Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed to cut funding to Austin’s new sheriff after she announced her county would scale back cooperation with federal immigration officials over deportations, marking a showdown over so-called sanctuary cities that may resonate beyond the Lone Star state. (Article by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh from Vocativ.com ) Abbott, a Republican, has threatened […]

The feds have decided to send more Syrian refugees to Texas, just two days after it sued the federal government and a refugee resettlement nonprofit, alleging that both were violating the Refugee Act of 1980. So far, 31 states have expressed opposition to the resettlement of Syrian refugees in their regions, following the Nov. 13 […]

A city councilman tried to protect Austinites from being forced to fund the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Austin, but was met with immense opposition before being called “xenophobic.” Austin City Council Member Don Zimmerman proposed that the city block spending on providing assistance to Syrian refugees, but the measure was struck down by the Public Safety […]

Texas officials no longer have to issue birth certificates to children of illegal immigrants born on U.S., also known as “anchor babies,” according to a ruling made by a judge late last month. The judge’s decision was in response to a lawsuit filed in June against the Department of State Health Services’ Vital Statistics Unit on […]