Dancing on Horseback
These young Texas women are recognized champions in the Mexican national sport of charrería.
Immigration
Sweeping Immigration Arrests Prompt Days of Protests in Austin
Up to 70 people have been detained by federal immigration officers in Austin in four days, according to a local organizer.
ICE Agents Reportedly Detain Undocumented Immigrants in Austin
Alvarado described her husband’s arrest like “he was being hunted. … She said they knew where he lived, his job, his morning route.”
Myth-Busting Immigration Detainers: They’re Optional, Costly and Rarely Lead to Deportation
In 2015, federal authorities never followed up on 62 percent of immigration detainers issued to local jails. Overall, only 15 percent of detainers led to deportations.
Hundreds Fill Texas Capitol to Oppose Anti-Sanctuary Cities Bill
Popular resistance swells as Governor Abbott and Texas Republicans push anti-immigrant legislation.
Trump’s Wall Will Be a More Inept Version of George W. Bush’s
A border wall from the Pacific to the Gulf is unviable, but Trump and his people will settle for less.
Texas Attorneys, Activists Working to Preempt Trump’s Expected Immigration Raids
"By midnight on election night, we were already flooded with inquiries from our clients. People were immediately panicked," one attorney said.
In El Paso, Demonstrators Stress Connection Between Women’s Rights and Immigrants’ Rights
Many at the rally along the Texas-Mexico border said draconian immigration policies would fall heavily on women and children.
Activists Announce ‘Sanctuary in the Streets’ Ahead of Trump Inauguration
Austin advocates say they will put their bodies on the line to defend immigrants from Trump administration deportations.
‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’
Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning.