Your neighborhood immigration blogger has been on hiatus for a couple weeks. I got married to a wonderful woman, but now am trying to catch up with all the news about immigration. In the time I was gone it…

State education chief OKs Sam Houston High makeover
HISD’s plan to reinvent Sam Houston High School won state approval Friday, but a management team from the Texas Education Agency will be watching over administrators’ shoulders.

Candlelight Oaks children design new playground
The children of Candlelight Oaks got to design their own playground on May 13. In January, Elizabeth Olivares-Reed, a Candlelight Oaks resident and parent, applied for funding to replace the subdivision’s outdated playground equipment. Designed and developed in the 1970s, Candlelight Oaks is bounded by White Oak Bayou, Cole Creek and the “joint line” railway.

Air quality study set to start
A new study might provide some answers for residents who are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe.

A Pricey Ticket to Prison…
A South Carolina man was sentenced today to one year in prison for flying illegal immigrants from southern Texas to South Carolina, according to federal court records. The case highlights an interesting, but apparently somewhat risky smuggling mode - the…

As Requested…
I was asked by a reader to post this short Associated Press story out of Arizona about a suspected illegal immigrant accused of identity theft. MESA, Ariz. — A suspected identity thief accused of racking up hundreds of thousands of…

More FBI Name Check Problems…
The FBI has faced scrutiny for years because of delays with its National Name Check Program. But a new Office of the Inspector General audit raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the program, which is used to vet applicants…

Homeland Security official’s bags go missing
The nation’s second largest investigative body might want to help find missing luggage belonging to Julie Myers, the assistant secretary for Homeland Security. The bags went missing on her trip from Washington to Houston for a law-enforcement conference that started…

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