The Trump Effect on Immigration
Donald Trump has profoundly discouraged people from coming over our borders. But is his influence wearing off?
Reporting and commentary on immigration and the Texas-Mexico borderlands
Donald Trump has profoundly discouraged people from coming over our borders. But is his influence wearing off?
Texas mayors call ICE Director Thomas Homan’s desire to prosecute elected officials ”hogwash” and un-American.
Pedro Villalobos is a star prosecutor. Gerardo De Loera is a musician. Joseph Ramirez is a tech entrepreneur. They’re young, they’re smart, they make America great. They’re also undocumented. And now, they face being sent back to a place they’ve never called home.
Access to representation can make an immigrant twelve times less likely to be deported, according to a similar program in a New York City courtroom.
The federal government argued that an undocumented minor did not have the right to abortion while in federal custody.
The 2017 Texas Biennial offers work from Texans around the state and across the border.
The AfD gained significant power in Sunday’s election, thanks in part to a Texas company’s hate-mongering digital campaign.
Domésticas Unidas is leading the charge against the sanctuary city bill in San Antonio.
We talked to the professor who has spent his life researching undocumented youth.
Alonso Guillen died an American hero—even if many didn’t think of him as an American.
The law’s long legal journey is likely still beginning, but the sanctuary city law's opponents can mark this one down as a win.
ICE and CBP’s decision to continue activities during the hurricane have advocates worried for undocumented immigrants.
A small Texas border town defies a crackdown on immigration.
Two books from Texas authors chronicle the investigation of a Zeta commander who laundered millions of dollars in drug profits through the intense world of American quarter-horse racing.
Where the pygmies have gone deaf.
Can the National Butterfly Center in Mission stop the government from building a wall across its land?
House members mark Sine Die by threatening each other with violence.
Lieutenant governor threatens to force repeated special sessions unless his agenda is passed.
Governor controls the spotlight as he signs a sanctuary city ban into law.
Five years after killing an anti-immigration bill, Texas businesses are now focused on bathrooms.
For representatives Ana Hernandez and Gene Wu, Wednesday's immigration debate in the House was personal.
Our editor-in-chief on the making of the May 2017 issue.
The border cities of Tamaulipas brace themselves for the wave of deportees Donald Trump has promised to send their way.
An economic boom in Mexican cities bordering Texas has created an "urban pileup effect." Here's what that looks like.
Over the course of his legendary career, customs officer Hipolito Acosta saw terrible suffering in Mexico. Today, he worries about both sides of the border.
Twenty years ago, a brown-skinned boy was shot to death near the Rio Grande. What fate awaits my own son?
But the Texas Lyceum survey found Republicans back deportation.
It’s still early to see the effects of Trump’s policy changes, but his immigration rhetoric already seems to have far-reaching consequences. But will that continue?
Our favorite political reads of the week.
But Governor Abbott erroneously claims the sheriff released the inmates out into the streets.
The bathroom bill is the latest issue to expose the split between social conservatives and business Republicans.
Commerce secretary predicts a slow start, but any changes could affect Texas.
The conference was called out on Twitter by an artist who posted excerpts from their contract.
The country’s sharp divisions on immigration roil the Texas House on its first big day.
The “unprecedented” arrest has the potential to further marginalize vulnerable members of the immigrant community.
How a story from Presidio County became a misleading part of the narrative about border violence.
Our favorite political reads of the week.
A view from Muslim Capitol Day in turbulent times.
Six stories of refugees resettled in Houston.
Texans may already have paid for part of President Trump’s signature proposal.
Do sheriffs have to comply with sanctuary city regulations?
Fact checking the governor’s state of the state address.
Our favorite political reads of the week.
Consumers, refineries, computer makers, and Toyota could feel the pain from new president's proposals.
Talking with former U.S. ambassador Antonio Garza about what Trump means for Mexico—and Texas.
There’s a growing movement to make Texas college campuses safe for undocumented immigrants.
Manuel Padilla, the Border Patrol’s new sector chief in the Rio Grande Valley, promises to stem the influx of people and drugs into Texas. That may sound fanciful, but consider this: he did it in Arizona.
Thanks to Donald Trump, we now know that “amnesty” is acceptable to most Republicans.
He was just a regular kid in South Texas, until a brush with the law propelled Gabriel Cardona into petty crime—and the service of a drug lord rising to power across the Rio Grande. In this exclusive excerpt from Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico’s Most Dangerous Drug Cartel, Dan
Surveillance is part of daily life on the border. But how much do the people watching us know? What do they see? And how much of our privacy are we willing to sacrifice in the name of security?