migrants Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/migrants/ Nonprofit journalism for an informed community Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:01:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sanantonioreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-SA_Report_Logo_512pxArtboard-1-32x32.jpg migrants Archives - San Antonio Report http://sanantonioreport.org/tag/migrants/ 32 32 172243930 Nirenberg emerges as key voice on Biden’s new immigration crackdown https://sanantonioreport.org/nirenberg-backs-bidens-plans-for-new-immigration-crackdown/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5370805 The executive order immediately drew criticism, making Nirenberg and other mayors valuable validators on a controversial decision. 
Nirenberg emerges as key voice on Biden’s new immigration crackdown was first posted on June 5, 2024 at 5:00 pm.
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]]> 5370805 Mural at Mission County Park honors 53 migrants who died in 2022 tractor-trailer tragedy https://sanantonioreport.org/mission-county-park-mural-honors-53-migrants-2022-tractor-trailer-tragedy/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:17:29 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5357248 Sacrificios is the title of this new mural dedicated to the 53 migrants who died in the sweltering heat trapped inside of a trailer on the Southside in June 2022. Four artists painted the mural in Mission County Park.In the new Southside mural, monarch butterflies hover over migrant families wearing backpacks with the Mexican, Honduran and Guatemalan flags.
Mural at Mission County Park honors 53 migrants who died in 2022 tractor-trailer tragedy was first posted on February 6, 2024 at 1:17 pm.
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]]> 5357248 A year after ‘political stunt’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard, migrants — and legal action — moving forward https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-migrant-flights-marthas-vineyard-update/ Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5343290 Martha's Vineyard, MA - September 15: Venezuelan migrants and volunteers gather in St. Andrew's Parish House. Two planes of migrants from Venezuela arrived suddenly the previous night causing the local community to mobilize and create a makeshift shelter at the church. (Photo by Carlin Stiehl For The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Investigations into those believed to have organized the flights have concluded and will move forward in the coming weeks, officials said.
A year after ‘political stunt’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard, migrants — and legal action — moving forward was first posted on September 24, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5343290 State investigating claim that troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-rio-grande-migrants-dps-troopers-orders-treatment/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5335498 State law enforcement officers stand guard as workers deploy a string of buoys to prevent migrants from swimming across the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass on July 14. A state trooper has alleged that officers deployed as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star were ordered to push migrants, including children, back into the river.A state trooper claims that officers have been ordered to push women with nursing babies back into the Rio Grande and to deny migrants water.
State investigating claim that troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande was first posted on July 18, 2023 at 7:00 pm.
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]]> 5335498 A year after deadly human smuggling tragedy, neighbors care for memorial at the site https://sanantonioreport.org/deadliest-human-smuggling-tragedy-memorial-migrant-truck-deaths/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5332545 Local residents have maintained a memorial along the side of Quintana Road, where 53 migrants died in June 2022.
A year after deadly human smuggling tragedy, neighbors care for memorial at the site was first posted on June 26, 2023 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5332545 Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures https://sanantonioreport.org/2022texas-heat-deaths-record-highs/ Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:13:17 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5314667 Law enforcement officers investigate the area in Southwest San Antonio in June where 53 people who had been traveling in a tractor-trailer died.A Texas Tribune analysis of state data found that heat killed at least 268 people in Texas — with a large portion likely migrants — in 2022.
Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures was first posted on January 27, 2023 at 5:13 pm.
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]]> 5314667 San Antonio travelers burdened by continued Southwest Airlines flight cancellations https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-travelers-burdened-southwest-airlines-flight-cancellations/ Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:03:12 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5310906 San Antonio International Airport's largest carrier, Southwest Airlines, cancelled 63% of their total flights Tuesday.Canceled flights and delays are also affecting migrants' travel to their host cities, leading many to spend the night at the airport.
San Antonio travelers burdened by continued Southwest Airlines flight cancellations was first posted on December 27, 2022 at 4:03 pm.
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]]> 5310906 Abbott: New DHS rules for Venezuelans should apply to all migrants https://sanantonioreport.org/abbott-dhs-rules-venezuelans-apply-all-migrants/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:59:11 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5300724 Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2127 into law earlier this month and it will go into effect on the first of September.Abbott said the new rules for Venezuelan migrants could be a result of pressure from Democratic governors who are dealing with migrants bussed from red states.
Abbott: New DHS rules for Venezuelans should apply to all migrants was first posted on October 13, 2022 at 3:59 pm.
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]]> 5300724 Venezuelans and Cubans are coming to Texas in record numbers. Here’s why. https://sanantonioreport.org/venezuelans-cubans-arriving-texas-record-numbers-heres-why/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5298890 Milenes Chales, 30, of Cuba, embraces her brother, Miguel Gonzales Chales, outside of the city’s Migrant Resource Center on in July.Historically, a majority of Cubans and Venezuelans have entered the U.S. through Florida, but the Texas-Mexico border has become more popular in recent years.
Venezuelans and Cubans are coming to Texas in record numbers. Here’s why. was first posted on October 12, 2022 at 5:00 am.
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]]> 5298890 LULAC doubles reward for info that leads to arrest of woman who lured migrants onto plane https://sanantonioreport.org/reward-migrant-flight-recruiter-arrest/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:22:47 +0000 https://sanantonioreport.org/?p=5299034 Migrants cross San Pedro Avenue outside of the migrant resource center on Saturday.After the woman was ID'd in a news report, the League of United Latin American Citizens is increasing its efforts to see her punished.
LULAC doubles reward for info that leads to arrest of woman who lured migrants onto plane was first posted on October 5, 2022 at 6:22 pm.
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