Immigration
Harris County Commissioners Approve $2 Million Deportation Defense Fund
Posted on · Around 70% of Houston-area detained immigrants don't have access to an attorney. Thousands are deported each year.
Immigration
Election 2020
Where Presidential, Senate and Congressional Candidates Stand On Immigration Issues Affecting Houston
Posted on · Immigration continues to be a controversial topic ahead of the 2020 election. In a metro area home to 1.6 million immigrants, here's what local and national candidates have to say.
Town Square
Houstonians React To The Final Presidential Debate
Posted on · Local political commentators discuss their takeaways from the final debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, plus listeners join the conversation with their reactions.
Immigration
How Houston-Area Families Are Being Forced From Their Homes Without An Eviction Notice
Posted on · Many of Houston’s most vulnerable communities are still struggling to pay their rent during the pandemic. Rent relief programs and the CDC eviction moratorium are meant to protect them -- but many are still forced out without an official eviction order.
Immigration
Trump Plans To Slash Refugee Admissions To US To Record Low
Posted on · In a notice to Congress late Wednesday, the government said it intends to let in 15,000 refugees in 2021. That's 3,000 fewer than the 18,000 ceiling the administration set for fiscal year 2020.
Immigration
Border Wall Creeps Up On Historic Cemetery With Ties To Underground Railroad
Posted on · Many border wall projects along the Texas-Mexico border have been met with controversy, including one next to a historic cemetery in the Rio Grande Valley.
Transportation
City Is Planning Major Changes To Busy Southwest Houston Corridor
Posted on · The project is designed to enhance safety for pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders in a neighborhood where many people don't drive.
Immigration
Honduran Man Dies Of COVID-19 Complications After Detention In Houston-area Immigration Facility
Posted on · 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.
Hurricane Laura
Migrants Detained In Louisiana Plead For Help After Storm
Posted on · Two detainees who spoke to The Associated Press also said they were held in the same cramped dormitory as people with COVID-19 symptoms who later tested positive, raising new concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in immigration detention.
Immigration
Survey: Two-Thirds Of Harris County Latino Students Fear The Deportation Of Someone They Know
Posted on · The report surveyed more than 300 foreign-born and U.S.-born Latino students in Harris County and Rhode Island.
Immigration
COVID-19 Kills Latinos At Disproportionate Rates — And The Numbers In Texas Are Growing
Posted on · Latinos make up 40% of the Texas population, yet they account for 52% of the COVID-19 fatalities in the state, according to the Department of State Health Services. Health experts attribute disparities to work demands, pre-existing conditions, misinformation, housing and uninsured rates.
Immigration
Facing Lawsuit, Trump Administration Says It Will Not Expel Migrant Children Held In Hotels
Posted on · The Trump administration announced this week that it will not expel migrant children and parents who were being held at the Hampton Inn Hotel and Suites in McAllen.
Immigration
Decades Of Uncertainty Continue As Trump Blocks New DACA Applicants
Posted on · President Trump is trying limit the DACA program once again, in what is the latest milestone for "Dreamers" in their fight for protection against deportation.
Immigration
Trump Administration Won’t Accept New DACA Applications
Posted on · The Trump administration says it will deny new applications for so-called “Dreamer” immigrants and limit renewals to one year instead of two.
Border
COVID-19 At The Border: Unprecedented Use Of Law Expels Migrants ‘As Quickly As Possible’
Posted on · The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped some people, including those seeking asylum, from crossing into the U.S. at its southern border.