Naked City

"...and unions that provide private security staff at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, claiming they are enforcing a..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature

Letters @ 3AM

Apart from the boycott, and separate from it, the theme of May 1 was, over and over: Register and vote.

"...some have connected those values to this fact: "As immigration has surged, violent crime in the U.S. has fallen..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Immigrant Supporters Make Themselves Heard

Millions of people across the country take to streets in response to anti-immigrant legislation

"...Over the past couple of years, the immigration debate has grown louder and louder, fueled primarily by..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Problemista

Julio Torres channels dreams of toys, art, and immigration

"...to horror lovers everywhere. His first feature film follow-up, immigration comedy Problemista, doesn’t miss, and his witty, charming whimsy..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Accents and Cowlicks: Julio Torres on Problemista

SNL alum explores the magical world of immigration

"...the peril is from a faceless institution: the American immigration system. He provides American audience with an insight into..."

March 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas ACLU Files Suit Over Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4

New Texas law usurps federal immigration authority, suit claims

"...It would let state judges, who are untrained in immigration law and have no authority to enforce it, order..."

Dec. 20, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

No Man's Land

Well-intentioned cross-border drama finds humanity on all sides

"...the issue of race. One cannot tell an American immigration story untinged by racism. The Allyns seem to recognize..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...4th, and 5th, planes will fly above detention centers, immigration courts, and international bridges throughout the United States, scripting..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

The Infiltrators

Reckless, heroic, or both? Immigration center story told through reconstruction and fly-on-the-wall footage

"...alien. “They’re all just other words for ‘afraid,’” explains immigration activist Marco Saavedra in the opening moments of The..."

April 3, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gov. Abbott Says No to Refugees

UPDATED: Texas first state to refuse refugees under new Trump policy

"...state has been unduly burdened by a “broken federal immigration system.”..."

Jan. 13, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Rooster Teeth Finds Some Common Ground

New documentary takes the politics out of the border

"...directed by Mat Hames, is designed to depoliticize the immigration debate. For Sorola, it's a way for people to..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote

Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic

"...local law enforcement to comply with (currently voluntary) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests. Barring a court injunction..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...the Capitol accountable for their actions." – M.K. Immigration: Slamming the Door Shut..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Detainees Strike for Freedom

Hunger strikes call attention to plight of women and children refugees

"...a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Austin. By next month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce­ment will have capacity to hold up..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

S-Comm "Roll Calls" Raise New Questions

Data released leads to more questions than answers

"...of who's being held in its jail facilities on immigration detainers pursuant to the federal "Secure Com­mun­i­ties" initiative. The..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

S-Comm: Hamilton Fans Backlash

Sheriff Hamilton continues to back S-Comm, even as sheriffs across the country reject it

"...participation in "Secure Communities" – designed to help federal immigration officials deport undocumented immigrants – was less notable for..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Despite Opposition, Sheriff 'S-Comm' Hamilton Rolls On

Hamilton holds firm despite 3rd Circuit ruling

"...in the "Secure Communities" initiative aimed at aiding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in deporting undocumented immigrants with..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Sheriff's Office Draws Heat for Helping ICE

County's willingness to oblige feds prompts backlash

"...Austin-area defense lawyers are bracing for a spike in immigration cases, thanks to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

"...be used to expand the weekly program's "coverage of immigration issues in America through the 2008 presidential election," according..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature

Refugees Remain in Taylor Prison

ACLU files suit to spring children from 'residential facility'

"...of standards for the care of minors in federal immigration custody. The suit is filed on behalf of 10..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

Detention Center Lawsuits Begin

ACLU files 10 lawsuits on behalf of immigrant children who were detained at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center in Taylor

"...national and state ACLU, the UT School of Law Immigration Clinic, and the international law firm, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Immigrant Detention Blues

Unknown number of immigrants languish in private detention center in Taylor; a small but growing group is working to make their situation public knowledge

"...were denied. According to their lawyer, John Wheat Gibson, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents invaded the family's house after..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

TV Eye

Alternate realties, other lives

"...hardworking people. George doesn't change his stance on illegal immigration (laws are meant to be obeyed), but he no..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Two" columns are stunningly lame attempts to conflate illegal immigration, the world war against Islamist fascism, prayer, religion, and..."

July 14, 2006 Column

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...Though the Minuteman position is to end all illegal immigration – "We're not against immigration, we're against illegal immigration,"..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Men at Work

City's day laborer program undergoes successful overhaul

"...day labor site, and that's among the workers, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Austin Police Department. Remarkably,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

In Jail Forever?

Said's Story

"...executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Federation for American Immigration Reform. "A person who repeatedly breaks our laws has..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Travis County Judicial System Prepares for Enforcement (or Not) of SB 4

Judges are urged not to deport people

"...the Texas judicial system to take control of U.S. immigration by authorizing the arrest of people suspected of having..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...by PBS. The partnership will aid reporters in analyzing immigration and politics along the border in a critical election..."

March 8, 2024 News Feature

Lawsuits Are Mounting Against Abbott's Border Operation

The Department of Justice, ACLU of Texas challenge scheme

"...Gov. Greg Abbott's immigration enforcement scheme now faces legal battles on two fronts...."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

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