Stella M. Chávez

At the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, Mexican citizens can obtain a voter registration card and register to vote. Feb. 25 is the deadline to register to vote in this year's election.

Katrina Pierson, when she was senior advisor to Donald J. Trump for President, spoke in support of the former president at the "Save America Rally" on Jan. 6, 2021. She is among the recipients of campaign contributions from a PAC funded by two West Texas billionaires supporting conservative candidates.

The “We Will Resist” campaign, which includes the Border Network for Human Rights and other immigrant advocate organizations has been traveling the state, calling for the repeal of Senate Bill 4 and the end of Operation Lone Star.

The new PAC, Texans United for a Conservative Majority, so far has given at least $385,000 to North Texas candidates running for state rep seats, according to campaign finance reports filed since January.

Opponents of Texas'immigration enforcement law known as SB 4 recently held a protest in Dallas.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has raised the cost of an H-1B visa petition from $460 to $780. The cost for a green card also has increased significantly.

The Texas-based nonprofit Children at Risk and other child advocates around the country have been critical of the state's practice of busing migrant families. They urge leaders to coordinate with agencies in other states.

Zeenat Khan (right), director of DFW Refugee Outreach Services, stands outside a Richardson hotel talking with a group of young Afghan refugees.

Supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) demonstrate on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2017.

The Biden Administration has expanded eligibility for health care coverage to immigrants enrolled in the program known as DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.