Federal judge rules against Trump, halts deportation of Venezuelans held in Texas under wartime act

The ruling extends a temporary restraining order for three Venezuelan migrants detained in South Texas who are facing deportation.

by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune April 12, 2025April 17, 2025

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Eagle Pass park reopens more than a year after the state seized it for border security

The Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard presence has largely disappeared from Shelby Park, which sits next to the Rio Grande.

by Ayden Runnels April 8, 2025April 12, 2025

ICE agents conduct an arrest in this federal file photo.

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Under pressure from Trump, ICE Is pushing legal boundaries

Confrontations with judges are grabbing attention, but more quietly a pattern of questionable arrests shows the extent to which the administration is willing to test norms and laws.

by Vernal Coleman, ProPublica March 25, 2025April 8, 2025

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San Antonio’s Quintana Road migrant memorial repaired after weekend’s ‘hateful’ vandalism

The memorial was reported vandalized Saturday and was already repaired by Sunday evening.

by Stephanie Koithan March 24, 2025June 27, 2025

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Vandals knock down San Antonio memorial for 53 migrants who died in tractor-trailer

District Attorney Joe Gonzales said he plans to charge the people responsible with a hate crime.

by Sanford Nowlin March 23, 2025March 28, 2025

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On Ted Cruz’s podcast, Elon Musk claims feds run massive fraud scheme to buy migrants’ votes

Without offering evidence, the DOGE head said agencies are giving up to “$200 billion” in illegal handouts to undocumented immigrants.

by Sanford Nowlin March 18, 2025July 5, 2025

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As Trump vows mass deportations, Texas lawmakers want to require sheriffs to work with ICE

Some sheriffs worried that Senate Bill 8 could create an unfunded mandate, while civil rights advocates warned about possible racial profiling.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 18, 2025May 28, 2025

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Trump awards contract to resume border wall construction in Texas

The feds will spend $70 million-plus to construct 7 miles of fence.

by Stephanie Koithan March 18, 2025March 22, 2025

The South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigrant detention center in Dilley, about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio, holds migrant families facing deportation.

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Feds are opening more detention centers in Texas as Trump administration steps up deportations

The feds are adding thousands of beds to hold families in Texas, which reportedly holds the most immigrants of any state at its 21 detention centers.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2025May 28, 2025

The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley has been at the center of national outrage.

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Trump reopens controversial detention sites for migrant families south of San Antonio

The for-profit facilities in Karnes County and Dilley were shuttered as they faced complaints about human rights records.

by Sanford Nowlin March 10, 2025May 22, 2025

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Vice President JD Vance takes immigration victory lap in South Texas, but data tells a different story

Trump has deported 37,660 people over the past month, far below Biden’s monthly average was 57,000 removals during his last year in office.

by Stephanie Koithan March 6, 2025March 18, 2025

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Trump administration removes five immigration judges in Texas, union says

The move raises concerns about large case backlogs that have persisted for years.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune February 28, 2025May 30, 2025

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Nearly one in three people in ICE detention being held in Texas

Nearly 3,000 immigrants in ICE custody are being held at facilities near San Antonio, according to new data.

by Sanford Nowlin February 26, 2025May 22, 2025

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‘Asylum as we know it’: An immigration historian on Trump, refuge and exclusion

After World War II, ‘People understood that if they had allowed more immigrants into the United States, many of them wouldn’t have been killed in Europe.’

by Francesca D'Annunzio, The Texas Observer February 22, 2025May 28, 2025

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ICE arrests South Texas bakery owners accused of hiring undocumented workers

Federal immigration agents raided the Los Fresnos bakery and detained eight workers before filing charges against the two owners.

by Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune February 21, 2025May 22, 2025

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Who are the undocumented immigrants in Texas?

The estimated 1.7 million undocumented people in Texas are now targets of the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdown. Here’s what we know about them.

by Yuriko Schumacher and Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune February 17, 2025February 23, 2025

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U.S. claims migrants held at Guantanamo are ‘worst of the worst.’ Their families say otherwise.

The Trump administration has flown about 100 immigrants from El Paso to Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune identified nearly a dozen of them and spoke to relatives of three.

by Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and the Texas Tribune, and Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica February 15, 2025February 19, 2025

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Texas could sell 100 miles of border to feds, Abbott says

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone Star, to secure the border during the Biden Administration.

by Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune February 14, 2025June 17, 2025

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Texas school district warns Border Patrol may board buses, question students about citizenship

A letter sent to Alice ISD parents Wednesday said a student may be detained and possibly deported if they cannot prove they are in the country legally.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune February 6, 2025February 21, 2025

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After teasing border security rollback, Texas plunges in deeper

Texas’ border spending exploded after Joe Biden’s election, then state leaders signaled a new willingness to reduce it when Trump won. That didn’t last long.

by Alejandro Serrano and Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune February 5, 2025June 27, 2025