Texas congresswoman Jasmine Crockett calls for Kristi Noem’s impeachment

Crockett, who’s running for Senate, joined with Robin Kelly and a coalition of 70 House members to call for Noem’s removal as ICE amps up its aggressive enforcement actions.

by Stephanie Koithan January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Texas authorities are using a controversial artificial intelligence-powered surveillance tool called Tangles to conduct warrantless surveillance.

Texas News

Texas police investigated millions with a shadowy phone-tracking software. They won’t say how they’ve used it.

One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps ‘develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.’ Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.

by Francesca D'Annunzio, The Texas Observer January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a public appearance.

San Antonio News

Gov. Greg Abbott claims San Antonio immigrant rammed ICE vehicles, injured agent

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons discussed the alleged incident on Fox News, which showed video of the suspect’s vehicle boxed in by ICE vehicles at a San Antonio Walmart.

by Stephanie Koithan January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

Masked immigration agents arrest a man last fall after he showed up for an asylum hearing in front of a judge.

San Antonio News

San Antonio City Council to discuss increased ICE presence at Jan. 22 meeting

The special meeting, requested by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones, will include time for community input.

by Sanford Nowlin January 12, 2026January 12, 2026

San Antonio News

Hundreds take to San Antonio’s streets for anti-ICE, anti-Trump protest

The demonstration was one of many occurring nationwide to decry the shooting of Minneapolis woman Renee Good by a masked ICE agent.

by Michael Karlis January 10, 2026January 10, 2026

News

ICE shooter Jonathan Ross reportedly married to Filipina who immigrated to the U.S.

The couple once lived in El Paso, where Ross also worked for ICE, before moving to Minneapolis.

by Stephanie Koithan January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

Texas News

Analysis: Paxton and Cornyn show how low they can go by tweeting out praise for ICE

As news of Renee Good’s death broke, the Texas Republicans fired off tweets praising ICE and sucking up to Trump.

by Sanford Nowlin January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

Flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country in July.

San Antonio News

Turmoil in ’25: 10 stories that dominated San Antonio’s news cycle this year

Floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, voters approved a a publicly financed NBA stadium and ICE raids rocked the community.

by Michael Karlis December 29, 2025December 29, 2025

A group of home builders in the Rio Grande Valley said construction has slowed amid an increase in arrests by immigration officers.

Texas News

‘Construction can’t continue’: South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have upended industry

More than 300 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.

by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune December 24, 2025December 24, 2025

From left to right, District Attorneys José Garza of Travis County, Sean Teare of Harris County, and Sarah Stogner of Ward County, with ProPublica’s Keri Blakinger, speaking at a panel during The Texas Tribune Festival on Nov. 15, 2025.

Texas News

As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they’re losing key witnesses in criminal cases

District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.

by Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

ICE agents arrest a suspect during an enforcement action.

Bad Takes

Trump’s immigration crackdown is about creating fear for more than migrants

With a $28 billion yearly budget, ICE is now the country’s largest domestic law enforcement agency.

by Kevin Sanchez December 15, 2025December 16, 2025

A Texas construction crew works on a highway project.

San Antonio News

Study: San Antonio construction industry likely to feel pain from immigration crackdown

A third of the city’s construction workers are foreign-born, and worksites are already losing staff due to fear of enforcement sweeps.

By Samara GerstleDecember 11, 2025December 11, 2025

Protesters carry a banner during a demonstration last month against the recent multi-agency raid.

News

50 San Antonio cops helped with last month’s still-murky immigration raid

Federal agents swept up 140 people in the raid but still haven’t released vital details such as their names and where they’re being detained.

by Sanford Nowlin December 5, 2025December 5, 2025

Brandi Rahimi with a photo of herself and her husband Shahrokh Rahimi, an Iranian immigrant who has lived in San Antonio for more than 20 years before he was detained by ICE.

Texas News

Federal lawsuits challenging immigration detention flood Texas

The wave of legal challenges is in response to the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement and its new policy expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants.

by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune December 4, 2025December 4, 2025

ICE agents conduct an arrest in this federal file photo.

San Antonio News

Leaked federal data shows three-fourths of those booked by ICE have no criminal convictions

Despite the White House saying ICE raids target hardened criminals, just 5% of recent detainees have violent criminal convictions.

by Sanford Nowlin November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Agents walk among people detained last weekend.

San Antonio News

Congressman blasts feds’ claim 51 people arrested at recent San Antonio raid are Tren de Aragua gang members

Federal authorities offered no proof for the claim, and have so far failed to respond to local leaders’ calls for more information about the raid.

by Sanford Nowlin November 25, 2025November 25, 2025

Students attend a lecture course at the University of Texas at Austin.

Texas News

The high cost of targeting international students in Texas

The Trump administration’s bans and airport detentions are derailing the academic dreams of students who carry out important research — and sometimes pay hefty tuition — to attend Texas institutions.