Texas Governor, Gregg Abbott. Editorial credit: Carrington Tatum / Shutterstock.com By Kevin Kenny U.S. and Texas officials are at war over immigration and border control. The latest chapter came on March 27, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit blocked a Texas law from going into effect, pending hearings on its constitutionality. The […]
By American Immigration Council Staff | Immigration Impact On March 8, a federal district court in Texas dismissed a challenge to a parole program set up by the Biden administration to allow 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to enter the United States legally each month, known as the CHNV parole program, allowing the program […]
By Kate Melloy Goettel and Juan Avilez | Immigration Impact A Texas law that allows local law enforcement to arrest migrants, state court judges to issue removal orders, and state officials to remove migrants to Mexico, is on its way to the Supreme Court. Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4), which was signed into law in […]
Editorial credit: mikeledray / Shutterstock.com By Gabe Ortiz | America’s Voice Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro’s guest to President Biden’s State of the Union address this week will be Priscilla Martinez, the widow of a North Texas rancher who was shot and killed by a neighbor last year. Despite the aggressor having previously expressed anti-Latino animus, […]
Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com By Dara Lind | March 1, 2024 | Immigration Impact For decades, the Catholic nonprofit Annunciation House has worked to support migrants in El Paso, Texas. It’s provided shelter, food and services to countless people who have just arrived in the United States—many of whom have been released […]
Editorial credit: Jose Carrera / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | February 22, 2024 Austin, Texas – On Tuesday evening, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office was suing and accusing of human smuggling the Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit organization that operates shelters and provides humanitarian assistance in El Paso, Texas. For example, after federal border officials process […]
Editorial credit: stock_photo_world / Shutterstock.com By Gabe Ortiz | February 21, 2024 | America’s Voice In a chilling escalation against faith-based organizations and volunteers who carry out their scriptural mandate to “welcome the stranger,” corrupt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to shut down an El Paso group that has for years been critical […]
Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By Suchita Mathur | January 23, 2024 Buoy barriers with chainsaw devices in the Rio Grande river. Coils of concertina wire along the riverbank. Armored Humvees blocking access roads. Piles of dirt rendering gates unusable. Governor Greg Abbott’s cruel attempts to booby trap the Texas border to prevent U.S. […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice | January 19, 2024 As Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s dangerous dehumanization of migrants hits dangerous new lows, CNN reports that “some members belonging to a group known for using demonizing rhetoric and intersecting with extremists” have been discussing gathering in the region. “Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber is monitoring […]
By American Immigration Council Staff | January 18, 2024 | Immigration Impact Texas is once again making national headlines after a woman and two children drowned in the Rio Grande while attempting to cross the river on January 12. The horrific event is just the latest in a long stream of intensifying disputes about how to address immigration along […]