Immigration Policy

America's Need for Immigration Reform Is on Display at a Graduation Ceremony Near You

Yesterday when my wife, son and I were driving back from Lubbock, the news on my tablet told me that Phyllis Schlafly, president of the Eagle Forum, Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, and Tea Party leaders in 25 states had released an open letter urging congress to dump its immigration re ... More >>

Ralph Isenberg is on a Wild Crusade Against Domingo Garcia over May 5 Immigration March

Ralph Isenberg and Domingo Garcia haven't always been enemies. Back in 2010, in fact, they were all set to dine together at a fundraiser with President Obama, until Isenberg was unceremoniously disinvited by the White House. Their relationship has since gone south, reaching its nadir this month wit ... More >>

The Daily Show Teaches Dallas Immigration Marchers How to Really Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

On Sunday, The Daily Show's Jessica Williams donned a novelty sombrero and festive pink dress and came to Dallas in search of an authentic Cinco de Mayo fiesta. What she found instead was a few thousand disappointingly sober people gathered downtown to march for immigration rights. Instead of drunk ... More >>

A Guide to How Obama's New Immigration Policy Will Work, And a Word of Caution

President Barack Obama announced Friday afternoon that the Department of Homeland Security will no longer attempt to deport young undocumented immigrants brought here as children, signaling a compassionate shift in an immigration policy whose hallmark was aggressive enforcement and record-shattering ... More >>

Who Are All the White Guys Running Mexico?

Hispanics Not Thrilled With Obama, But They Still Won't Vote For Rick Perry, Study Says

These days it seems as though both political parties are doing everything they can to disenfranchise one of the fastest-growing demographics in the country: Hispanics. While the GOP ratchets up anti-immigrant rhetoric and champions Arizona-style immigration legislation, the Obama administration rac ... More >>

So How Is Prioritizing Undocumented Immigrant Deportations Going? Suckily.

​It's been nearly six months since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton issued a memo to his subordinates, which we'll translate from bureaucrat-speak for you: Look, we got scarce resources, so don't head out into the field looking to pop every Tomas, Diego and Enrique ... More >>

Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?

And do teachers discriminate against students with Hispanic first names?

Chingo Bling

Sunday, July 31,at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room

New York Times on Ralph Isenberg's Efforts to Bring Saad Nabeel Back to North Texas

Mark GrahamRalph Isenberg​We've mentioned in recent months Ralph Isenberg's efforts to bring Saad Nabeel back to North Texas, where a University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering scholarship awaits the 20-year-old Frisco Liberty High grad. Nabeel, though, was deported to Bangladesh last ... More >>

Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

When Operation Streamline Deters: One Immigrant's Story

We Know What Illegal Means. So What?

Today, "amnesty" is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

Ronnie's Kids

Why Would the United States Want to Follow Mexico's Immigration Example?

State Rep. Debbie Riddle Wins Our Demagogue Sweepstakes By Proposing A Texas Version of Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law

News & Notes: Immigration Reform, César Chávez, Garland Road & Gay Jesus

​Some news and notes on this light-commenting Thursday:Domingo Garcia's got himself a whole new immigration-reform MegaMarch to promote -- this one, a May 1 parade that'll start at the Santuario de Guadalupe on Ross Ave. and end at Dallas City Hall. Says Garcia on the Web site, "Our immigrant comm ... More >>

If Not For Illegal Immigrants, Would It Cost Us More To Eat?

NY Times Takes on DPD's "Noxious Practice" of Ticketing Non-English Speaking Drivers

​This morning, The New York Times' editorial page insists the tale of Ernestina Mondragon, the first of 39 drivers ticketed by Dallas police for not speaking English to speak up, is merely a symptom of a larger issue: "how local police departments should deal with recent immigrants." (And, no, the ... More >>

Ultimately, Says Rep. Alonzo, All Immigration Bills, Pro or Con, Are Just "Fodder for Politics"

State Rep. Robert AlonzoYou might think that since Texas legislators are tied up dealing with a plunging housing market and accepting stimulus money, they'd drop the predictable collection of politically motivated immigration bills seeking to fill the federal policy vacuum. Nope. Not a chance.Rep. ... More >>

Vaught Says of Keffer's Immigration Mailer: "It's Insanity, Absurdity."

Ask a Mexican

Dear Babe: Mexicans don't hate you because you're Spanish, but just because you're you

Moving Myths

Take in the work of Humberto Saenz

Texas Instruments Is Now in the Immigration Reform Business, Kinda

On the Border, Off the Fence

An Over-Wide Net

LULAC Brands Urban League CEO, and DART Board Candidate, a "Racist"

Latino Vote Is No Slam Dunk for Hillary Clinton, Not in Texas

Say This For Farmers Branch: They Do Stick to Their Guns

The Revolution, One Slice at a Time

Farmers Branch Pulls in the Welcome Mat

New Immigration Rules Could Empty Local Kitchens

Tough rules leave restaurants looking for cooks with green cards

Words From Some Real Good Amurkins

Sam Lindsay to FB: Not Yet, Amigos.

At Dallas City Hall Yesterday, Signs That the Fight in Farmers Branch Is Closer to Home

Domingo Garcia Leading March on Immigration Enforcement HQ Today. Sounds Like Fun.

Some Unfair Park Readers Don't Only Dislike Immigrants, But the People Who Write About Them

Damn Right That's What America's About, Sister

C'mon Get Happy

Even Buzz finds something to smile about in 2006

"Un-American, un-Texan and un-Christian"

What Would Darrell Ankarlo Do?

¡Ask a Mexican!

Just Like Mom Used to Make

Well Excuse Us

Letters

Best immigration lawyer

Fernando Dubove

Victims in the shadows

A Rowlett murder shines a light on the practices of notarios who victimize illegal immigrants desperate for a chance to remain in the United States

Children of the Storm

Hurricane Mitch left thousands homeless, jobless, and alone, forcing them to cross the border in search for new lives in America. And those were just the kids.

Our Man in Saipan

Dick Armey thinks he's found a free-market paradise in the Marianas Islands, a U.S. territory where the workers never complain, the factories never quit, and wages are so low, even welfare mothers can hire a Filipino maid

Borderline case

An illegal immigrant mother battles against bureaucracy to stay near her ailing daughter