Border & Immigration

The detailed document is a plea for the immediate release of children being held in immigration detention facilities across the United States.

Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a freeze on H-1B visas for public universities and state agencies — just a few months after the Trump administration increased the application fee from $5,000 to $100,000. Texas health care leaders warn changes could have a negative impact on the state's health care workforce.

A federal judge in Fort Worth swore in a jury Monday for the trial of nine defendants accused in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer outside an ICE detention center July 4.

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.

A second round of jury selection begins in federal court Monday after the judge declared a mistrial last week. Nine defendants are accused in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer July 4.

University of North Texas students, many of them dressed all in black, gathered in the art gallery at the College of Visual Arts and Design.

Paxton said his office is examining claims that administrators and faculty helped organize the demonstrations.

Nine people accused of participating in a "coordinated attack" that injured a local police officer outside a North Texas ICE detention center July 4 go on trial this week. The government says it's the first-ever "antifa"-related federal terrorism case.

Hundreds of students walked from campus to city hall to protest federal immigration policy. It was one of several student walkouts across North Texas in recent days, despite a state warning.

The Fort Worth Report’s forum included candidates running for Tarrant County Commissioners Court as well as for congressional and state seats.

A Brooklyn artist told the Denton Record-Chronicle that the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design was removing an entire exhibit of his work, which was scheduled to open on Feb. 19.

Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.