The Western District of Texas files 410 immigration-related cases in one week, including charges for illegal re-entry and human smuggling.

Texas’ conservative Legislature has again and again refused to mandate that most private businesses use E-Verify. Experts say that Republican resistance is rooted in how the system could impact the state’s labor supply and economy.

A Palestinian woman has been in a North Texas detention center since March. On Thursday, her attorney argued in a Dallas federal courtroom for her release, saying she is being targeted for her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest near Columbia University.

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A $1 billion voucher program, touted as “the largest school-choice program in American history,” will go toward students’ enrollment in private and parochial schools.

ICE arrested 25 people at Texas construction sites on Wednesday. The immigration raids were conducted in Brownsville and South Padre Island. ICE says they are in the process of sending the arrested individuals back to their home countries of Mexico and Honduras.

The combination of tariffs and tighter immigration enforcement has compounded the growing uncertainty in the restaurant industry.

ICE authorities in Houston released the names of some deported individuals after months of releasing deportation numbers without any identifying information.