Immigration and New Americans

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1023+ words) New restrictions have stripped Medicaid coverage from certain legal immigrants, including refugees and victims of human trafficking, as part of broader federal changes to the health insurance program that are expected to force millions off their coverage. The change effective…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (115+ words) SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is leasing thousands of square feet of office space at Brooks on the South Side, according to government spending records. RELATED | Should San Antonio city leaders block the East Side immigration detention facility?...

1+ day, 38+ min ago   (1567+ words) But in Texas’ Big Bend region, the administration has run up against intense opposition from landowners, many of whom are unwilling to cede parts of their property for what they see as a waste of taxpayer dollars. That resistance is…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (728+ words) NEW YORK – A federal immigration officer shot a Dominican man in the neck as he drove in a car with a 5-year-old boy Thursday afternoon, officials said. The Department of Homeland Security said it was seeking to arrest the man in…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (200+ words) Burbank seeks its second straight win as it faces Sam Houston in Thursday Night Lights matchup. DEL RIO, Texas - A 45-year-old man from Mexico was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after prosecutors said he assaulted a…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (780+ words) Josh Boak And Ali Swenson WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires for their contributions to America on Thursday only hours after a company run by one of them, Microsoft, was accused by his vice president of abusing the visa…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (835+ words) The announcement by Vice President JD Vance marks the latest swing from the Trump administration at employers and universities that welcome foreign students and workers into the country. Such programs have frequently been targeted by some Trump supporters who argue…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (135+ words) The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa. WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (682+ words) MILAN – Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging 45,000 euros ($50,400) each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company. More than 60 laborers, mostly from…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (350+ words) MIAMI (TNND) — A man accused of posing as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent to intimidate voters at a Miami Dade College polling site during Brazil’s presidential election has been arrested, authorities said. Danilo Alves Silva, 46, of Port St....