Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
In Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, mammoth hurricanes have left behind a colossal amount of work. The cleanup and reconstruction efforts are going to take years. That […]
ICE agents arrest high schooler hours before prom
*The first thought that came to my mind when I read this: ¡Que poca ma . . . ! VL By Michael P. McKinney and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, AZ Central (3.5 minute […]
Homeland Security produces first estimate of foreign visitors to U.S. who overstay deadline to leave
*It’s no secret that many of the unauthorized residents in the U.S. overstay their visas. This is the first official count of the overstayers, there are 482,781 in total – […]
An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration
*That’s a title you’d probably only find in National Geographic, and it did the trick for me – I clicked and read all the way through because an anthropologist talking […]
Daughter: Mom, Arrested at Gynecology Office, ‘Doesn’t Deserve What’s Going On’
*Texas Observer update: At around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Blanca Borrego was released from Harris County jail after her family posted her $35,000 bond. Though an immigration detainer was not placed on […]
Births to illegal U.S. immigrants down 20 percent from 2007 peak: Pew
*The numbers prove that birthright citizenship is a non issue. If what the extreme right’s rhetoric denounces are the births of U.S. citizens to undocumented parents, then the trend doesn’t […]
Unauthorized Immigrants Paid $100 Billion Into Social Security Over Last Decade
*A couple of things; I’ve been seeing “unauthorized immigrant” used more and more in news stories. I have no problem with it, just an observation. As far as the Social […]
New Hope for Identifying Migrant Bodies in South Texas
*Because of a lack of funding at the local level, the bodies of undocumented migrants have been buried without identification. This left unanswered questions for their families and leaves advocates […]
New Study Finds Immigration Officers Ordering Unlawful Deportations
*Finding: ” … an astounding 83 percent of people deported in 2013 were removed without a hearing or a chance to see an immigration judge.” VL By Melissa del Bosque, The […]
Beyond the border: Lawman’s burden
*”The way that some people die out here, nobody deserves to go through that.” – Daniel Walden, volunteer sheriff patrolling on his own time. VL A south Texas sheriff’s department […]
