UT, Texas Tech students among those killed in Austin mass shooting

Texas Tech undergrad Ryder Harrington and Savitha Shan of the University of Texas were among the dead, Austin police confirmed Monday.

by Michael Karlis March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

An SAPD officer turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest, department officials said.

Texas News

Suspect in Austin bar mass shooting was former San Antonio resident

Ndiaga Diange, 53, reportedly moved from New York to San Antonio in 2017.

by Michael Karlis March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Camp East Montana, the largest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention center, sits on Fort Bliss land in El Paso, Texas.

Texas News

17 measles cases reported in El Paso, including 13 at ICE detention facility

Earlier in February, two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were identified at Camp East Montana.

by El Paso Matters StaffFebruary 27, 2026February 27, 2026

State Rep. Gina Hinojosa smiles during an appearance last weekend at San Antonio soul food restaurant Tony G's.

Texas News

Hinojosa accuses DPS, feds of coverup in last year’s ICE shooting death of San Antonio man

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa has joined Rep. Joaquin Castro and Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones in calling for probe of Ruben Ray Martinez’s death.

by Michael Karlis February 24, 2026February 24, 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.

San Antonio News

Witness who disputed feds’ account of fatal ICE shooting of San Antonio man dies in car wreck

The only passenger in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez said in a statement that his friend was trying to comply with police when an ICE agent shot him dead.

by Sanford Nowlin February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

An RV Camper enters Big Bend National Park. The revered park is scheduled for “smart wall” construction, according to the Customs and Border Protection website.

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The border wall is closing in on Big Bend, sparking opposition by locals

Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News February 23, 2026February 23, 2026

Construction workers in South Texas attach a steel panel of bollards topped by a plate to the Border Wall, more than doubling its height.

Texas News

Trump’s new wall will destroy irreplaceable border treasures — unless Congress Acts

The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ did not include the provision that spared the La Lomita chapel, the Santa Ana refuge, or any other sensitive location, and a map posted by CBP indicates that Trump’s barrier will tear through them.

by Scott Nicol, the Texas ObserverFebruary 22, 2026February 22, 2026

Camp East Montana in El Paso on Aug. 11, 2025.

Texas News

Cuban man’s death at El Paso tent camp was result of ‘spontaneous use of force,’ ICE says

His death is the first homicide in ICE custody in recent history, experts said. It comes after the deadliest year in ICE detention in decades.

by Lomi Kriel and Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas TribuneFebruary 21, 2026February 21, 2026

ICE shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez of San Antonio during a traffic incident nearly a year ago.

San Antonio News

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro calls for investigation into ICE shooting of San Antonio man

The congressman accused the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers of working with the feds to cover up ICE’s involvement in the death.

by Sanford Nowlin February 21, 2026February 21, 2026

San Antonio News

In South Texas, 61% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions

Arrests carried out by ICE’s San Antonio Field Office have also more than doubled during the first 9 months of Trump’s second-term.

by Michael Karlis February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

An aerial view of the East Montana Detention Facility at Fort Bliss on the outskirts of El Paso on Sept. 7, 2025.

Texas News

Six deaths in six weeks: What to know about ICE detentions in Texas

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.

by Lomi Kriel and Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune, graphic by Apurva MahajanFebruary 19, 2026February 19, 2026

San Antonio News

Anti-ICE student protesters in San Antonio engage in standoff with Texas DPS at the Alamo

Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Monday as part of a demonstration organized by San Antonio Students for Peace. Here’s what we saw.

by Michael Karlis February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

San Antonio News

New Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility coming to Northwest San Antonio

The new facility would be across the highway from UT-San Antonio’s main campus and walking distance from Methodist Hospital Landmark.

by Michael Karlis February 16, 2026February 18, 2026

Protesters gather outside the Dilley detention center to protest conditions inside.

San Antonio News

Illness Is rampant among children trapped in ICE’s massive jail in Texas

The number of people held at the notorious Dilley immigration jail has nearly tripled since October.

by Mike Ludwig, TruthoutFebruary 14, 2026February 14, 2026

San Antonio News

San Antonio Mayor Jones urges residents worried about local ICE facility to go vote

Her comments came during a tense Thursday meeting about what the city can do to stop a new immigrant detention center from opening on the East Side.

by Michael Karlis February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

The Trump administration is sending pregnant unaccompanied minors to a South Texas shelter (above) flagged as medically inadequate by ORR officials. The facility is run by a for-profit contractor called Urban Strategies. Founder and president Lisa Cummins told the newsrooms the company is “deeply committed to the care and well-being of the children we serve.”

Texas News

Trump admin sending pregnant migrant girls to Texas shelter criticized as medically inadequate

Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.

by Mark Betancourt, The Texas Newsroom and the California NewsroomFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones speaks during a town hall at the Central Library.

San Antonio News

San Antonio mayor asks congressional delegation to block funds for proposed ICE center

Sticking an ICE detention site on the city’s economically depressed East Side would further hurt the area’s chances of bringing in new jobs, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said in a letter.

by Sanford Nowlin February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

Masked ICE agents arrest a man during a raid last year in Arlington, Virginia.

Texas News

Does Texas’ ‘Stand Your Ground’ law apply when masked, unidentified ICE agents enter a home?

The only time you can legally use force to resist law enforcement personnel in Texas is to fight back against excessive force, said an attorney who specializes in 2nd Amendment cases.

by Michael Karlis February 11, 2026February 11, 2026