The top local stories this morning from 四虎影院:
Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend in the Austin and San Antonio areas.
Officials said they were specifically looking for people who have failed to honor a deportation order, who have warrants for DWI or domestic violence.
The majority of the country鈥檚 11.1 million undocumented immigrants are spread across just 20 U.S. metro areas, according to a recent study from the .
鈥淭hese have been the top 20 metropolitan areas in terms of unauthorized immigrants for at least a decade,鈥� Pew senior demographer Jeff Passell said. 鈥淭hat pre-dates all of this concern over sanctuary cities.鈥�
Using Census Bureau estimates from 2014, the Pew study found Houston has the largest number of undocumented immigrants in the state with 575,000 people. Dallas-Fort Worth was second with 475,000 people. Unauthorized immigrants account for about 37 percent of the immigrant population in both cities.
Other stories this morning:
- TEX Rail commuter train service is scheduled to in downtown Fort Worth. The 27-mile rail line will connect Fort Worth with DFW Airport, with stops in North Richland Hills and Grapevine. There鈥檒l also be a walkway connecting the TEX Rail station with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit light-rail station, making easy transfers possible. Construction鈥檚 already begun on the project north of downtown Fort Worth.
- For decades, public schools across North Texas have 鈥� from integration, busing and white flight to immigration and competition from charter and private schools. 四虎影院鈥檚 launching a new American Graduate series next week exploring these changes, called 鈥淩ace, Poverty and the Changing Face of Schools.鈥�
You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on 四虎影院 90.1 FM.
