In an 8-2 vote, the San Antonio City Council directed city staff to examine zoning changes and a possible moratorium on private detention facilities following plans for an ICE processing center on the city’s East Side.

President Trump has fired his homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and said Markwayne Mullin, a senator from Oklahoma, would replace her.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.

There are significant changes to the H-1B visa program. The Trump administration is replacing the random lottery system with a process that will prioritize visas for higher-skilled and higher-paid individuals. There is an intensifying crackdown by the Trump administration on H-1B visas. Critics say the changes could hurt universities, hospitals, startups, and tech employers that rely on foreign talent.

Mexican drug cartels have added weaponized drones to their arsenal, turning cheap commercial drones into tools for assassination and battlefield-style attacks. This development is driving U.S. counter drone efforts on the border.

Questions are being asked about possible drone activity on the U.S.-Mexico border after two recent incidents in the El Paso area shut down air space and a military laser was fired to accidentally take down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone.

A fatal shooting involving a federal immigration agent and a San Antonio man on South Padre Island in March 2025 only recently became public. New York Times reporter Edgar Sandoval spoke with Texas Public Radio about how the death of the only civilian witness is complicating efforts to clarify what happened.

San Antonio mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is calling for transparency and accountability from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigrations and Customs Enforcement regarding the March 2025 shooting death of San Antonio resident Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen.

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones are calling for investigations after federal officials confirmed their involvement in the fatal shooting of a San Antonio man last year.

A state district judge ruled in favor with Bexar County in a legal fight over the county’s immigrant legal services program.