Perryman: A Free-Market, Common-Sense Approach to Immigration Reform
Markets are among mankind’s most powerful inventions. Although they have existed in some form for several millennia, it is only in the past few centuries that we have used them to organize entire...
View ArticleWith passage of SB 4, LUPE plans to expand its ‘Know Your Rights’ sessions
SAN JUAN, RGV – La Unión del Pueblo Entero says its “know your rights” sessions are going to be more important than ever now the Texas Senate has passed SB 4. The Senate on Wednesday adopted House...
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Abbott signs Senate Bill 4 into law
McALLEN, RGV – Live on Facebook, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed Senate Bill 4, retitled the “Show Me Your Papers” legislation by critics, into law. Abbott said the bill will ban “sanctuary...
View ArticleCommunity Groups: Hidalgo County should take legal action against SB 4
Since being signed into law by Governor Abbott last month, communities across the state have risen up in protests, community meetings, and rallies to decry SB4 for what it is — a racist law designed to...
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Hinojosa: From ‘Sanctuary Cities’ to ‘Show Me Your Papers’
State Sen. Juan Hinojosa By the end of the 85th Legislative Session, the so-called “sanctuary cities” bill had regrettably escalated into a “show me your papers” bill. Senate Bill 4 is an emotionally...
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García-Siller, Flores: SB 4 promotes uncertainty and ambiguity
Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott took the time to write a column for the San Antonio Express-News. In it, he suggested that misunderstandings about SB 4 were being used as pretexts for “fear mongering.”...
View ArticleSeifert: Do Not Obey in Advance
In mid-May, just before the end of the school year, a mother drove to a local grammar school to pick up her three children. As she was parking her truck, a Brownsville police officer, apparently doing...
View ArticleGuerrero Chavez: Sandra’s Story: We are Women; People, not Animals
Sandra Mendoza (her name has been changed for her protection), is 50 years old, but she still has chilling memories of her first months in the US. That was over three decades ago, when she was only 18....
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Paxton visits Harlingen, greeted by protestors over DACA
<►> HARLINGEN, RGV – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton did not directly mention suing the federal government over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on a visit to the Rio...
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STC Professor: San Antonio migrant tractor-trailer tragedy comes as no surprise
MCALLEN, RGV – Jennifer Bryson Clark, the founder of the long-running annual Human Trafficking Symposium at South Texas College, said she wasn’t surprised to hear about the migrant tractor-trailer...
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County judges, mayors, send letter to Paxton on DACA
RIO GRANDE CITY, RGV – County judges and mayors from Texas have sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressing disappointment with his effort to have President Trump rescind the 2012...
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Valley groups rejoice at SB 4 injunction
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UPDATED: Valley native quits Trump’s Diversity Council over DACA decision
MISSION, RGV – A Rio Grande Valley native has quit President Trump’s Diversity Council over DACA. Javier Palomarez, president and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, told Carol Costello of...
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UPDATED: Trump to end program that shields ‘DREAMERS’ from deportation
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking Sept. 5 about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. (Associated Press) PHARR, RGV – President Trump is urging Congress to replace...
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Sessions, Obama, Hinojosa weigh in on DACA decision
EDINBURG, RGV – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former President Barack Obama, and state Sen. Juan Hinojosa have given their views on the decision to rescind DACA. The Deferred Action for...
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DACA recipients: We may have to go back in the shadows
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In Pictures: Anxious DACA recipients seek answers at LUPE gathering
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View ArticlePerryman: Time for Immigration Reform
Immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are a crucial source of labor, and it is well past time for immigration reform. Moreover, it needs to be framed in a way that addresses the reality of the...
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San Luis: In praise of a fellow warrior on the Domestic Workers’ Committee
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View ArticleRGV complaints about Trump rhetoric now echoed in NYC
MCALLEN, RGV – Complaints that President Trump’s rhetoric towards immigrants and foreigners was hurting tourism may have started along the Texas-Mexico border but they have now reached New York City....
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