Migrants in San Antonio Archives - San Antonio Report

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.

Mural at Mission County Park honors 53 migrants who died in 2022 tractor-trailer tragedy

by Raquel Torres February 6, 2024February 9, 2024

In the new Southside mural, monarch butterflies hover over migrant families wearing backpacks with the Mexican, Honduran and Guatemalan flags.

City opens holding facility at airport as hundreds sleep outside overflowing migrant center

by Raquel Torres December 14, 2023December 15, 2023

An immigrant at the immigration court shares their journey through their asylum application process.

Most migrants claiming defensive asylum will be deported. While waiting, they’re in limbo.

by Raquel Torres March 19, 2023March 20, 2023

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich holds up a San Antonio Food Bank donation strip from H-E-B which encourages shoppers to add donations to their grocery bill.

Reader’s choice: 2022’s top stories

by San Antonio Report Staff January 2, 2023January 10, 2023

Migrants with pending asylum cases walk near the city’s Migrant Resource Center on Friday.

San Antonio is a city for migrants. Get used to it.

by JJ Velasquez August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

Migrants with pending asylum cases walk past businesses at a strip mall near the city’s Migrant Resource Center on Friday.

Migrants seeking work, aid outside new center accused of business disruptions

by Raquel Torres July 23, 2022July 25, 2022

Names of all 53 migrants found dead in San Antonio released

by Raquel Torres July 11, 2022July 11, 2022

A young migrant boy sleeps on a chair across from his parents at the San Antonio International Airport in August 2021.

San Antonio re-opens migrant resource center as influx continues

by Raquel Torres July 9, 2022July 8, 2022

Various immigrant advocacy groups, Including the Texas organizing Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and SA Stands, toured the Freeman Coliseum where they said 1,898 migrant children are being held. Carolina Canizales, speaking, and some of the people behind her responded directly to the allegations Governor Abbott made last Wednesday.

Immigrant rights groups call for transparency after touring emergency migrant youth shelter

by Waylon Cunningham April 11, 2021April 14, 2022

City Manager Erik Walsh waits at the intersection of North Flores Street and East Commerce Street.

Erik Walsh Reflects on First 100 Days as City Manager

by Iris Dimmick June 26, 2019June 26, 2019