Tag: immigration
Ken Paxton asks for rehearing from full federal appeals court on Texas immigration law
article A razor wire fence is pictured next to the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas on June 16, 2023. (Photo by...
ICE efforts to poach local officers are angering some local law enforcement leaders
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is newly flush with billions from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” spending legislation and under pressure to rapidly hire 10,000...
Nation’s biggest migrant detention center set to be established in West Texas by 2027
The U.S. Department of Defense announced on July 21 that it has awarded a contract to build a new immigration detention center at Fort...
US Senator Urges DHS to Probe Whether Agents Were Moved From Criminal Cases to Deportations
Since February, multiple news reports have alleged that a significant number of agents at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—the Department of Homeland Security’s investigative wing...
After 40 years in the U.S., former Harris County official returns to Mexico in search for a better future | Houston Public Media
Ana Yáñez Correa crossed the U.S. border with her mother in May—this time, in the opposite direction from which they came 40 years ago.
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Hello Houston (July 29, 2025) | Houston Public Media
On today's Hello Houston, Ernie, Frank, and Celeste discuss today's top stories at the top of each hour, including the Chinese Government paying people...
Immigrants in the US illegally fight the Trump administration’s new no-bail policy | Houston Public Media
A class action lawsuit has been filed challenging the Trump administration’s new policy requiring immigrants illegally in the U.S. who are arrested by Immigration...
Lawyers say ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainees are being held ‘incommunicado, with no ability to access the courts’
Lawyers seeking a temporary restraining order against an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades say that “Alligator Alcatraz” detainees have been barred from meeting attorneys,...
Venezuelans detainees say they were abused at Salvadoran megaprison
Three Venezuelan men told NBC News they experienced physical and psychological torture, including one man’s allegation that he was sexually assaulted, after the Trump...
National Guardsman from Houston convicted for smuggling migrants into U.S., ICE says
What we know: In a press release, ICE says 27-year-old Mario Sandoval of Houston was "found guilty of conspiring to smuggle illegal...
