant Caravan Waiting At Border
Posted on · Eight women, four children and one 18-year-old were allowed to apply for asylum after the caravan reached the U.S. border following a month of travel on foot, train and bus
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Along The Border, News Of A Coming National Guard Deployment Meets With Mixed Reaction
Posted on · National Guard troops have conducted missions on the border since the Reagan administration. The most recent federal deployment occurred in 2010, when President Barack Obama sent 1,200 Guard troops.
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Charges Filed Against Undocumented Immigrant For Drunk Driving Death Of Edwin Jackson
Posted on · In a tweet, the president called the death of Indianapolis Colt linebacker Edwin Jackson by a suspected drunk driver who is in the U.S. illegally a "preventable" tragedy
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Immigrant Acquitted Of San Francisco Killing Sentenced On Lesser Gun Charge
Posted on · Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who was found not guilty in November in the death of Kate Steinle, was sentenced Friday on a state gun violation to time already served. He will now face federal gun charges
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Oops, We Lost Your DACA Application
Posted on · Immigrants' rights groups say thousands of DACA renewal applications may have been wrongly rejected for being late. The Trump administration now says it will reconsider some of those applications
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Trump Ties Immigration Demands To DACA Deal, Including Border Wall
Posted on · Trump wants sweeping immigration law changes as part of any legislative fix for the program that allows Dreamers to stay in the U.S. Democrats say this "fails to represent any attempt at compromise."
Politics
Cornyn Rolls Out Bill To Tighten Border Security
Posted on · The measure would carry through on several of President Trump’s long-standing pledges to fight illegal immigration, including a crackdown on “sanctuary cities”
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Trump Unveils Legislation Limiting Legal Immigration
Posted on · There's been a huge debate about immigrants in the U.S. illegally, but the administration is looking to cut the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country by half.
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How America’s Idea Of Illegal Immigration Doesn’t Always Match Reality
Posted on · Border crossers, farm laborers, new arrivals from Mexico: There's no shortage of stereotypes about people living in the U.S. illegally. But the statistics tell a different story.