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Over 100 workers at the Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services Inc. (RAICES) were issued layoff notices, according to a Texas Workforce Commission filing.
According to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, as of January 2025, there were about 4,096 unaccompanied migrants in the custody of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Sixty-one workers at the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services Inc. (RAICES) were issued layoff notices last week, according to a Texas Workforce Commission filing.
The last group of migrants has departed from San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center, marking the end of the facility’s operations.
Jesus Romero started the Educational and Legal Immigration Ministries (ELIM) in 2003 as a way to protect migrants from falling victim to people who were trying to take advantage of their fear and desperation.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents and National Park Service Rangers rescued 13 migrants in Big Bend National Park earlier this month.
Two migrants were found by a Texas trooper last week inside a gas tank along the southwestern Texas border, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson.
A La Pryor man has been convicted on three counts of human-smuggling-related crimes for his involvement in a March 2022 operation, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
Colombian food is a must-try for foodies in the Alamo City. Whatever you decide to order, try it with Aji sauce. See how a former journalist is spreading the culture.
Federal officials on Thursday announced the indictment of a Guatemalan national who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead and 11 injured in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio.
Friday marks one year since 12 migrants were found in a semitruck off Interstate 35 near Von Ormy in southwest Bexar County.
For dozens of miles, Border Patrol agents travel up and down along the Rio Grande.
In a wide-ranging exclusive sit-down interview with KSAT, Chief Patrol Agent Robert Danley shares insight into his nearly seven months on the job, including how and why migrant crossings have changed, how laws impact the work done by agents, and Border Patrol’s relationship with Texas DPS.
One year after Texas began installing buoys in Eagle Pass, a professor says the floating barrier has created a significant ecological impact on the Rio Grande.
Some of the 49 migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio in 2022 can legally work in the US and can’t be deported because they are considered crime victims, according to multiple reports.
The federal government will distribute $18 million in grants to five agencies that are providing services to migrants.
A man who led Medina County sheriff’s deputies on a fatal high-speed chase while transporting a group of migrants was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in federal prison.
Migrants with disabilities can’t access the asylum system the way others can, according to a complaint that advocacy organizations filed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security earlier this week.
Texas has faced skeptical questioning at an appeals court hearing over a new law that would allow it to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally.
It's going to cost migrants in the U.S. more to stay in the country legally starting in April. The U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services Department will change the fees to more than 100 applications.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg is pushing for more help with the Migrant Resource Center and said the bipartisan border security bill could bring relief.
The Young Center is seeking bilingual Spanish speakers who are passionate about helping children to provide support and advocacy for over 200 unaccompanied minors in foster homes and shelters.
Many migrants who were unable to get inside the Migrant Resource Center say they're grateful for the kindness of strangers who have provided for them along the way.
Eagle Pass' fire chief said the department had to implement a policy within the past few weeks to treat patients and not transport them unless it’s a “very critical incident" amid migrant surge.
A team of KSAT journalists traveled to the border to see what locals were asking from the federal government and to see what kind of impact the recent influx of migrants had on the city.
LULAC and other volunteers are partnering to make dignity bags full of essentials for children at San Antonio's Migrant Resource Center. Many come with baby wipes, combs, chapstick and journals, but each is individualized depending on age and gender.
If the federal government doesn’t come through next year, Mayor Ron Nirenberg said there’s a real concern with no funding for migrant travel. Asylum seekers could be stranded in San Antonio unless family members can pay for their airfare or bus rides.
Congressman Tony Gonzales said he is asking for federal help in curbing a surge of migrant crossings on the Texas-Mexico border.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is one of several leaders across Texas reacting to Senate Bill 4, a new law that will give state and local police the authority to arrest people they suspect of being undocumented anywhere in the state.
The City of San Antonio says the migrant facility it has been operating at the airport for roughly seven months is neither a shelter nor a secret. But the city still hasn’t been able to point out when it mentioned it publicly.
Due to a recent increase in immigrant crossings, Bridge 1 in Eagle Pass is closed to vehicles coming in from Mexico into the US until further notice, the US Customs and Border Protection said.
It’s been about a month since San Antonio saw an influx of migrants. However, there is still an overflow of people at the Migrant Resource Center on San Pedro.
San Antonio Food Bank volunteers dedicate their mornings daily to help prepare meals for migrants who have made their way from the border and are headed to other destinations.
Residents living behind the migrant resource center on San Pedro Avenue have different feelings about their temporary neighbors.
A video posted by Gov. Greg Abbott on his social media account Wednesday showed razor wire that he ordered installed along the banks of the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass cut and removed.
Eighteen migrants were found inside a tractor-trailer Tuesday night on the city’s South Side, according to Homeland Security Investigations.
One week after officials found 12 migrants inside a trailer on I-35 near the Fisher Road ramps, first responders are sharing how they react during these crisis situations.
Three individuals are in custody in connection to a human smuggling operation on the city’s South Side on Tuesday afternoon. The suspects are facing a slew of charges.
A stolen tractor-trailer out of Laredo with a dozen migrants crammed inside the cab was a first for the Von Ormy Police Department, said Chief Lionel Perez Jr.
Twelve migrants were found huddled together in the back of a stolen 18-wheeler in south Bexar County, and the driver has been detained, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Accusations of inhumane treatment of migrants crossing the Texas border have sparked outrage among elected officials and national organizations.
Allegations of mistreatment of migrants, including small children, by DPS troopers and Texas National Guard soldiers is “horrific” and “barbaric,” U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio said.
The state’s latest effort to secure the border by placing a buoy barrier in the Rio Grande has gained a lot of backlash from migrant advocacy and environmentalists.
The U.S. Department of Justice is facing calls to investigate the shipping of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts and California.
Another bus carrying dozens of migrants out of Texas arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday, according to multiple reports.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the Major County Sheriffs of America Conference to discuss the concurrent investigations into the migrant flights out of Texas and into other cities around the U.S.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced a plan to deploy a chain of 4-foot-high orange buoys that will run along the middle of the Rio Grande River in an effort to keep migrants from crossing into Texas.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has filed a criminal case with the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in connection with the transportation of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.
Roland and Carolyn Ashby’s home in the Hill Country is a long way from the migrant camps along the Rio Grande in Reynosa, Mexico.
A city spokeswoman said the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, and Catholic Charities were working on contingency plans to help with "transportation assistance" if the Migrant Resource Center's capacity was stretched too thin, but it was not planning on creating a mass shelter.
Migrants in Brownsville are on edge after a crash claimed several people’s lives outside a migrant center over the weekend, and police reported a man brandished a gun at that exact location on Monday.
Police in Brownsville, Texas, are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city.
Dozens of migrants were found overheated and dehydrated in a train car Friday in Kinney County, Sheriff Brad Coe told KSAT 12 News.
Leaders of nonprofits that provides aid to migrants say they’re expecting the end of Title 42 to have a huge impact. In fact, they say they are already seeing an increase in migrants seeking asylum.
Lytle Police Chief Richard Priest says his officers are dealing with a rising number of pursuits and bailouts involving migrants, responding to five this week.
A man was arrested after a dozen migrants were found in a train car east of Knippa on Friday, according to a criminal complaint from Homeland Security Investigations that revealed new details in the smuggling operation that left two men dead.
Homeland Security Investigations' mission is to dismantle organizations responsible for cases like those seen this past weekend, where migrants were found trapped inside rail cars, resulting in injuries and several deaths.
Two recent incidents involving the discovery of migrants found trapped inside train cars doesn’t surprise U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales.
Twelve migrants were found in a rail car in Eagle Pass by U.S. Border Patrol after having been trapped for over 24 hours, according to officials.
“It’s sad to see that so many undocumented immigrants were found in this condition, and two of them lost their lives. It’s heartbreaking,” Rodriguez said.
The daily number of people passing through the center ranges from under 1,000 to up to 1,800 already, one city official said, and an assistant city manager estimates the number of migrants coming through the MRC will jump by about 30% with the end of Title 42.
A suspected human smuggler led a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper on a chase that ended in a crash in Val Verde County.
This Thursday marks four months since a tractor-trailer full of bodies was discovered on Quintana Road. The Honduran mother of two migrants that died was set to be in San Antonio this weekend, but she said her visa was later revoked.
The State of Texas previously denied any involvement with the flight that departed on September 14 with nearly 50 migrants on board.
Screenshots of text messages give insight into the communication between migrants and Perla Huerta, the woman allegedly at the center of the migrant flights.
The changes come in a joint effort by the U.S. and Mexico to slow down human smuggling operations.
The League Of Latin American Citizens or LULAC identified the person allegedly connected to luring migrants onto charted flights in September. Why the nonprofit fears she might be a flight risk.
Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, San Antonio seek advice from director of Catholic Charities RGV for migrant response.
The League of United Latin American Citizens fights misinformation among migrants transported out of state
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the eight suspects coordinated the transportation of the migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to other parts of the country.
The City of El Paso sent a busload of 35 Venezuelan migrants to New York City last week, around the same time Gov. Greg Abbott took similar action without warning.
Given a choice, when offered a free bus ride to Washington, D.C. or New York City, Valeria wheeler, executive director of Mission: Border Hope, said asylum seekers almost always say, “Yes!”
One of the men facing federal charges in connection with the tractor-tractor incident on the city’s Southwest Side in June that resulted in the deaths of 53 people pleaded not guilty Thursday, according to the US Magistrate’s Office.
It’s an operation that Brooks County sheriffs deputies say knows no time and has no bounds. Smuggling of migrants can happen in backroads or in high traffic areas. Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar take you to areas where migrants are often loaded up to be smuggled across the nation.
Operation Lone Star has helped fund the miles of concertina wire and militarization along the U.S. border. But how are funds invested in communities more than 80 miles north of the border? Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar visit Brooks County for a closer look.
A federal grand jury in San Antonio on Wednesday indicted two men charged in the June fatal tractor-trailer incident on the city’s Southwest Side that resulted in the deaths of 53 people and 11 more injured.
Neighbors and local businesses said they were caught off-guard by the opening of the center, and since then the reception has been a mixture of “not-in-my-neighborhood” to compassion for the asylum seekers.
