President Donald Trump’s rapid-fire actions targeting undocumented immigrants nationally — which included immigration enforcement operations in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio areas in recent days — have sparked questions and concerns for immigrants, especially those who are in the country illegally. Here’s what immigration attorneys and experts say you should know about immigrant rights and resources. What do the Trump administration’s actions mean for immigrants? One of the most significant changes is the expansion of expedited removals, which […]

A week ago, 29-year-old Jose Alvaro and his wife Ashley went out to buy some baby formula in Lubbock with their three kids when a police officer pulled them over for a problem with the vehicle’s license plate. The traffic stop has upended the family’s life. The officer was “really nice and kind” when he approached them and Ashley explained that her husband didn’t speak much English and didn’t have a driver’s license, Ashley remembers. Jose Alvaro, who migrated to […]

The potential reality of immigration agents entering schools to arrest people in the country illegally under the Trump administration has left some families afraid to send children to classes — though much remains unknown about how this change will play out in Houston. The Department of Homeland Security changed guidelines last week to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest people at “sensitive spaces,” including schools, hospitals and churches. Those spaces had been off-limits to immigration agents since 2011. […]

In his first days in office, President Donald Trump signed a whirlwind of executive orders and immigration policy changes, many focused on limiting legal immigration and enacting stricter border security. The initiatives signal the administration’s intent to carry out its campaign promises of mass deportations, and provide the first glimpse of how it would do it. With 26 percent of Harris County residents being foreign-born, many of these changes will touch the lives of Houstonians and their families. These are […]

Different groups have been the center’s focus, but without a doubt, the crisis of disappearances that began with migrants and grew like the heads of a Hydra has been the most significant. History In November 1999, José Raúl Vera López was named bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, taking canonical possession in March 2000. As the former coadjutor bishop to Samuel Ruiz in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, he established a diocesan center for human rights, offering socially displaced […]