News

San Antonio man gets 10 years in prison on charge he smuggled 25 migrants in a tanker

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reports a 93% decrease in illegal border crossings so far this year.

by Stephanie Koithan July 9, 2025July 18, 2025

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reports a 93% decrease in illegal border crossings so far this year.

News

San Antonio’s Joint Base-Lackland to detain immigrants awaiting deportation

The Air Force Base will be used to detain an overflow of migrants awaiting deportation.

by Stephanie Koithan July 1, 2025July 16, 2025

News

San Antonio 50501 group to protest ‘abuses’ at Pearsall ICE detention facility

The protest is in response to the Current’s report on what the local 50501 chapter calls ‘horrid and cruel conditions’ inside.

by Stephanie Koithan June 30, 2025July 8, 2025

News

San Antonio ICE detained more families today at Immigration Court, including three-year-old child

Activists confirm that a 3-year-old child was loaded onto a bus and taken away.

by Stephanie Koithan June 5, 2025July 28, 2025

Arts

ACLU Texas concludes immigrant rights tour in San Antonio with 12-foot puppets

The performance is a creative way to convey Know Your Rights information amid escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and deportations.

by Stephanie Koithan April 14, 2025July 16, 2025

News

ICE used gas, armored vehicle to arrest immigrant in San Antonio

Authorities used the gas even though they’d seen a small child enter the home, according to court testimony.

by Stephanie Koithan February 10, 2025June 26, 2025

News

San Antonio businesses close for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ strike

‘Immigrants don’t run America, but immigrants make America run,’ a flyer for the national strike said.

by Stephanie Koithan February 3, 2025February 21, 2025

News

Tuesday’s ICE raids in San Antonio appear to have been called off

The agency isn’t saying why the raids didn’t happen.

by Stephanie Koithan January 22, 2025June 22, 2025

News

ICE raids planned for San Antonio on Tuesday

The Alamo City is one of the first places targeted for ICE raids, according to media reports.

by Stephanie Koithan January 21, 2025June 18, 2025

News

San Antonio woman gets 14-year sentence on allegation she helped smuggle immigrants

Kimberley Cruz, 35, also is accused of taking $276,000 from migrants to provide those services.

by Stephanie Koithan June 17, 2024September 6, 2024

Food & Drink

Downtown San Antonio’s Golden Star Café celebrating 90th anniversary

Patriarch and café founder Papa Lim immigrated here 118 years ago in the hopes of living the American dream.

by Nina Rangel October 28, 2022August 2, 2025

Food & Drink

Newly released second season of Tacos of Texas podcast explores the Lone Star State’s taco cultura

Topics on the podcast’s Season Dos range from what it takes to decolonize maíz to LGBTQ+ identity in taco culture.

by Nina Rangel August 17, 2022August 17, 2023

Food & Drink

Best of San Antonio Nominations are Now Live

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San Antonio man gets 10 years in prison on charge he smuggled 25 migrants in a tanker

San Antonio’s Joint Base-Lackland to detain immigrants awaiting deportation

San Antonio 50501 group to protest ‘abuses’ at Pearsall ICE detention facility

San Antonio ICE detained more families today at Immigration Court, including three-year-old child

ACLU Texas concludes immigrant rights tour in San Antonio with 12-foot puppets

ICE used gas, armored vehicle to arrest immigrant in San Antonio

San Antonio businesses close for ‘Day Without Immigrants’ strike

Tuesday’s ICE raids in San Antonio appear to have been called off

ICE raids planned for San Antonio on Tuesday

San Antonio woman gets 14-year sentence on allegation she helped smuggle immigrants

Downtown San Antonio’s Golden Star Café celebrating 90th anniversary

Newly released second season of Tacos of Texas podcast explores the Lone Star State’s taco cultura

Texas chef Fermín Núñez among Food & Wine Magazine’s Best New Chefs of 2021

Indie Lens Pop-Up online film series continues with screening of The Donut King!

One-person show from Teatro Audaz looks at the immigrant experience in America

ICE Director Spouts Anti-Immigrant Trumpisms at San Antonio Border Conference

Teenage Immigrant Blocked — Again — from Accessing Legal Abortion in Texas