Months after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, some Texas couples are still working to get their spousal immigration benefits realized. They’re finding that legal matrimony doesn’t always lead to citizenship.
Demographics
Explore population trends, diversity, and data shaping Texas communities, politics, and policy.
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White House Asks Supreme Court to Review Immigration Ruling
The Obama administration on Friday asked the United States Supreme Court to review a federal appellate court’s ruling that struck down the president’s controversial immigration program.
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Demographics
Roundup: Refugee Policy, Perry Indictment, Campus Carry
In the Roundup: Texas officials take aim at the issue of Syrian refugee resettlement, Rick Perry’s defense team argues to have his indictment dismissed and a lawmaker seeks clarification on the campus carry gun law.
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On 37-Mile March, Immigrants Slam Abbott
Carrying placards, chanting in Spanish and calling for a halt to deportations of people without work papers, a few dozen immigrants and activists began their 37-mile “pilgrimage” Thursday from a federal detention facility to the Texas Governor’s Mansion.
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Halt All Refugee Resettlement, Two Texas Congressmen Say
As Republicans push to temporarily freeze admissions of Syrian refugees into the U.S., U.S. Reps. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, and Brian Babin, R-Woodville, on Wednesday called for a temporary suspension of all refugee resettlement efforts.
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Analysis: Chasing the News Headlines, for Better and for Worse
Greg Abbott and two dozen other governors have latched onto the headlines — and a fair amount of public support — with their words against resettling Syrian refugees in Texas. It’s a popular position — for now.
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UT-Austin Officials to Review Dustup at Israeli Studies Event
University of Texas at Austin administrators are reviewing an on-campus confrontation between a Palestinian rights student group and attendees of an on-campus event hosted by the university’s Institute for Israeli Studies last Friday.
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Refugee Nonprofits: Texas Response is What ISIS Would Want
A day after about half of the country’s governors promised to block Syrian refugees from resettling in their states, religious and nonprofit leaders warned that those actions could have a dramatic impact on refugee resettlement.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans Say Immigration, Terror Are Greatest Threats to U.S.
Before last week’s terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris, Texas voters had illegal immigration and foreign terrorist groups at the top of their list of greatest threats to the U.S., according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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AG Rules Dallas County Jail Booking Records Can Stay Secret
A ruling from the Texas AG has made it harder to access information about the crimes undocumented immigrants have committed in Dallas County — and whether officials turned those offenders over to federal authorities.
