rawing created by a member of Hayam El Gamal’s family. The family was re-arrested on Saturday after being freed on April 23.

ICE releases El Gamal family after re-arresting mother and 5 children, attorney says

A 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 they be released.

by Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

News

South Texas mariachi brothers released by ICE will perform with country star Kacey Musgraves

The brothers released from immigrant detention near San Antonio will open for the Grammy-winning Texas native at Gruene Hall in May.

by Stephanie Koithan April 28, 2026April 28, 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

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

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

Zaena Zamora, executive director of the reproductive-justice group the Frontera Fund, speaks during a SXSW panel discussion.

Texas News

Texas’ abortion ban is hitting immigrant communities hardest, especially those in South Texas

Heightened immigration enforcement has created an additional layer of fear and risk for South Texans seeking abortion care.

by Michael Karlis April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

San Antonio News

After Dilley visit, Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar say the facility is operating in secrecy

Since the DHS leadership change, staff at the family detention camp have been told to read from ‘scripts of propaganda’ and avoid answering questions, the congressmen say.

by Stephanie Koithan April 8, 2026April 9, 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

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

Pedro Pascal is just one of many stars who signed on to the letter calling for the closure of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

News

Celebrities sign letter demanding closure of Dilley detention center near San Antonio

Madonna, Pedro Pascal, Ms. Rachel, John Legend, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Billy Porter, Susan Sarandon and others are asking the feds to close the family detention site.

by Stephanie Koithan March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

A 54-year-old woman from Edinburg holds her hands as she poses for a photo at her home in the Rio Grande Valley on March 18, 2026. After suffering a bad fall in October, she refused to go to the hospital over fears she could be deported.

Texas News

‘Don’t take me to the hospital’: Undocumented immigrants in Texas are delaying medical care

Since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to start asking patients for their citizenship status in November 2024, reported visits by undocumented immigrants have dropped.

by Colleen DeGuzman, Stephen Simpson, Terry Langford and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune 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

Reeking of desperation? No, not John Cornyn!

News

All locations of Texas’ Trump Burger chain have changed their names

The burger business has been mired in legal troubles over the past year, and two of its owners were arrested by ICE.

by Stephanie Koithan March 26, 2026March 26, 2026

Construction equipment and cars are parked outside of the Camp East Montana, an immigration detention facility, at Fort Bliss in El Paso on Sept. 7, 2025.

Texas News

Measles spike in federal detention facility reaches the Texas public, records show

Most of the state’s measles cases reported so far this year are inside the West Texas Detention Facility in Hudspeth County, where four infected El Paso residents worked.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune March 26, 2026March 26, 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

A single vaccine can protect against measles, mumps and rubella.

Texas News

147 measles cases reported in Texas so far this year, most of them in federal detention centers

The state health department reports that 99 of the cases originated in a contracted detention facility in Hudspeth County.

by Alex Nguyen and Dan Keemahill, The Texas TribuneMarch 19, 2026March 19, 2026

San Antonio News

Judge ends asylum claim for Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old arrested by ICE, orders his deportation

If the family loses their appeal, they could be sent back to Ecuador, their country of origin.

by Stephanie Koithan March 19, 2026March 19, 2026

San Antonio News

Dilley immigrant prison camp clamps down on video calls in further censorship of detainees

The most recent move at the ICE lockup near San Antonio comes after a viral video call between a 9-year-old detainee and popular children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel.

by Stephanie Koithan March 18, 2026March 18, 2026