Some migrants flown to Marthaโs Vineyard from San Antonio to get legal status, multiple reports say
Some of the 49 migrants who were flown to Marthaโs Vineyard from San Antonio in 2022 can legally work in the US and canโt be deported because they are considered crime victims, according to multiple reports.
Volunteers partner to make dignity bags for children at Migrant Resource Center
LULAC and other volunteers are partnering to make dignity bags full of essentials for children at San Antonio's Migrant Resource Center. Many come with baby wipes, combs, chapstick and journals, but each is individualized depending on age and gender.
Come next year, some asylum seekers may risk being stranded in San Antonio
If the federal government doesnโt come through next year, Mayor Ron Nirenberg said thereโs a real concern with no funding for migrant travel. Asylum seekers could be stranded in San Antonio unless family members can pay for their airfare or bus rides.
โWe do not anticipate any changesโ: Sheriff Javier Salazar reacts to Gov. Greg Abbottโs signing of Senate Bill 4
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is one of several leaders across Texas reacting to Senate Bill 4, a new law that will give state and local police the authority to arrest people they suspect of being undocumented anywhere in the state.
San Antonio says migrant facility at the airport isnโt secret, but it hasnโt pointed to any time it told the public
The City of San Antonio says the migrant facility it has been operating at the airport for roughly seven months is neither a shelter nor a secret. But the city still hasnโt been able to point out when it mentioned it publicly.
Joaquin Castro calls reports of DPS troopersโ alleged mistreatment of migrants at border โhorrificโ and โbarbaricโ
Allegations of mistreatment of migrants, including small children, by DPS troopers and Texas National Guard soldiers is โhorrificโ and โbarbaric,โ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio said.
Bexar County sheriff discusses migrant flight investigations with California governor
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the Major County Sheriffs of America Conference to discuss the concurrent investigations into the migrant flights out of Texas and into other cities around the U.S.
San Antonio not planning on a mass shelter for migrants
A city spokeswoman said the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and Catholic Charities were working on contingency plans to help with "transportation assistance" if the Migrant Resource Center's capacity was stretched too thin, but it was not planning on creating a mass shelter.
Man arrested after group of migrants found trapped in train car near Uvalde; new details released
A man was arrested after a dozen migrants were found in a train car east of Knippa on Friday, according to a criminal complaint from Homeland Security Investigations that revealed new details in the smuggling operation that left two men dead.
San Antonio braces for spike in migrants with looming end of Trump-era policy
The daily number of people passing through the center ranges from under 1,000 to up to 1,800 already, one city official said, and an assistant city manager estimates the number of migrants coming through the MRC will jump by about 30% with the end of Title 42.
Visa revoked for mother who lost two sons in deadliest smuggling case
This Thursday marks four months since a tractor-trailer full of bodies was discovered on Quintana Road. The Honduran mother of two migrants that died was set to be in San Antonio this weekend, but she said her visa was later revoked.
Search continues for โPerlaโ in connection with migrants lured onto plane from San Antonio to Marthaโs Vineyard
The League Of Latin American Citizens or LULAC identified the person allegedly connected to luring migrants onto charted flights in September. Why the nonprofit fears she might be a flight risk.
Man charged in deadly tractor-trailer incident in San Antonio pleads not guilty
One of the men facing federal charges in connection with the tractor-tractor incident on the cityโs Southwest Side in June that resulted in the deaths of 53 people pleaded not guilty Thursday, according to the US Magistrateโs Office.
Smugglers and scouts outnumber sheriffโs deputies in counties like Brooks
Itโs an operation that Brooks County sheriffs deputies say knows no time and has no bounds. Smuggling of migrants can happen in backroads or in high traffic areas. Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar take you to areas where migrants are often loaded up to be smuggled across the nation.
What does Operation Lone Star look like miles away from the border?
Operation Lone Star has helped fund the miles of concertina wire and militarization along the U.S. border. But how are funds invested in communities more than 80 miles north of the border? Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar visit Brooks County for a closer look.
Secretary of Homeland Security travels to Del Rio for update on Haitian migrant situation
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will be in Del Rio on Monday to receive an operational briefing on steps being taken to address the situation involving the mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from the border city.
Stemming flow of migrants reason for VP Kamala Harrisโ first foreign visit
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Mexico and Guatemala next week for her first foreign diplomatic visit, and an expert on both countries said donโt expect the flow of migrants at the border to stop in the near future.