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U.S. Representatives Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Robert Garcia (D-California) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding an independent investigation into the shooting death of a San Antonio man killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on South Padre Island last year.

A man who confessed to murdering his partner more than one year ago was sentenced to 40 years in prison last week.

Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide.

Nearly 600 immigrant children were held in a Texas family detention center in recent months beyond court-mandated limits and without enough food, medical care or mental health services, with dozens languishing inside for more than three months, according to court documents filed Friday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said a man arrested in San Antonio has been indicted on charges that include kidnapping and harboring immigrants.

Arson investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at an East Side warehouse recently acquired by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT’s 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday evening to discuss topics ranging from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility to the cancelation of the annual César E. Chávez March for Justice.

After a visit to the ICE detention facility, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and fellow House Democrats will share what they saw during a Monday afternoon news conference in San Antonio.

Lawmakers are asking why a McAllen family that came to the U.S. legally was taken into custody during a meeting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers last month.

Three body-worn cameras and nearby security cameras show the moments leading up to the death of a San Antonio man, who was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent nearly a year ago.

The San Antonio City Council could soon change city code related to detention facilities and even try to put a temporary halt to new private detention facilities.

Staff inside the family detention center in Dilley repeatedly called for emergency medical help for young children and pregnant women between October 2025 and February 2026, 911 recordings reviewed by KSAT and obtained by ABC News show.

A group of faith leaders and advocates completed a four-day, 90-mile walk from Dilley to San Antonio, calling for an end to immigration detention in Texas.

About a dozen students held a press conference in response to 30 students being suspended.

Friends and family members of 25-year-old Joshua Orta gathered to remember him Thursday night after he died in a high-speed crash near downtown San Antonio early Saturday morning.

The family of a 23-year-old San Antonio man, who was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent, was “left in the dark” about the case being presented in front of a Cameron County Grand Jury on Wednesday, according to the family’s attorneys.

A press conference is expected on Thursday to put pressure on East Central ISD administrators to reel back punishments against students who walked out of class and protested against U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.

A grand jury determined there was insufficient probable cause to move forward with criminal charges against a federal immigration agent who shot a 23-year-old San Antonio man last March.

Faith leaders and advocates from across the nation began a 90-mile march Tuesday morning from the Dilley detention facility, calling for the release of children and parents held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

State and local lawmakers issued a joint letter pushing against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans for a proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility on the East Side.

Congressman Joaquin Castro is raising alarms about the conditions inside the detention facility in Dilley after his recent visit. This marks his second visit since January, when 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was held there.

Community concern about a forthcoming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility on the East Side largely dominated discussion at an East Side town hall this week.

Around 30 East Central High School students walked out of class on Feb. 13 in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations happening in Bexar County.

Despite a report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering a move into a North Side facility, the building’s owner has dismissed the rumor in interviews with KSAT.

A 2-month-old and his family, who were held at an immigration detention center in Dilley, have been deported to Mexico, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday night.

Local students took to the streets of downtown San Antonio on Monday afternoon to publicly use their voices to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

The North East Independent School District (NEISD) is among three school districts under investigation by the state Attorney General’s office for allegedly “facilitating” student walkouts against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions.

Congressman Henry Cuellar said Friday that he is “pressing for clear answers” from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the recent purchase of an East Side facility.

With the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and a planned detention facility on the East Side drawing vocal opposition from some, San Antonio City Council members have been scrambling to find ways to take action.

The plans to turn an East Side warehouse into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility have some residents and San Antonio officials looking to push back. But what are their options to actually do so?

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked the state’s U.S. senators and five San Antonio-area U.S. representatives in a letter Wednesday to not funnel any money or resources to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE)’s recent purchase of an East Side warehouse.

A viral video showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers entering a San Antonio home has reignited public questions about what people, citizens and noncitizens alike, must do during an encounter with immigration authorities, and what agents are allowed to do under the Constitution.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers followed an immigrant inside his home while attempting to arrest him in a now-viral video, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

More than a week after visiting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father at a immigrant family detention facility in Dilley, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro visited a second U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility Friday in Pearsall.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials declined to say whether it would have any presence at San Antonio’s upcoming marquee celebrations.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”.

ICE said in a statement obtained by KSAT that the facility wouldn’t be a warehouse but rather a “very well-structured” detention facility.

In San Antonio, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly acquired an East Side warehouse to hold immigrant detainees. The topic has the community wondering what this could potentially mean for their neighborhood and the city.

Following two deadly shootings by federal officers last month in Minnesota, KSAT Investigates wanted to know how the federal agencies’ training and policies compare to law enforcement agencies in Bexar County.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar addressed immigration enforcement actions impacting South Texas at a news conference with leaders from the South Texas Builders Association and the Laredo Chamber of Commerce.

A warehouse on the East Side is likely to become a new federal immigration facility, according to multiple local officials and reports, though federal authorities have not formally confirmed the purchase.

Reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has acquired an East Side warehouse to hold detained immigrants had local Democrats burning up Tuesday, even as confirmation remained elusive.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT for its weekly Q&A Tuesday night during the 6 O’Clock News. Jones discussed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) potential purchase of an East Side warehouse.

The League of United Latin American Citizens called for the release of all children being held at immigration detention centers Sunday.

Two people detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center have active measles infections, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns.

The pair have returned home to Minnesota, according to Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.

Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained by immigration officers in Minnesota last week, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, were released from a detention center in Dilley.

Neighbors are concerned about potential plans for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to purchase an East Side warehouse.

A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, from the immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas, court records show.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering acquiring Oakmont 410, an East Side warehouse touted as San Antonio’s largest industrial development when it was built in 2022, according to a source close to the matter.

Hundreds are marching in downtown San Antonio as part of a nationwide protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Some local businesses in San Antonio have reported that they will not be open on Friday, Jan. 30, or will donate a portion of proceeds to charities supporting immigrants to protest the increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city.

A San Antonio woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million for her role in a deadly human smuggling operation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.

Protesters across the U.S. shut down schools and stores during a nationwide strike to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

An immigrant seen on video ramming into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles in a San Antonio parking lot remains in custody after a Thursday court appearance, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.

Students at several high schools across San Antonio walked out of their schools Friday to protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the country.

A San Antonio family is searching for answers after their father, identified by relatives only as Sandro, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as he arrived at work last week.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat based in Laredo and serving Texas’ 28th District, discussed the impact of people detained in Dilley who are later sent to the Laredo Holding Institute, a prominent shelter in the city.

Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown Friday if Republicans and the White House don't agree to restrict President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and former San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg were among the list of current and ex-politicians who attended a rally Wednesday evening in San Antonio.

After federal officers shot and killed two people in Minnesota, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama offered his reaction to the shootings after practice Tuesday afternoon.

Families inside a South Texas detention facility protested for freedom, an immigration attorney told KSAT Investigates.

A federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press.

Recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the country have drawn national and local attention, including from Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai.

A U.S. senator’s post is gaining attention on social media after he posted a video describing his experience visiting San Antonio Immigration Court and South Texas detention facilities.

A large, loudly anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crowd filled San Antonio City Council chambers during a lengthy special council meeting Thursday.

Tuesday marked one year since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. In response, dozens of people protested in downtown San Antonio.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined KSAT for its weekly Q&A Tuesday night during the 6 O’Clock News. Jones discussed the community’s response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in San Antonio.

A man who was charged after he was caught on video ramming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles on the North Side was in the country legally, according to his father.

A San Antonio TikTok user is using his platform to share where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been spotted in the area.

The Trump administration is going all in on accelerating mass deportation efforts. Here’s how ICE operations look in Texas, home to an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants.

A U.S. citizen says in a statement that she was dragged from her car and detained by immigration officers in Minneapolis.

An immigrant seen on video ramming into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles in a San Antonio parking lot is facing a federal charge of destruction of government property, according to an affidavit obtained by KSAT Investigates.

Video shared by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows someone ICE says is an immigrant ramming into agency vehicles in a San Antonio parking lot, injuring an officer.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday to discuss an upcoming public meeting regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in San Antonio.

A New York City Council employee has been arrested in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Plaintiffs' attorneys are asking a federal judge to intervene after three Democratic members of Congress were blocked from visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Minnesota over the weekend.

San Antonio City Council is planning to hold a special session on Jan. 22 about the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, according to a councilmember’s Instagram post.

A shooting hundreds of miles away in Minneapolis is now fueling anger and action in San Antonio.

More than 30 new laws will take effect in Texas on Jan. 1, spanning the gamut from artificial intelligence, immigration enforcement and social media accountability.

The Rahimi family has spent roughly $30,000 in legal fees and immigration processes over the years in an effort for Brandi Rahimi to get her husband legal status in the United States.

The wave of legal challenges is in response to the Trump administration’s intensified immigration enforcement and its new policy expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in San Antonio was evacuated on Tuesday after it was targeted with an envelope containing a “suspicious powder.”

JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa is bringing back its popular ICE! attraction, featuring Frosty the Snowman.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have released new details on the immigration raid that happened earlier this month on San Antonio’s north side.

Surveillance of a suspected drug dealer took place on San Pedro Avenue weeks before a raid, when more than 150 immigrants were detained, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she is working to get answers after the federal raid last weekend at an unauthorized nightclub on the North Side.

Genesis Valadez, the owner of Las Pollitas food truck, caught the federal raid that happened over the weekend on her business cameras.

San Antonio police officers said they arrested a suspect on Wednesday accused of making a terroristic threat against a planned protest earlier this week.

Texas Congressmen Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar are pressing the Trump administration for detailed answers regarding a North Side raid that led to the detaining of more than 150 immigrants, according to a joint news release.

Court records showing formal charges against two individuals connected to a North Side raid have been obtained by KSAT Investigates as authorities remain mum on the operation.

A recent FBI-led raid at an Idaho race track shows how immigration is driving federal law enforcement under the Trump administration.

Officials say many federal officers involved in immigration enforcement in Chicago have body cameras, but expanding their use requires more funding from Congress.

Federal prosecutors say three activists opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles have been indicted on charges of illegally “doxing” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

The Department of Homeland Security says it will increase security following the deadly shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas.

Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people in the Chicago area as part of an operation that began less than two weeks ago.

The Border Patrol agent who has led an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles has arrived in Chicago, possibly signaling a new phase in an enforcement surge announced last week.

A door-to-door campaign brought controversy to a Southwest Side neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.