On Nov. 1, Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest executive order went into effect, mandating that public hospitals in Texas ask patients for information about their immigration status so that data about the ...

All patients should give this answer when asked about their immigration status in a Texas hospital. Why? To protect each other’s rights and health in the face of a misguided state directive that ...

“Texas hospitals continue to be a safe place ... that they are not required to provide an answer when asked about their immigration status, that any answers provided will not impact care ...

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Greg Abbott who developed some of his hardline stances while working as an immigration enforcement officer in Texas ... as many live in mixed-status households, meaning their children or ...

The issue is being argued in the federal courts over a similar Texas ... about immigration status during consensual contact with members of the public. Officers are also directed not to ask ...

Some Texas universities are asking international students to return early from holiday travels as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office Jan. 20. The University of Houston and the ...

Immigrant families are spending the holidays having difficult conversations in anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to carry out what he has called “the largest deportation ...