Immigration
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Texas US Senate candidates call for ICE overhaul after Minnesota shooting death
Democratic US Senate candidates Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico addressed the hostile actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and called for the impeachment of US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during a Saturday debate.
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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Federal lawsuits challenging immigration detention flood Texas
The wave of legal challenges is in response to the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement and its new policy expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants.
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The immigrant community in San Antonio-New Braunfels: A cultural blend
Stacker compiled a list of the countries most immigrants to San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area come from, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Babson College supports student deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise
A college student was detained and deported while trying to fly home to Austin to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.
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OPINION: “Nunca vencidos” Hispanic culture won’t be defeated by ICE threats
This Hispanic Heritage Month, let us honor our history not by remaining silent in the face of injustice, but by standing up for our communities.
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‘He just wanted to be with his wife’: After months in ICE custody, Houston man gives up immigration fight
Douglas Menjivar, a longtime Houston resident, left the US after months in ICE detention, a case that highlights the human toll of immigration enforcement.
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For some Texas students, citizenship isn’t enough to feel safe
Texas college students are fearful that their citizenship status will not be enough to protect them from the current ICE raids.
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Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press.
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Meet the tent company making a fortune off Trump’s deportation plans
Deployed Resources, a privately held tent company, is set to operate a new ICE tent camp to hold people awaiting deportation in El Paso, Texas.
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Congressman denounces ICE response about prosecutor operating racist X account
Last month, Congressman Marc Veasey, a North Texas Democrat, sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Deputy Director Kenneth Genalo demanding a swift investigation into James “Jim” Joseph Rodden, an ICE assistant chief counsel who acts as a prosecutor for ICE in immigration court in Dallas.
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What Trump’s order making English the official language in the US could mean
If the US declares English as its official language, they’ll be barriers to citizenship and voting.
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U.S. Senate investigation of migrant child’s death finds poor medical care at border protection facilities
The Senate Judiciary Committee launched its investigation following the 2023 death of an 8-year-old girl at a facility in Harlingen. Poor medical care that preceded the 2023 death of an 8-year-old girl at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Harlingen “was not aberrant but consistent” with other incidents of inadequate medical care received…
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Fort Worth ISD launches investigation into substitute teacher’s posts inviting ICE to North Side High School
Sign up for essential news for the Fort Worth area. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Fort Worth ISD is investigating a substitute teacher who, according to district officials, posted requests on social media asking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport students from North Side High School. In a statement posted to Facebook,…
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Migrants at Texas border in shock after Trump canceled their asylum appointments
Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border. CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Margelis Tinoco Lopez arrived at the border at 4 a.m. Monday for her 1 p.m. immigration appointment along with her husband and her 13-year-old son.…
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Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
The White House announced Tuesday that the Biden administration will, in the coming months, allow certain spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship.
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Texas law enforcement wonder how they’ll enforce migrant arrest law
SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county. Not because he opposes the idea. There’s just no practical way to do it, said the sheriff of Terrell County,…
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How Texas’ plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work
Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is temporarily on hold. Here’s how TX’s migrant plan would work if it goes through.
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Supreme Court lifts stay on Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants at border
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally, while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out.
