How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence

Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law

"...You recently graduated high school and plan to pursue a secondary degree. The future is..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin at Large: Make a Run From the Border

So, when and how did Texas MAGApublicans decide to be terrified of Mexicans?

"...ticket-topper barnstormed over the summer. While both the Ds and the Rs marveled at how many people showed up..."

Sept. 16, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

RAICES Pushing Hard on Biden for Real Migrant Justice

Not nearly enough

"...president, Joe Biden promised a major overhaul of the U.S. immigration system, including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Friday’s Latinx Mega-Stream Proclaims Rock the Border, Stop the Wall, and Vote!

Online rally stars G-Fantasma, B-Pumas, G-Chavez y mucho mas

"...synthesis of growing up in Laredo near the Texas/Mexico border, proved formative...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...desert mountains, so close to the large tents pitched outside El Paso’s Border Patrol Station 1 that Maribel thought..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...in a religious building. While unoccupied on a balmy Thursday afternoon, the inclusive space provides a spiritual refuge at..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...Still Cruel: Despite the reports of neglect and mistreatment at a border facility in Clint, Texas, the..."

June 28, 2019 News Feature

Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants

"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."

"...After his mother and father passed away when he was young, Alberto Contreras..."

April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Day Trips: Mission, Texas

Border wall to cut off sacred ground

"...than 100 years a short distance from the Rio Grande before it came to the nation's attention. Additions to..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Allegations of Mistreatment at a Southwest Key Shelter

The deportation complex

"...Death threats and gang violence in Gua­te­mala forced Blanca to flee to..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Border Patrol Myth

The most dangerous policing job? Not so.

"...doing law enforcement, many people think that being a Border Patrol agent is uniquely risky. Much of the media..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

A Nightmare for DREAMers

Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans

"...on the streets of Guatemala, Edilsa Lopez, her mother, and three siblings often slept in abandoned buildings and churches...."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...busy week, with the release of CodeNEXT maps on Tuesday ("Chill Out Day"), kickoff of budget season Wednesday, and..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...student fixed her eyes on a YouTube video showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting members of her..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin Filmmaker Greg Kwedar On His Acclaimed Thriller Transpecos

Blood on the border

"...Like many Texans crossing the border with Mexico, Austin native Greg Kwedar's experiences with U.S...."

Sept. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

"Every Human Being Is Legal"

St. Andrew's offers sanctuary to immigrant mother and child

"...When Immigration and Customs Enforce­ment (ICE) announced at the beginning of this..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...a 27-year-old Guate­malan woman, decided to come to the U.S. with her 9-year-old son to escape the injustice and..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Headlines

"...chock-full of tasty bits, including more money for WTP4 and the Waller Creek Tunnel, concrete pouring, granny flats, living..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...with a surge of unaccompanied children coming to the U.S. from Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central Amer­ica..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...There's Carmen, whose husband was deported last February, leaving her to care for..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Day Trips

Top 10 happenings for day-trippers

"...Devil's Backbone, officially known as FM 32 between Wimberley and Fischer, is one of the seven prettiest drives in..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Top 10 Joints

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

"...a directive to federal law enforcement to cease raiding and prosecuting medi-pot patients and caregivers acting within state law..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...good), new drug laws on the books in Texas, and the connection between Facebook and crack...."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Lil Wayne returns to the Travis County Expo Center

"...“Lil Wayne is in the building.” Those tired, repeated..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Austin. That's the message from the city of Austin and the Clean Air Force of Central Texas. Last month,..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Three hundred fifty-seven days and counting ..." – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, reacting..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...Among a smattering of local intra-party races are four candidates for the job of retiring District Attorney Ronnie Earle..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...in its 2008 coffin this week, naming the once-powerful and currently obsolete Talmadge Heflin to lead the state party..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...2005 executive order fast-tracking coal-plant permitting – ruling on Tuesday that Perry lacked constitutional authority to dictate an accelerated..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Another Front Group for George; and Protecting America from Fair Drug Prices

"...posing as an independent, objective, nonpartisan voice, writing articles and blogs that support Bush's war in Iraq...."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

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