/tags/migration Migration en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:28:06 GMT /life-arts/2025-04-29/the-flight-of-a-thousand-songbirds-with-wiley-p-davis-jr On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Wiley P. Davis, Jr., retired educator, educational and sports consultant, lifelong friend and author of � The Flight of a Thousand Songbirds: A Family’s Courage Leads to a New Life.� Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:28:06 GMT /life-arts/2025-04-29/the-flight-of-a-thousand-songbirds-with-wiley-p-davis-jr John L. Hanson Jr. /crime-justice/2025-03-19/two-men-are-convicted-in-connection-with-texas-human-smuggling-incident-that-killed-53-people Dozens of men, women and children from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and other nations were found trapped in the tractor-trailer on Quintana Road in Southwest San Antonio in 2022. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:06:07 GMT /crime-justice/2025-03-19/two-men-are-convicted-in-connection-with-texas-human-smuggling-incident-that-killed-53-people Paul Flahive /texas/2024-03-22/hundreds-of-migrants-on-texas-southern-border-breach-wire-barriers The El Paso Sector of U.S. Border Patrol has seen about 1,000 migrant encounters per day. Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:46:40 GMT /texas/2024-03-22/hundreds-of-migrants-on-texas-southern-border-breach-wire-barriers Julián Aguilar /texas/2024-03-20/what-is-sb-4-texas-immigration-law The controversial new law would allow Texas law enforcement officers and judges to arrest and deport people in the country illegally, powers that have traditionally belonged to the federal government. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:25:35 GMT /texas/2024-03-20/what-is-sb-4-texas-immigration-law Becky Sullivan /2024-03-19/texas-controversial-immigration-enforcement-law-is-on-hold-once-again Senate Bill 4, the Texas law that allows local police to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, is blocked yet again after a late night order Tuesday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:55:31 GMT /2024-03-19/texas-controversial-immigration-enforcement-law-is-on-hold-once-again Julián Aguilar /politics/2023-12-18/texas-governor-signs-law-making-it-a-state-crime-to-cross-the-border-illegally It's already against federal law to enter the U.S. without permission. In Texas, it's now a state crime too, after Gov. Abbott signed into law a state immigration bill with strict penalties. Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:06:30 GMT /politics/2023-12-18/texas-governor-signs-law-making-it-a-state-crime-to-cross-the-border-illegally Stella M. Chávez /politics/2023-05-16/florida-gov-desantis-will-send-state-troops-law-enforcement-to-texas-for-border-security The announcement comes the same day Gov. Greg Abbott wrote to the country’s governors, asking them to support his border security operation now that the pandemic-era health policy known as Title 42 has expired. Tue, 16 May 2023 21:47:00 GMT /politics/2023-05-16/florida-gov-desantis-will-send-state-troops-law-enforcement-to-texas-for-border-security Julián Aguilar /texas/2023-05-12/live-updates-what-the-texas-border-looks-like-after-title-42 People who enter the U.S. illegally could be banned from returning for at least five years, and repeat offenders could face prosecution. And many migrants seeking asylum at the southern border will need to show they were turned down by a country they crossed into first before asking the U.S. Fri, 12 May 2023 12:56:24 GMT /texas/2023-05-12/live-updates-what-the-texas-border-looks-like-after-title-42 /texas/2021-12-06/critics-say-asylum-seekers-face-another-kind-of-wall-the-biden-administration Immigrant and human rights advocates are troubled by the Biden administration’s decision to expand its "Migration Protection Protocols" to include asylum seekers of any country in the Western Hemisphere other than Mexico. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:01:40 GMT /texas/2021-12-06/critics-say-asylum-seekers-face-another-kind-of-wall-the-biden-administration Stella M. Chávez /texas/2020-01-17/recent-earthquakes-exacerbate-exodus-from-puerto-rico-but-some-people-choose-to-stay From Texas Standard:The massive exodus of Puerto Ricans heading to the mainland started in 2006 with the island’s recession. Then came the government’s� Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:24:06 GMT /texas/2020-01-17/recent-earthquakes-exacerbate-exodus-from-puerto-rico-but-some-people-choose-to-stay Joy Diaz