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

Survivors of the Crystal City Enemy Detention Facility and their descendants visit the site during a recent pilgrimage.

San Antonio News

Survivors of WW2-era internment camp south of San Antonio gather to remember the injustice

‘I don’t know how many more years I’ll be able to be here,’ one survivor said. ‘Which is why it’s good to see so many young people here who can carry on the legacy of why the camps matter.’

by Dean Zach October 17, 2025October 17, 2025

DPS troopers return to their patrol route after making a traffic stop in southeast Austin on Aug. 7, 2023.

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“Operation Lone Star 2.0”: DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation

The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune September 12, 2025September 12, 2025

A white van sits stationed in front of the Federal Immigration Detention Center in Taylor.

Texas News

Dems in Congress are being denied access to Texas ICE facilities. Now they’re suing.

As immigration enforcement spending ramps up, oversight mechanisms have been stifled — including for members of Congress.

by Francesca D'Annunzio, The Texas Observer September 2, 2025September 2, 2025

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Texas universities could see fewer international students amid immigration crackdown, reports say

An enrollment drop could cost the Texas economy hundreds of millions of dollars, the reports say.

by Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune August 27, 2025August 30, 2025

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Environmental laws waived to build Trump’s border wall in Texas wildlife refuge

The Rio Grande Valley is home to ocelots and other endangered species. Now, the federal government will not have to follow the Endangered Species Act and more than two dozen other federal laws to build the border wall through a national wildlife refuge.

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News August 27, 2025August 30, 2025

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Another owner of Texas chain Trump Burger has been detained by ICE

Iyad Abu El Hawa’s complicated story also involves injecting people with fake vaccines and a murder-for-hire plot, the feds allege.

by Stephanie Koithan August 25, 2025August 31, 2025

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

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Feds plan to build nation’s biggest migrant detention center at Texas’ Fort Bliss

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to build and run a 5,000-bed tent camp at the Army base in El Paso.

by Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune August 18, 2025August 20, 2025

President Donald Trump is upset U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar won't kiss the ring.

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New numbers show Trump’s tariffs, mass deportations taking a toll on the Texas economy

The Lone Star State faces slipping job growth, declining construction starts and rising inflation — all of which economists tie to the president’s policies.

by Sanford Nowlin August 15, 2025August 22, 2025

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Owner of Texas’ MAGA-themed chain Trump Burger faces deportation

Roland Beainy was caught in the Trump deportation machine’s crosshairs after opening a chain of restaurants devoted to the president. D’oh.

by Stephanie Koithan August 8, 2025September 1, 2025

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Repeating History: Survivors of South Texas’ World War II internment camps see terrifying parallels in Trump’s immigration crackdown

As immigrant detention sites spring up, survivors of an internment camp south of San Antonio are reliving what they thought they’d left in the past.

by Dean Zach August 7, 2025February 9, 2026

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Everything we saw as demonstrators marched in downtown San Antonio against Trump and his allies

by San Antonio Current Staff August 2, 2025

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U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro describes ‘grim’ conditions at ICE detention center near San Antonio

Castro said officials at the camp ‘staged’ efforts to show inmates getting exercise, while employees inside wore masks to hide their identities.

by Dean Zach August 2, 2025August 10, 2025

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U.S. Rep. Greg Casar calls ICE arrests at San Antonio Immigration Court ‘disturbing, dystopian’

Federal agents led away at least two immigrants as they showed up to plead their cases Monday morning.

by Sanford Nowlin July 28, 2025August 26, 2025

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Trump’s ‘one-two punch’ targeting immigration courts will test Texas detention centers, experts warn

Moves to end bond for migrants and fire dozens of immigration judges deprive undocumented detainees of due process and may keep them in overcrowded centers longer, experts say.

by Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune July 25, 2025July 30, 2025