Jan 28 2025 28 mins 10
Federal officials were out in Greater Houston this weekend, as agents began arresting dozens of immigrants across Texas and making good on the Trump administration’s pledge to crackdown. Host Raheel Ramzanali is breaking down the latest in local immigration news with Sam González Kelly, demographics reporter at the Houston Chronicle, from local Democrats’ response to resources for undocumented Houstonians. Plus, is Sugar Land’s suburban boom over? And the latest viral burger restaurant in Houston has a familiar, and controversial, name.
Stories we talked about on today’s show:
- Galveston County Sheriff's office assists federal law enforcement in arrests of illegal aliens
- Some Houston immigrants fear Trump's mass deportation plans. Others react with indifference.
- Immigrants in Houston’s courts will have one less resource after Trump’s changes
- DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts
- Need immigration legal aid? These Houston organizations offer free and low-cost services
- DEA Houston assists in deportation efforts across Harris County
- Trump wants mass deportations. These Houston-area Republican sheriffs can help him do it.
- What Houston ISD parents should know about President Trump's immigration crackdown
- After decades of growth, Sugar Land and some of Houston's largest suburbs are losing residents
- Houston ranks second nationally for rent affordability, real estate study finds
- Texas Senate proposes extensive school voucher-like program with $1 billion price tag
- Trump Burger is opening in Houston. Here's where.
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