Court to Decide if “Crime of Violence” is Too Vague in Deportation Cases
When an undocumented immigrant commits a crime of violence he or she faces deportation and loses possible recourse to fight it such as cancellation of removal or withholding of removal. However, the...
View ArticleWould your business survive an Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) audit?
Some convenient stores and other business owners are about to find out. Today, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) descended on 7-11 stores nationwide to perform immigration...
View ArticleNew Study Shows Unauthorized Immigrant Population Decreasing
According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. has continually decreased from 2007 through 2016, based on the most recent statistics...
View ArticleTexas Ruling May Allow Licensing of Migrant Family Detention
The 3rd Texas Court of Appeals recently overturned a lower court ruling that could allow the state to formally issue child-care licenses to two detention centers in the South Texas cities of Dilley and...
View ArticleNew Report Shows Immigrants Contribute Billions to Houston Economy
In a recent study from the New American Economy, a bipartisan research and advocacy organization, researchers found that there are more than 131,500 businesses in the Houston metropolitan area owned by...
View ArticleU.S. Builders and Farmers Suffer Employee Shortages Due to Lack of Immigrants
In one of the tightest U.S. labor markets in decades, farmers and builders are having difficulties filling positions requiring lower skill levels. One of the primary reasons for these difficulties is...
View ArticleInflux of Immigrants in Texas Border Towns as Detention Centers Reach Capacity
Various immigrant detention centers in the Texas Rio Grande Valley have swelled beyond capacity in recent months, which has led Border Patrol officials to release thousands of immigrants into the...
View ArticleTrump Administration Orders Crackdown on Public Benefit Rules for Immigrants
In a May 2019 memo, the Trump administration announced its intent to crack down legal immigration by ordering various federal agencies to begin enforcing laws that require sponsoring family members of...
View ArticleOIG Finds Immigrants in Squalid Conditions at Rio Grande Border Facilities
According to a recent article from The Hill, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security found dangerous levels of overcrowding and prolonged detention of...
View ArticleFederal Government Issues Civil Fines to Some Immigrants in the US
The Trump Administration’s latest move to curb immigration involves assessing thousands of dollars in fines against some immigrants living in the U.S. who have no legal immigration status. The fines...
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