SAN ANTONIO — The Texas House approved a bill that would allow local and state peace officers to detain and remove to Mexico people who they think are here illegally, dismissing pleas from a Latino lawmaker who scolded, ...
US Immigration if Government Shuts Down September 28, 2023 To date, Congress has not passed, nor has President Biden signed, any of the 12 spending bills needed to keep the government open beyond the end of FY2023 on September 30, ...
Separated families to reunite in the U.S. On Monday, DHS Secretary Mayorkas announced that a handful of migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the U.S. this week. ...
Secretary of Labor urges immigration overhaul. Late last week, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh virtually joined the “We Are Home” campaign, advocates, and immigrant workers to urge Congress to act on creating a pathway to ...
Biden adds India to list of countries subject to COVID-19 travel ban Beginning May 4 all nonimmigrants traveling from India are banned from entering the U.S., unless they already have a valid visa stamp in their passport and have been ...
Several border wall projects cancelled. The Biden administration announced that it canceled border wall projects paid for with funds from Defense accounts. Former President Trump funneled $10 billion from military construction accounts ...
Undocumented immigrants in NJ can now obtain driver’s licenses. Undocumented immigrants in New Jersey are officially eligible to receive driver’s licenses. A bill to allow this was approved by Gov. Phil Murphy. At the time ...
Arizona Governor declares state of emergency at border. AZ Gov. Doug Ducey declared a state of emergency at the southwest border in Arizona and said the state would deploy 250 National Guard troops to help local law enforcement.Arizona ...
House passes bill aimed at stopping future Trump travel ban. On Wednesday, the House passed legislation that would limit executive authority to issue future travel bans like the one imposed by former President Trump against several ...
