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  Immigrant Advocates Across North Texas Celebrate Supreme Court's DACA Decision

  June 19 at 4 a.m.

  The U.S. Supreme Court has been busy settling landmark cases this week. Monday, it ruled that gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act. Thursday, it upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields certain undocumented immigrants from deportation. Considering the court’s...

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  Coronavirus Pandemic Creates New Worries for North Texas Refugees

  May 15 at 4 a.m.

  Refugees in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and the organizations that work with them worry that the coronavirus pandemic and the economic turmoil it's causing will make life harder for an already-vulnerable group of people. “My parents’ work is no longer safe, and they don't have many hours to work,” says...

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  Dallas Immigration Advocates Seek to Protect Women Fleeing Gender Violence

  March 17 at 4 a.m.

  Growing up in Egypt, Sahar lived in a city near the sunny Mediterranean Sea. In the center of her hometown is a shrine to her great-grandfather, considered a saint in the Muslim faith. But her parents did not require her to wear a hijab, and her mother didn't wear the...

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  As Public Charge Rule Goes Into Effect, Disinformation and Fear Have Biggest Impact in Texas

  February 28 at 4 a.m.

  The new federal public charge rule took effect temporarily this week, significantly expanding the number of factors immigration authorities weigh when considering green card applications. While the new regulations will absolutely affect Dallas area green card applicants, immigration advocates caution that the rule applies to a very small number of...

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  Ahead of Census, Dallas-Area Immigration Groups Work to Allay Fears

  February 24 at 4 a.m.

  Many adults in the United States wrongly believe this year’s census will be about citizenship status, and some worry about participating because of it, according to two recent studies. Dallas-area immigrant and refugee organizations say that concern and confusion are symptomatic of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce immigration to...

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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...