South Texas-shot film Broken Land explores humanity, difficult choices along the border

The feature film, which follows the story of a rancher who accidentally shoots a young migrant woman, begins streaming Friday.

by Kiko Martinez June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

A woman holds up a sign during an anti-ICE protest earlier this year in San Antonio.

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White House green card policy changes sow chaos in immigration system, San Antonio attorneys say

‘I’m in uncharted, uncertain waters right now, and they just leave you that way, just to wonder,’ said one Texas woman whose green card application is in limbo.

by Julianna Plewes June 10, 2026June 10, 2026

An aerial view of the Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss in El Paso, on Sept. 7, 2025.

Texas News

Government watchdog says Texas detention center wasted up to $11.5 million before detainees arrived

A U.S. General Accounting Office report found a host of problems at El Paso’s Camp East Montana, including a contractor losing a loaded gun on the property after it opened.

by Alejandro Santos Cid, The Texas Tribune June 10, 2026June 10, 2026

Andrea Pedro Francisco, 23, has lived in Minnesota since 2019 and for years has suffered increasing abdominal pain. In January, doctors said she needs surgery for an overian cyst. Then ICE agents detained her.

Texas News

Detained Guatemalan woman who required urgent ovarian surgery for months released by ICE

Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled for surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February. Then ICE detained her in Texas, repeatedly denying her the procedures.

by Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Students enter the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station on Sept. 18, 2025.

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Texas Dream Act goes to court over fight to restore in-state tuition for undocumented students

Advocates want a federal appeals court to allow them to fight for the Texas Dream Act. The law giving eligible undocumented students in-state tuition at colleges was blocked last year.

by Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

San Antonio News

Everything we saw at San Antonio’s protest against Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration crackdown

Abbott, an unrepentant Trump ally, threatened to withhold funding from Texas cities that pass policies limiting police cooperation with ICE.

by San Antonio Current Staff May 31, 2026May 31, 2026

Federal agents stand guard after deploying tear gas as community members protest a shooting incident involving federal agents and a migrant on Jan. 14, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Accused of a crime after shooting a migrant in Minnesota, ICE agent is arrested in South Texas

Minnesota prosecutors say the agent lied about what led up to the shooting. He is now charged with four felonies and one misdemeanor.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2026May 30, 2026

Texas Department of Public Safety special agents monitor four undocumented immigrants from Honduras who were caught on private property in Kinney County on Nov. 9, 2021.

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Federal court allows Texas immigration law to take effect, continuing legal seesaw

A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against critical sections of Senate Bill 4, but a provision allowing police to arrest people suspected of illegal entry did activate.

by Alex Nguyen and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune May 30, 2026May 30, 2026

Heavily armed ICE agents arrest a man during an enforcement action in California last year.

San Antonio News

ICE looking for more San Antonio office space as immigration crackdown continues

The agency carrying out Trump’s mass-deportation raids wants to lease 66,000 more square feet of office space in SA, records show.

by Sanford Nowlin May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

San Antonio News

It costs taxpayers $15 million a month to detain immigrant families at Dilley

ICE pays $13.1 million monthly to operate the site near San Antonio plus another $2.5 million for medical care — all to detain a current daily average of 222 people.

by Stephanie Koithan May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

Marchers take to San Antonio's streets in January as part of a as part of a nationwide protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Texas News

Ruptured Families: The U.S. citizen children left behind by deportations

More than 800,000 Texan kids with citizenship depend on an undocumented parent. Trump’s immigration crackdown is tearing their households apart.

by Jesús Jank Curbelo May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

The T. Don Hutto Residential Center, a detention facility in Taylor on Sept. 24, 2020.

Texas News

Inside the legal battle over undocumented immigrants’ right to challenge their detention.

Last year the Trump administration launched a policy of keeping all immigrants arrested by ICE in detention without the right to request bond, reversing decades of established law.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

An aerial view of the Camp East Montana Detention Facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso on Sept. 7, 2025. Andrea Pedro was sent to the detention center on August 11, 2025. Just before she arrived, three detained immigrants had died there in the span of six weeks.

Texas News

Doctors say woman in Texas ICE detention center urgently requires surgery she’s being denied

Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she’s at risk of a medical emergency.

by Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica May 20, 2026May 20, 2026

Texas News

Civil rights groups warn foreigners not to visit Texas during the World Cup

‘You cannot market Texas as a welcoming global destination for the World Cup while expanding policies that increase fear, racial profiling, and aggressive immigration enforcement,’ one group said in a statement.

by Michael Karlis May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

Visitors at Texas' Big Bend National Park look toward the Rio Grande separating Mexico and the United States on Feb. 22, 2025.

Texas News

$1.7 billion contract awarded ‘for border wall in Big Bend’ amid public confusion over plans

The contract comes just a week after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency would not build a wall in Big Bend National Park.

by Ayden Runnels May 16, 2026May 16, 2026

San Antonio News

San Antonio ICE warehouse still moving forward, despite earlier claim

Even though a city official said the project was paused due to litigation, the White House still plans to turn a San Antonio warehouse into an operating ICE detention site by 2027.

by Stephanie Koithan May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

Texas News

Federal judge puts brakes on Texas immigration law a day before it was set to start enforcement

A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against sections of Senate Bill 4, which would have allowed local police to arrest suspected illegal border crossers.

by Sanford Nowlin May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

A Laredo Police Department officer at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo on Feb. 17, 2023.

Texas News

Parts of Texas immigration law are likely unconstitutional, federal judge signals

The law, which gives state law enforcement and judges a role in immigration enforcement, is set to go into effect in two days.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune May 14, 2026May 14, 2026

Two men from Venezuela and Mexico are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after their court hearings on June 10, 2025, in Houston. Two men from Venezuela and Mexico are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after their court hearings on June 10, 2025, in Houston

San Antonio News

For Texas GOP, immigration politics show signs of fading potency

Texas voters have listed immigration and border security among their top issues for years, but recent polling found they are less of a priority than at any point in recent history.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

Texas News

Deported South Texas DACA recipient returned to U.S. freed after detainment

José Contreras Díaz, 30, was deported by ICE despite having valid DACA status. ICE returned him to the U.S. but detained him on April 29 after he landed in Texas.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 8, 2026May 8, 2026