Immigration

Border Patrol agents are tasked with enforcing hotly contested immigration policies as many Americans at both ends of the political spectrum look askance at the border — and the agents. That’s taking a mounting toll, so the agency is training more among its ranks to become chaplains and provide spiritual care for their fellow agents on and off the job....

According to Donald Trump’s Agenda 47, the President-elect announced his plan to “sign an executive order on Day One to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens.”

Two experts explain the origins of birthright citizenship and what it would take to change it in the US.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering President-elect Donald Trump a 1,400-acre parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border to use as a staging area for potential mass deportations.

Jose Antonio Ibarra was convicted on Wednesday in a case that became focal to the immigration debate ahead of the presidential election.

President-elect Donald Trump previewed one of his first actions once he takes office in January and it will have a big impact here in Texas. NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan reports Trump plans to call a national emergency for a mass deportation program. 

The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.

President-elect Trump’s transition team is considering ending two Biden Administration programs that have allowed more than 1.3 million immigrants to enter the U.S. legally, making those who entered but have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation, NBC News has learned.

A federal judge has struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Trump talked about his campaign promise to carry out the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S. history.

On Wednesday during a visit to Tyler, Gov. Greg Abbott said it would take time for Mr. Trump to fulfill that promise.

NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero has a look at the concerns and questions surrounding President-elect Trump’s plans for the border.

Starting Nov. 1, Texas hospitals are ordered to ask patients for their citizenship status. Immigration advocates are sounding the alarm as hospital systems work to understand and prepare for enforcing the new requirement.

The new law will require hospitals to ask patients about their citizenship status. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us the details.

Donald Trump has promised to stage the largest mass deportation in U.S. history if elected. The move would disrupt families with relatives living in the U.S. illegally.

Stash’s Pizza owner Stavros “Steve” Papantoniadis of Westwood has been sentenced to federal prison after being convicted this summer on forced labor charges

Immigration has been a hotly debated issue between Republicans and Democrats running up to the 2024 election. Here’s what’s actually happening with immigration in America.

Immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans where appellate judges heard arguments over a policy shielding them from deportation.

Texas will have 18 million registered voters for the 2024 election. Including 200 new U.S. citizens who took the Oath of Allegiance at UNT Dallas Monday.

Monday marked the deadline to register to vote in the November election. After the deadline passes, Texas will have 18 million registered voter, more than ever before. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan talked with brand new U.S. citizens about casting a ballot in the upcoming election.