Immigration

Students at several San Antonio high schools walked out of class Friday to protest the recent actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At least 10 area high schools had walkouts planned Friday, following multiple walkouts at other schools over the past two weeks.

Texas immigration advocates say federal agents are trying new tactics to arrest more migrants amid a surge in immigration enforcement.

South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar (D) continues to support the funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement despite recent high-profile killings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota.

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.

Supporters of the measure contend that the fee strengthens oversight and reduces fraud. Yet immigrant-rights advocates say it could price out vulnerable migrants, especially those fleeing conflict or natural disasters.

That's according to surveys of Texas businesses by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Yadira Córdoba is a Nicaraguan human rights activist whose son was killed during anti-government protests in 2018. She is a member of the Mothers of April—a group of Nicaraguan mothers whose children died due to state repression during the 2018 anti-government protests. Her asylum hearing in San Antonio is scheduled for October.

Representatives with the Texas Civil Rights Project say they submitted humanitarian parole applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for the girl's parents and her older sister, accompanied by letters from several lawmakers. According to the group, the agency has not yet responded.

An enrollment drop could cost the Texas economy hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the reports.

Dozens of immigration courts across the country have become epicenters of the Trump administration's efforts to increase the rate of immigration arrests.