U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, took his efforts to require nationwide use of the electronic employment verification program, known as E-Verify, before his committee today. “Yes, E-Verify is a jobs killer, but only for illegal workers,” he said.
Immigration
In-depth reporting on border issues, policies, communities, and the impact of immigration across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Perry Gets Roughed Up in Second GOP Debate
Gov. Rick Perry on Monday found himself under attack from an unfamiliar place — the right — in the latest GOP debate as his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination attacked him for being insufficiently conservative on key issues.
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Perry, Under Fire on Immigration, Seeks Hardliner’s Nod
Rick Perry, who once said he was “intrigued and open” to an amnesty program for illegal Mexican workers, is now courting the support of a famous immigration hardliner: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona.
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Sheriff Arpaio on Perry and the Dream Act
Excerpt from an interview between Jay Root and Sheriff Joe Arpaio about Gov. Rick Perry.
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Sheriff Arpaio Disagrees with Perry on an Immigration Issue
Excerpt from an interview between Jay Root and Sheriff Joe Arpaio about Gov. Rick Perry.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
M. Smith on Rick Perry’s allergic reaction to federal school money, E. Smith elicits Ted Cruz’s take on David Dewhurst, Root and Ramshaw cover Perry’s first presidential debate, Ramshaw and Aguilar poke at Perry’s immigration record and how it plays among Republicans, Hamilton on the dash for top status among Texas colleges, Galbraith on an environmental ruling from the White House that got conservative applause and one that didn’t, Grissom has the latest on the Willingham arson case and the state’s plans to look at other fires and Aaronson’s widget for comparing the presidential candidates: The best of our best content from Sept. 5 to 9, 2011.
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Is Perry Tough Enough on Immigration — for Republicans?
As Gov. Rick Perry adjusts to his front-runner status for the Republican presidential nomination, his opponents are planting seeds of doubt about how tough the border state’s longest-serving governor has been on illegal immigration.
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Fact-Checking Perry’s Claims About Border Violence
Gov. Rick Perry repeated a familiar claim at the GOP debate: Texas’ border cities, he said, are unsafe because the federal government has failed to secure the U.S.-Mexican border. But are they?
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Naomi Gonzalez: The TT Interview
El Paso’s Democratic state representative on the media’s portrayal of her hometown, why the grassroots is key to making gains for her party, and why she thinks immigration legislation will hurt Gov. Rick Perry on the campaign trail.
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Policy Shift Hasn’t Reached Border Patrol
Immigration and Customs Enforcement directed prosecutors in June to use discretion when placing illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings. But attorneys for immigrants facing deportation say the new rules haven’t filtered down to the ground level — the U.S. Border Patrol.