Immigration

Elise Foley Mothers detained in a Pennsylvania family immigrant facility ― some for more than a year ― vow to continue a hunger strike that risks their health and potential deportation to what they say is serious danger in their native countries. Many also have joined a high-stakes legal battle […]

Mayor cites model where nonprofit, police work together By Lomi Kriel With immigration reform deadlocked and election rhetoric against it divisive, Houston and cities across the country are increasingly considering providing identification cards to immigrants and other vulnerable populations. The lack of a government-sanctioned ID can turn any interaction with […]

A woman and her child were plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was settled with Texas agreeing to changes that would allow parents without legal immigration status to obtain birth certificates for their children born in the United States. After Nancy Hernandez gave birth to a baby girl in a hospital […]

By David Rogers Child migrants from Central America got more sympathy than help last week when the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on a landmark case testing the children’s right to counsel in deportation hearings. The three-judge panel in Seattle didn’t want to be seen as turning […]