IMMIGRATION
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
| June 18, 2024
The White House announced Tuesday that the Biden administration will, in the coming months, allow certain spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship.
Texas law enforcement wonder how they’ll enforce migrant arrest law
| March 22, 2024
SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county. Not because he opposes the idea. There’s just no practical way to do it, said the sheriff of Terrell County, […]
How Texas’ plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work
| March 20, 2024
Texas' plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is temporarily on hold. Here's how TX's migrant plan would work if it goes through.
Supreme Court lifts stay on Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants at border
| March 19, 2024
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally, while a legal battle over immigration authority plays out.