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20 Aug 2010, 7:15 am by Susan I. Nelson
Houston Chronicle Texas Politics Blog: The debate over immigration often turns fierce, but under House State Affairs Committee Chairman Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, the air was of deliberate concern as lawmakers heard a partial tally of state costs for services to non-citizens. * * * According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, there were some 11,766 offenders who claim foreign citizenship in the state prison system as of July 31, or about 7.5 percent of the offender population. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 7:01 am by Susan I. Nelson
Dallas Morning News  Dianne Solis reports on the Pew Hispanic Center report that was released recently: "The unlawful flow of Mexican immigrants into the U.S. continues to slow, and the nation's illegal immigrant population is down by nearly 1 million people, the Pew Hispanic Center said in a report released today. [read post]
29 Aug 2010, 2:10 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Deportation Nation  The question of how and whether local police should enforce federal immigration laws was a major topic this week at an unprecedented gathering of police chiefs from 27 major cities. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 8:17 pm by Susan I. Nelson
I met a woman today who had been to the Texas Department of Public Safety to renew her driver's license. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 8:13 am by Susan I. Nelson
San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board Immigration reform legislation should be left to federal lawmakers. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 5:45 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Immigration Policy Center  - Immigration Impact blog Despite a stagnant economy and unemployment rate, Mark Whitehouse at the Wall Street Journal reports that some companies are still struggling to hire workers. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 7:43 am by Susan I. Nelson
Earlier today there was debate on the DREAM Act and then a motion to table succeeded 59-40. [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 1:10 pm by Susan I. Nelson
American Prospect excellent story by Renee Feltz on the way racial profiling is happening in Cobb County, Georgia and other places. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 4:18 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Borderlines  (Third in a series on border security outsourcing in Texas.) [read post]
27 Dec 2010, 9:17 am by Susan I. Nelson
NPR via Associated Press "The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress' approach to immigration. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 2:29 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Immigration Professor Blog on Ninth Circuit Judge Harry Pregerson's immigration opinions: In a rare dissent to a memorandum (unpublished) disposition in a cancellation of remopval case, Judge Pregerson derides the "unconscionable" result of the majority -- the deportation of the father from his wife, who had previously been granted cancellation, and U.S. citizen child. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 6:56 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Border Lines continues its examination of Texas border security. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 2:23 pm by Susan I. Nelson
Washington Times by Roger Clegg Twisting the Constitution isn’t the conservative way Excellent Commentary on the 14th Amendment and the attacks being made on birthright citizenship and whether children born to undocumented parents are "subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S. [read post]
1 Aug 2010, 7:26 pm by Susan I. Nelson
NY Times - A policy in place since May 2010 allows illegal immigrants who are spouses, parents and children of American citizens serving in the military to complete the process of becoming legal residents without having to leave the United States — a procedure that is known in immigration law terms as granting parole. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 8:16 am by Susan I. Nelson
New York Times Julie Preston reports "Immigration authorities deported a record 392,862 immigrants over the last year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday. * * * "About one-third of the criminals who were deported had committed the most serious crimes, including murder, rape and major drug offenses, according to the Homeland Security figures. * * * "Officials said that many of the nearly 200,000 immigrants deported who had committed no crimes were… [read post]