Edgar Sandoval

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval

The hourslong standoff ended when the man, a 29-year-old Guatemalan, surrendered to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in San Antonio. After a roughly eight-hour standoff, ICE agents arrested a man identified as Raul Ical, a 29-year-old from Guatemala. A neighbor urged him not to come down, and an activist told him to not sign anything. Credit Credit...

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval

Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, was a backdrop for immigration fights during the Biden administration, but as the battle has moved inland some of the state's troops have decamped. On Monday morning, as temperatures rose toward sweltering, Dora Flores warily approached the entrance of a modest park in the border city of Eagle Pass, Texas, wanting to see for herself whether the armed guards and concertina wire that had kept residents out for over a year had actually disappeared.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval |Jeremy Peters |Mike Ives

El sospechoso fue acusado de prender fuego a la residencia, lo que obligó a huir al gobernador Josh Shapiro y a su familia. Los investigadores dijeron que encontraron botellas de cerveza con gasolina en la casa. Video Back transcriptPennsylvania Governor Condemns Arson Attack on His ResidenceThe authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a suspect after a fire was set at Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence on Sunday. I want you all to know that your prayers lift us up.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval

Two groups representing Harvard professors sued the Trump administration on Friday, saying that its threat to cut billions in federal funding for the university violates free speech and other First Amendment rights. The lawsuit by the American Association of University Professors and the Harvard faculty chapter of the group follows the Trump administration's announcement earlier this month that it was reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that Harvard receives.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval |Reyes Mata III

The lawyer of the white supremacist who slaughtered 23 people in 2019 said his client was inspired by President Trump's words, the same the president is using today. Five and a half years ago, Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old with a documented history of mental illness, stopped at a Walmart in the border city of El Paso, heard everyone around him speaking in Spanish, and decided "the invasion" that then-President Donald J. Trump often spoke of was underway. Mr. Crusius's rampage on Aug.