BORDER

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar appeared on the KSAT Q&A to discuss his Tuesday visit to the White House after President Joe Biden revealed plans for immediate restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.– Mexico border.

Political experts share insight on the implications of the unprecedented Mexican presidential election.

Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report, joins the KSAT Q&A to discuss post-runoff election races and key focuses heading into November.

In the first episode of "Common Grounds," we explore the U.S. Rep. District 23 Republican runoff race between two-term incumbent Tony Gonzales and YouTube show host and gunmaker Brandon Herrera.

Border officers arrested a man out of San Antonio wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

A federal appeals court is considering the latest arguments on whether Texas must remove a barrier consisting of large floating buoys anchored in the Rio Grande as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to deter immigration.

Lawmakers created the program during last year’s legislative session.

News reports cite a Border Patrol bulletin that said an Indiana Guard member wounded a migrant who was stabbing another migrant at the border in El Paso.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning in the case of SB 4, the controversial immigration law that would allow state police to arrest migrants.

More than 200 migrants have been arrested on misdemeanor rioting charges in connection with a late March border breach in El Paso that the local district attorney said injured Texas National Guard members.

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.

The men were charged with two criminal offenses, including straw purchasing of firearms, created by the 2022 bipartisan gun safety bill authored by Sen. John Cornyn.

A new law allowing local authorities to deport migrants remains tied up in court. Even if it goes back into effect, logistical challenges could complicate enforcement.

With a controversial migrant deportation law in limbo, a migrant says he's worried about it's impact on him.

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.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments about whether to allow back into effect a law allowing state and local authorities to deport migrants.

A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally is sowing confusion at the nation’s border with Mexico.

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect, a federal appeals court let an earlier injunction stand. SB 4 lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to enforce its illegal entry law amid an ongoing lawsuit.

The law would let state and local police arrest people suspected of entering the U.S. illegally. The pause would prevent the law from taking effect until at least Monday.

A law that would allow Texas law enforcement to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. is back on hold.

A family of four was sentenced to federal prison in connection with a human smuggling organization based in San Antonio.

A judge’s ruling is the latest development in an ongoing border enforcement battle between Texas and the president.

The Supreme Court has extended a pause on a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest migrants accused of crossing into 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.

The City of Edinburg held a vigil on Monday to honor the two National Guard soldiers and Border Patrol agent who were killed in a helicopter crash along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Voters across Maverick County headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide who they will nominate in their respective political party.

Former President Donald Trump will visit Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, a hotspot in the state-federal clash over border security, on Thursday.

President Joe Biden is in the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday to meet border agents and discuss the need for bipartisan legislation.

A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally.

The Eagle Pass Border Coalition will hold a press conference on Thursday morning in response to former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump’s visit there.

President Joe Biden is set to visit Brownsville on Thursday to meet with Border Patrol agents, law enforcement and local leaders.

A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty this week for his role in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022.

One San Antonio immigration attorney is giving people an extreme warning of the impact of a new bill set to go into effect.

In April 2022, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced his state was going to start transporting to other states migrants who had been released from federal custody. He said he was doing it to prevent the state from shouldering "the burdens imposed by open-border advocates in other parts of the country."

Annunciation House, a network of shelters that serves migrants, sought relief from the attorney general’s demand to immediately release information about its clients. Paxton accused the religious group of smuggling humans across the southern border.

Officials with the Department of Public Safety recovered two unaccompanied migrant children and one juvenile in Eagle Pass on Tuesday.

Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the Texas border, authorities said.

The children, who are from Honduras, were found 10 miles north of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Eagle Pass will be home to a new 80-acre base camp for hundreds of personnel in the Texas Military Department in an effort to expand operations at the border.

As tensions continue to rise along the Texas-Mexico border, these community members said they want humanity to be the focus of immigration conversations.

During the search, officers discovered 1,033.96 pounds of alleged methamphetamine, border officials said. Officials said the seized methamphetamine is worth $9,507,568 on the street.

Despite all the hubbub about vouchers and the attorney general’s impeachment, it’s still about the border.

A North Texas man was recently sentenced for his role in the smuggling of hundreds of people from the border to San Antonio inside tractor-trailers, federal authorities said.

A Tennessee man arrested Monday hoped to travel to the southern border with a militia group that allegedly plotted to go “to war with the border patrol,” believing that the country was being invaded by migrants.

The Houston Democrat is recovering from abdominal surgery. Democrats did not expect him to attend the vote, but his surprise appearance sank the impeachment vote.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said White House officials have reached out to him to weigh in on a bipartisan border bill introduced by the US Senate.

While several Republican governors visited the Texas border to show support for state rights, several Eagle Pass residents are frustrated with the state's impact on their city.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hosted governors from several states at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass in response to President Joe Biden’s border policies.

The “Take Our Border Back” convoy came to an end on Saturday with a rally along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The “Take Our Border Back” convoy is holding a rally Thursday in Central Texas.

The calls for Texas to defend itself and defy the federal government have set fire to a long-simmering fight over states’ rights, emboldening right-wing figures.

The U.S. House Democratic campaign arm added Vallejo to its “Red to Blue” program, which supports promising candidates challenging Republican incumbents.

As migrants continue heading towards the U.S.-Mexico border, South Texas finds itself in the crosshairs of a national story. Two Congressmen whose districts include sections of the border joined Leading SA on Sunday morning.

Law professors say just about a dozen immigration judges in the city face thousands of cases. And that number is only said to be climbing.

December 2023 had the most migrant encounters ever recorded and Sept. 2023 is second-most

The incident occurred south of Shelby Park on Wednesday morning, according to DPS.

Texas officers are still erecting border wire and some Republicans are calling on Gov. Greg Abbott to defy the high court.

The high court’s order effectively maintains long-running precedent that the federal government — not individual states — has authority to enforce border security.

Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety recovered the body of an unidentified man in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass on Saturday.

A 31-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to his involvement in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022.

The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

The White House says U.S. Border Patrol agents need access to the border after officials say three migrants drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande near the Texas border city of Eagle Pass.

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 Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico has crashed, injuring at least one person.

A family of five migrants was captured by KSAT photojournalist Gavin Nesbitt crossing the Rio Grande Wednesday as U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional Republicans held a nearby press conference about immigration.

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.

A new cross-border collaboration between educational institutions is addressing ongoing shortages in the healthcare industry.

The Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to Eagle Pass, Texas on Jan. 8.

The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.

The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver have renewed pleas for more federal help and coordination with Texas over the growing number of asylum-seekers arriving in their cities by bus and plane.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers in Laredo found meth and cocaine worth more than $10 million in a tractor-trailer last week.

This comes as government officials reported historic highs for people crossing the Texas-Mexico border.

Mexico's president says he is willing to help with a crush of migrants that led to the closure of border crossings with the United States.

Congressman Tony Gonzales said he is asking for federal help in curbing a surge of migrant crossings on the Texas-Mexico border.

Senate Bill 4, recently enacted into law after being signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, will give local law enforcement the authority to arrest people suspected of being in the country illegally. However, enforcing the law will be up to each law enforcement department.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is celebrating a win after an appeals court temporarily blocked the federal government from destroying the razor wire along the U.S.-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.

As of Monday morning, operations at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso are suspended.

Border counties in Texas have some of the highest Alzheimer’s diagnosis rates in the nation, with rates ranging from 13% to 18% of people aged 65 and over.

More than 90% of Texas’ 32 border counties don’t have enough primary care services, sites or providers to meet local medical needs, according to federal data.

Five months after a Texas Department of Public Safety medic told his superiors that troopers were ordered to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water, an internal DPS investigation found no systemic wrongdoing by its personnel on the Texas-Mexico border.

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.

The Senate revved to life Thursday, holding committee hearings with little advance notice and advancing four bills that satisfy Abbott’s agenda.

The Senate on Sunday afternoon failed to take action on a border security bill, leaving virtually no time to pass the bill before the special session ends on Tuesday.

The third special session for the Texas legislature wraps up on Tuesday. Gov. Greg Abbott has already signed one bill on COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but little headway has been made on school choice. In the meantime, three bills related to border security are moving through the legislature.

The governor, lieutenant governor and House speaker generally agree on building more border barriers and making illegal border crossings a state crime. But disagreements over strategy and personal animosity mean those measures face long odds this special legislative session.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to an Eagle Pass Port of Entry prevented 12 weapons, 24 magazines and 68 rounds of ammunition from entering into Mexico.

Texas is moving closer to giving police broad new authority to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

Chris Russo has anonymously aligned himself with Nick Fuentes’ white supremacist movement on various social media platforms under the username “Optics Respecter.”

Two Texas House members and an immigration lawyer sat down with Matthew Watkins, the Tribune’s managing editor of news and politics, to discuss the current state of Texas’ border and immigration bills that lawmakers are weighing during the special session.

A recent viral video from WSLS-TV showed what troops and migrant face each day

Even as the president says the barriers don’t work, his administration says it will waive environmental laws to build them quickly.

Attorneys for Texas are asking federal appeals court judges to let the state keep in place a floating barrier to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande.

The Biden administration is going to resume deporting migrants to Venezuela.

Federal agents in Laredo stopped two human smuggling attempts this week when they found more than 30 migrants and a bag of fentanyl pills in two tractor-trailers.

A 29-year-old Palestine, Texas, man pleaded guilty to his involvement in the largest mass casualty event in San Antonio last year.

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.

A child and an adult male drowned while crossing the Rio Grande this week as the Texas-Mexico border encounters an influx of migrants.

A sudden influx of migrants along the U. S.-Mexico border has led to a flood of people into the San Antonio area.