Immigrants

New White House measure will go into effect if more than 2,500 migrants cross illegally per day.

The El Paso Sector of U.S. Border Patrol has seen about 1,000 migrant encounters per day.

Senate Bill 4, the Texas law that allows local police to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally, is blocked yet again after a late night order Tuesday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

A committee on Tuesday declined to advance a House bill that would increase penalties for smuggling and operating a stash house. The move comes as both chambers are already at an impasse over property-tax relief.

As the manhunt for the person accused of killing five people in Texas continues, Gov. Greg Abbott has been criticized for what people are calling his callous response to the shooting.

The makeup of Texas voters is much more diverse today than during the 2016 elections. And some of that growth is the result of a nearly two percentage point increase in the number of eligible immigrant voters.

Travis County hosted a Spanish expert forum on suicide prevention and mental health care in Latino communities.

During a roundtable with border business leaders, Abbott said instead the inspections were about vehicle safety. That’s despite several statements he made about the operation also being a response to President Biden’s policies and the record number of migrant apprehensions at the border.

The announcement is part of a shift in strategy under the Biden administration that puts a new emphasis on going after businesses and employers that violate labor laws.

"Missing in Brooks County" focuses on how migrants' efforts to avoid remote interior checkpoints put their lives in danger as they navigate the desert.