By Amber Elliott Neither rain nor traffic could deter partygoers from the Asia Society Texas Center’s Tiger Ball on Thursday night. Despite the soggy skies and congested streets, some 700 gussied-up guests made their way to the Museum District venue primed to toast the organization’s 35-year Houston presence. Flanked by […]
By Ben Kamisa The Justice Department is asking a federal appeals court to lift a lower court’s hold on President Obama’s latest executive actions on immigration, upping its push to lift a court order blocking the controversial programs.Obama’s actions from late last year would shield millions of illegal immigrants from […]
ICE Indicts 3 in ‘pay-to-stay’ school scam that allegedly enabled foreign nationals to remain in U.S. as ‘students’
12 Mar
by Foster, on News
LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles-area residents responsible for operating a network of four schools were arrested Wednesday on federal charges for allegedly helping hundreds of foreign nationals remain in the U.S. as foreign students, even though they never attended classes. The three defendants allegedly ran a “pay-to-stay” scheme through […]
After President Obama in November announced plans to shelter millions of people from the threat of deportation, immigration officials wasted no time in carrying them out. Thousands of young people who had applied for two-year reprieves from deportation instead were given three years free from the threat of being kicked […]