Students at Sam Houston High School are grappling with fear, frustration, and heartbreak after learning that their classmate and soccer co-captain, 18-year-old Mauro Henriquez, has been deported.
A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest by federal officers of a Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment.
President Donald Trump says he'll soon sign an order to pay all Department of Homeland Security employees who have gone without paychecks during the partial government shutdown that has reached 48 days.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have announced a plan to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security and try to end a record partial government shutdown.
TSA workers have begun receiving paychecks after weeks without pay during the federal shutdown, a development that is already easing long lines at Houston’s largest airport.
President Trump has signed an emergency executive order to temporarily pay TSA workers amid a federal shutdown, aiming to alleviate staffing shortages and long airport security lines in Houston and nationwide.
With TSA wait times at Bush Airport in Houston stretching beyond 4+ hours at times, it’s sparked some entrepreneurs or less-stressed travelers to cash in on the crisis.
President Donald Trump has signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress.
President Trump announced he will sign an emergency order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately pay TSA workers amid an ongoing partial government shutdown.
Long security lines and widespread TSA staffing shortages at airports across the country are raising concerns about potential security vulnerabilities, according to a former top federal aviation official.
President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers.
Additional TSA deployment officers are opening limited screening lanes at Bush Airport, while ICE officers assist with crowd control as shutdown-related staffing shortages continue to impact wait times.
For years members of Congress and their staff had special privileges at airports, allowing them to quickly skip TSA screening lines.
After TSA security lines at major airports reached an all-time high, the Trump administration deployed ICE agents to help airlines and passengers.
The government is installing the first 17 miles of industrial-grade buoys in Brownsville. Experts warn the buoys could intensify flooding and change the river’s course.
Nonprofits and airport communities across the country are feeding Transportation Security Administration officers who keep working without full pay during the partial government shutdown.
Dennis Xavier Arguello-Acosta, 22, has been arrested and charged in connection with the hit-and-run death of off-duty Fort Bend County Deputy Kenneth Lewis, who was fatally struck while assisting stranded motorists on Interstate 10.
Airline CEOs are urging Congress to address the impact of the government shutdown, which has left TSA workers unpaid, leading to significant airport delays. With TSA officers receiving no paychecks and increased absenteeism, security lines are lengthening, and airlines are struggling to manage the situation during peak travel periods. The CEOs emphasize the urgency of the issue, advocating for legislative solutions to ensure aviation personnel are compensated during shutdowns, warning that without action, travel disruptions will persist.
A surge in jet fuel prices, driven by geopolitical tensions in Iran, is exerting financial pressure on airlines, potentially leading to fewer flights and higher ticket prices. Deutsche Bank reports that low-cost carriers may struggle more than full-service airlines due to their reliance on price-sensitive travelers. Concurrently, staffing disruptions at airports, exacerbated by a Department of Homeland Security funding lapse, are causing significant delays, especially as airlines anticipate a record 171 million travelers during the spring season. The combined effects of rising fuel costs and federal staffing issues may impact travel plans and costs, notably for Houston-area travelers on long-haul and international routes.
The state health department reports that 99 of the cases originated in a contracted detention facility in Hudspeth County.
Thousands of flights are canceled or delayed one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and disrupted thousands of others.
More than half of the TSA agents scheduled to work at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) on Saturday didn’t show up for work.
One month into the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, Houston's airports face significant strain, with lengthy TSA lines amid the spring break travel surge. Over 300 TSA employees have quit due to the shutdown, exacerbating delays as workers, deemed essential, continue without full pay. This situation arose after funding expired on February 13 due to political clashes over immigration policies, impacting travelers nationwide. Passengers are advised to arrive at airports earlier to navigate the increased congestion.
As spring break travel ramps up across Houston, some passengers flying out of William P. Hobby Airport are facing unusually long waits to get through security.
Newly released videos showing the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent in Texas last year call into question assertions by the Department of Homeland Security that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car.
Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening in August.
The Washington Post reported that a document was distributed to ICE staff indicating the agency was drafting a letter to potentially terminate the facility’s $1.2 billion contract.
The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.
A federal judge has extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported.
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now.
Three deaths have been reported recently at the hastily constructed camp. One was ruled a homicide involving staff. Claims of medical neglect and unsanitary conditions are rife.
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside.
Residents in a Southern California city want local police to stop letting federal immigration agents train at a publicly owned firing range.
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer says the agency’s training for new deportation officers is broken as ICE ramps up its hiring.
Severe winter weather across the northeastern United States, a partial government shutdown and security concerns in parts of western Mexico made air travel challenging Monday.
The Department of Homeland Security says the Global Entry program shuts down for as long as the partial government shutdown continues.
At least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers.
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and on the brink of war with the United States.
The involvement of federal immigration agents in the fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island in March had not been disclosed in initial reports.
His death is the first homicide in ICE custody in recent history, experts said. It comes after the deadliest year in ICE detention in decades.
Lawmakers and the White House are offering no signs of compromise in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers.
More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge.
As Washington faces another deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security, thousands of federal workers—including TSA agents in Houston—could go without pay if a deal isn’t reached by 11 CT PM tonight.
The Trump administration is scaling back its immigration enforcement surge in and around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, but state officials and residents say its effects on Minnesota’s economy and immigrant communities will linger.
The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing.
Congressional leaders said Tuesday that a deal was still possible with the White House on Homeland Security Department funding before it expires this weekend.
An immigration court has blocked the deportation of a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home last year.
Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete and insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire.
Federal authorities have denied trying to expedite an end to asylum claims for the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”.
A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape.
President Donald Trump's border czar says he is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to turn over arrested immigrants.
A judge in Oregon has temporarily restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.
The secretary of Homeland Security is requiring that all the department's officers on the ground in Minneapolis wear body cameras.
The cases come amid renewed nationwide scrutiny of the facility following the transfer there of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy who federal agents arrested along with his father in Minneapolis.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote in the House.
A federal judge says she won’t halt the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota and the Twin Cities as a lawsuit over it proceeds.
President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown.
A federal judge has refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with placing two pipe bombs near the national headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties on the eve of a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Because Geraldo Lunas Campos died at a military base, the El Paso District Attorney says any criminal case may fall to federal prosecutors. But criminal law experts say the state doesn’t have to defer to them.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says immigration officials have ceased their enhanced operations in the state.
Democrats and the White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency would have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still impacting large swaths of the U.S. even if a partial government shutdown begins at midnight Friday.
Lawmakers in both parties are calling for investigations following the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti by a U.S. Border Patrol officer.
The fatal shooting of Minneapolis man Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers has sparked calls for an independent investigation.
The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.
Other Texas Republicans have called for the Trump administration to double down on sending immigration officers to Minnesota and blamed Democrats for the violence, while others have remained silent.
Businesses are coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for arrests themselves.
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota.
A federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press.
Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport.
Hundreds of counterprotesters have drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.
A federal officer has shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel during an arrest Wednesday.
The FBI says in a court document that it has found no surveillance or other video of a Border Patrol agent shooting and wounding two people in a pickup truck during an immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, last week.
Federal agents are carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman.
Anger and outrage are spilling out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
A Minnesota prosecutor is calling on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to expand on Texas’ controversial floating barrier during a Wednesday visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year.
The Department of Homeland Security says it has launched in Minnesota what it's calling the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of South Sudanese immigrants in the U.S. The decision Tuesday comes as the Massachusetts court reviews whether President Trump's attempt to end their temporary protected status was illegal.
The big story of the upcoming midterm elections will be the fight over which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives during the last half of President Donald Trump's second term in office.
Sister Norma Pimentel with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley founded the shelter in McAllen, which serves undocumented immigrants released from federal custody.