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San Antonio ICE arrests more migrants Friday, this time at UTSA
This week’s ramp-up of immigration sweeps comes as the Trump administration lays out new quota of 3,000 arrests per day.
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Texas Supreme Court gives initial win to Paxton in migrant shelter case
The high court did not rule on the merits of the case, but allows Paxton to continue his investigation of Annunciation House.
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San Antonio ICE office arrested 275 immigrants during enforcement sweep
The arrests included 178 people who face criminal charges or convictions, agency officials said.
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Agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say
The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers, current and former officials told The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.
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San Antonio’s Joaquin Castro, other lawmakers visit deported 11-year-old U.S. citizen with brain tumor
Castro said the girl is now unable to get medical treatment for her rare condition and could lose her eyesight if she can’t get help.
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After immigration crackdown, international students in Texas self-censor to protect their education
Students told the Tribune they have deleted social media accounts, socialize less and steer clear of charged topics to avoid becoming targets of immigration authorities.
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Texas House advances bill that would prohibit land sales to people and entities from certain countries
The legislation had only pertained to countries the government deemed national security threats. A last-minute change would let the governor add more countries to the ban.
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Federal judge says Trump plan to fly migrants from San Antonio to Libya violates court order
Flight trackers reportedly show an Air Force C-17 filed plans to depart Wednesday from Kelly Field to Libya.
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U.S. declares military zone around El Paso, allowing soldiers to arrest migrants
It’s the second military zone the Trump administration has created at the border, following one on the New Mexico-Mexico border, where a group of migrants were arrested on Monday.
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South Texas judge rules Trump broke law by deporting Venezuelans without court hearings
The judge is the first to rule the White House can’t use the Alien Enemies Act to justify deporting the men without court proceedings.
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Feds have restored visas for all 7 University of Texas at San Antonio students caught in Trump crackdown
The reversal comes after a flurry of lawsuits against the administration.
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Rep. Joaquin Castro files resolution to require Trump to turn over El Salvador deportation records
The San Antonio congressman made the filing as concerns escalate over the fate of mistakenly deported migrant Kilmar Abrego García.
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Texas police are slowly joining what could be a ‘giant ICE army’
New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await federal training.
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Experts cast doubt on state’s report that undocumented immigrants cost Texas hospitals $122M in a month
Policy experts say undocumented immigrants’ cost to hospitals is a small fraction of the total cost from uninsured Texans.
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Immigration crackdown: Know your rights at the U.S. border and other ports of entry
What immigrants and citizens should know about federal agents’ power to question and search people at airports and the border.
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Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.
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Supreme Court halts deportation of 200 migrants from North Texas detention facility
The men were given 24 hours’ notice of their impending deportation and were forced to sign deportation papers they couldn’t read, according to reports.
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Congress has demanded answers to ICE detaining Americans. The administration has responded with silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.
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Court orders immigration officials to restore legal status of three people who came to Texas on student visas
The three former students went to UT-Arlington and UT-Dallas. While they have prevailed in court so far, many other international students’ education futures remain uncertain.
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ACLU Texas concludes immigrant rights tour in San Antonio with 12-foot puppets
The performance is a creative way to convey Know Your Rights information amid escalating anti-immigrant rhetoric and deportations.