ICE surge: People of Twin Cities honored with JFK Profile in Courage Award

The people of the Twin Cities will be honored with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their stand against federal immigration enforcement.

Markwayne Mullin makes his case to lead DHS, faces Senate resistance over temperament

Markwayne Mullin appeared before senators for a Department of Homeland Security confirmation hearing on Wednesday as lawmakers questioned the Oklahoma Republican senator about he would run the department.

List: These new countries must pay up to $15,000 bonds for visa applications

Passport holders from 12 new countries have been added to the growing list that must pay a bond of up to $15,000 for visa applications. Here’s which countries were added, and what to know about the program.

39 pythons found hidden in semi at Texas-Mexico border

CBP officers seized 39 live pythons hidden inside a commercial tractor at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo as the vehicle attempted to cross into Mexico.

Texas man sentenced in violent border monopoly case involving fire bombings, murder

A Texas man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a violent criminal monopoly that seized control of the "transmigrante" trade at the South Texas border.

Court ruling settles Texas-Oklahoma border fight over Red River property rights

Texas successfully defended its border sovereignty after a court dismissed an Oklahoma landowner's legal attempt to claim state property along the Red River.

Richardson father of 6, who served with U.S. forces, dies in ICE custody one day after arrest

An Afghan wartime ally and father of six died Saturday morning less than 24 hours after being taken into federal immigration custody in North Texas, according to family members and officials.

North Texas ICE detainee granted bond, but DHS could intervene to keep her in custody

For the third time, a woman being held at a North Texas ICE facility has received bond from an immigration judge, but her supporters fear the Department of Homeland Security will intervene to keep her detained.

Mixed verdict reached in North Texas ICE center Antifa terror attack trial

Jurors have reached a mixed verdict in the trial for nine people accused of a 2025 “ambush" attack on a North Texas ICE detention facility. Defendant Benjamin Song was found guilty of attempted murder. The other eight defendants were acquitted on that charge. However, they were found guilty on other charges.

Conservationists among 100+ to sign letter asking Congress to ban Big Bend border wall

About 130 conservation groups, outfitters and rural Texas businesses sent a letter to Congress Thursday asking them to step in to halt efforts to build a border wall in the state's Big Bend parks. 

Texas 'mariachi brothers' released from ICE custody after lawmakers intervene

Brothers who were invited to perform mariachi music at the White House last summer are part of a family who's been released from ICE custody in Texas. 

U.S. citizen arrested after $1M+ meth seizure at Texas border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized over $1 million worth of methamphetamine and arrested a 22-year-old U.S. citizen during a vehicle inspection at the Roma International Bridge.

'This place broke something in us': Family details life inside Texas ICE detention center

A longing for home and normalcy amongst stories of medical neglect, poor food, abuse and the lack of religious freedom are all themes in letters from an Egyptian family held for months in Texas in the only family facility ran by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Texas man sentenced in federal smuggling case involving rape, kidnapping of pregnant woman

An Eagle Pass man was sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison for his role in a violent human smuggling operation that kidnapped and extorted a migrant family.

Exonerated mother held on ICE detainer
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A Travis County woman wrongfully convicted of murder in 2005 has now been officially declared innocent after a decades-long legal battle, but immigration enforcement is now standing in her way.