Houston Immigration Lawyer

The growing federal efforts to step up immigration enforcement in Houston in a big way took a significant hit recently, as a federal judge in San Francisco placed an injunction on the Department of Homeland Security’s work towards ferreting out illegal immigrants by use of several strategies.  The story appeared in the Baltimore Sun.“The injunction […]

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Recent immigration enforcement efforts have spread to street gangs and farm workers, but now comes word that Texas is beginning to check into the immigration status of its inmates in order to find out if any of them are illegally in the United States.  The story appeared recently on WAVY TV’s Web site.  “The Fairfax […]

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Everyone understands that to a degree, prices for fresh produce are kept down somewhat by the use of low-cost labor.  Everyone also understands that a portion of this low-cost labor is illegal in nature.  However, according to the Fox affiliate in Reno, Nevada, immigration raids that target illegal workers could raise the price of food […]

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There is a budding controversy around the country regarding whether Houston local law enforcement entities should assist the federal government in enforcing texas immigration laws. According to a recent story published on Houston Chronicle, the police union there is backing the local police chief’s stance that this is a federal issue.
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Much like in days past when the federal government used tax laws to bring the hammer down on known mobsters, today’s government is using another body of laws to come down on street gangs – immigration regulations.  The story appeared recently in the USA Today, and it’s definitely going to be a hot-button issue.
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Most of us understand that the Washington Post is not generally known as a fervent supporter of the current administration, and that general reputation was only reinforced yesterday when the paper ripped the Bush administration for its new ‘get tough’ approach to immigration, which is being executed by targeting employers of undocumented workers.“HAVING FAILED at […]

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In what’s becoming an increasingly common practice, officials announced that a huge immigration sweep in Houston that took place over the past two weeks resulted in 1,300 detentions of illegal immigrants.  Those targeted were people with criminal records, those who had violated a deportation order and/or those who had reentered the country illegally, according to […]

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Immigration is an issue that’s already filled with controversy, and the last thing enforcement officials and proponents of harsher regulations need is a reputation for corruption.  Unfortunately, one story published by the Detroit Free Press shows that corruption can exist within the immigration enforcement bodies, at least when looking at one individual case.“A Houston immigration […]

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A recent illegal immigration sweep that centered on gang members resulted in the detention of 186 people, but the news was far from completely positive.  According to a recent article published by Newsday in New York, local police officials were incensed at the lack of communication between federal and local authorities, and as a result […]

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In reaction to the entry above, which detailed immigration raids in Reno that led to dozens of arrests and detentions, a group of Hispanics in the area have called for a three-day boycott of local Reno businesses.  The story ran on KNRV.com, and the most relevant passage from the news item appears below:
“A group of […]

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