Another massive anti-Trump protest scheduled for downtown San Antonio this Saturday

The march is the first large-scale SA protest since June 14’s ‘No Kings’ rally, which brought 10,000 people into the streets.

by Sanford Nowlin July 3, 2025July 7, 2025

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How Republicans are willfully endangering immigrant kids

GOP lawmakers often claim they want to protect children, but their policy decisions tell a different story.

by Trudy Taylor Smith, The Texas Observer July 3, 2025July 6, 2025

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Texas says undocumented immigrants visited local hospitals 80K times in 3 months. That’s 2% of all visits.

While the state says undocumented patients cost hospitals $329 million over three months, critics say the data lacks payment information and more context.

by Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune July 3, 2025July 6, 2025

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San Antonio’s Joint Base-Lackland to detain immigrants awaiting deportation

The Air Force Base will be used to detain an overflow of migrants awaiting deportation.

by Stephanie Koithan July 1, 2025July 16, 2025

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San Antonio 50501 group to protest ‘abuses’ at Pearsall ICE detention facility

The protest is in response to the Current’s report on what the local 50501 chapter calls ‘horrid and cruel conditions’ inside.

by Stephanie Koithan June 30, 2025July 8, 2025

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Trump’s deportation dragnet should be called out for its cruelty

Even some South Texas Republicans are pushing back at the roundups, which aren’t just capturing criminals but people who pose no safety threat.

by Kevin Sanchez June 27, 2025July 30, 2025

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Fate of birthright citizenship order unresolved after Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions

The ruling was a partial victory for President Donald Trump who has made immigration his signature issue.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune June 27, 2025July 19, 2025

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Flurry of 911 calls has been coming from ICE detention site near San Antonio

The calls, ranging from suicide attempts to sexual abuse, paint a picture of inhumane conditions inside the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall.

by Stephanie Koithan June 27, 2025February 6, 2026

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Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students’ eligibility for in-state tuition. It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

by Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune June 24, 2025June 27, 2025

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Texas quietly shuts down its border wall program after building just 8%

Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time.

by Zach Despart and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune June 17, 2025July 12, 2025

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After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged

Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune, Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico, and Yuriko Schumacher, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2025June 27, 2025

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I was an undocumented Texas college student. I’m not going anywhere — and neither is our movement.

Lawmakers lacked the political courage to force a floor vote at the Capitol on the Texas Dream Act, so state leaders took a coward’s path.

by Julieta Garibay, The Texas Observer June 13, 2025July 30, 2025

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Texas’ swift surrender to DOJ on undocumented student tuition raises state-federal collusion questions

Experts say Wednesday’s action to eliminate the long-standing policy could be a ‘collusive lawsuit,’ where the state and feds worked the courts to get a desired outcome.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune June 9, 2025June 18, 2025

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Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties

People at the raided house say they rented it for a birthday party and deny any connection to the gang. One man says law enforcement accused him of being in Tren de Aragua because of his tattoo.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune June 7, 2025June 11, 2025

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Texas Republicans pioneered in-state tuition for undocumented students. Now they’re celebrating its end.

In 2001, Texas Republicans saw expanding college access for certain undocumented students as a way to build an educated workforce. Now, some GOP lawmakers feel only U.S. citizens should receive those benefits.

by Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune June 6, 2025July 6, 2025

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San Antonio ICE detained more families today at Immigration Court, including three-year-old child

Activists confirm that a 3-year-old child was loaded onto a bus and taken away.

by Stephanie Koithan June 5, 2025July 28, 2025

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Texas’ undocumented college students no longer qualify for in-state tuition

Within hours of a federal lawsuit targeting Texas’ policy of letting its nearly 20,000 undocumented students qualify for lower public tuition rates, the 24-year-old law was no more.