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Maher Tarabishi, a Jordanian national, has been in ICE custody since October. His family says his son's health is failing without his father there to help care for him.

Public health officials warn law enforcement and border patrol activity are discouraging people from getting vaccines and other types of preventive health care. A North Texas health leader was among the officials who highlighted the issue.

Senate Bill 8 goes into effect next month, requiring Texas sheriff’s offices that operate jails to enter into 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Some immigration advocates say it'll increase fear in migrant communities.

Government sources say that for the last six weeks, they've been ordered not to release undocumented children in federal custody to their parents and relatives.

Maher Tarabishi, who came to the U.S. from Jordan in the '90s, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October. He was his son's primary caregiver.

“If telling the Christmas story honestly feels political, that says more about our moment than it does about the gospel,” Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison, senior pastor at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, said.

Fears of immigration officials showing up in migrant communities did not keep thousands of Mexican nationals from attending the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the downtown Dallas cathedral carrying her name.

Donovan Hinda came to the U.S. from Namibia with his family when he was six years old. He was a DACA recipient until his status lapsed recently.

Chih-Ming Feng, known as "Petey," was reportedly detained by ICE after a routine immigration check-in.

The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year.

As immigrants have faced increased vetting, the arrests this year signal a change in how the U.S. is handling “Dreamers” amid a reshaping of policy.

Community organizers and immigration attorneys say there's been an uptick in detainments during check-ins at the Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office.