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8 Jul 2011, 7:54 am by Susan I. Nelson
Deportation Nation New documents released Wednesday assert that ICE’s controversial Secure Communities program is just a small part of a bigger effort by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to create the “world’s largest crime-fighting computer database of biometric information, including fingerprints, palm prints, iris patterns and face images” called Next Generation Identification (NGI) project. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 7:42 am by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Tribune by Julian Aguilar Many Democrats are crowing that the 82nd Legislature will go down as one in which, despite the "emergency" push for sanctuary cities legislation, nothing emerged from the Capitol that waill substantially alter the way immigration laws are enforced. [read post]
4 Jul 2011, 9:04 am by Susan I. Nelson
New York Times If you thought the do-it-yourself anti-immigrant schemes couldn’t get any more repellent, you were wrong. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 11:20 am by Susan I. Nelson
Austin American Statesman by Tim Eaton An immigration-related provision tucked into a must-pass budget bill could have more of an effect on Texans than the high-profile sanctuary cities legislation that the Legislature did not pass. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 8:04 am by Susan I. Nelson
Statesman by Jason Embry Legislation to bar sanctuary cities in Texas is “all but dead,”according to a source close to negotiations at the Capitol. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 12:55 pm by Susan I. Nelson
  Protesters outside the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas, where Govenor Rick Perry was speaking to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEAO) annual conference. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 12:28 pm by Susan I. Nelson
From Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance (RITA): The House State Affairs committee left both SB9 and HB9 pending after hearing nearly 10 hours of public testimony from at least 150 people on Monday. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 12:17 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Tribune by Julian Aguilar A key Republican figure in the state’s immigration debate says he has concerns about what the proposed “sanctuary cities” bill means for students brought to the country illegally as children, who are now excelling in their studies. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 9:37 am by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Tribune SANCTUARY CITIES Bill: SB 9 would ban and prevent sanctuary cities in Texas. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 9:29 am by Susan I. Nelson
I can’t think of another piece of legislation that I believe will be judged to be so unfair and so inequitable. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 6:46 am by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Tribune by Julian Aguilar Like parents threatening to withhold allowance from a misbehaving child, proponents of the Republican-backed sanctuary cities bill are warning local authorities across the state: Comply with the bill or face the fiscal consequences. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 2:56 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Deportation Nation Late Friday afternoon in a conference call with reporters, ICE unveiled a list of reforms to its controversial “Secure Communities” program. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 7:32 am by Susan I. Nelson
Texas Tribune by Julian Aguilar Texas peace officers will be allowed to inquire about the immigration status of any person arrested or legally detained under legislation passed by the Texas Senate early Wednesday morning. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 7:24 am by Susan I. Nelson
YouTube (via Texas Tribune) Antonio Aguirre, with the Austin Immigrants' Rights Coalition, provided testimony [to the Texas Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security on Monday June 13, 2011]. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 7:25 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Change.org by Gabriela Garcia When “sanctuary cities” legislation was defeated in the Texas congress, after it was stopped in the Senate, a broad coalition of immigrant rights activists, business leaders, and law enforcement professionals rejoiced. [read post]