Texas — Caretakers of a historic cemetery that has roots dating back to the foundation of the state of Texas are worried the end of a century old understanding with the city of Carrizo Springs may jeopardize that rich history "Everybody out here has a story," said Bert Bell president of the association that manages the hundreds of historic plots at Mount Hope Cemetery "I can tell you probably 9/10 of them." With several generations of Bells buried at the site he and his ancestors have had a hand in the maintenance of the publicly-owned land the cemetery has enjoyed free water from the city until very recently when Bell got a call from the city manager "She calls me one afternoon at 4:30 and informed me they were cutting the water off because it's now against the law for them to give us water where for the past hundred years it hadn't been," he said The more than hundred year old agreement dates back to when the city's founder acknowledged that English didn't read or write What troubled Bell most about the latest development was what appeared to be a lack of planning behind the decision 'How much water are we using?'" Bell recounted how much would that be?' 'I don't know.' 'Well what if -' and every question I asked was Bell says they're not asking for handouts and are ready to pay their fair share if need be but they want the city to enforce the rule across the board "The city manager indicated there were seven different entities she shut the water off," Bell said We tried to talk to the newly appointed city manager to see what other entities were impacted and why the city was planning to disconnect water now Garcia declined to talk on camera but pointed us to a statement provided to the local newspaper Though Garcia did share the move had nothing to do with a 2019 audit that revealed the city was losing 71 million gallons of water per year - or close to 19 percent of its water production Recommendations from that audit included an overhaul of the town's piping the move came as a surprised to Carrizo Springs resident Marilu Martin "Nobody expected it to disappear overnight which literally the water did," Martin said Martin wants to ensure that the grounds have some connection to the utility to protect and preserve the land where she too will someday take her final rest "We care about our history here," Martin said (Bell's) father did an amazing job of keeping the history of Dimmit County alive and Bert is doing the same thing - the legacy that comes with it." While the water is currently flowing at the cemetery to assess how much water is being used Bell and Martin say they're willing to go the distance for a solution "History written or verbal is important because without it we don't know who we are or where we come from," Bell said pride and history always repeats itself." An official website of the United States government Texas – Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents recently arrested three individuals attempting to enter the country illegally near Carrizo Springs agents responded to an alert by CBP Air and Marine Operations of three individuals walking on a local ranch All three of the men had carpet attached to the bottoms of their shoes in an apparent attempt to hide their tracks “Illegal aliens will go to great lengths to try to conceal their entry into the country,” said Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Milton Moreno “Our agents are trained in sign cutting methods that regularly foil these attempts.” The group was transported to the Carrizo Springs Border Patrol Station for processing was found to have been previously deported in 2013 He faces a charge of 8 USC § 1326 – reentry after deportation To prevent the illicit smuggling of humans Border Patrol maintains a high level of vigilance along corridors of egress away from our Nation’s borders contact 911 or Del Rio Sector at (830) 778-7000 Follow the Chief of Del Rio Border Patrol Sector on X at @USBPChiefDRT, Instagram at @USBPChiefDRT, Facebook at USBPDelRioSector; and also U.S. Customs and Border Protection at @CBPSouthTexas for breaking news Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is America's frontline: the nation's largest law enforcement organization and the world's first unified border management agency The 65,000+ men and women of CBP protect America on the ground lawful travel and trade and ensure our country's economic prosperity We enhance the nation's security through innovation View a complete list of local and regional CBP social media accounts Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application the son of Lorenzo & Josefa (Duran) Puente Nick passed away unexpectedly at the age of 98 Nick retired from Saint Paul Housing Authority at age 66 where he worked as a housing maintenance worker Nick was married to Guadalupe (Vega) on April 21 Nick and Guadalupe remained together for 75 years Ernesto (Berta) Puente and Jorge Puente; 33 grandchildren; 68 great-gradchildren; and one sibling Dionicio was preceded in death by his sons Noemi Avila and Nikki Lopshire; and grandsons Napoleon Fuentes and Jose Puente; and ten siblings Nick will be missed by his immediate and extended family and many friends Visitation will be held from 4-7pm on WEDNESDAY with visitation one hour prior to the service Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (AP) — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals an estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S and Immigration and Customs Enforcement currently has the budget to detain only about 41,000 people The government would need additional space to hold people while they are processed and arrangements are made to remove them The Department of Homeland Security estimates the daily cost for a bed for one adult is about $165 a bill known as the Laken Riley Act that Congress has passed would require at least $26.9 billion to ramp up capacity at immigrant detention facilities to add 110,000 beds READ MORE: Preparing for Trump deportations, Mexican border states erect migrant shelters That bill — named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a rallying cry for Trump’s White House campaign — expands requirements for immigration authorities to detain anyone in the country illegally who is accused of theft and violent crimes Trump also is deploying troops to try and stop all illegal entry at the southern U.S He triggered the Alien Enemies Act to combat cartels The rarely used 1798 law allows the president to deport anyone who is not a U.S citizen and is from a country with which there is a “declared war” or a threatened or attempted “invasion or predatory incursion.” Detention infrastructure also will be stretched by Trump’s ban of a practice known as “catch and release” that allows some migrants to live in the U.S while awaiting immigration court proceedings ICE currently detains immigrants at its processing centers and at privately operated detention facilities along with local prisons and jails under contracts that can involve state and city governments It has zero facilities geared toward detention of immigrant families who account for roughly one-third of arrivals on the southern U.S “There’s a limitation on the number of beds available to ICE,” said John Sandweg who was acting director of ICE under President Barack Obama “There are only so many local jails you contract with And if the administration wants to make a major uptick in detention capacity that’s going to require the construction of some new facilities.” Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S military to shore up mass deportations and provide “appropriate detention space.” The Pentagon also might provide air transportation support to DHS Private investors are betting on a building boom driving up stock prices at the top two immigration detention providers — Florida-based GEO Group and Tennessee-based CoreCivic A fast-track budgeting maneuver in Congress called “reconciliation” could provide more detention funding as soon as April the Texas state land commissioner has offered the federal government a parcel of rural ranchland along the U.S.-Mexico border for deportation facilities The American Civil Liberties Union estimates that ICE is considering an expansion of immigrant detention space across at least eight states to the outskirts of major immigrant populations in New York City and San Francisco senior staff attorney for the group and its National Prison Project The ACLU sued for access to correspondence from private detention providers after ICE solicited feedback last year on a potential expansion Related emails from detention providers suggest the possible redeployment of a tent facility at Carrizo Springs previously used to detain immigrant children and the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley Texas — one of two major immigrant family detention centers that the Biden administration phased out in 2021 Homeland Security will be working to try to detain everyone that it possibly can and also expand its detention capacity footprint well beyond what is currently available in the United States at this point,” Cho said Cho added that Congress ultimately holds the purse strings for immigrant detention infrastructure — and that the Pentagon’s involvement under Trump’s emergency edict — warrants a debate “How does this detract from our own military’s readiness?” she said “Does the military actually have the capacity to provide appropriate facilities for detention of immigrants?” Advocates for immigrant rights are warning against a hyper-militarized police state that could vastly expand the world’s largest detention system for migrants Immigrant detention facilities overseen by ICE have struggled broadly to comply with some federal standards for care a Homeland Security Department inspector general found during 17 unannounced inspections from 2020-2023 he authorized the use of military bases to detain immigrant children — including Army installations at Fort Bliss Obama temporarily relied on military bases to detain immigrant children while ramping up privately operated family detention centers to hold many of the tens of thousands of Central American families caught crossing the border illegally military bases have been used repeatedly since the 1970s to accommodate the resettlement of waves of immigrants fleeing Vietnam Associated Press writer Rebecca Santana in Washington contributed © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Subscribe to Here's the Deal with Lisa Desjardins Texas—Bill Martin's family has been ranching in Carrizo Springs for generations but his morning routine around the ranch is very different from that of his ancestors Martin still checks on the cattle and completes the usual ranch tasks but he also picks up trash left behind by migrants He ensures no structures have been broken into As he drives his truck around the property he checks gates and fences for holes left by people trying to sneak across the land They're constantly having to evolve their security measures to do it RELATED | Over $346K in cocaine seized in drug bust on southern U.S. border This is the template or the blueprint everybody's gonna follow," Martin said showing us a grey gate with orange spike mechanisms meant to take out a radiator if a vehicle tries to push it open "It looks like something out of a Mad Max movie," Martin joked "I refer to this as like a chess game and this is just the last move on our side There will be a countermove on the other side." "How long has that chess match been going?" reporter Jordan Elder asked "Probably about 20 years," Martin said RELATED | Cracking down on egg smugglers: U.S. Customs shells out warnings at the border He says he still needs to upgrade four gates on his property to this latest model which could cost up to $15,000 out of his pocket Martin has had to replace four to five gates per year in recent years depending on how many vehicles drive through them or hit them in a bailout situation because if he isn't notified that a gate or fence has been broken Some of the encounters on his ranch have been more confrontational Martin described one situation where a hunter was driving a Jeep when migrants came out of the brush and demanded the car The hunter was able to speed up and report the incident some of Martin's ranch hands were working on pens near an empty home on the property A man ran out of the house toward the employees Martin says he was covered in tattoos and feared he was a cartel or gang member RELATED | Trump administration's immigration crackdown leads to historic low border apprehensions a group of drug mules crossed Martin's property The person at the end of the line had an AK-47 A group of eight people with backpacks walked in between them The leader spotted a hunter on the property and pointed a gun at him He was able to duck down and hide and the group continued on He says several neighbors have had vehicles and valuables stolen from their homes I felt safe no matter what time of day or night it was I start feeling a little anxious if I'm still in here when it's getting dark," Martin said After several incidents where migrants broke into houses on the property Martin installed metal armoring on all sides of one home The structure had been broken into through the walls "It's sad that that's what it's coming to," Martin said "You've got to take care of what's yours I've gotta protect what's mine." Martin took us around the ranch to show us other safety measures too Border Patrol installed a tall camera on the property and we watched as it spun around 360 degrees making sure everything was clear Martin said he was seeing migrant activity on a daily basis he says it's been weeks since he's seen any signs of people on his property "It's slowing down now," Martin said About 45 minutes West of Martin's ranch Vice President JD Vance touted those low crossing numbers on a border visit "This particular site has gone from over 1,500 crossings per day to 30 crossings per day," Vance said in Eagle Pass Vance also highlighted new surveillance technology to help stop people trying to enter illegally—technology that could eventually help ranchers like Martin "We're using artificial intelligence to make us better at the job of border enforcement but we've gotta make sure that technology is deployed across the entire American Southern border," Vance said it doesn't mean they'll stay that way Martin says he has to make sure his ranch is ready This is my last move and there'll be another one coming," he said Gates and cameras are a more accessible way for area ranchers to secure their properties. Martin says he has a neighbor who is in the process of building a moat around his property to prevent some of the bailout situations ranchers have seen in recent years. He says not everyone has the resources to take a measure like that, but it shows the lengths people are willing to go to to protect their property. "How long until this becomes a thing of the past?" Elder asked, gesturing at the spiked gate. "Until they find another way of getting around it," Martin responded. For now, Martin is focusing on the gate upgrades and preparing for whatever may come next. President Donald Trump delivers Investing in America remarks from the White House. WATCHTractor-trailer accident leaves one man dead two others hospitalizedby SBG San Antonio | Sonia DeHaro Texas - A tractor-trailer rollover has left one man dead and two hospitalized with severe injuries Dimmit County Fire Rescue was called to a crash scene along Highway 277 Two other individuals were airlifted to a San Antonio hospital for evaluation First responders evaluated the tractor-trailer driver Dimmit County Fire Rescue says EMS evaluated the tractor-trailer driver Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrived at the scene to conduct the investigation CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas - The National Transportation Safety Board released new preliminary information Tuesday from a crash that killed seven people last month a 2021 Chrysler 300 was traveling West on Farm to Market Road 1433 in Dimmit County when investigators believe it crossed the center line and collided with a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was traveling in the opposite direction Investigators believe that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed through a curve in the road when the collision occurred The posted speed limit on the road was 60 miles per hour with an advisory speed limit of 30 miles per hour through the curve the 17-year-old driver of the Chrysler 300 as well as the 20-year-old front seat passenger and the 17-year-old and 13-year-old rear passenger as well as the 64-year-old front seat passenger who were in the rear seat of the pickup truck as the root cause of the crash has yet to be determined Texas — A traffic stop turned up six migrants including two locked inside a toolbox in the back of the pickup truck "Good job by our agents for their vigilance," officials said "Smuggling attempts such as these are incredibly dangerous and show a callous disregard for life and safety." No other information was available at this time MIRC spokesperson Christine Sauve told WDET the group has to make severe cuts in key areas in response to the Trump administration’s stop-work orders Tens of thousands of immigrant children — including hundreds in Michigan — came to the U.S human trafficking or trying to re-unite with family members Nonprofit groups supplied attorneys to help keep the children here some so young they need a teddy bear to calm them when they testify in immigration court But the Trump administration is halting federal funding for the effort That’s hitting the nonprofit Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) hard manager of policy and communication for MIRC told WDET the group has to make severe cuts in key areas Listen: Michigan Immigrant Rights group shares repercussions of federal funding cuts The following interview has been edited for clarity and length Michigan Immigrant Rights Center:  We did lose federal funding for two of our programs We had previously received a stop-work order on that program There was a court order for us to return to services and then just last week the federal government terminated the contract completely The other program is our unaccompanied children’s program We provide legal representation and “Know your rights” information to all immigrant children in Michigan in court proceedings that program had received a stop-work order But the contract was terminated at the end of March There was litigation filed in that case as well the Trump administration has not followed the court’s orders Payment has not been made for those services and due to the financial pressure from the loss of both of those contracts we’ve had to lay off 72 staff in our five offices across the state We will still have our small help desk team five individuals operating outside of the Detroit immigration court We have 49 staff remaining distributed in our five offices across the state WDET News: In terms of what the administration is supposed to do according to the courts have they ordered them to fund you guys and they are simply not CS: In the unaccompanied children’s case But after the last judge’s order to return to services the government has not complied with those orders There has been no payment and no communication with the contractor no intention shown to provide payment for the services So without the federal funding coming in we were left with very difficult pressures to continue our services as best we can What we do know is that under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act a bipartisan act passed by Congress decades ago it acknowledged the unique vulnerability of children and actually codified the federal government’s obligation and responsibilities to ensure that unaccompanied children have legal representation so they’re not facing that risk of deportation without due process without a chance for a fair hearing in court “Most unaccompanied children are eligible for permanent status and other forms of relief under current U.S But they can’t access that relief without an attorney to help make their case in court It’s so heartbreaking because children just cannot meaningfully navigate immigration court alone We don’t expect children to do that in any other court process in America.” There was a recognition that it could not be a fair hearing if the child did not have an attorney or representation Most unaccompanied children are eligible for permanent status and other forms of relief under current U.S We don’t expect children to do that in any other court process in America QK: At times some unaccompanied kids try to get a sponsor in the U.S. There’s concerns from some sponsors now about doing that going forward because some of their own personal information could be revealed that didn’t used to have to be CS: The Trump administration had authorized information-sharing between agencies There’s something known as the “foundational rule” for the unaccompanied children’s program It previously stated that information about sponsors’ immigration status could not be shared with other federal agencies This administration has changed course to permit sharing of sponsor immigration status with law enforcement specifically for the purposes of achieving their goals of mass deportation it affects some of the most vulnerable of our community members the children who are placed in those homes They’ve been placed with family or relatives that they know and trust Removing the sponsor would affect the health and outcomes for the child as well while you still watch what’s going on with the litigation that’s underway Is it going to affect your mission tremendously as you go forward CS: The capacity will be lowered but we will not stop representing the children that we currently have in our caseload We currently have 800 cases that are still proceeding We’ll have a small team focusing on those cases for the next nine months to complete as many of them as we can we won’t be able to accept any new children’s cases for the foreseeable future But there’s a reason that public funded services exist and it is because often other entities are unable to provide that level of funding We have been very busy over the past couple of months reaching out to as many foundations and private donors as possible to raise the funds to have this small team continue over the next nine months I don’t think with the current funding we have available at the moment we could continue that beyond nine months WDET strives to make our journalism accessible to everyone. As a public media institution, we maintain our journalistic integrity through independent support from readers like you. If you value WDET as your source of news, music and conversation, please make a gift today Donate today » WDET is a community service of Wayne State University CONTACT Membership Sponsorship Studio Rentals Technical Support Pitch Us a Story Help/FAQ Other Inquiries Shows Podcasts Schedule Listen Live Contests & Giveaways SUPPORT WDET Membership Leadership Circle Car Donations Business Sponsorship Broadcast Partners Program More » INSIDE WDET About Staff Jobs & Internships Public File FCC Applications SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice which provides legal services for unaccompanied migrant children under 18 through a network of legal aid groups that subcontract with the center saying that 26,000 children were at risk of losing their attorneys; Acacia is not a plaintiff Those groups argued that the government has an obligation under a 2008 anti-trafficking law to provide vulnerable children with legal counsel District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of San Francisco granted a temporary restraining order late Tuesday She wrote that advocates raised legitimate questions about whether the administration violated the 2008 law warranting a return to the status quo while the case continues The order will take effect Wednesday and runs through April 16 "The Court additionally finds that the continued funding of legal representation for unaccompanied children promotes efficiency and fairness within the immigration system," she wrote It is the third legal setback in less than a week for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown though all may prove temporary as the lawsuits advance a federal judge in Boston said people with final deportation orders must have a " meaningful opportunity " to argue against being sent to a country other than their own another federal judge in San Francisco put on hold plans to end protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans including 350,000 whose legal status was scheduled to expire April 7 The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 which created special protections for migrant children who cannot navigate a complex immigration system on their own Plaintiffs said some of their clients are too young to speak and others are too traumatized and do not know English The law requires the government to ensure "to the greatest extent practicable" that all children entering the country alone have legal counsel to represent them in proceedings and to "protect them from mistreatment which include the Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of Refugee Resettlement said that taxpayers have no obligation to pay the cost of direct legal aid to migrant children at a time when the government is trying to save money They also said district courts have no jurisdiction over a contract termination that would have expired at the end of March Acacia is under a new contract with the government to provide legal orientations But plaintiffs said they are not asking for the contract to be restored; rather which is spending $5 billion that Congress appropriated so children have representation said Karen Tumlin with the Justice Action Center at a court hearing Tuesday She said the administration cannot simply zero out funding without providing direction on who will help these children "They need to make sure to the greatest extent practicable that there is a plan," she said Department of Justice said the government is still funding legally required activities and that legal clinics can offer their services without charge "They're still free to provide those services on a pro bono basis," he said Judge Martínez-Olguín is a Biden appointee Become an NPR sponsor Texas — Welcome to week three of the KRIS 6 News Friday Night Fever coverage of Texas high school football For more Friday Night Fever updates, click here, or follow our Facebook page.