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In Houston, more than 5,000 janitors are immigrants from El Salvador, which is roughly 10% of the janitorial workforce. Yet they are less than 3% of working people in the city.
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The number of people coming from South and Central American is rising and they will eventually arrive at the U.S. Southern border, analysts say.
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Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn was one of two sheriffs at a "border crisis" hearing, but neither were from border counties.
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The U.S. Department of State-run program known as Welcome Corps allows U.S. citizens or permanent residents to sponsor a refugee or refugee family. Texas is one of the states leading the way in the number of application submissions.
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The Texas-based nonprofit Children at Risk and other child advocates around the country have been critical of the state's practice of busing migrant families. They urge leaders to coordinate with agencies in other states.
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Texas’ senior U.S. senator said the effort to oust DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be taken seriously by Democrats.
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The American Business Immigration Coalition Action is calling on President Biden to grant work permits to undocumented immigrants who've worked in the U.S. for years.
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Waybourn has made border issues and immigration one of his main issues as sheriff.
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Wednesday’s hearing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals focused on whether SB 4, Texas’ controversial immigration-enforcement law, is constitutional and was the latest face off in the ongoing back and forth between the state of Texas and the Biden administration over the measure.
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is raising its fees for work visas and green cards for the first time in more than 7 years.
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The CBP One phone app, which most migrants use to begin the U.S. asylum process, isn’t accessible to those who are blind, deaf, have mobility issues, or have intellectual disabilities, according to a complaint.
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The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.