Tuesday marked one year since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. In response, dozens of people protested in downtown 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.
Three undocumented immigrants engaged in human smuggling were arrested after attempting to evade by jumping from rooftop to rooftop early Friday morning across southwest Bexar County, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said.
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.
The wife of the woman shot and killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis says the couple had stopped their car to support their neighbors and they had whistles, while the masked agents had guns.
The Republican U.S. senator praised Trump’s border initiatives and said fully securing the border should take priority over changing immigration law.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to expand on Texas’ controversial floating barrier during a Wednesday visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
A local migrant resource group is telling its clients to keep a close eye on one government website.
The Tribune’s team of data journalists produced a congressional redistricting tool, covered several education data releases, visualized the measles outbreak and more.
More than 300 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.
Last month the Trump administration made people from 19 nations ineligible to obtain legal status. “Fear won,” said one woman who came from Venezuela nearly a decade ago.
Sister Norma Pimentel with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley founded the shelter in McAllen, which serves undocumented immigrants released from federal custody.
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.
After his corruption indictment last year, the Laredo Democrat forfeited his role as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees more than $65 billion in annual spending.
The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.”
Federal and state law enforcement agents recovered cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana during a November immigration raid, according to new documents obtained by KSAT 12.
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.
Laws include restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, allowing lawsuits against abortion pill providers, and replacement of the STAAR test.
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.
The Department of Homeland Security released new details on a raid that led to the arrests of 27 people with suspected ties to a Venezuelan gang.
Two men charged in connection with a North Side raid earlier made their first appearance on Wednesday inside a federal courtroom in San Antonio, according to the Department of Justice.
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.
More than 150 immigrants were taken into custody on Sunday, Nov. 16, following a multiple-agency operation on the North Side. Here’s what we know about the case so far.
More than 140 immigrants from Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico and other South American countries were taken into custody on Sunday following a multiple-agency operation on the North Side.
Gov. Greg Abbott joined four other Republican governors and federal officials in thanking Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers, stating they helped make the U.S.-Mexico border safer.
The county allocated $1.3 million to groups that provide immigration legal services amid an uptick in federal enforcement. Paxton called the program “evil and wicked.”
Abbott framed his campaign as a means to keep Texas as a conservative bastion, touting efforts to lower property taxes, bolster education and strengthen public safety.
The city learned about plans to build a new barrier along the southern border during a regular meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them don’t have criminal convictions despite pledges to pursue “the worst of the worst.”
It’s the latest step to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.
A Trump administration proposal would strip Texas’ more than 86,000 DACA recipients of their work permits — including two nurses who say they’ll move to other states if that happens.
Beginning Monday, anyone applying for naturalized citizenship in the United States will need to study a new version of the naturalization civics test, more commonly referred to as the citizenship test.
Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE came looking for him.
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.
If a judge accepts the plan, the Trump administration will reopen new applications for DACA for the first time in four years — but Texas applicants would no longer receive work permits.
The state is being criticized for advising colleges to verify students’ status with immigration authorities, which could put them at risk.
Federal authorities said the notes indicate the 29-year-old who killed an ICE detainee and wounded two others expressed hatred for the federal government and acted alone.
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.
Four people were arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation near a gas station on the Southwest Side, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
Neighbors are still trying to make sense of a raid on an East Side home that ended with the arrest of a woman they knew only as a wife and mother.
Margarita Avila, a Houston mother of nine, was detained by ICE after an altercation that led to no charges. Her close-knit family weigh their futures if she is deported.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to deport more than 70 Guatemalan children during a late-night operation over the holiday weekend.
An enrollment drop could cost the Texas economy hundreds of millions of dollars, the reports say.
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.
The state isn’t providing schools with guidance and advocates say students who still qualify for lower rates are being asked to pay thousands more.
The owner of a Trump Burger restaurant in Houston is facing deportation after being arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a report from KPRC, KSAT’s sister station in Houston.
Jaime Galvan Sanchez has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years. He was deported in less than 24 hours without due process and allowed to return. But his family is still suffering from the aftermath.
The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is offering increased benefits to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a new “Defend the Homeland” recruitment campaign launched Tuesday, according to a news release.
A local immigration attorney warns that an increasing number of people are being detained after appearing in immigration court in San Antonio, a trend that could lead to a worsening humanitarian situation as space at detention facilities continues to dwindle.
Congressman Greg Casar held a press conference in downtown San Antonio over immigration court proceedings and Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests.
A man who tried to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by hiding in a tree in April will be deported for the second time.
San Antonio residents gathered on Friday evening to protest federal immigration enforcement policies.
Nearly 50 people are waking up as official citizens of the United States of America after completing a lengthy process that they say was worth it.
Multiple employees at a North Side seafood market were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while San Antonio police provided perimeter security under a state mandate, according to a source and a city memo obtained by KSAT.
A married couple is finally done battling the immigration system after losing thousands of dollars and being separated.
Joshua Lee Balderas, 33, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to kidnap and two counts of harboring. He was sentenced to 80 years for the kidnapping charge and 20 years each for the harboring charge, to be served consecutively.
A San Antonio group is vowing to continue its fight against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations.
In response to the detainments of migrants showing up to immigration court, a march and rally took place Tuesday morning outside the court in downtown San Antonio.
New court documents describe families living in cramped metal trailers while struggling to get food, water and adequate medical care.
Hayal El Gamal and her children were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement two days after her husband, Mohamad Soliman, was arrested after being accused of firebombing an event in Colorado in support of Israeli hostages.
Weeks of growing concern at San Antonio’s immigration court have culminated in a troubling new trend — more minors are being detained after immigration hearings, according to immigration advocates working on the front lines.
A man stuck in Mexico during a years-long immigration process has been approved for a visa, his wife confirmed to KSAT.
Authorities discovered 67 immigrants inside a sweltering semi-truck on Quintana Road on June 27, 2022. Fifty-three of them lost their lives.
Friday marked three years since the Quintana Road Tragedy, and community members are holding a vigil Saturday morning to remember the 53 lives lost.
The ruling was a partial victory for President Donald Trump who has made immigration his signature issue.
A San Antonio family is fighting to get their loved one back after a lengthy immigration process left him in Mexico.
The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students’ eligibility for in-state tuition. It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.
With border crossings at record lows, state authorities are being sent to arrest people accused of committing crimes in Texas after entering the country illegally.
The Ecuadorian man was acquitted by a jury on a separate charge after crossing into the new military zone in May.
Texas lawmakers approved a sweeping package to overhaul the state’s bail system, a longtime priority of Gov. Greg Abbott’s.
Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time.
For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.
Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.
As multiple “No Kings” demonstrations emerged nationwide, hundreds gathered in downtown San Antonio on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump and immigration raids.
A local organization is coming together to protest against President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in downtown San Antonio on Saturday.
Thousands of undocumented students who grew up in Texas now face college tuition costs that are more than twice what other state residents pay.
Despite no signs of potential violence, misleading social media posts have been spreading, suggesting that demonstrators will be armed with bricks.
At least two demonstrations against President Donald Trump and immigration raids brought in thousands of people downtown San Antonio on Saturday evening.
Anti-ICE protests have remained peaceful in San Antonio, but one woman says she must continue to fight because of how personally the arrests have impacted her.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest is scheduled this weekend, so businesses and San Antonians are preparing.