A Texas House committee started grappling Wednesday evening with numerous immigration-related proposals. Most of the testimony to the State Affairs Committee in the meeting, which continued into the night, was from people who wanted stricter immigration laws.
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Mar 30, 2011
In Texas, the Republican Party is changing its tactics on illegal immigration. The relatively welcoming, tolerant attitude embraced by George W. Bush when he was governor is waning. It has been overtaken by a flood of Arizona-style get-tough measures, with nearly 100 immigration bills written or filed.
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A proposal in the Texas state legislature to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants features a huge exception for household labor -- once again exposing the breathtaking hypocrisy of some Republicans who want to sound tough on the issue, but still benefit from undocumented labor. ...
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A proposed immigration law being cast in jest across the country as a way for Texans to rid the work force of illegal immigrants while protecting their low-paid nannies and gardeners drew serious concern Thursday from advocates who fear the bill could have a chilling effect across the state.
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Don't look now, but Texas is turning blue. Not today, to be sure, nor tomorrow. But to read the newly released census data on the Lone Star State is to understand that Texas, the linchpin of any Republican electoral college majority, is turning Latino and, unless the Republicans...
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Just when you didn't think it could get much worse for immigrants in these United States, it actually does. This time, it's in Texas.
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The Lone Star State just got a whole lot bigger – 4.3 million Texans bigger to be exact - according to 2010 census data released today.
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The American people want leadership and solutions on the immigration issue, but what they've been getting from Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is flip-flopping and hypocrisy. Instead of taking the lead towards solutions, Cornyn talks about supporting immigration reform in public, while undermining legislative efforts in Congress.
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In response to a recent Roll Call article calling out the nativist lobby, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith wrote a letter to the editor making a series of claims—many of which he's been making for the last 20 years—which simply don't stack up to the facts. These...
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It sits beside Mexico's deadliest city, Ciudad Juárez.
Nearly a third of its residents are foreign-born, many of them from Mexico and undocumented and struggling financially.
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