The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley has been at the center of national outrage.

Attorney for migrants in Dilley lockup says people, not politicos, will decide when the cruelty ends

Attorney Eric Lee says the 9-month detention of an Egyptian family in the site near San Antonio shows a rot in the system that goes deeper than Trump.

by Stephanie Koithan March 14, 2026March 19, 2026

Juan Rodriguez lights a candle beside a photograph of his fiancée, Johanny Lacruz, whose return he prays for each night after she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lacruz, a Venezuelan woman who entered the U.S. through the CBP One app, is currently being held at a detention facility in Raymondville.

Texas News

After Monica De La Cruz helps migrant teen in ICE custody, Texas man seeks aid for fiancée

The Republican in Congress helped a migrant teenager she previously knew get released from federal custody. Scores of migrants are in similar situations with no clear exit.

by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2026March 14, 2026

Members of Bexar County Commissioners Court deliberate during a meeting earlier this year.

San Antonio News

Bexar County Commissioners voice opposition to ICE’s planed East Side detention site

The county passed the largely symbolic resolution as the agency prepares to open a San Antonio ‘processing center’ that could house up to 1,500 migrants.

by Sanford Nowlin March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

San Antonio News

As controversy rages, Dilley detention site drastically reduces inmate population

The population inside the immigrant prison camp southwest of San Antonio has declined by almost 60% since late January, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says.

by Stephanie Koithan March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Texas News

South Texas student mariachis detained by ICE

The ‘best trumpet player’ in Texas is being detained by himself in Raymondville. The rest of the family is locked up in the San Antonio-area Dilley facility.

by Stephanie Koithan March 9, 2026March 9, 2026

South Padre Island Police Department body cam footage, released by Texas Department of Public Safety late Friday, shows the moment when 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez from San Antonio was killed at South Padre Island in March 2025.

San Antonio News

Footage shows run-up to immigration officer’s fatal shooting of San Antonio man

The clips, from multiple angles, don’t include everything, including key audio. But lawyers for the man’s family argue they refute the Trump administration’s explanation that his killing was self-defense.

By Lomi Kriel and Ayden Runnels, The Texas TribuneMarch 7, 2026March 7, 2026

Kristi Noem makes a sad face during an interview.

San Antonio News

Texas Dems cheer Noem’s firing but say it won’t halt Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda

‘Despite her removal, Trump’s cruel mass deportation campaign rages on,’ Rep. Joaquin Castro said. ‘The Congress must hold her and her successor accountable.’

by Sanford Nowlin March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

The Camp East Montana detention facility, located on the outskirts of El Paso at Fort Bliss, is seen on Sept. 7, 2025.

Texas News

ICE moving toward closing El Paso detention camp, report says

The Washington Post reported that a document was distributed to ICE staff indicating the agency was drafting a letter to potentially terminate the facility’s $1.2 billion contract.

by Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Children walk between structures at the Dilley detention camp during Trump's first term in office.

San Antonio News

911 calls coming from Dilley detention facility paint dire picture of what’s going on inside

Call records show children struggling to breathe, experiencing numerous seizures in a day and requiring medical care for life-threatening conditions.

by Stephanie Koithan February 27, 2026February 27, 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

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

San Antonio News

Grand Jury votes not to indict ICE agent who shot San Antonio man

The feds say Ruben Ray Martinez intentionally struck an ICE agent with his vehicle, but the passenger in his car said the agent fired shots without warning.

by Sanford Nowlin February 26, 2026February 26, 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

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

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

Habiba Soliman takes a selfie before she was detained by federal officials. She's now inside a lockup southwest of San Antonio.

San Antonio News

Teenager detained at Dilley finds human fingernail in her food, attorney says

Eighteen-year-old Habiba Soliman’s discovery follows reports of bugs, worms and mold in the food at the San Antonio-area facility.

by Stephanie Koithan February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

San Antonio News

ICE fatally shot San Antonio man last year, and it was kept quiet until now

The case appears to be the first known fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal agent during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

by Stephanie Koithan 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

Two-month-old ICE detainee Juan Nicolás deported while sick with bronchitis

The baby and his family, held in the Dilley site south of San Antonio, were reportedly ‘abandoned’ at the border with the money left in their commissary account — or just $190.

by Stephanie Koithan February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton finds something to smirk at during a 2024 appearance at a conservative conference in Arizona.

San Antonio News

Texas AG Ken Paxton investigates San Antonio school district over student walkouts

Paxton, a MAGA loyalist, said he’s looking into concerns officials at North East ISD ‘orchestrated the protests’ against Trump’s immigration policies.

by Sanford Nowlin February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

News

Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley

‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.

by Stephanie Koithan February 16, 2026February 26, 2026