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  DFW Company Fined $3 Million for a ‘Stupid’ Attempt to Fool ICE

  January 29 at 4 a.m.

  A North Texas concrete manufacturing firm will pay a $3 million fine for continuing to employ undocumented workers despite warnings, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement determined in 2015 that more than 40 employees of Speed Fab-Crete's Kennedale plant were not authorized to work in the...

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  Supreme Court’s Public Charge Ruling Leaves Texas Immigration Advocates Worried

  January 28 at 4 a.m.

  The Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows a new immigration restriction to go into effect until a lawsuit against the rule is decided.

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  Abbott’s Refugee Ban Concerns Dallas Organizations

  January 15 at 4 a.m.

  Gov. Greg Abbott's decision last week to reject all new refugees to the state of Texas has left Dallas area refugee and immigrant organizations confused and frustrated but committed to reversing the decision. “We're in the largest refugee crisis since the Holocaust, and in response to that our country is...

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  Texas Gov. Abbott Opts Out of Refugee Resettlement, Shocking Local Groups

  January 13 at 4 a.m.

  Texas, thanks to a letter sent to the U.S. secretary of state by Gov. Greg Abbott, is closed to refugees. The state needs to take care of its own before it seeks to help others, Abbott told Secretary Mike Pompeo. “At this time, the state and nonprofit organizations have a...

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  Food Sisters: Local Nonprofit Catering Company Gives Refugees a Hand Up

  Monday, December 23, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Sunlight seeps into the small commercial kitchen in the Muslim American Society's Islamic Center as Maissa Alkhadir stirs a steaming pot of rice and potatoes. Reaching to a shelf above the stove, she grabs a plastic canister of dried spices and sprinkles some into the pot. Once it's done, she...

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  Commissioners Court Approves Continuing Refugee Resettlement

  Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  The Dallas County Commissioner’s Court unanimously voted in favor of Dallas County continuing to be a place of initial resettlement for refugees. The resolution follows similar support from the city of Dallas and Fort Worth.