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Immigration

Honduran Man Dies Of COVID-19 Complications After Detention In Houston-area Immigration Facility

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on September 2, 2020 · This is the second COVID-19 related death of immigrants detained at the Joe Corley Detention Facility, which has reported 50 COVID-19 cases among ICE detainees since the pandemic started.

Tags CONROE COVID HOUSTON COVID DEATH ICE COVID ICE COVID DEATH ICE detainee death immigrant immigration

Immigration

Houston Food Pantries Help Put Food On The Table As Immigrants Opt Out Of Food Stamps

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on July 30, 2019 · Immigrants are disenrolling from food stamps and other public benefits across the country. That’s causing low-income families to look for other ways to feed their families.

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Immigration

Feds: No More Education, Legal Services For Immigrant Kids

ASTRID GALVAN, AP / ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, AP

Posted on June 6, 2019 · BCFS, a nonprofit provider in several Texas cities, says it will continue providing services because not doing so would violate state licensing standards.

Tags border patrol Central America Health and Human Services Department immigrant Southwest Key texas U.S. unaccompanied children

Houston Matters

New Report Examines Houston’s Immigrant Population

Abner Fletcher

Posted on September 20, 2018 · Migration Policy Institute new report is the second time the non-partisan group has chose to examine our region…again.

Tags children foreign-born parent immigrant immigrant population Migration Policy Institute Randy Capps

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Report: Houston’s Immigrant Labor Force Faces Educational Challenges

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on July 18, 2018 · 35 percent of Houston's immigrant labor force has less than a high school degree, according to new research

Tags houston immigrant immigration labor upskill workforce

In-Depth

Border Volunteers Allege Mistreatment Of Detainees

Allison Lee

Posted on July 17, 2018 · Three volunteers recount stories of migrants not being able to shower for several days, sparse food, dehydration, and even babies with fevers who have not been treated

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While Migrant Families Seek Shelter From Violence, Trump Administration Narrows Path To Asylum

Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune / ALEXA URA / Texas Tribune / Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune / DARLA CAMERON, Texas Tribune

Posted on July 10, 2018 · Advocates for asylum-seekers at the border say a long difficult process has become increasingly unjust. And the Trump administration shows no signs of changing its tune.

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Trump’s Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn’t Do

Richard Gonzales NPR

Posted on June 21, 2018 · The president ended a policy that sent children to government-run facilities away from their parents, but critics say he created new problems, and kids already held may be there indefinitely.

Tags border children family separation immigrant immigration Trump

News

Youngest Migrants Held In ‘Tender Age’ Shelters

Associated Press

Posted on June 20, 2018 · Since the White House announced its zero tolerance policy in early May, more than 2,300 children have been taken from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border

Tags Asylum refugee border child children family separation immigrant mexico Trump

News

House GOP Immigration Bill Would Modify — But Not End — Child Detentions

Jessica Taylor, NPR

Posted on June 19, 2018 · Under the legislation, children would be held in the same place as their parents if the parents are detained. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., says he'd back a compromise bill.

Tags border child children family separation immigrant

News

What’s Happening At The Border? Here’s What We Know About Immigrant Children Being Separated From Their Families

Marilyn Haigh, Texas Tribune

Posted on June 19, 2018 · Under the federal government's "zero tolerance" policy, about 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the border.

Tags border children family separation immigrant immigration Trump

News

Protesters Across The U.S. Decry Policy Of Separating Immigrant Families

Joel Rose, NPR / MARISA PEÑALOZA, NPR

Posted on June 1, 2018 · People gathered in cities across the country on Friday to protest the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant parents and children who cross the southern border illegally.

Tags Department of Justice immigrant immigrant rights Trump administration

News

Under A Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Shun Medical Care

CHRISTINA JEWETT, NPR, KHN / MELISSA BAILEY, NPR, KHN / PAULA ANDALO, NPR, KHN

Posted on May 10, 2018 · A proposed change in immigration policy from the Trump administration could make it harder for immigrants to obtain a green card if family members use Medicaid, WIC or other federal medical benefits

Tags children's health insurance green card holders immigrant immigration medicaid President Trump

News

Trump Administration “Zero Tolerance” Directive Could Send More Unaccompanied Minors To Houston

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on May 10, 2018 · Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the policy earlier this week

Tags immigrant migrant unaccompanied minors zero tolerance

News

South Texas Man Gets 17 Years For Immigrant Death In Toolbox

Associated Press

Posted on April 11, 2018 · At an inspection stop the suspect said said he was hauling watermelons to Houston and was alone

Tags death immigrant smuggle toolbox truck

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