Edgar Sandoval

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval

Ms. Jones, a former under secretary of the Air Force under the Biden administration, prevailed over Rolando Pablos, a conservative with ties with to Gov. Greg Abbott. Gina Ortiz Jones, a Filipino American who served as under secretary of the Air Force during the Biden administration, won a runoff election on Saturday to become the mayor of San Antonio, making her the first openly gay leader of the seventh-largest city in the country.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval |Gabriel Cardenas

A raid on Abby's Bakery in Los Fresnos heralded the crackdown to come. Ahead of the owners' trial for "harboring" undocumented workers, the community is seeing the impact of the president's policies. Most mornings, Leonardo Baez, a father of seven, wakes up hours before sunrise to mix bread dough in the border city of Los Fresnos, Texas. Punishing and laborious work, yes, but owning a beloved bakery has been a lifelong dream of his, he said. It is now in jeopardy.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Edgar Sandoval

A county judge, two City Council members and a former county election administrator are among Ken Paxton's targets as he elevates his "election integrity" accusations to criminality. A half-dozen people, including a county judge, two City Council members and a former county election administrator, were indicted in Texas on Wednesday for "vote harvesting" and tampering with evidence, elevating Attorney General Ken Paxton's charges of voter fraud by mostly Latino Democrats to a criminal level.

1 month 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...

2 months 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.