U.S. Reps. Castro and Casar land $38 million to keep San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center open

Catholic Charities, which runs the center, expects 2,000 asylum seekers per day to pass through San Antonio after Title 42 ends.

by Sanford Nowlin May 5, 2023March 25, 2024

Catholic Charities, which runs the center, expects 2,000 asylum seekers per day to pass through San Antonio after Title 42 ends.

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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy says he’ll use debt ceiling threat to push through his border security plan

The debt ceiling has long been a political tool to force partisan agenda items across. But Roy is facing some resistance within his own party on his border plan.

by Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune January 26, 2023August 4, 2025

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Texas’ Greg Abbott blasted for tweeting Christmas message after dumping migrants in freezing cold

“This you, King Herod?” one person tweeted in response to Abbott’s message about the birth of Christ.

by Sanford Nowlin December 27, 2022March 28, 2025

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Buses from Texas drop off more than 100 migrants in a bitterly cold Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

by Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune December 26, 2022February 7, 2024

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U.S. Supreme Court allows rapid removal of migrants to continue as legal challenge plays out

Title 42, an emergency health order invoked at the start of the pandemic, allows immigration agents to quickly remove migrants from the country. It was scheduled to be lifted on Wednesday.

by Uriel J García and Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune December 20, 2022May 10, 2025

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Federal health order allowing rapid removal of migrants must end next week, court rules

The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune December 18, 2022December 20, 2024

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U.S. will begin turning many Venezuelan migrants back to Mexico

The Biden administration is also creating a pathway to allow “qualified” Venezuelans into the country. Venezuelans have been fleeing their home country in record numbers, and the number crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has surged.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune October 13, 2022March 12, 2025

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Rammstein, Lina Khil: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

The Current’s review of German band Rammstein’s fiery, ear-splitting and generally over-the-top performance at the Alamodome was our most-read story by far.

by San Antonio Current Staff September 23, 2022August 3, 2023

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Bad Takes: Mad about high prices? Blame immigration hardliners like Trump and Abbott.

It’s not those fleeing violence or looking for work who are holding you back, it’s the richest 1% stoking division and lining their pockets.

by Kevin Sanchez September 21, 2022June 12, 2025

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Texas Border, Kyle Rittenhouse Selfie: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

This week’s top stories include a HGTV series casting San Antonio residents for its second season and bougie Dallas store Saint Bernard opening a San Antonio outpost.

by San Antonio Current Staff August 19, 2022August 3, 2023

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New data pokes holes in Gov. Greg Abbott’s claim Biden administration isn’t stopping people at border

On the current current trajectory, officials are likely to apprehend more than 2 million border crossers by the end of the 2022 fiscal year, according to a New York Times analysis.

by Sanford Nowlin August 17, 2022September 18, 2024

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Chrissy Powell, Migrant Buses: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Our most-read story involved the revelation that missing San Antonio mom Chrissy Powell’s car sat in a shopping center parking lot for 12 days before a security guard reported it.

by San Antonio Current Staff August 5, 2022August 3, 2023

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Legal questions shroud Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to bus migrants back to the border

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

by James Barragán and Uriel J García, The Texas Tribune August 1, 2022August 17, 2023

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Gov. Abbott tells D.C. mayor to ‘stop attacking Texas’ as migrant buses create humanitarian crisis

The mayor says she needs help from the National Guard to prevent a spiraling crisis created by Abbott and fellow Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona.

by Michael Karlis July 29, 2022September 28, 2023

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Supreme Court rules Biden administration can end “remain in Mexico” policy, sending case back to a Texas court

The Trump administration created the Migrant Protection Protocols, also called ‘remain in Mexico,’ in 2019 before the Biden administration canceled it in 2021. The ruling sends the case back to a Texas federal court.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune June 30, 2022April 21, 2025

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Judge blocks Biden administration from lifting public health order used to quickly expel migrants

The administration was set to end Title 42, a pandemic-era rule aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, on Monday. A lengthy legal battle is likely.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 21, 2022August 17, 2023

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Some Texas Republicans push for Gov. Greg Abbott to use state personnel to deport migrants

Declaring an “invasion” under the U.S. Constitution is an incendiary idea that would spark immediate court challenges given that immigration law enforcement is a federal responsibility.

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune April 23, 2022February 10, 2025

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What did Greg Abbott’s border inspections turn up? Oil leaks, flat tires and zero drugs

The governor ordered troopers to thoroughly inspect every commercial truck coming from Mexico in what he described as an effort to stop illegal drugs and migrants from being smuggled into Texas.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 21, 2022August 17, 2023

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Abbott ends inspections that clogged commercial traffic at U.S.-Mexico border for more than a week

The deals Abbott made with three of the four Mexican border governors don’t include any new security measures south of the border.

by Mitchell Ferman, James Barragán and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 16, 2022November 20, 2023

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Top U.S. border official says busing migrants out of Texas complicates federal officials’ jobs

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner said Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t coordinating with the agency as Texas sends migrants far from their immigration proceedings.

by Emily Hernandez, The Texas Tribune April 15, 2022June 2, 2024