by Samanta Habashy | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Supporters of the Laken Riley Act believe it would make Americans safer by detaining undocumented immigrants charged with crimes. But immigration experts cautioned that the legislation could have many unintended consequences including overburdening law...
by Audrey Pachuta | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra over concerns that the department may be prioritizing speed over public safety when placing unaccompanied migrant children with sponsors during a House Judiciary Immigration...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Homeland Security hearing on immigration since Republicans’ decisive 2024 election victory, both sides of the aisle derailed a conversation on migrant children trafficking to debate their administrations’ respective immigration...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria and Audrey Pachuta | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON — During oral arguments Tuesday, Supreme Court justices participated in a heated debate regarding the status of Hugo Abisaí Monsalvo Velázquez, an undocumented immigrant seeking to avoid deportation. Monsalvo Velázquez’s attorney contended that his...
by Marisa Guerra Echeverria | Oct 30, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — For South Texas communities, the southern border is not a political tool making headlines but a feature of citizens’ everyday lives. South Texas boasts some of the most predominantly Hispanic counties in the state, and has a continuous exchange with their...
