By Sari Horwitz and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post May 7, 2018 U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that the Justice Department will begin prosecuting every person who illegally crosses into the United States along the Southwest border, a hard-line policy shift expected to focus in particular on migrants…

By: Royce Murray, Immigration Impact Nearly 60,000 Hondurans learned today that they will no longer be able to remain in the United States with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), placing them at risk of deportation when termination takes effect in 18 months. Having lawfully resided in the United States for many…

By: Tory Johnson, Immigration Impact The government continues the appalling practice of detaining pregnant women, most of whom are seeking safety and protection in the United States. Following an official policy change by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), immigrant rights organizations filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request this…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2018 In 2006, in Dallas, a construction company sued a charter school, alleging that the school stiffed workers on a building contract to the tune of a couple hundred thousand dollars. Eight years later, in Houston, a third grade teacher sued the…

By: Joshua Breisblatt, Immigration Impact The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it filed criminal charges on Tuesday to prosecute some migrants who recently crossed the border and were reportedly once a part of the caravan. The vast majority of the migrants from the caravan are asylum seekers fleeing persecution, grave…

(PRESS RELEASE) An indictment was unsealed on Thursday, May 3, 2018, charging Martin Winterkorn, 70, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s long-running scheme to cheat U.S. diesel vehicle emissions requirements. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Acting Assistant Attorney…

By: Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact National Small Business Week, which runs from April 29 to May 5, highlights the hard work of the United States’ business owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators. America’s small businesses—nearly 30 million in total—employ almost half of all U.S. workers. In order to fully celebrate the contributions…

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2018 DAPA died at the U.S. Supreme Court, but the deadly shot came from Texas. The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program, announced by the Barack Obama administration in 2014, was a sweeping executive action that would…

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune May 7, 2018 Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. The difficulty in getting voters to show up for a runoff election is a big problem in Texas. There are hotspots around the state that…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Mobile Service Office will be visiting Eagle Pass, Texas on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at BBVA Compass Bank, 2310 East Main Street, from 9 A.M. through 4 P.M. to assist all Maverick County and surrounding…