Julian Castro to be a witness at House immigration enforcement hearing
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro has been tapped by Democrats to give testimony next week at a House hearing on enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Castro will be appear with Republican-called...
View ArticleTexMessage: Cornyn dislikes plan for DHS Secretary to declare whether border...
TexMessage Tuesday, January 29 Good morning, TexMessagers! Do you think the border is secure enough to begin reforming immigration? TEXclusive In response to last weeks immigration announcements, many...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Can anybody make our economy grow?
(AP Photo) Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s “The Week Ahead,” a preview of events to come on Capitol Hill and at the White House this week. This week’s report was written by William K. Moore of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Immigration creates schism between congressional Republicans and...
This report was written by Associated Press political reporter Chuck Babington, our old friend and colleague from the Dallas Times Herald. The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican...
View ArticleJulian Castro urges Congress to act on immigration: ‘America is watching’
At the first immigration-reform hearing of this Congress, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro urged House Republicans to take quick action on family-based and high-skilled visas — and also advocated for a...
View ArticleRep. Ted Poe named chair of GOP’s ‘Immigration Reform Caucus’
A Houston-area Republican has moved into a key role in the ongoing discussion of comprehensive immigration reform. Rep. Ted Poe of Humble has been appointed Vice Chairman of the House Immigration...
View ArticleCommentary: Will politicians ever say the border is secure enough?
Texas on the Potomac regularly shares with you the work of some of Hearst Newspapers’ best columnists. Today, we are pleased to share with you this commentary by San Antonio Express-News columnist O....
View ArticleUndocumented immigrant attends State of the Union as Texas Rep. Marc Veasey’s...
Julieta Garibay felt overwhelmed with emotion in the hours before Tuesday night’s State of the Union speech. As someone brought illegally into the U.S. as child, the longtime Texas resident said she...
View ArticleVideo: A glum Ted Cruz sits silently as McCain dances his approval of...
Buzzfeed’s Dorsey Shaw captured the mood of the Texas senators at last night’s State of the Union. While Sen. John McCain does a jig of joy at President Obama’s endorsement of his bipartisan...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn: ‘We have a long, long way to go’ on immigration reform
Despite a bipartisan plan to reform immigration laws, divisions between Democrats and Republicans over citizenship were exposed Wednesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee opened its first hearing on...
View ArticleThe Top Ten: Rush Limbaugh slams Sheila Jackson Lee, who hugs Ted Nugent, who...
Every week, Texas on the Potomac gives you a second glimpse at last week’s top stories. Here are our most popular stories from then: 1. Rush Limbaugh ridicules Sheila Jackson Lee’s ‘freed slave’...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi, Joaquín Castro predict passage of immigration reform, gun...
By VIANNA DAVILA San Antonio Express-News Though Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over how to avoid the looming sequester deadline, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and freshman Congressman...
View ArticleMcCaul says it’s time for Obama to get serious about entitlement spending
Rep. Michael McCaul challenged President Obama to get serious about reining in entitlement costs. In an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, McCaul said President Obama and Democrats need to be willing...
View ArticleTexas lawmakers agree: Guest workers vital for farmers
American farmers urged members of Congress on the importance of foreign temporary workers and the need to make it easier to hire this sector of employees. Several members of the agriculture industry...
View ArticleTexMessage: Every new employee could have to verify citizenship as part of...
TexMessage Thursday, February 28 Good morning TexMessagers! Should you have to prove your citizenship to get a job? TEXclusive E-Verify–an electronic system employers can use to check citizenship...
View ArticleICE released hundreds of immigrant prisoners; McCaul wants answers
The effects of the sequester are underway even before the deadline passes. In anticipation of budget cuts, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement released hundreds of prisoners because they would not...
View ArticleTed Poe calls release of immigrant detainees an ‘organized jailbreak’
Organized jailbreak. That’s what Rep. Ted Poe called the recent release of hundreds of illegal immigrant detainees when he appeared on Fox New’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren Wednesday...
View ArticleImmigrants push Congress to shorten delays for admitting spouses and children
Immigrants and advocate groups urged congress to reform outdated laws they blamed for separating close relatives for sometimes upwards of 20 years. Mathi Mugilan Paguth Arivalan, an ethnic Tamil born...
View ArticleHinojosa calls Trump’s CPAC message “bigoted”
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D- Mercedes, criticized reality TV star Donald Trump for his controversial comments on immigration reform at Friday’s CPAC conference. Trump said every one of the 11 million...
View ArticleWomen’s issues take immigration reform spotlight
Women immigrants find themselves subject to abuse and lack of rights with little recourse, according to testimony from experts and activists who are urging national lawmakers to prioritize women in any...
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