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California, Texas Lead In Immigration Court Delays

Posted: July 15, 2015

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It may the one of the few places where Texas does not mind being second to California: immigration case backlog. A Houston Chronicle newspaper report notes that “… the stack of cases at Texas’ overburdened immigration courts grew… Read More

Category: Community, Immigration

Tags: asylum, Border Kids, california courts, court backlog, detainees, federal courts, ICE, immigration, immigration court, texas courts

Texas Truancy Another Civil v. Criminal Issue

Updated: May 21, 2015

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How to deal with kids missing school is usually a civil issue, but not in Texas. As part of a series, Jyoti Thottam of Al Jazeera is reporting that “Texas is one of only two states in the United States… Read More

Category: Community

Tags: Civil Courts, juvenile courts, texas courts, truency