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Return To Sendernew

Mass deportation, strict border enforcement, amnesty. What will comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds take action -- or if they don't?

Dallas Observer | Jim Schutze | 12-28-2010 | Immigration

It's Tough Being an Immigrant, Unless You're Richnew

The Dallas Morning News recently reported that City Hall is looking to create a regional center under a federal program that offers green cards and a shot at permanent residency to immigrants willing to invest $500,000 or $1 million in the city.

Dallas Observer | Patrick Williams | 12-07-2009 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration, poverty, wealth, income gap

ICE Casts an Over-Wide Netnew

It's sure a good thing Congress failed to pass any sort of immigration reform. Why bother, when you can just arrest and deport any Jesus, Jose or Maria? Immigration lawyer Fernando Dubove says his caseload has surged during the recent nationwide crackdown on plants, employers and workers.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 05-05-2008 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration, ICE, deportation, illegal immigration

Patrolling South Texas for Illegal Immigrantsnew

Border Patrolman Jorge Diaz left Mexico at 12. For 20 years, he's trolled the South Texas brush for illegal compatriots.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 01-28-2008 | Immigration

Tags: Border Patrol, Mexico, illegal immigrant, Immigration

Cuban Detour to Texasnew

Cubans reroute to Mexico before heading north to the U.S.

Dallas Observer | Russell Cobb and Paul Knight | 01-14-2008 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration

New Immigration Rules Could Empty the Kitchensnew

Tough rules leave restaurants looking for cooks with green cards.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 10-15-2007 | Immigration

Tags: illegal immigrant, Immigration, DHS

Helping Deportees Lawyer Upnew

Most people arrested and imprisoned in the United States are assigned lawyers to help them navigate the legal process -- not so for immigrant detainees facing deportation.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 08-13-2007 | Immigration

Tags: illegal, Immigration, immigrant

Old-Time Religion and New Americansnew

Hispanic evangelical leaders join to push for compassionate immigration reform.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 05-15-2007 | Immigration

Tags: illegal, Immigration

Immigrant Workers Left Unpaid and Abandoned in Alabamanew

About 25 men say Varela failed to pay them for two weeks of work, leaving them stranded in Birmingham without food or supplies. The Mexican Consulate connected them with an attorney who last week filed a lawsuit against the contractor.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 04-24-2007 | Immigration

Tags: illegal immigrant, day labor

Bureaucratic Delays Leave Guatemalans in a Bindnew

The U.S. government has recently rejected thousands of Guatemalan asylum claims that had been pending for years -- but civil rights groups, arguing that applicants aren't to blame for long paperwork processing delays, are challenging the orders.

Dallas Observer | Megan Feldman | 03-20-2007 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration, asylum