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Rubio: Trump-backed immigration bill won’t pass Senate

By Jordain Carney – 08/07/17 Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is predicting that a White House-backed bill aimed at curbing legal immigration won’t have enough support to pass the Senate. “That bill’s not going to pass. … I think the White House knows that...

18 Aug 2017

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The Last Time the U.S. Seriously Considered Merit-Based Immigration

Alana Semuels Aug 4, 2017 This week, President Trump, in coordination with Republican Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, signalled his intention to make vast changes to America’s immigration system, cutting back on the number of legal immigrants to the...

18 Aug 2017

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Canadian man convicted in South Texas of using counterfeit Israeli passport to enter the US from Mexico

LAREDO, Texas — A Canadian man pleaded guilty Friday to using a false Israeli passport to enter the United States from Mexico. This conviction as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez, Southern District of Texas. This investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and...

18 Aug 2017

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Commentary: Why the U.S. doesn’t need Canada’s immigration system

By Delisa Bressler – Special to the American-Statesman In February, Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and David Perdue (R-Georgia) introduced a bill that would radically change our legal immigration system to one more closely resembling the Canadian system. President Trump’s...

15 Aug 2017

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City of Austin employee sentenced to year in prison for sham marriage to gain U.S. citizenship

By Katie Hall – American-Statesman Staff A city of Austin employee was sentenced to a year in prison for marrying a man back in 2011 for the sole purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship, federal officials said Monday. Nancy Chan, a 39-year-old British citizen, was convicted...

02 Aug 2017

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Texas stands to lose $6 billion annually if DACA ends

Amid calls from attorneys general to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, new analysis shows that the Lone Star state stands to lose about $6 billion annually should DACA disappear. The DACA program grants temporary legal status and a work permit to certain...

Government Shutdown Odds Grow With GOP Border Wall Funding Bill

House Republicans this week are increasing the possibility of a government shutdown in October by moving forward with a $788 billion spending bill that complies with President Donald Trump’s demands to boost the military, reduce clean-energy programs and fund a wall on the...

27 Jul 2017

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Court Officers Can’t Hold People Solely Under ICE Detainers, Massachusetts Justices Rule

By JESS BIDGOOD JULY 24, 2017 BOSTON — The highest state court in Massachusetts ruled on Monday that court officers do not have the authority, under state law, to hold people in custody based solely on the requests from federal immigration authorities known as civil detainers....

27 Jul 2017

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Federal alien-smuggling charge filed in San Antonio against driver of tractor-trailer when 10 died after smuggling trip

SAN ANTONIO — A tractor-trailer driver was charged Monday with one count of transporting illegal aliens, after 10 aliens died when they were smuggled in his truck on Sunday. This charge was announced by U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr., Western District of Texas, and U. S....

24 Jul 2017

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How Trump Is Stealthily Carrying Out His Muslim Ban

By FARHANA KHERA and JOHNATHAN J. SMITH JULY 18, 2017 Lost amid the uproar over the Trump administration’s travel restrictions on citizens from Muslim-majority countries and the impending showdown at the Supreme Court are the insidious ways that the government has already begun...

21 Jul 2017

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Rubio: Trump-backed immigration bill won’t pass Senate

The Last Time the U.S. Seriously Considered Merit-Based Immigration

Canadian man convicted in South Texas of using counterfeit Israeli passport to enter the US from Mexico

Commentary: Why the U.S. doesn’t need Canada’s immigration system

City of Austin employee sentenced to year in prison for sham marriage to gain U.S. citizenship

Texas stands to lose $6 billion annually if DACA ends

Government Shutdown Odds Grow With GOP Border Wall Funding Bill

Court Officers Can’t Hold People Solely Under ICE Detainers, Massachusetts Justices Rule

Federal alien-smuggling charge filed in San Antonio against driver of tractor-trailer when 10 died after smuggling trip

How Trump Is Stealthily Carrying Out His Muslim Ban

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