Dion Nissenbaum

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Dion Nissenbaum

The Trump administration has released $47 million dollars meant to help more than 100,000 refugees in Texas adapt to life in America. The aid group running Texas refugee programs had sued the Trump administration earlier this month, accusing the federal government of illegally freezing millions meant to help immigrants seeking refuge from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Cuba and other nations.

1 month ago | houstonlanding.org | Dion Nissenbaum

The aid group running Texas refugee programs sued the Trump administration on Monday, accusing the federal government of illegally freezing more than $36 million meant to help state immigrants adjust to life in America. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., accuses the Trump Administration and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

2 months ago | houstonlanding.org | Dion Nissenbaum

For years, Abdul Ahmad Sayedi flew an Afghanistan Air Force attack helicopter on hundreds of missions to gun down Taliban militants across the country. When the U.S.-backed government quickly fell to the Taliban in 2021, Sayedi led his wife and kids into hiding as he tried to figure out a way to safely get to America.

2 months ago | houstonlanding.org | Dion Nissenbaum

Every day, Houston truck driver “Mojo” checks in with his sister Zainab in Afghanistan to make sure she hasn’t been arrested by the Taliban government. Zainab had been expecting to get on a plane out of Afghanistan any day – until President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month that brought an immediate halt to all U.S.-backed efforts to bring refugees to America.

Dec 11, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Dion Nissenbaum

Texas artist Vincent Valdez was forming in his mother’s belly when Houston police officers beat a 23-year-old Mexican-American Vietnam veteran to within an inch of his life and threw him into Buffalo Bayou, where he drowned. The 1977 killing of Jose Campos Torres was the George Floyd murder of its time. Two Houston police officers were convicted of negligent homicide, given a year’s probation and ordered to pay a one dollar fine.