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Category: Border/immigration
House increases penalties for tunneling under U.S.-Mexico border
Republicans and Democrats in the House dropped the partisan rancor today to pass a bill that would strengthen criminal penalties for those convicted of tunneling under the border between the United States and Mexico.
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Texas universities support Cornyn bill for high-tech immigrant visas
Sen. John Cornyn said he filed the STAR Act to bolster U.S. economic competitiveness. The bill would allocate up to 55,000 immigrant visas to foreign students who graduate from U.S. universities and have job offers in related fields.
Read MoreTexMessage: Cornyn looks to cut a Silicon Valley immigration deal
Senator John Cornyn wants to cut a deal that will answer Silicon Valley’s requests to ease restrictions on visas for foreign skilled workers.
How effective has ‘zero tolerance’ policy been on border enforcement?
Border Patrol officials have expanded the “zero tolerance” zone to cover all 210 miles of the Del Rio Sector and other stretches of the border in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Yet, the so-called Streamline strategy has become a political flash point in the border security debate, with some immigration hawks lobbying to expand it along the entire length of U.S.-Mexico border.
Read MoreTed Poe crosses party lines on Violence Against Women Act, sides with Democrats
After several hours of debate, the Violence Against Women Act passed the House Judiciary Committee this week, 17-15. The vote followed strict party lines with one exception: Rep. Ted Poe sided with Democrats and voted against the Republican version of the bill.
Gun-rights backers work to thwart Obama rifle sales reporting rule
“The Obama administration fundamentally dislikes guns, and more importantly it distrusts gun owners,” said Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., author of the de-funding provision. “They also know that a frontal assault on the Second Amendment would be political suicide, so instead they’ve sought to undermine gun rights more subtly.”
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Gonzo de Mayo: Charlie Gonzalez gets shout out from Mexico and Obama
Mexico selected Rep. Charlie Gonzalez as one of five Americans to receive one of its highest awards bestowed on those who promote the prosperity of Mexican communities. President Obama also singled out Gonzalez during a White House celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
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Obama drug czar says U.S. ‘cannot arrest our way out of the drug problem’
The Obama administration’s “third way’’ strategy seeks a middle ground between drug legalization and an enforcement-heavy “war on drugs,’’ drug czar Gil Kerlikowske said in a speech at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank founded by John Podesta, former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
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Doggett says delayed confirmation of Texas judges ‘long overdue’
Texas lost one ignominious distinction yesterday: The state with the highest number of emergency judicial vacancies.
After a five-month delay, the Senate voted Thursday to confirm two non-controversial presidential nominees to fill judicial vacancies in Texas, leaving California as the state least able to cope with its federal court backlog.
Read MoreJustices grill Obama administration attorney as Supreme Court hears Arizona immigration case
The Supreme Court heard the oral argument on Wednesday of the most recent immigration case that continues to politically polarize the nation on the issue of immigration: Arizona v. United States.
Arizona passed a series of laws in the form of SB 1070, which enables officials to verify the legal status of anyone who has been stopped for committing a crime or “reasonable suspicion.”
Read MoreLatin American first ladies take up plight of immigrant kids
First ladies from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala on Tuesday urged the governments in the Western Hemisphere to help combat a growing surge in illegal immigration of unaccompanied children.
The first ladies attended an international conference coming just one week after 100 unaccompanied undocumented immigrants were taken to a Lackland AFB dormitory in San Antonio because shelters and facilities operated by non-profit and religious organizations were out of space.
Read MoreOutside Supreme Court, Houstonian supports overturning Arizona law
While Arizona v. United States was debated inside the Supreme Court, a Houston resident was part of the crowd outside with a stake in the bill.
Lawyer for Zeta to seek suppression of confession in killing of ICE agent Jaime Zapata
A lawyer for a Mexican drug cartel member accused of killing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent Jaime Zapata said Wednesday he would file motions to suppress statements his client made after his arrest.
“I need to find out what happened when he was in the custody of the Mexican authorities,” said Ron Earnest, a Washington-area lawyer appointed to represent Zapata Espinoza.
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TexMessage: Congressman Ted Poe speaks out on French election
The results of France’s election will likely have wide scale implications for the rest of the European Union, but that doesn’t mean it also won’t affect the United States, Congressman Ted Poe said Monday morning.
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