Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.

In this week's episode, our host talks with Robert Moore, CEO of El Paso Matters, about the federal government briefly pausing air travel into El Paso. What does it say about the federal government, border security and the lives of El Pasoans?

Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds.

The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday — first announced as extending for 10 days but lasting only a few hours — stemmed from the Pentagon’s plans to test a laser to shoot down drones used by Mexican drug cartels, according to the Associated Press. San Antonio’s lone direct Wednesday flight to El Paso was not impacted.

A source told the Tribune that Defense Department drones spurred the announced closure, but the White House said unmanned craft were flown by Mexican cartels.

The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas.

Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."

ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.

The sport’s been in Texas for nearly a century, but has yet to achieve the recognition other industries have. Its recent successes in the state could change all that.

Because Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a military base, the El Paso District Attorney says any criminal case may fall to federal prosecutors. But criminal law experts say the state doesn’t have to defer to them.

Meta’s planned data center could be El Paso’s biggest electricity user. Some residents worry that a new power plant to run it would worsen air pollution and guzzle water.

Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained.

Texas is preparing for the coldest temperatures of the season, and forecasters are warning of possible power outages and icy roads in much of the state.

Federal officials say an immigrant from Nicaragua has been found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility.

A Cuban immigrant who lived in the U.S. for nearly three decades died in a Texas immigration facility during an altercation with guards.

Officials say over 100,000 residents in the Texas border city of El Paso were left with little to no water after a main break over the weekend, and it was expected to take till mid-week for operations to return to normal.

The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.”

While Ken Paxton did not allege any wrongdoing, his move is intended to enforce a new law that prevents cities from raising property taxes if they fail to follow transparency requirements.

KSAT Sports traveled to Corpus Chrisi for Week 2 of the high school football playoffs.

Planning to travel this Thanksgiving? It is important to know some best practices before you go.

Conservative activists argue they’re protecting women and rebalancing the law that Democrats tilted in favor of LGBTQ+ people.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled down Interstate 35 for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled down Interstate 35 for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled northwest for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.

While a three-judge panel hears a legal challenge to Texas’ new congressional map, TribCast breaks down the arguments.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled southeast for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

On the first day of a two-week trial, the plaintiffs’ lawyers honed in on who drew the new map and whether race was a factor.

The El Paso federal judge said the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled up Interstate 10 for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

A man was hospitalized on Wednesday evening after he was shot twice on the West Side, according to San Antonio police.

An immigration judge ruled ICE can’t deport Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, who has permission to be in the country, unless the agency can provide evidence that her legal status was revoked.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled south on Interstate 35 for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

KSAT Sports photojournalist Adam Barraza traveled along Highway 90 for the latest installment of the BGC Road Trip.

Dallas businessman Kyle Bass has proposed exporting millions of gallons of water from East Texas to other parts of the state.

The victims sued the employer of the alleged shooter, the former warden of a migrant detention center. Three different prosecutors have so far opted not to file criminal charges.

Republican state lawmakers want to curb property tax bills by further limiting how much can be collected by cities and counties.

The U.S. government is building an immense 5,000-person detention camp in west Texas, government contract announcements said, sharply increasing the Trump administration’s ability to hold detained immigrants amid its ever-growing mass deportation efforts.

The Ecuadorian man was acquitted by a jury on a separate charge after crossing into the new military zone in May.

Eight Tribune photographers in eight Texas cities covered Saturday’s “No Kings” protests. Here is some of their work.

A Peruvian woman who crossed the U.S. border illegally has been acquitted of unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern border.

The trial of the Peruvian woman was the first test of the Trump administration’s new policy aimed at prosecuting immigrants who crossed the border illegally with military-related charges.

Attorneys for a Guatemalan man deported to Mexico say he has landed in California.

The Trump administration says it's working to return a Guatemalan man who was deported to Mexico over his fears of being harmed there.

Adults who are unsure whether they’re vaccinated can get additional shots, health experts say.

Supporters said the bill would protect poll workers who continue to face violent threats.

It’s the second military zone the Trump administration has created at the border, following one on the New Mexico-Mexico border, where a group of migrants were arrested on Monday.

The Defense Department says it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws.

North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.

A federal judge in west Texas has joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

In an El Paso courthouse not far from where a gunman killed 23 people at a Walmart in a 2019 attack targeting Hispanic shoppers, victims’ family members and survivors got their last chance to address him face-to-face in court this week.

Deployed Resources, a privately held tent company, is set to operate a new ICE tent camp to hold people awaiting deportation in El Paso, Texas.

El Paso Matters, Fort Worth Report, Houston Chronicle, The Texas Newsroom and WFAA will join us to support accountability journalism in Texas.

Desalination can create millions of gallons of fresh water a day. But it is expensive and there are many environmental concerns.

El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.

On May 3, many Texans will vote on local leaders and initiatives. Here's how to check for elections in your area and register by April 3.

State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could spend the money.

The new DA campaigned on seeking the death penalty for the 2019 massacre, but said he offered the gunman a plea deal of life in prison to avoid dragging out the case for several more years.

The removal of the death penalty as an option could lead to a quick guilty plea and life sentence, as happened with federal charges in 2023.

Social media apps like TikTok have become an essential tool for smugglers and migrants alike.

The shelters began seeing fewer people dropped off by customs and border agents following former President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting some asylum claims.

A fire broke out at a transportation center next to the international airport in El Paso, Texas, injuring five people and sending a large tower of black smoke billowing over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Solo los abogados y las organizaciones certificadas por el gobierno federal pueden proveer servicios relacionados con trámites migratorios.

A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks are rumbling along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff threats by President Donald Trump.

Texas National Guard soldiers will have the authority to make immigration arrests under an agreement with the Trump administration, Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday.

Across the state, immigrants and their loved ones are changing their daily habits as the Trump administration orders at least 1,200 daily arrests of undocumented people.

U.S. officials say active duty military troops are arriving in El Paso, Texas, and in San Diego on Thursday evening.

Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Schools near the border say it’s hard to prepare for the unknown. Immigration advocates say they should help communities understand students’ rights.

The growth is fueling higher rents and home prices in the North Texas city that was once seen as a more affordable option to Dallas and other major cities.

An investigation is ongoing in El Paso after an underground tunnel going from Ciudad Juarez into the Texas border town is found.

The high court did not rule on the merits of the case, but allows Paxton to continue his investigation of Annunciation House.

Hector Granados, one of two pediatric endocrinologists in El Paso, said he stopped providing gender-affirming care after it was outlawed in Texas in 2023.

Gilberto Hinojosa’s resignation ends a 12-year run leading the state party, dating back to his election at the 2012 Texas Democratic Convention.

Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with the demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found.

State data shows just two of Texas’ most populous counties have surpassed their voter turnout rate in 2020.

Like saving money on gas? Good news! Prices are down 20 cents compared to a year ago in San Antonio, according to AAA Texas.

A Venezuelan gang named Tren de Aragua has been making headlines lately in Texas.

The sentence for a former Bexar County constable convicted on two felony counts of tampering with records was thrown out by a Texas appeals court Thursday.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has investigated at least five organizations this year that do immigration-related work.

Tren de Aragua is a Venezuelan gang that started in a prison in the state of Aragua and has since expanded into Central America and the United States, including Texas.

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.

The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August.

Abbott signed a proclamation declaring Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization and directed Texas DPS to create strike teams targeting the gang.

The AG’s office sought to depose the leader of Team Brownsville, which provides water, shelter and basic necessities to asylum-seeking migrants.

The bus trips to Democrat-run cities stopped after June as the number of migrants apprehended across the southwest border plummeted.

U.S. Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Veronica Escobar are expected to speak on the mainstage in Chicago.

For Albert “Tino” Ortega, Aug. 3 will forever remain a solemn date on the calendar. It holds sobering significance for many El Pasoans as on that date in 2019, 23 people were killed in a terrorist attack at an El Paso Walmart, a tragedy fueled by racism that — with nearly 50 federal hate crime charges — became one of the country’s largest hate crime cases.

The program helps low-income people with heating and cooling bills, but advocates say it disadvantages Texas and other warm-weather states, even though extreme heat is a key cause of weather-related deaths.

Texas has sent thousands of soldiers to the border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar initiative Operation Lone Star. No border town has felt their presence more than Eagle Pass.

The Fiesta Flambeau Association will announce on Wednesday the theme and logo for the 2025 event.

Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country.

The lost water costs the cities millions and heightens the state’s water supply challenges.

Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago has won his first men’s title at the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has accused Annunciation House, which operates a network of migrant shelters, of human smuggling.

A judge has blasted efforts by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to shutter one of the oldest and largest migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border in a scathing ruling.

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl-laced pills through the mail that led to the death of an El Paso woman.

Migrants in Mexico said they’ve been shot by the rounds, which leave bruises and disperse a chemical irritant. The state says Guard members are trained not to aim directly at people.

Texas argues that Annunciation House is breaking state law by harboring undocumented immigrants, something the shelter's lawyers called "utter nonsense."