The border wall cuts across a stretch of land.

Trump’s new tool to speed up wall construction may be a trap for Texas landowners

The administration is using a new kind of ‘right-of-entry’ request that allows building earlier in the legal process. Property owners could be signing away more than they realize, attorneys say.

by Jason Buch, The Texas Observer April 27, 2026April 27, 2026

A drawing created by a member of Hayam El Gamal’s family. The family was re-arrested after freed earlier this week.

San Antonio News

Federal judges order pause of Egyptian family’s deportation after ICE re-arrested

A federal plane carrying the family to Michigan was reportedly on its way back to Colorado after a Texas federal judge ordered a halt to their deportation following his ruling that the family be released.

by Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica April 26, 2026April 26, 2026

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, who represents part of San Antonio's Northside in Congress, is no stranger to spewing inflammatory right-wing rhetoric.

San Antonio News

Rep. Chip Roy files bill to deport migrants who defend socialism, other beliefs he doesn’t like

The San Antonio-Austin congressman’s so-called “MAMDANI Act” also would allow the government to strip citizenship from immigrants who hold socialist views.

by Sanford Nowlin April 21, 2026April 21, 2026

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s badge in front of the J.J. Pickle Federal Building in Austin on April 1, 2025.

Texas News

Gov. Greg Abbott threatens $200 million in funding from major Texas cities over ICE policies

The governor’s letters to Austin, Dallas and Houston say the state will pull back state grants because of local policies that deter police from fully cooperating with immigration officials.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune April 18, 2026April 18, 2026

San Antonio News

New San Antonio ICE detention site to open in September, letter says

The facility is projected to hold between 500 and 1,500 people at any one time.

by Michael Karlis April 17, 2026April 17, 2026

Texas News

Caravan from San Antonio heading to Dilley detention site to protest conditions there

This weekend’s demonstration comes after U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said the privately run migrant detention center is operating under heightened secrecy.

by Michael Karlis April 17, 2026April 17, 2026

Meenu Batra was detained by ICE in March.

Texas News

Longtime immigration court interpreter arrested by ICE at South Texas airport

The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

By Gaige Davila, The Texas Observer April 16, 2026April 16, 2026

News

‘AK Guy’ joins rival in opposing Trump’s Big Bend border wall

In a rare moment of bipartisanship, both MAGA congressional hopeful Brandon Herrera and Democratic opponent Katy Padilla Stout agree walling off Big Bend is a bad idea.

by Michael Karlis April 6, 2026April 6, 2026

ICE conduct an arrest at workplace enforcement.

Texas News

Report: Migrant child sexually assaulted while in federal custody in Texas

The girl’s father only learned of the alleged assault after filing a habeas petition.

by Michael Karlis April 6, 2026April 6, 2026

Children walk between structures at the Dilley detention camp in this ICE file photo.

San Antonio News

Groups warn Trump isn’t stopping jailing migrant families, demand Dilley’s closure

The number of migrants held at a controversial camp near San Antonio has dropped, but that doesn’t mean the feds plan to stop detaining families.

by Sanford Nowlin April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

The Texas Capitol is shown on March 19, 2026.

Texas News

Texas is cutting undocumented immigrants off from school, work and driving

The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.

by Alejandro Serrano and Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 2, 2026April 2, 2026

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

Immigration

Mexican officials want answers as a growing number of its citizens die in ICE custody

ICE reported the latest of those fatalities Monday, the 14th Mexican national to die under its care since Jan. 20 of last year.

by Sanford Nowlin March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

San Antonio News

Thousands rally in downtown San Antonio as ‘No Kings’ protests set record turnout

Saturday’s anti-Trump action included 3,300 rallies across all 50 states. Organizers billed it as the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history.

by Sanford Nowlin March 28, 2026March 28, 2026

A migrant processing facility located adjacent to the Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office in Del Rio on Oct. 27, 2021.

Texas News

Texas quietly shut Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio

Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026March 25, 2026

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

San Antonio News

House Oversight members want probe into death of San Antonio man Ruben Ray Martinez

Two congressman accuse the Department of Homeland Security and the Texas Department of Public Safety of covering up ICE’s involvement in the shooting.

by Sanford Nowlin March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel conduct a removal operation in LA last year.

San Antonio News

San Antonio’s ICE field office conducted agency’s fourth-highest number of arrests this year

If the Alamo City office continues its current pace, its number of arrests will rise 60% over last year, a New York Times data analysis shows.

by Sanford Nowlin March 23, 2026March 23, 2026

Federal agents carry out arrests of undocumented immigrants on the Minneapolis streets in January.

Immigration

Trump has detained the parents of more than 11,000 U.S. citizen kids

Trump administration officials revised a document advising how ICE officers should interact with parents, removing the word ‘humane.’

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Mica Rosenberg and Gabriel SandovalMarch 23, 2026March 23, 2026

Homeland Security officials receive a buoy tour of the Rio Grande River along the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb. 3, 2026.

News

Feds keep Texas border communities in dark about $1 billion buoy project in Rio Grande

The barriers, already being installed in Brownsville, are meant to thwart unauthorized crossings. Experts warn they may worsen flooding and change the river’s course.

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

Politics & Elections

Border Patrol appearance at San Antonio high school sparks student outrage

Brennan High School invited Border Patrol agents to campus as part of a career day event. Student activists say the move was tone deaf.

by Valentin Montalvo March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

Texas News

Trump’s DOJ pushing prosecutors to pursue ‘fatally flawed’ cases against Texas border crossers

Federal prosecutors, who can face discipline for not advancing the Trump administration’s priorities, are bringing military trespassing charges against immigrants with little evidence.

by Agnel Philip, Abe Streep, Perla Trevizo, Pratheek Rebala and Paul Ratje, The Texas Tribune
March 16, 2026March 16, 2026