The U.S. House passed a bill to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2015. The bill passed with little time to spare before March 6th, when the department’s current funding is set to expire. The DHS was not funded […]
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The states suing the U.S. government over President Barack Obama’s November 2014 executive action on immigration filed a motion asking a federal judge not to lift a stay on the changes. “Defendants cannot show anything close to looming irreparable harm,” said the motion filed by the 26-state coalition, led by […]
Houston business owners caught in middle of immigration battle between Texas and president
25 Feb
by Foster, on News
As far as law firms are concerned, Houston business owners with immigrant employees should proceed under the assumption that President Barack Obama‘s latest immigration policy changes will touch ground later this year, despite efforts by Brownsville’s U.S. District Judge Andrew Henan to thwart implementation of those policies earlier this month. […]
Brenda Armendariz, her husband and their two Mexico-born children were hoping to resolve their constant fears of being deported after President Barack Obama issued his latest executive orders on immigration. But now that a federal judge in Texas has blocked Obama’s efforts to protect four million more immigrants, her family […]