Posted 11:24 AM 4/2/2026 by Eleanor Klibanoff and Alejandro Serrano

Over the last year, Texas Republicans have enacted sweeping regulatory and legal changes that have upended all facets of life for noncitizens. The state has limited who can get an occupational license; register or buy a car; obtain commercial driver’s licenses; and get in-state tuition at (More)

Posted 11:37 AM 4/1/2026 by REBECCA SANTANA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is pausing the purchase of new warehouses intended to house immigrants as it scrutinizes all contracts signed under former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, according to a senior Homeland Security official.

The development (More)

Posted 1:15 PM 3/31/2026 by Colleen DeGuzman, Stephen Simpson and Terri Langford, DATA ANALYSIS BY Dan Keemahill

After missing her chair and falling on the tile floor during a child’s birthday party last October, the 54-year-old Edinburg woman begged: “Don’t take me to the hospital.”

Her head was throbbing and sharp pain stretched down her back. The woman, an undocumented (More)

Play Video

Posted 1:11 PM 3/26/2026 by Sarah Cervera

A McAllen family is fighting to reunite with their father after a judge ended his removal proceedings, but he remains in federal custody.

Leslie Ruiz Hidalgo says her father, Guillermo Avalos Ruiz, is being held at the Port Isabel Detention Center even though an immigration judge ruled in (More)