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• ICE detains the wife of an Army sergeant in Texas as military family leniency wanes

  April 22, 2026 11:23 AM

  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The wife of a U.S. Army sergeant was being held Tuesday at an immigration detention facility in El Paso, Texas, amid signs that the Trump administration is dialing back leniency toward immigrant family members of military personnel and veterans. Jose Serrano, an active duty... more »

• Valley nonprofit protests outside Dilley immigration detention center, demands its closure Play Video

  April 19, 2026 2:03 PM

  Dozens of Rio Grande Valley residents are back home after caravanning to Dilley to protest against the immigration detention center. Protesters took to the steps of the immigration detention center near San Antonio where migrant families are held. Brownsville resident Daisy Rodriguez is just one of the Valley... more »

• Protest held for McAllen family detained by ICE Play Video

  March 8, 2026 1:41 PM

  Dozens of people showed their support outside of the El Valle Detention Facility in Raymondville. That's where one of three McAllen Independent School District students is being detained. The students, two of whom are Mariachi Oro members, along with their parents, were detained last month by U.S. Immigration and... more »

• 'Worse than a prison': 911 calls, interviews reveal problems at ICE's largest detention camp

  March 6, 2026 3:18 PM

  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana in Texas, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, at a rate of nearly one a day for five months, each its own tale of pain and despair. A... more »

• Valley mayors push for immigrant workforce legislation Play Video

  August 16, 2025 1:38 PM

  Mayors from the cities of Alamo, McAllen and Edinburg — along with local business leaders — held a roundtable on Friday to discuss the local workforce, immigration-related fears and the impact on the area. Those attending said they want state and federal lawmakers to pass legislation to protect the... more »

• Prayer vigil for immigrants held in McAllen Play Video

  July 12, 2025 6:44 PM

  A prayer vigil took place on Saturday in McAllen for immigrants. South Texas Grassroots Coalition held the vigil in front of Rio Grande Valley Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz's office on North McColl Road. The coalition said the goal for the vigil is for people to speak out... more »