(AP) -- WASHINGTON (AP) - About 350,000 more illegal immigrants than previously thought could earn an extra two years in the U.S. when President Obama's new policy takes effect next week, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, students age 30 or younger will now be eligible for a two-year reprieve from deportation if they demonstrate that they came to the U.S. before their 16th birthday; lived there for the past five years; and have not been convicted of certain crimes or pose a national security threat.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a 2010 crime spree that left a deliveryman dead. A judge in Fort Worth on Tuesday accepted the plea deal from Jose Ramos Jr. Ramos pleaded guilty to capital murder in the June 29, 2010, fatal shooting and robbery of Ruben Martinez outside a Fort Worth convenience store.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State medical groups are objecting to a proposed rule for the Texas Women's Health Program that would ban abortion counseling. The Texas Medical Association and other groups say the rule amounts to a "gag order" and doctors won't want to participate in the program, regardless of whether they oppose abortion.
CAMERON, Texas (AP) - The body of a missing Georgia paraglider has been found in a field about 120 miles northwest of Houston. Don Bayliff from Atlanta was taking part in a weekend competition when it was halted due to bad weather. Organizers contacted authorities when Bayliff failed to return to the starting point.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
