Immigration Executive Order
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Nine people who were detained overnight at the Dallas airport are now free. They were detained following President Trump?s controversial executive order. The fallout was felt Monday at the state capitol and at local law firms that specialize in immigration issues.

Sanctuary cities debate
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GOP Consultant Matt Mackowiak and Ed Espinoza from Progress Texas talk about Travis Co. Sheriff's new ICE policy and the Governor's response.

Dream Act

Efforts began Monday at the Capitol to repeal a law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in state tuition when they go to college.

House passes border security bill

A comprehensive border security bill took center stage in the state House Chamber today.

Texas Senate brings back Sanctuary Cities debate

A Senate committee on border security is hearing testimony on an immigration bill that would prohibit cities from adopting so-called sanctuary city policies.

Attorney General Paxton says Texas will continue to fight president's executive order

The federal government has asked an appeals court to lift a temporary hold on the president's executive action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.

Lt. Gov. Patrick: National Guard not leaving border

The Republican lieutenant governor of Texas says state leaders no longer want the Texas National Guard off the border with Mexico next month as originally planned.

TX lawmaker helps save illegal alien on hunting trip

The immigration reform debate is expected to heat up now that the Texas legislature is back in session.

SPECIAL REPORT: Borderland Part III

The border security surge in the Rio Grande Valley is now entering its 5th month.

SPECIAL REPORT: Borderland Part: II

A quarter of a million undocumented immigrants have been caught trying to cross the Texas border this year.

SPECIAL REPORT: Borderland

Under siege. That's how some south Texas landowners describe life on the border and why they are allowing citizen and militia patrols on their ranches.

Cost of Texas border security

The Texas border security surge has so far cost the state almost $6 million.

Gov. Perry to meet with Obama on border crisis

Gov. Rick Perry has accepted President Barack Obama's offer to discuss the immigration crisis with faith leaders and local officials in Dallas.

AG Abbott: $300M border security plan as governor

Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott says he wants to double state spending on border security and deploy an extra 500 troopers along the Texas-Mexico border if elected governor in November.