In Case You Missed It… Wednesday, September 15th
Here’s what you missed Wednesday on the Jay Mcfarland show. Rick Perry’s deadline for opponent Bill White to release his tax returns has come up and Perry says he won’t debate White until he releases...
View ArticleImmigration Tops Agenda On 1st Day To File Bills
AUSTIN (AP) – Cracking down on illegal immigrants will be a top priority for many Texas lawmakers. That’s judging from the slew of bills that were filed Monday, the first day for lawmakers to file...
View ArticleDemocrats Delay Action On Young Immigrants Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate moved Thursday to delay a politically charged showdown vote on legislation carving out a path to legal status for foreign-born youngsters brought to this country illegally,...
View ArticlePregnant Dallas Mother Deported To Mexico
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – You either agree or disagree with how our country handles immigration, but there are real people sometimes caught in the middle. Immigration experts say authorities are...
View Article2 Injured In Crash Discharged, In Federal Custody
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Two people hurt in a deadly Sunday pickup truck crash that killed 15 people have been discharged from a hospital and detained by immigration authorities. The truck packed with 23...
View ArticleProgram Offers Opportunity For Deferred Deportation Status
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Starting August 15, illegal immigrants that were brought to the United States as children can apply to temporarily live and work in the country legally. Hundreds stood in...
View ArticleNearly 50 Sex Offenders Arrested in Statewide ICE Sting
DALLAS (AP) — An operation to remove sex offenders or people from other countries with felony convictions has led to the arrest of 50 immigrants across Texas, federal authorities said Thursday. U.S....
View ArticleFarmers Branch Immigrant Rental Ban Goes Before 5th Circuit
FARMERS BRANCH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Farmers Branch’s expensive fight to ban illegal immigrants from renting homes will get perhaps its most important hearing Wednesday before a largely conservative group...
View ArticleImmigration Reform Impact On North Texas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The path to a compromised immigration reform bill goes right through North Texas. There are more than one-point-one million people in Texas without legal status. Demographers...
View ArticleAP: DHS Released Over 2,000 Illegal Immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000...
View ArticleVote Could End Farmers Branch Illegal Immigrant Rental Ban Fight
(credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) FARMERS BRANCH (CBSDFW.COM) – The Farmers Branch City Council could vote today on whether or not to end its long and costly legal fight to implement an ordinance...
View ArticleMore Than 100 People Found In Suspected Texas Stash House
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A house overflowing with more than 100 people presumed to be in the U.S. illegally was uncovered in Texas on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. The suspected stash house,...
View ArticleImmigrant Surge Underscores Texas Political Divide
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Texas Democrats say the solution for dealing with the thousands of immigrant children pouring into the country is a softer, more measured policy response, while state...
View ArticleSeparating Fact From Fiction at Grand Prairie ISD Meeting On Immigration
GRAND PRAIRIE (CBSDFW.COM) – Living across the street from Lamar School for the last 30 years, Diana Gorski wonders how her view will change in the next couple of weeks. A site assessment team from the...
View ArticlePerry Criticizes Border Security To Group of Hispanic Ministers
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Governor Rick Perry took his border security criticisms to an audience of Hispanic ministers in San Antonio, telling them the federal government should put more Border Patrol troops...
View ArticleScammers Praying On Relatives of Migrants
HOUSTON (AP) — Scammers have been preying on the relatives of unaccompanied young migrants being held at two U.S. military bases by conning them into paying nonexistent fees to be reunited with their...
View ArticleMexico Condemns Texas’ National Guard Border Deployment
MEXICO CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says Texas’ decision to deploy National Guard troops along the border is “unpleasant” and “reprehensible.” Last month’s deployment...
View ArticleObama: Move To Shield Millions From Deportation Is “Lawful”
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON D.C. (CBS NEWS) - President Obama on Thursday defended the actions he’s taking to shield about 5 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally from...
View ArticleMultistate Coalition Sues Over President’s Immigration Order
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Texas is leading a 17-state coalition in suing over the Obama administration’s recently announced executive actions on immigration. Many...
View ArticleTwo Women From Mexico Take Two Different Paths To Dallas
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – After suffering a setback in court, immigration advocates and religious leaders went to Christ’s Foundry United Methodist Mission in Dallas...
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