Texas Immigration Bill Draws Protesters to the State Capitol

By DAVE MONTGOMERY and MANNY FERNANDEZ May 1, 2017 AUSTIN, Tex. — About two dozen demonstrators held a daylong sit-in at a state building on the grounds of the Texas Capitol on Monday to oppose legislation that would ban so-called sanctuary...

With Ally in Oval Office, Immigration Hard-Liners Ascend to Power

By NICHOLAS KULISH April 24, 2017 After sending more than 13,000 Twitter messages in less than three years, Jon Feere, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, suddenly went silent after Inauguration Day. As a legal policy analyst at the Center for...

Patrolling the Border on Four Legs

Text by RON NIXON and PHOTOGRAPHS BY TODD HEISLER April 18, 2017 LA GRULLA, Tex. — Manuel Torresmutt, a Border Patrol agent, pulls his white and green Chevy Tahoe to the side of a deserted gravel road, framed on one side by...

Detained Immigrants May Face Harsher Conditions Under Trump

By CAITLIN DICKERSON April 13, 2017 For more than 15 years, jails that hold immigrants facing deportation have had to follow a growing list of requirements: Notify immigration officials if a detainee spends two weeks or longer in solitary confinement. Check...

Trump Plan Would Curtail Protections for Detained Immigrants

As the administration tries to find jail space for its crackdown on illegal immigration, it is moving to curtail rules regarding the health and safety of detainees.