Texas investigating allegations that unaccompanied migrant children are being abused, sexually assaulted in San AntonioTexas Gov. Greg Abbott will hold a news conference on the unaccompanied minor crisis today at 5:30 p.m. in San Antonio.
Abbott provides update on Operation Lone StarTexas Gov. Greg Abbott provides an update on Operation Lone Star, aimed at border security.
Girl’s solo journey to US border shows risks parents takeA 7-year-old migrant girl from Honduras recently arrived alone at the U.S. border in Texas.
Sen. John Cornyn tours Houston facility for unaccompanied minors A Texas senator visited a Houston-area facility on Tuesday where migrant children from Central America are temporarily staying.
White House says it’s working on access to migrant centersWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki is declining to provide a specific date for when the media will get access to Border Patrol facilities temporarily holding thousands...
Biden addresses coronavirus, North Korea, border crisis and reelection in first news conferencePresident Joe Biden at his first news conference Thursday left the door open to pushing for fundamental changes in Senate procedures to muscle key elements of his agenda ...
Biden taps VP Harris to lead White House effort to tackle migration challenges at US-Mexico borderPresident Joe Biden has tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the White House effort to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S. southern border.
Migrants, including children, face cramped conditions at South Texas Border Patrol facilityPhotos released by the office of a Democratic congressman show dozens of migrants cramped together in a Border Patrol facility in South Texas as President Joe Biden’s adm...
Abbott calls on Biden administration to ‘step up’ at the Texas-Mexico borderTexas Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference Tuesday and called on the Biden administration to help address the state’s border security efforts.
Abbott appears to reject aid from Biden administration in dispute over coronavirus testing for migrantsGov. Greg Abbott appeared this week to rebuff help from the federal government to give coronavirus testing to migrants before they are released from federal custody, sayi...
KPRC 2 Trust Index: Are immigrants with COVID-19 entering the US?Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was fired up on Wednesday after President Joe Biden called the governor’s decision to end the mask mandate “Neanderthal thinking.”
Joe Biden’s newest immigration orders include task force to help hundreds of migrant children find their parents
President Trump visiting Texas’ Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday as his administration rushes to award more border wall contracts
Donald Trump pardons former Border Patrol agent Gary Brugman, who was convicted of violating a man’s civil rights
US fully restores protections for DACA recipientsThe Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying wit...
Man accused of smuggling after 6 people found inside southwest Houston apartmentA man is accused of smuggling Monday after police investigating a report of human trafficking found six people inside a southwest Houston apartment.
Honduran national charged after nearly 30 human smuggling victims rescued from Houston homeA Honduran national was charged Friday in connection with the discovery of nearly 30 victims of human smuggling were found in a southwest Houston home.
Suspect in shooting of woman, sex assault of another in Liberty County arrested at border after fleeing to MexicoThe U.S. Marshal’s Office and Mexican authorities are joining the search for a suspect tied to the fatal shooting of one woman and the chaining of another woman in a Libe...
Report: US knew of problems family separation would causeA new report says that months before the Trump administration separated thousands of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, a “pilot program” in Texas left child-welfare off...
Records show Trump’s border wall is costing taxpayers billions more than initial contractsOn the same day in May 2019, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a pair of contracts worth $788 million to replace 83 miles of fence along the southwest border.
As Texas reopens, border leaders say restrictions at international bridges should be liftedFor a few days last spring, Amy Guadiar was able to take her mind off the shoppers from Mexico her store has been missing since the COVID-19 pandemic struck the borderlan...
Suspect in shooting of woman, sex assault of another in Liberty County believed to have fled to MexicoThe U.S. Marshal’s Office and Mexican authorities are joining the search for a suspect tied to the fatal shooting of one woman and the chaining of another woman in a Libe...
Mexican army finds unfinished tunnel under Rio Grande river Mexican soldiers patrolling along the Rio Grande river have found an unfinished tunnel that was apparently dug beneath the river bed in a bid to reach U.S. territory.
Fake Dior X Air Jordan 1 shoes seized in massive, $4.3M Texas bust: This is how counterfeit footwear were foundU.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Dallas/Fort Worth port of entry seized a shipment of counterfeit footwear including several pairs of limited-ed...
ICE is making sure migrant kids don’t have COVID-19, then expelling them to ‘prevent the spread’ Since March, the Trump administration has pushed thousands of migrant children back to their home countries without legal screenings or protection, citing the risk that t...
Federal agents are expelling asylum seekers as young as 8 months from the border, citing COVID-19 risksA teenage girl carrying her baby arrived at the U.S. border this summer and begged for help. She told federal agents that she feared returning to Guatemala. The man who r...
This private border wall was already at risk of falling down if not fixed. A hurricane made things worse.Intense rain over the weekend from Hurricane Hanna left gaping holes and waist-deep cracks on the banks of the Rio Grande that threaten the long-term stability of a priva...
Trump administration won’t accept new DACA applicationsThe Trump administration will begin allowing so-called “Dreamer” immigrants to renew their permits to remain and work in the U.S. for a year while it reviews a Supreme Co...
President Trump says he disagreed with privately funded border wall. The builder got $1.7 billion in wall contracts from his administration.
Leaders of this Texas county are fighting the federal government to stop one piece of the border wall
US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirusMexico and the U.S. announced plans Friday to sharply limit travel over their busy shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Trump: US, Canada to close border to nonessential travelThe U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to nonessential travel, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday as the two nations work to ste...
Key Trump administration officials failed to act on warnings about family separation, watchdog reportsSenior Department of Health and Human Services officials failed to act on repeated warnings from staff about family separations at the US-Mexico border, and staff members...
Court temporarily halts Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration c...
Top Texas Republican slams Trump’s plan to use Pentagon funds for border wall as unconstitutionalThe top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee issued a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump Thursday, slamming the administration's plan to divert $3.83 bill...
32-year-old US citizen dies in border custody in TexasA 32-year-old U.S. citizen has died after being arrested by Border Patrol agents in South Texas, the U.S. government said Wednesday.
Advocates allege ICE neglecting child, 5, with head injury A 5-year-old boy from Guatemala who fractured his skull in an accident and suffered bleeding around his brain is not being properly treated at an immigration detention ce...
Trump plans to collect DNA from nearly a million immigrants despite charges it violates privacyThe Trump administration is pushing ahead with a project that could lead to the government collecting DNA from hundreds of thousands of detained immigrants, some as young...
These numbers tell the story of asylum cases being decided in HoustonData released this month by a Syracuse University database project showed most asylum claims made by migrants take years to be decided and are usually denied by immigrati...
US border officers were told to stop Iran-born travelers, officer saysUS border officers working at Canadian border crossings were directed to stop travelers of Iranian descent for questioning following the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Sol...
Immigration becomes major issue in Republican debate as candidates battle for Congressional District 22 seat
Border crisis: A look at the numbers of unaccompanied children detainedSince January, more than 48,000 unaccompanied children have been detained crossing the southern border, according to numbers released by Customs and Border Protection. Th...
Border Patrol on crisis: 'It's not sustainable. We need help'While numbers dropped during the month of June, Customs and Border Protection recorded four straight months of more than 100,000 immigrants being apprehended along the so...
Immigration Rights hotline flooded with phone calls since ICE raids beganImmigration Rights hotline has been flooded with phone calls since ICE raids began Sunday.
Many undocumented immigrants hunker down as ICE raids take place in Houston areaICE raids are underway, but Living Water Ministries, which turned itself into a sanctuary site Saturday, is still empty. Many undocumented immigrants have hunkered down.
Local churches, community leaders react to upcoming ICE raids in Houston areaRep. Sheila Jackson Lee says Living Water Ministries will be a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants fearing the outcome of the anticipated ICE raids.
What Houston-area lawmen say about planned weekend ICE raidsHeads of law enforcement agencies in the Houston area are reacting to news that federal immigration raids are planned this weekend.
