Immigration

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.

Nirenberg reflected on his last eight years as San Antonio's mayor — what he's accomplished, where the city's fallen short, and what he sees for the future for San Antonio and himself.

Federal Emergency Management Agency's letters threatened to withhold millions of dollars in reimbursement funds if the city and Catholic Charities didn't share migrant information. Catholic Charities said sharing that information has already been standard operating procedure.

As the Trump administration continues with mass firings in the federal government, one might think the one place that would be spared would be the immigration courts. These judges play a critical part in the Trump mass deportation plan. And these firings could mean an increase in expedited deportations without due process.