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

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

The Texas Capitol seen on Monday, June 30, 2025.

Texas News

A slate of new Texas laws go into effect December and January. Here’s what to watch.

Laws include restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, allowing lawsuits against abortion pill providers, and replacement of the STAAR test.

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

Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles outside of the state Capitol on Aug. 11, 2021. The agency has been requiring proof of citizenship since 2008 from anyone obtaining a drivers license or identification, or registering to vote there.

Texas News

Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship

The Secretary of State’s Office didn’t initially check with the Department of Public Safety, which collects proof of citizenship from people who register to vote through them.

by Natalia Contreras, VoteBeat December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

Critics say this online recruitment ad by ICE likens immigrants to a zombie horde.

Texas News

Advocates decry ICE’s use of video game memes to recruit new personnel

The ads feature images from the Halo franchise, and critics said they liken immigrants to a zombie horde.

By Malaki LinggDecember 1, 2025December 1, 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

A construction worker takes a break in the sweltering heat.

Texas News

Texas workers keep dying in the heat

Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job.

By Martha Pskowski and Keerti Gopal, Inside Climate NewsNovember 26, 2025November 26, 2025

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones speaks during a City Council meeting.

San Antonio News

Mayor Jones demands answers on whereabouts of those detained in San Antonio immigration raid

The feds still have yet to release information on most of the 150 partygoers arrested on San Antonio’s North Side last weekend.

by Michael Karlis November 24, 2025November 24, 2025

Agents walk among people detained last weekend.

San Antonio News

Feds say they busted a Tren de Aragua cell in San Antonio but haven’t backed up the claim

Two congressmen are demanding answers, and advocates point to previous raids the feds tied to the gang but resulted in no criminal charges.

by Sanford Nowlin November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers carry out an arrest as part of a nationwide enforcement sweep.

San Antonio News

Feds say they detained 140 migrants at San Antonio raid conducted by FBI, Homeland Security

In a statement, the government also trumpeted the creation of a new Alamo City-based task force dubbed HSTF-South Texas.

by Sanford Nowlin November 17, 2025November 17, 2025

Texas News

Trump’s ICE raids slowing construction work, especially in Texas, other states reliant on immigrant labor

A survey found 92% of construction businesses are struggling to find workers as ICE raids deter laborers from showing up.

by Sanford Nowlin November 7, 2025November 7, 2025

Texas News

Texas voters think political corruption is the biggest problem facing the state, new poll shows

The poll also named Paxton as the most popular Republican in the race against Sen. John Cornyn.

by Stephanie Koithan November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

In January, days after Trump’s inauguration, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order ordering “all appropriate state agencies to assist federal actors working under the direction of the Trump Administration with carrying out functions under federal immigration laws.”

Texas News

Texas turns its sprawling state police force into immigration agents for Trump

The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.

by Francesca D'Annunzio, The Texas Observer November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

Texas News

Episcopal Diocese calls for justice for Texas priest detained by ICE

The priest is legally allowed to work in the United States and is employed by the State of Texas.

by Stephanie Koithan November 4, 2025November 4, 2025

Mohammed Marouf in Farmers Branch on Oct. 30, 2025. Marouf’s father, Marwan Marouf, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on his way to work in September.

Texas News

New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump’s immigration crackdown

ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them don’t have criminal convictions despite pledges to pursue ‘the worst of the worst.’

By Uriel J. Garcia, Colleen DeGuzman, Alex Nguyen and Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

The Texas Observer identified the operator of the online GlomarResponder account as James “Jim” Joseph Rodden, who then worked as an assistant chief counsel for ICE in the Dallas area.

News

ICE still won’t answer questions about Texas prosecutor with white supremacist account

Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer’s reporting.

by Steven Monacelli, The Texas Observer October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

ICE agents arrest an immigrant as part of an enforcement sweep.

Texas News

Trump’s immigration crackdown cratering Texas’ job growth, new report finds

The state’s job growth has hit its lowest level since the outset of the pandemic, and economists blame the White House’s policies.

by Sanford Nowlin October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

The border wall cuts across a stretch of land.

Texas News

The U.S.-Mexico border wall may pose perils to pollinators

Environmentalists worry about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as more tall barriers are planned by the U.S. government to curb migration and trafficking.

By Tina Deines, Inside Climate News October 20, 2025October 20, 2025

San Antonio News

Everything we saw as protesters filled downtown San Antonio for the ‘No Kings’ demonstration

Thousands took to SA’s streets Saturday during one of the biggest days of national protest against the Trump White House.

by San Antonio Current Staff October 19, 2025October 19, 2025

Masked ICE agents lead a crying man in handcuffs out of San Antonio immigration courtroom after he showed up for his hearing.

National News

More than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

by Nicole Foy, ProPublica October 17, 2025October 17, 2025