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Illegal Immigration and Deportation

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Demi Mishel Muniz: Immigrant Smuggler Left Diabetic to Die in Ditch

    The U.S. Attorney's Office has charged two people with conspiring to transport and harbor illegal aliens, but their case is more serious than that. Prosecutors say Demi Mishel Muniz, 33, and Luis Aceituno, 26, were tranporting illegal immigrants in a van from Houston to Los Angeles when one of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Comment of the Day: You're Worried Who's Paying For Response To Crash That Killed 9 Illegal Immigrants?

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Carnage: 9 Dead as Van Crammed With Illegal Immigrants Crashes

    A Chevrolet Astro van designed to carry seven passengers was packed with 19 illegal immigrants when it crashed trying to get away from police near McAllen last night. Nine died, six were injured and two escaped from the 10:30 p.m. crash in Palmview, police say. "The bodies, believed be those of il ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    ICE Sweep Nets 74, Including Child Molesters, in Houston Area

    A nationwide sweep of convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and "egregious" immigration violators resulted in almost 100 arrests out of the Houston field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE took in 3,100 people nationwide in its six-day "Cross Check" operation, with 74 com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    José Gustavo Diaz-Velasquez: Used Craigslist, YouTube To Recruit Immigrant Smugglers

    Doing business in this modern world can be cutthroat -- you either keep up with the times, or you die. Any good business gets itself on the web. Even if that business is smuggling illegal immigrants. The U.S> Attorney's Office in Houston has announced the arrest of José Gustavo Diaz-Velasquez, 29 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Cover Story: Michael Berry, Former City Hall Boy Wonder

    Nine years ago, embattled right-wing radio host Michael Berry was a 32-year-old mayoral candidate. Tim Fleck wrote a feature on the fresh-faced city councilman and quixotic candidate (polling below 10 percent, Berry pulled out of the race less than a month after the story hit the street) and his Ind ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 24, 2011

    Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?

    And do teachers discriminate against students with Hispanic first names?

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    More Than 20,000 Deported from South Texas in 2011, Feds Say

    La Migra piles up the numbers.​The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced its deportation numbers today for fiscal 2011, which ended in September. Nationwide almost 400,000 were deported -- an ICE record -- and more than 20,000 were deported from South Texas, the agency ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 13, 2011

    SPECIAL BEST-OF EDITION

    What Part of Illegal Don't Mexicans Understand? And why do so many homes have wrought iron fences?

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Mambo's Seafood Chain Hit For Harboring Illegal Aliens

    Not Mambo-nifico, feds say​Mambo's Seafood, the popular chain thatt's a big sponsor of the Houston Dynamo, has been hit with charges that it encouraged illegal aliens to come to the U.S. and then harbored and hid them. Two current and three former managers have been indicted, the U.S. Attorne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Imam Zoubir Bouchikhi: Arrested Shortly Before Deportation

    Photo and video by Paula BeltránProtests over an imam's treatment​Yesterday Ilyes and Omar Bouchikhi, aged 13 and 11, left school early to attend a protest on behalf of their father, Imam Zoubir Bouchikhi. Bouchikhi, the spiritual leader of a mosque in Southeast Houston who last year was de ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales: Fantasy Voter Fraud

    Photo and video by Paula BeltránProtests over an imam's treatment​Yesterday Ilyes and Omar Bouchikhi, aged 13 and 11, left school early to attend a protest on behalf of their father, Imam Zoubir Bouchikhi. Bouchikhi, the spiritual leader of a mosque in Southeast Houston who last year was de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    State Rep Leo Berman: A "Birther" Bill And Oh, So Much More

    Leo Berman: Probably not a big Jon Stewart fan​Texas, we have our birther bill!! Thanks to Rep. Leo Berman of the Panhandle Tyler, the Texas legislature will take up a bill saying no one can be on the ballot in Texas for president (or vice-president! All bases covered!!) unless they present t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Estela Aguilar-Lopez, Two Others Indicted For Smuggling Aliens & Forcing Them To Sell Bootlegs

    That Megamind DVD might have paid a coyote's fees​Three Houstonians have been indicted for smuggling illegal aliens into the country and then forcing them to pay off their fees by selling bootleg DVDs and CDs. Estela Aguilar-Lopez, 47, Blanca Estela Lopez-Aguilar, 37, and Francisco Ivan Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Victoria Human-Smuggling Deaths Spur Another Lawsuit -- This Time Against The Truck's Manufacturer

    The semi should have had airholes, suit says​It's been seven years since the human-smuggling tragedy in Victoria, in which 19 undocumented immigrants died and around 100 people suffered brutal conditions, trapped inside a tractor-trailer transporting them across Texas.Late last week, however, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Tomball Solves The Illegal-Immigrant Problem Tonight

    Derel Townsend wants English to be "the offical language of Tomball"​The illegal-immigrant problem will be addressed tonight at a meeting of the Tomball City Council, which is as fine and noble a venue for such a discussion as can be imagined.Councilman Derek Townsend told KPRC that he will be int ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.

  • Culture

    July 15, 2010

    Respect and Statistics

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    IllegalAlienReport.Com Lets You Report Those Invaders Anonymously

    Your country needs you to report online​Good news, Texas!!Not only is there finally a way to report all those illegal aliens you see stealing jobs everyday -- we mean besides just calling ICE -- but there's even more good news: the are only two places in Texas with illegal aliens!!So we have to wo ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Culture

    May 20, 2010

    Special Potpourri Edition

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    You Want To Deport All Illegals? It's Gonna Cost You

    "Goodbye to my Juan, farewell Rosalita; adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maria..."​Few subjects elicit raw passion the way illegal immigration does. But what if you could eliminate all of the rage, fear, sympathy and politics surrounding the issue, what then? What if it was just a numbers game, and abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    A Playlist For Our Wetbacks in Arizona And For All Who Pray For Them

    "It may well be that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition is not the glaring noisiness of the so-called bad people, but the appalling silence of the so-called good people."- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.​There's something so powerful about music. It gets us through life's bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Cesar Lozano, Illegal Alien, Is Now Big Cease, American Dream Come True

    ​ The video that usually crowns our Latino hip-hop blog is going to come at the end of our story today, because without explaining how the American Dream has evolved, the music video won't be given the meaning it deserves. First, you need to know that the American Dream takes on many forms. The Am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    ICE Chills Mambo Seafood

    Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided two outposts of the seven-restaurant Mambo Seafood chain yesterday and hauled off 33 suspected illegal aliens. According to KHOU, ICE also raided the company's corporate office and hauled off boxes of documents, but refused to release details. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    Truth and Consequences on the Mexico-United States Border: Protecting the Rights of All Border Residents

    Home births draw American-born Latinos directly into the immigration issue

  • Culture

    September 24, 2009

    Comic Defense and Descendent Pride

    Home births draw American-born Latinos directly into the immigration issue

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    We're Suing Over This "Sanctuary City" Crap!! Umm, Maybe Not Right Now

    The stage at the Houston Police Officers' Union was literally set for a big announcement today. Microphones had been hooked up, chairs for the media had been arranged in rows and press releases had been e-mailed all across town. Everyone was eager to hear all about a lawsuit that a Washington, D.C.- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Customs Agent Offers Wide Variety Of Services: Will Smuggle Cocaine, Aliens

    You can't specialize in a market like this; you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades to keep your head above water.There are some Customs & Border Protection inspectors out there who focus strictly on taking bribes to bring illegal aliens into the country. There are others who concentrate strictly ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 12, 2009

    What About Lazy Mexicans?

    You can't specialize in a market like this; you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades to keep your head above water.There are some Customs & Border Protection inspectors out there who focus strictly on taking bribes to bring illegal aliens into the country. There are others who concentrate strictly ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 14, 2008

    Anchor Babies and Mexican Garages

    You can't specialize in a market like this; you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades to keep your head above water.There are some Customs & Border Protection inspectors out there who focus strictly on taking bribes to bring illegal aliens into the country. There are others who concentrate strictly ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 17, 2007

    Mexican American Culture

    You can't specialize in a market like this; you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades to keep your head above water.There are some Customs & Border Protection inspectors out there who focus strictly on taking bribes to bring illegal aliens into the country. There are others who concentrate strictly ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 19, 2007

    Mexican-American Culture

    You can't specialize in a market like this; you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades to keep your head above water.There are some Customs & Border Protection inspectors out there who focus strictly on taking bribes to bring illegal aliens into the country. There are others who concentrate strictly ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 22, 2007

    The Governator talks smack

    You can't specialize in a market like this; you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades to keep your head above water.There are some Customs & Border Protection inspectors out there who focus strictly on taking bribes to bring illegal aliens into the country. There are others who concentrate strictly ... More >>

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Shorthanded

    Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

  • Culture

    November 16, 2006

    Why do Mexicans and Irish get along so well?

    Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Getting Schooled: Bombs Away

    Rep. Culberson is ready to take the gloves off in Iraq

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    We're All "Screwed"

    So save us, Lewis!

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    The Hitch

    Matrimonial safe haven hits Harris County. But the INS honeymoon ends with April.

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Still Stumbling

    Houston Chronicle faces the Hispanic community and anchor confustion

  • News

    August 25, 1994

    Losing Track

    Juvenile Probation has gotten out-of-touch with the INS ... and some young criminals it's supposed to supervise

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