Habiba Soliman takes a selfie before she was detained by federal officials. She's now inside a lockup southwest of San Antonio.

Teenager detained at Dilley finds human fingernail in her food, attorney says

Eighteen-year-old Habiba Soliman’s discovery follows reports of bugs, worms and mold in the food at the San Antonio-area facility.

by Stephanie Koithan February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

23-year-old San Antonio resident Ruben Ray Martinez was killed last March, but it took a year to find out it was an ICE-involved shooting.

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ICE fatally shot San Antonio man last year, and it was kept quiet until now

The case appears to be the first known fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal agent during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

by Stephanie Koithan February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

Members of Bexar County Commissioners Court deliberate during a meeting earlier this year.

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Bexar County OKs deal for new voter-registration system, marking reversal after months of delay

The new contract will enable the county to abandon a faulty statewide system in time for November’s midterm elections, officials say.

by Stephanie Koithan February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

San Antonio News

San Antonio’s Brick at Blue Star locked out due to unpaid rent

The lockout might spell the end for the music and arts venue, which ran into a string of financial troubles, including allegations of unpaid wages and taxes.

by Stephanie Koithan February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

San Antonio News

Two-month-old ICE detainee Juan Nicolás deported while sick with bronchitis

The baby and his family, held in the Dilley site south of San Antonio, were reportedly ‘abandoned’ at the border with the money left in their commissary account — or just $190.

by Stephanie Koithan February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

San Antonio News

Report: Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids’ letters and drawings detailing conditions inside

The raids allegedly began in response to a recent ProPublica article featuring letters and drawings from children inside the San Antonio-area immigrant detention site.

by Stephanie Koithan February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

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Two-month-old Dilley detainee Juan Nicolás rushed to hospital with bronchitis

Despite the diagnosis, the infant has already been discharged from the hospital and is back in the San Antonio-area ICE detention facility.

by Stephanie Koithan February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

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Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley

‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.

by Stephanie Koithan February 16, 2026February 26, 2026

San Antonio News

Top Republican donor in Texas Senate race is former CEO of San Antonio beer distributor

San Antonio’s Silver Eagle Beverages is one of the largest alcohol distributors in the nation, and its former CEO is one of the state’s top GOP donors.

by Stephanie Koithan February 13, 2026February 23, 2026

Texas News

Texas data centers will soon have to report water usage

Regulators will send out a survey in an effort to avoid scaring away the booming industry while trying to better grasp its environmental impact.

by Stephanie Koithan February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

A 5-year-old girl detained in Dilley drew herself and her family trapped in a cage.

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Attorney on 9-year-old client in Dilley detention site: ‘She wishes she was no longer alive’

The family of 5 has been detained in the immigrant detention facility near San Antonio for 8 months, and each of the kids has had a birthday inside.

by Stephanie Koithan February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

San Antonio News

San Antonio’s NEISD and New Braunfels ISD both veto designated prayer time in schools

Texas public schools have until March 1 to adopt a state resolution that critics say violates First Amendment protections.

by Stephanie Koithan February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

A voter leaves the Bexar County Elections Department office.

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Redistricting delays Texas sending out voter registration cards as early voting approaches

Officials at the Texas Secretary of State’s office point to Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting as the reason for the two-month delay.

by Stephanie Koithan February 10, 2026February 10, 2026

San Antonio News

UT-San Antonio grad is first Super Bowl winner in school’s history

Riq Woolen was drafted into the Seahawks in 2022.

by Stephanie Koithan February 9, 2026February 10, 2026

San Antonio News

No, that wasn’t Liam Conejo Ramos in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

But that didn’t stop the internet rumor mill from kicking into overdrive.

by Stephanie Koithan February 9, 2026February 9, 2026

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Federal government seeks to end 5-year-old Liam Ramos’ asylum claims

‘[Liam] was traumatized at Dilley, but now the Trump administration is trying to take him away again,’ U.S. Congressman Joaquin Castro said.

by Stephanie Koithan February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

Elizabeth Zuna has been released from an ICE detention site southwest of San Antonio.

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Student released from Dilley immigrant detention site falls ill amid measles outbreak

Though an official diagnosis is still unknown, the 4th grader released Wednesday from the South Texas facility is now experiencing symptoms that mirror the measles.

by Stephanie Koithan February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

San Antonio News

Two more kids from Liam Ramos’ school district released from Dilley

The two siblings have returned home to Minneapolis. However, they reported seeing a missing classmate there, leading school officials to believe more Columbia Heights students are detained at the facility than previously thought.

by Stephanie Koithan February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office has sued a state board to end three work-study programs, claiming they exclude religious groups.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Muslim civil rights group to ‘ban terrorist organizations’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, Paxton’s target, called the suit ‘another frivolous, politically motivated anti-Muslim publicity stunt that wastes more taxpayer dollars.’

by Stephanie Koithan February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

San Antonio News