Immigration

Real estate developer Robert V. Matthews pleaded guilty today in Connecticut in a criminal case involving investor funds earmarked to renovate the long-stagnant Palm House hotel-condominium in Palm Beach, according to a joint statement released by U.S. officials. In a Bridgeport federal courtroom, Matthews, 61, pleaded guilty “to conspiracy, money […]

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston last year, people from all over the country poured into the city to help complete strangers. I was so inspired by the selflessness of those who assisted others whose homes were flooded. It made me so proud to be an American, in a country where […]

Stuart Anderson, Forbes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reversed itself by eliminating language from its website aimed at preventing international students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training (OPT) from working for companies at third-party locations. The USCIS change may have been in response to […]

By Sean Collins Walsh – American-Statesman Staff After his June 23 “zero tolerance” traffic enforcement operation netted 28 arrests and landed 16 people in deportation proceedings, Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook said he was “shocked” that so many motorists in the heavily Hispanic area he had targeted were driving without […]