DALLAS (AP) — Federal officers have arrested 98 people in a Texas and Oklahoma immigration enforcement sweep that authorities say could lead to dozens of deportations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday announced officers made 87 arrests in North Texas and 11 in Oklahoma. The 10-day law enforcement effort […]
By HUGH T. FERGUSON Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that he plans to increase the number of immigration judges by 50 percent by the end of the year as he welcomed a new class of such judges on Monday. “Counting you along with existing judges, we currently have the most active […]
REPORT: Immigration Curbs Population Decline in Rural Texas Communities
12 Sep
by Foster LLP, on News
In over 400 rural Texas areas, the native-born adult population dropped 19 percent while the immigrant population grew 96 percent. Elizabeth Trovall An influx of immigrants to rural areas is curbing population decline across the country, according to a new report. The study looked at 2,767 rural areas nationwide, including […]
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government will expand its tent shelter for immigrant minors crossing the southwest border to 3,600 beds and keep it open through the end of this year, an agency spokesman said Tuesday. The facility at Tornillo, Texas, which originally opened with a 360-bed capacity for 30 […]