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.

News

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.

News

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

Texas News

Trump’s DOJ pushing prosecutors to pursue ‘fatally flawed’ cases against Texas border crossers

Federal prosecutors, who can face discipline for not advancing the Trump administration’s priorities, are bringing military trespassing charges against immigrants with little evidence.

by Agnel Philip, Abe Streep, Perla Trevizo, Pratheek Rebala and Paul Ratje, The Texas Tribune
March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

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

San Antonio News

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

Vice President JD Vance is likely to cause traffic delays and flight restrictions as he visits Austin today and tomorrow.

News

American citizenship and other myths

We shouldn’t ignore the protofascism brewing on the JD Vance-aligned right. But the status quo ante isn’t good enough either.

by Gus Bova, The Texas Observer March 14, 2026March 14, 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

Latino voters cast ballots in a recent election.

Texas News

Texas Latino voters fed up with Trump, new poll shows

The new data suggests that two South Texas congressional districts are in play for Democrats, a political strategist told the Current.

by Michael Karlis March 9, 2026March 9, 2026

The Texas National Guard installs barbed wire to prevent crossings at the Mexico-U.S. border.

Texas News

Razor wire and clearcutting at the border threaten native Rio Grande habitat

As border barriers go up in the Rio Grande Valley, one nature enthusiast in Starr County is documenting what’s being lost.

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News March 8, 2026March 8, 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

An RV Camper enters Big Bend National Park. The revered park is scheduled for “smart wall” construction, according to the Customs and Border Protection website.

News

The border wall is closing in on Big Bend, sparking opposition by locals

Residents and elected officials are speaking out against a proposed border barrier through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system.

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