A 5-year-old girl detained in Dilley drew herself and her family trapped in a cage.

Judge orders immediate release of El Gamal family after 10 months in Dilley detention facility

After nearly a year in the San Antonio-area prison camp, the family’s attorney says they’re the longest-detained immigrant family in the United States.

by Stephanie Koithan April 23, 2026April 23, 2026

An Egyptian family that’s been detained at Dilley’s South Texas Immigration Processing Center is set to be released after 10 months in detention. Attorneys for the six detained members of the El Gamal family confirmed the news via Twitter, after successfully arguing their third habeas petition in San Antonio on Thursday. “The Court has ordered […]

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Physical border wall reappears on map of Texas’ beloved Big Bend National Park

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol quietly updated its map Tuesday to show portions of a physical border wall in the national park again, directly contradicting prior assurances from officials.

by Stephanie Koithan April 22, 2026April 23, 2026

San Antonio News

New San Antonio ICE detention site to open in September, letter says

The facility is projected to hold between 500 and 1,500 people at any one time.

by Michael Karlis April 17, 2026April 17, 2026

Texas News

Caravan from San Antonio heading to Dilley detention site to protest conditions there

This weekend’s demonstration comes after U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said the privately run migrant detention center is operating under heightened secrecy.

by Michael Karlis April 17, 2026April 17, 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

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer inspects an outbound vehicle at a checkpoint in 2024.

San Antonio News

Report: DHS deported a U.S. citizen arrested near San Antonio

The man, picked up in the Texas Hill Country town of Fredericksburg, said officers refused to see his documents and threatened him with fraud charges.

by Sanford Nowlin April 13, 2026April 13, 2026

An ICE officer monitors a detention facility in Buffalo, New York.

San Antonio News

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones again urges feds not to proceed with San Antonio ICE lockup

‘I did not receive a response from your predecessor; however, I hope to have a more productive and transparent engagement with your office,’ Jones wrote to the new DHS secretary.

by Sanford Nowlin April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

ICE conduct an arrest at workplace enforcement.

Texas News

Report: Migrant child sexually assaulted while in federal custody in Texas

The girl’s father only learned of the alleged assault after filing a habeas petition.

by Michael Karlis April 6, 2026April 6, 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

Texas News

Judge rules Trump illegally canceled immigration status of 900,000 who followed entry guidelines

The landmark federal ruling restores the status of those who sought asylum through the CBP One app before the White House abruptly canceled it last April.

by Stephanie Koithan April 2, 2026April 2, 2026

The Texas Capitol is shown on March 19, 2026.

Texas News

Texas is cutting undocumented immigrants off from school, work and driving

The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.

by Alejandro Serrano and Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 2, 2026April 2, 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

Former Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French speaks during a rally at the Tarrant County Republican Party headquarters in Fort Worth on Jan. 6, 2025.

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Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French calls for deportation of 100 million people

French, a former Tarrant County GOP chair, also said Republicans should more openly embrace Islamophobia.

by Sanford Nowlin March 27, 2026March 27, 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

A migrant processing facility located adjacent to the Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office in Del Rio on Oct. 27, 2021.

Texas News

Texas quietly shut Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio

Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 25, 2026March 25, 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

Homeland Security officials receive a buoy tour of the Rio Grande River along the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, Feb. 3, 2026.

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Feds keep Texas border communities in dark about $1 billion buoy project in Rio Grande

The barriers, already being installed in Brownsville, are meant to thwart unauthorized crossings. Experts warn they may worsen flooding and change the river’s course.

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News March 23, 2026March 23, 2026