Posted 1:15 PM 3/31/2026 by Colleen DeGuzman, Stephen Simpson and Terri Langford, DATA ANALYSIS BY Dan Keemahill

After missing her chair and falling on the tile floor during a child’s birthday party last October, the 54-year-old Edinburg woman begged: “Don’t take me to the hospital.”

Her head was throbbing and sharp pain stretched down her back. The woman, an undocumented (More)

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Posted 1:11 PM 3/26/2026 by Sarah Cervera

A McAllen family is fighting to reunite with their father after a judge ended his removal proceedings, but he remains in federal custody.

Leslie Ruiz Hidalgo says her father, Guillermo Avalos Ruiz, is being held at the Port Isabel Detention Center even though an immigration judge ruled in (More)

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Posted 11:12 AM 3/26/2026 by Santiago Caicedo

A nonprofit organization is calling for volunteers to support children in immigration detention.

The Chicago, Illinois-based Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights needs child advocates to meet with detained children and accompany them to immigration court hearings.

The (More)