Immigrants

A federal judge blocked the Texas Dream Act in June after it was challenged by the Trump administration and state officials declined to defend it.

Many of the roughly 80,000 Texas residents in the program are facing renewal delays that can leave them undocumented, unable to legally work and exposed to possible deportation.

The policy change, which does not affect the skills tests already conducted only in English, comes amid a federal crackdown on noncitizen truck drivers.

A new immigration rule to renew an occupational license is causing concern among migrants who are afraid they will lose their job or business due to not having legal status.

A slim majority of Senate Republicans still backed Senate Bill 254 to end the policy. On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed the bill.

The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.

Since Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas hospitals to start asking patients for their citizenship status in November 2024, reported visits by undocumented immigrants have dropped.

Leqaa Kordia, a Muslim Palestinian woman living in New Jersey, has been in immigration custody in Texas since last March. A federal judge on Friday granted her a $100,000 bond.

The Trump administration is going all in on accelerating mass deportation efforts. Here's how ICE operations look in Texas, home to an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants.

Government sources say that for the last six weeks, they've been ordered not to release undocumented children in federal custody to their parents and relatives.