Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin highlighted thousands of arrests while criticizing Biden-era policies and Democratic-led jurisdictions during a press conference that at times took on a political tone.

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.

The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He’s the seventh person in Texas to die while detained by ICE this year.

A DHS spokesperson said the incident is under an active internal investigation, and the ICE agent has been suspended.

San Antonio native Joaquin Castro pushes back against immigration detention centers in South Texas, while pushing the national Democratic party forward.

San Antonio has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt development of a planned ICE detention facility over environmental review requirements.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said that ICE had a warrant for the driver of the truck and the passenger allegedly does not have legal status in the U.S.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said Friday she now supports legal action to halt the conversion of an East Side warehouse into a 1,500-person immigration processing center. The announcement came on the eve of a protest march urging city officials to take a stronger stance against the planned ICE facility.

Opponents of the San Antonio ICE warehouse detention center are organizing a protest march on Saturday. They are hoping to force local officials to adopt a tougher stance against the facility and sue the federal government to prevent its opening.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving ahead with plans to turn an East Side warehouse into a detention facility. ICE awarded a contractor $17 million to renovate the warehouse and provide services for its operation where they will hold over a thousand people. It’s expected to begin operation in early 2027.