/tags/immigration Immigration en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:06:59 GMT /education/2025-06-05/ut-austin-tx-undocumented-students-in-state-tuition A 2001 law has allowed undocumented students in Texas who meet certain criteria to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Austin-area colleges are still figuring out what the policy change means for students. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:06:59 GMT /education/2025-06-05/ut-austin-tx-undocumented-students-in-state-tuition Becky Fogel /education/2025-06-05/international-students-visa-revocation-china-travel-trump-administration Students say they've felt scared and confused after the Trump administration revoked certain visas. The government announced last week it would "aggressively" go after students from China. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:00:56 GMT /education/2025-06-05/international-students-visa-revocation-china-travel-trump-administration Greta Díaz González Vázquez /2025-06-04/texas-agrees-to-end-in-state-tuition-for-students-without-legal-status Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice sued to block Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the two parties had filed a joint motion asking a court to permanently end the policy. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:41:21 GMT /2025-06-04/texas-agrees-to-end-in-state-tuition-for-students-without-legal-status Bill Zeeble /politics/2025-06-04/travis-county-sheriff-immigration-enforcement-ice-texas-senate-bill-8 Senate Bill 8 would require sheriffs running a jail to have a formal partnership with the federal immigration agency. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:01:00 GMT /politics/2025-06-04/travis-county-sheriff-immigration-enforcement-ice-texas-senate-bill-8 Andrew Weber /austin/2025-05-14/austin-texas-lord-buffalo-drummer-removal-from-flight According to jail records, Yamal Said, a green card holder, is being held in a county jail in the Dallas area for allegedly violating a restraining order. At this time, there does not appear to be a connection to his immigration status. Wed, 14 May 2025 22:49:02 GMT /austin/2025-05-14/austin-texas-lord-buffalo-drummer-removal-from-flight Audrey McGlinchy /education/2025-04-25/trump-administration-reverses-student-visa-terminations-texas-impact-still-uncertain Hundreds of students and recent graduates in Texas have had their legal status changed by the U.S Department of State over the last few weeks. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:19:56 GMT /education/2025-04-25/trump-administration-reverses-student-visa-terminations-texas-impact-still-uncertain Lucio Vasquez /education/2025-04-09/university-of-texas-austin-international-student-visas-protest The U.S. Secretary of State has said more than 300 student visas have been revoked. That may include two recent graduates of UT Austin, who were staying in the country to work. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:21:06 GMT /education/2025-04-09/university-of-texas-austin-international-student-visas-protest Becky Fogel /crime-justice/2025-03-19/two-men-are-convicted-in-connection-with-texas-human-smuggling-incident-that-killed-53-people Dozens of men, women and children from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and other nations were found trapped in the tractor-trailer on Quintana Road in Southwest San Antonio in 2022. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:06:07 GMT /crime-justice/2025-03-19/two-men-are-convicted-in-connection-with-texas-human-smuggling-incident-that-killed-53-people Paul Flahive /politics/2025-02-05/ice-has-arrested-scores-of-migrants-in-the-u-s-who-have-no-criminal-records The Trump administration says it has already arrested thousands of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. Officials say some have committed heinous crimes, but many don't have criminal records. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:24:47 GMT /politics/2025-02-05/ice-has-arrested-scores-of-migrants-in-the-u-s-who-have-no-criminal-records Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /business/2025-02-05/austin-tx-ice-enforcement-undocumented-immigrants-deportation-trump-administration A food pavilion and flea market off Highway 183 are usually packed on weekends. But business has suffered ever since President Trump issued executive orders cracking down on illegal immigration. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:01:00 GMT /business/2025-02-05/austin-tx-ice-enforcement-undocumented-immigrants-deportation-trump-administration Greta Díaz González Vázquez, Maya Fawaz