Masked ICE agents lead a crying man in handcuffs out of San Antonio immigration courtroom after he showed up for his hearing.

Senator rips ICE for arresting asylum seekers as they show up to San Antonio court hearings

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, said he saw agents round up people trying to seek legal status ‘the right way’ as they attended required immigration hearings.

by Michael Karlis January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, said he saw agents round up people trying to seek legal status ‘the right way’ as they attended required immigration hearings.

Mohammed Marouf in Farmers Branch on Oct. 30, 2025. Marouf’s father, Marwan Marouf, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on his way to work in September.

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New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump’s immigration crackdown

ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them don’t have criminal convictions despite pledges to pursue ‘the worst of the worst.’

By Uriel J. Garcia, Colleen DeGuzman, Alex Nguyen and Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

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New report calls out U.S., Texas and Mexico for endangering migrants with ‘cruel’ border policies

Hope Border Institute researchers said the group has treated ‘dozens of individuals’ subjected to physical and psychological abuse from Texas agents.

by Sanford Nowlin July 12, 2024August 8, 2024

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San Antonio Democratic congressmen push back against Biden immigration order

The ACLU also said it’s preparing a legal challenge to the White House’s move.

by Sanford Nowlin June 4, 2024June 12, 2024

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Gov. Abbott said donations would pay for migrant buses, but they only covered 1% of cost

The rest of the $1,500-per-person cost of transporting 100,000 asylum seekers to other locations has fallen on Texas taxpayers.

by Sanford Nowlin March 18, 2024July 23, 2025

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Abbott’s border standoff fueled by a climate crisis he helped create

Record levels of forced migration are tied to an environmental collapse that Republicans worsened on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.

by Greg Harman, Deceleration February 3, 2024January 18, 2025

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Border migrant encounters have dropped by half since Title 42 ended, federal official says

Federal officials had about 10,000 encounters with migrants per day at the U.S.-Mexico border before the emergency health order ended late Thursday. Since Friday they have had about 5,000 encounters per day.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 15, 2023August 3, 2023

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Border didn’t see a ‘major influx’ of migrants when Title 42 ended, federal official says

Although migrants lined up by the hundreds in El Paso and other border crossings as the public health order was winding down, a Biden administration official said there wasn’t a rush to the border when Title 42 was lifted.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 12, 2023May 19, 2025

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Title 42 ends with migrants lined up and border cities braced for the unknown

Long lines formed again next to the border wall in El Paso — a scene repeated in other parts of the southern border — as migrants anticipated the end of a policy that has allowed immigration agents to quickly expel them.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 12, 2023July 19, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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Abbott wants to deny undocumented kids a public education

A new bill would prohibit children not authorized to be in the country from attending public school.

by Josephine Lee, The Texas Observer March 3, 2023September 16, 2024

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Texas border Republican accuses GOP of using immigration crisis for politics

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that his fellow Republicans benefit politically from a sustained border crisis. The attack indirectly alluded to U.S. Rep. Chip Roy’s contentious border security bill.

by Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune February 18, 2023May 23, 2024

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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan

The debt ceiling has long been a political tool to force partisan agenda items across. But Roy is facing some resistance within his own party on his border plan.

by Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune January 26, 2023August 4, 2025

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Texas’ Greg Abbott blasted for tweeting Christmas message after dumping migrants in freezing cold

“This you, King Herod?” one person tweeted in response to Abbott’s message about the birth of Christ.

by Sanford Nowlin December 27, 2022March 28, 2025

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Buses from Texas drop off more than 100 migrants in a bitterly cold Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

by Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune December 26, 2022February 7, 2024

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Federal health order allowing rapid removal of migrants must end next week, court rules

The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune December 18, 2022December 20, 2024

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San Antonio native accused of luring migrants onto Martha’s Vineyard flights added to lawsuit

Along with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the defendants in the suit now include Perla Huerta, 49, who grew up in San Antonio.

by Michael Karlis December 1, 2022August 17, 2023

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San Antonio spent $700,000 transporting migrants to other cities over past 3 months

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg says the city expects to be reimbursed by FEMA.

by Michael Karlis October 28, 2022September 11, 2024

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Texas pulls $359.6 million out of prison system to continue funding Greg Abbott’s border crackdown

So far, the Republican governor’s Operation Lone Star has burned through $4 billion in funding.

by Sanford Nowlin October 28, 2022August 17, 2023

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Three Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Massachusetts sue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

The lawsuit alleges an elaborate scheme of people luring migrants with hotel rooms, McDonald’s gift cards, hundreds of dollars in cash and false information about their final destinations.

by Stephen Neukam, The Texas Tribune September 21, 2022August 17, 2023

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Assclown Alert: Racing to the bottom with Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis

Anyone questioning whether Gov. Greg Abbott is chasing the 2024 Republican nomination need look no further than his despicable actions last week to see he’s all in.

by Sanford Nowlin September 20, 2022August 12, 2023