Showing posts with label immigrants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigrants. Show all posts
Monday, July 21, 2014

Perry pulls a 180 on immigration

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Once upon a time Gov. Rick Perry had a sensible position on immigration. He knew, as did most Texans, that Texas has a unique relationship w...
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Monday, May 7, 2012

DPS makes it harder for immigrants to obtain a driver's license

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Starting today anyone who wishes to obtain a Texas driver's license must present proof that they have been residing in the State of Texa...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Did you hear the one about the sheriff...

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Arresting over 500 illegal immigrants just for laughs? Damn, that Joe Arpaio is one fucking funny guy. While being investigated by los fed...
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

DPS policy now law

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A controversial DPS policy is now law thanks to an amendment to the education funding bill added by Rep. Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie). Back in...
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Riddle me this...

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Apparently it's not enough for Tomball state representative Debbie Riddle to file a bill turning police officers into immigration offici...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Judge's injunction doesn't address the motive behind Arizona's immigration law

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Judge Bolton's decision to enjoin the State of Arizona from enforcing provisions of SB1070 is a step in the right direction but it is ...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Add DWH to the Arizona penal code

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There is a new crime on the books in Arizona and it's called Driving While Hispanic. With the passage of SB 1070 , law enforcement offic...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Sobriety checkpoints: the new cash cow

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A study by the University of California's Investigative Reporting Program has found that sobriety checkpoints in California generate ab...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

City of Houston to screen suspects for immigration histories

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Starting today, jailers in Houston will check fingerprints of everyone booked into one of the city's jails to see if they have an immigr...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

He's making a list and checking it twice

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Some local charities in the Houston area have begun checking the immigration status of families before handing out any toys. Included in th...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Houston mayor singing different tune on immigration as Senate campaign heats up

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Has Mayor Bill White flip-flopped on screening county inmates' immigration status ? Shortly after HPD Officer Rick Salter was critically...
Friday, July 3, 2009

The bogeyman of illegal immigration

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The Houston Police Department, playing on the death of one of its own, is asking the mayor to allow them to ask residents about their immigr...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Judge shoots down DPS driver's license plan

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Over the last few months, the Texas Department of Public Safety has been working on implementing a plan by which only people who could prov...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

Faulty logic in the DA's office

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Seems that Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos' reasoning behind her decision not to offer probation for people in this country il...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Dissent in the ranks

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There seems to be more than a little dissent in the ranks over on the 6th Floor at 1201 Franklin according to this piece in the Houston Chr...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Yet another bad idea

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There's a rumor circulating around that the Harris County District Attorney's Office will require a sworn statement from defendants ...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Update on DPS' call for driver's license checkpoints

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On Friday, under pressure from state legislators, the DPS withdrew its request for an Attorney General's opinion on the legality of set...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

DPS calls for driver's license checkpoints

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Last month I wrote about the DPS' new policy of not renewing or issuing new Texas drivers' licenses to anyone who can't prove t...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Another knee-jerk reaction

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According to the Houston Chronicle , the Texas Department of Public Safety has decided that, as of October 1, 2008, an applicant for a Texas...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The new capital punishment

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On August 1, 2008, Arturo Chavez , a 17-year old illegal immigrant and student at Clear Creek High School, was stopped by League City (TX) P...