Hundreds of Central African refugees, many fleeing violence back home from countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, arrived in the U.S. this week. Roughly 300 of those migrants have been processed in San Antonio by a city-run, nonprofit Migrant...
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back to archiveTrump promises to round up and deport ‘millions’ of undocumented immigrants next week
Ahead of his 2020 re-election campaign launch tonight, Trump vowed Monday to begin the removal of millions of undocumented immigrants. “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United...
Rep. Joaquin Castro says unreported death of migrant child was a Trump cover-up
Rep. Joaquin Castro has accused the Trump administration of covering up the death of a 10-year-old migrant child, and possibly others. The passing of the El Salvadoran girl was left undisclosed by Health and Human Services officials until it was revealed by a CBS...
Jolt: “Trump immigration plan seeks to make America white again.”
President Trump unveiled a new merit-based immigration policy Thursday, which was met with “underwhelming” reviews from Republicans and scathing attacks from Democrats. The president’s proposal prioritizes skilled workers instead of family already in the country. The...
Castro calls out Trump failure on immigration, proposes reform
Democratic presidential Julián Castro today proposed his plan to overhaul the nation’s immigration system. The former U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development and Mayor of San Antonio introduced his “Putting People First” plan via Medium. In very personal...
NEW: Harris County files U.S. Supreme Court brief opposing Trump Administration’s immigrant purge from Census
Harris County filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opposing the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question in the 2020 Census. Adding such a question, the brief argues, violates the Constitution and would bring financial and...
Sen. John Cornyn was for Texans’ property rights before he was against them
Filed under: this isn’t your father’s Republican Party. Texans take pride in their land. That’s presumably why U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) said on February 12,“Private property owners should not have to worry about the federal government coming in and...