Texas Leads Suit with 6 Other States to End DACA
Debate about the legal basis for the executive action taken by former President Barack Obama in 2012 to create DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) resumed anew with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filing suit May 1, 2018. Generally speaking, DACA is a program that grants work authorization and [...]
Immigration and the Great State of Texas
Earlier this month, on March 13, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling declaring that Texas’ Senate Bill 4 (SB4) should be allowed to take full effect. This ruling reversed the San Antonio federal judge’s injunction that initially blocked major components of the [...]
Immigration in 2018
THE YEAR OF ENFORCEMENT Thomas Homan, ICE’s Deputy Director and Senior Official stated: "We’re going back to holding employers accountable . . . .It’s about removing a magnet." 2017 has been the year of immigration changes -- mainly of policy and agencies' procedural practices. We have seen three successive travel [...]
