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Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill late last year that would allow state and local authorities to arrest people who they believe are suspicious of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally. The bill is still on hold due to a legal back and forth between courts.  SB 4 would make unauthorized border crossing a state crime....

Another fatal high-speed pursuit initiated by the Texas Department of Public Safety in west El Paso on Monday has renewed local leaders' scrutiny and criticism

Activists took to the state Capitol on Saturday to protest a law that would allow police to detain suspected illegal immigrants.

Protesters gathered downtown on Saturday to speak out against Operation Lonestar and SB 4, the Texas law that allows police to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally.

After a U.S. Federal Judge in Austin blocked Texas SB4 on Thursday, migrant advocates on both sides of the border applauded this decision.

If a new Texas law goes into effect next week, it will set up dueling immigration systems. Concerns abound over how this will work.

On Friday, March 1, events sponsored by Mano Amiga San Marcos and Border Network for Human Rights focusing on Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) will take place at the Price Center, 222 W. San Antonio Street. There will be a Press Conference at 1:00 p.m., a Community Art Project from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and a Forum at 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.[San Marcos,

Native El Pasoan Iliana Sosa highlights her hometown in a new documentary that will appear at the Sundance Film Festival.

A coalition of 35 organizations kicked off a campaign against SB 4, Texas' new border enforcement law. A series of protests are scheduled to take place in major Texas cities over the next few weeks.

EAGLE PASS, Texas - Residents of Eagle Pass took to the streets on Sunday, Feb.18, in a peaceful protest demanding the return of a public park seized by Governo