Thousands of people a day crossed here in late December -- a record for this section of the Texas border. There were so many people… the U.S. Border Patrol had to transform Shelby Park into an open air holding
work and gain citizenship in the U.S. That includes tightening restrictions on many types of immigration in the U.S. and pushing toend birthright citizenship, the constitutionally protected right to citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. ...
She says going to a community college first is a strategic move that can help preserve funds, give students a better initial classroom experience and solidify relationships with a community. Community colleges also “specialize in helping new immigrants transition to life and work in th...
Texas’ border cities have tended to be more welcoming to immigrants than other parts of the state, since many in these areas have long seen themselves and their Mexican neighbors as a big, blended community that transcends governments'...
1070 in 2010 and Texas's S.B. 4 in 2014, both of which sought to control illegal immigration in those states.2 More recently, many states, including California, have gone in the opposite direction, enacting legislation more favorable to immigrants to counter federal immigration enforcement ...
During this time, the presence of Cubans in the area was a source of tension for some blacks. These people felt that their opportunities for jobs and advancement were eclipsed by the arrival of Cuban immigrants. Many of the Cubans who had come to Florida came from a variety of backgrounds ...
Immigrants faced with inadmissibility to the U.S. can apply to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) for Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, Form I-601. The adjudication process for an I-601 waiver application is somewhat subjective; legal interpretation of...
Mary’s University School of Law in Texas. “Schools are being more careful about the ethnicity questions they ask, and many are masking that information on applications in order to avoid any accusations that race and ethnicity were sole reasons for admitting students.” De’Jonique...
Local or national attitudes about immigrants can also present a problem, Stephens says. In recent years, immigration has become a flashpoint in the national political conversation, and children can be confronted with hurtful, negative rhetoric. ...
The Mahmood family was, in many ways, living the dream of many immigrants. Muzaffar moved to Glasgow from Pakistan in the 1970s. He was the first Pakistani cricket player for Scotland. He and Khalida bought a home in an affluent neighborhood and had four children. They went to the presti...