Immigration

Jeffries spoke alongside Houston-area U.S. Reps. Sylvia Garcia and Christian Menefee. The three met with Service Employees International Union members to discuss how immigration enforcement under President Trump is affecting Houston’s workforce.

A federal judge struck down a Trump administration ban on issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries, but immigrants continue to be stuck in their countries.

A San Antonio woman brought her six-year-old niece to immigration court after the girl’s lawyer withdrew. The case comes amid a loss of federally funded legal services for immigrant children and a broader push to accelerate immigration court proceedings.

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Civil rights groups will collect testimony Tuesday about detention, surveillance and the effects of federal immigration enforcement on families, businesses and communities.

The Justice Department is moving up the court hearings for hundreds of immigrants and scheduling them for mass hearings. If they don't show up, they could be ordered deported.

Nearly 50 Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over allegations that the federal government is sending pregnant, unaccompanied migrant girls to a single shelter in San Benito, Texas — a state where abortion is almost entirely banned.

For over a year the Trump administration has been executing its mass deportation agenda. Data shows that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement dragnet has scooped up mainly non-criminal immigrants. Recently the National Council of Jewish Women San Antonio organized the live panel discussion: “Paths, Barriers and Possibilities: Immigration in America” for a conversation about the impact of Trump’s mass deportation policies.

A majority of charging documents filed by the Department of Homeland Security involved claims of individuals violating immigration rules, not alleged criminal conduct.

Since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to start asking patients for their citizenship status in November 2024, reported visits by undocumented immigrants have dropped.