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The Invisible Peoplenew

San Antonio's sizable refugee community struggles as the American dream passes them by.
San Antonio Current  |  Bill Conroy  |  07-18-2014  |  Immigration

Lamar Smith chimes in on immigration… again.new

Low-risk, non-violent immigrants released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers?! Cue the outrage from Congressman Lamar Smith in 3, 2…
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  03-06-2013  |  Immigration

New policy lets DREAM Act students work, avoid deportationnew

Undocumented students across the country breathed a collective a sigh of relief Friday as the Obama administration announced an executive order to immigration officials to stop detaining and deporting DREAM Act-eligible immigrants while offering renewable two-year permits to legally work in the U.S.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  06-21-2012  |  Immigration

As Border Apprehensions Fall, a Serious 'Minor' Problem Emergesnew

Soon after the number of undocumented immigrants nabbed at the border plummeted in 2011 — 340,000 caught compared to highs upwards of 1 million annually — we got news from the Pew Hispanic Center that migration from Mexico to the U.S. has essentially stopped, and maybe even reversed.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  05-02-2012  |  Immigration

What design elements at Karnes facility tell us about the state of immigrant detentionnew

No guard towers, no barbed wire, no road with armed checkpoints. The new Karnes County Civil Detention Center doesn't look much like a prison from the outside.
San Antonio Current  |  Scott Andrews  |  04-02-2012  |  Immigration

Why do lowest-risk detainees need to be detained at all?new

This month, the first asylum seekers and border crossers landing in the sparkling new Karnes County Civil Detention Center will be among the first to experience Immigration and Customs Enforcement's kinder, gentler approach to immigrant detention.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  04-02-2012  |  Immigration

From 'Papers Please' to Librotraficantenew

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs Senate Bill 1070 into law, making it a crime for a non-citizen resident to be in Arizona without carrying required papers. It becomes known as the 'Papers Please' law.
San Antonio Current  |  Compiled by Veronica Salinas  |  03-09-2012  |  Immigration

Beating an Immigration System Slim on Second Chancesnew

Instead of listing specific deportation-worthy crimes, Congress has laid out sweeping categories of criminal offenses, including crimes of "moral turpitude," a blanket designation involving any drug charges.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  02-22-2012  |  Immigration

The Hateful Rhetoric of 2011's Immigration Debatenew

Civil unrest here and abroad, epic natural disasters, political entrenchment, the re-emergence of the McRib: 2011 yielded much at which we can reflect on with consternation.
San Antonio Current  |  Tony Cantú  |  12-30-2011  |  Immigration

ICE Policies Leave Overburdened Foster-Care System in their Wakenew

A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  11-16-2011  |  Immigration

Lamar Smith’s Push to HALT the DREAM Actnew

Two bills snaking their way through Congress, both with equally catchy names, show just how polarized the debate over immigration has become.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  08-19-2011  |  Immigration

After the DREAMnew

Students fighting for a path to citizenship still looking for reliable allies.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  03-04-2011  |  Immigration

Groups urge U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end new prison contract with GEOnew

Over a dozen Texas civil and immigrant rights groups this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano protesting the new privately-run immigration detention center slated for construction in Karnes County, Texas.
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  02-28-2011  |  Immigration

Prisons for Profitnew

Deaths, lawsuits don’t stop expansion of GEO immigration prisons
San Antonio Current  |  Michael Barajas  |  02-18-2011  |  Immigration

Remembering a Chicano Revolt in a Texas Townnew

The Cara Mia Theatre in Dallas recently reenacted a landmark event in Mexican-American civil-rights history: the Crystal City Walkout of 1969. The all-Chicano drama spotlights the valiant students who demanded equity, dignity, and opportunity in their education. Their victory changed the face of Texas public education forever.
San Antonio Current  |  Gregg Barrios  |  12-16-2009  |  Immigration

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