WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers Thursday he regrets creating a perception of favoritism by getting involved in foreign investor visa cases involving prominent Democrats while head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But the department’s No. 2 official said that he stands by his decision […]
Author: Foster
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is on pace to deport the fewest number of immigrants in nearly a decade, according to internal government data obtained by The Associated Press. As of April 20, federal immigration officials sent home 127,378 people in the United States illegally. That puts immigrant removals on […]
By David Rogers Without an attorney, child migrants from Central America face overwhelming odds in seeking relief from U.S. immigration courts, according to newly released government data that paint a far grimmer picture than what the Justice Department has admitted in federal court. Since last July, 352 children without lawyers […]
Texas immigration bills imperiled by time constraints, friction within GOP
26 Apr
by Foster, on News
AUSTIN — The clock is starting to run out on contentious immigration legislation offered this year by tea party Republicans in the Legislature. With five weeks left in lawmakers’ session, hard-line measures — including bills on college tuition for those in the U.S. illegally and on “sanctuary city” policies — […]