Border & Immigration

The Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., ruled, does not "possess the lawful authority under the (Alien Enemies Act), and based on the Proclamation, to detain Venezuelan aliens, transfer them within the United States, or remove them from the country."

Roughly 200,000 Afghans have come to the U.S. since the Taliban seized Kabul in August 2021. There are now about 10,000 in Greater Houston. Even those with a pathway to U.S. citizenship are worried about their future as President Donald Trump has steadily eliminated their legal protections.

The nonprofit, which houses the Texas Office of Refugees, sued the feds in March over $47 million intended for organizations that work with refugees.

University of North Texas officials reported Tuesday morning that 28 international students who had their student visas revoked by the Trump administration now have their credentials reinstated.

A federal judge has extended a temporary reprieve on a new cash reporting requirement for a group of Texas businesses suing the federal government. A hearing for a longer reprieve will occur in May.

The three former students went to UT-Arlington and UT-Dallas. While they have prevailed in court so far, many other international students’ education futures remain uncertain.

The federal government will begin collecting detailed information about who’s making cash transactions of $200 to $10,000 at money exchange businesses in several South Texas counties. The effort is part of the Trump administration’s plan to go after drug cartels and other criminal groups.

Twenty-seven University of North Texas students have reportedly had their visas revoked. The North Texas Daily reported that Faculty Senate Vice Chair William Joyner read from an email from UNT administrators at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday saying that the Department of Homeland Security revoked the student visas of 16 international students.

DHS is telling some migrants who entered the U.S. using the CBP One app to leave immediately, part of a broader push to revoke temporary legal protections known as humanitarian parole.

The federal Office for Refugee Resettlement recently announced a policy change that limits who can receive grants. Only states — not nonprofits — can access that money beginning in October.

Thousands of people marched through downtown Dallas on Sunday to protest strict immigration policies and call for reform.

The Trump administration recently reinstated the practice of detaining immigrant adults and children together. Two detention facilities in South Texas are at the center of that controversial decision.