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Jin was born in Shanghai, and moved to the U.S. to earn his doctorate in genetics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, graduating in 1994. [173] He moved back to Shanghai at the urging of his former professor Tan Jiazhen in 2005, and then renounced U.S. citizenship to resume his original Chinese citizenship.
Aside from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, there was no applicable deportation law in the United States until an 1882 statute specifically geared towards Chinese immigrants. [1] The Alien and Sedition Acts gave the President of the United States the power to arrest and subsequently deport any alien that he deemed dangerous. [5]
Gilbert Pena, incoming 2015 Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Pasadena, lived in Houston prior to 1992 [51] Jack Porter, U.S. Senate candidate in 1948 and a builder of the modern Texas Republican Party [52] Leighton Schubert, state representative from Caldwell, Texas; former Houston resident [53]
In February 2024, the nonprofit Every Texan reported that for every 1,000 workers, Texas immigrants and asylum seekers add $2.6 million to state and local taxes in their first year of eligibility ...
People from Kingwood, Texas (18 P) Pages in category "People from Houston" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 223 total.
She’s politically active and was the co-chair for President Barack Obama's re-election. Longoria is dedicated to supporting immigrants and is known to speak out against anti-immigration legislation.
Paul Bettencourt (born 1958), Republican member of Texas State Senate from Houston; Teel Bivins (1947–2009), state senator from Amarillo and U.S. Ambassador to Sweden; Bill Blythe (born 1935), Houston Realtor and Republican state representative from Harris County, 1971–1983
In February 2024, the nonprofit Every Texan reported that for every 1,000 workers, Texas immigrants and asylum seekers add $2.6 million to state and local taxes in their first year of eligibility ...