Eva Parks

1 month ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala

Illegal border crossings have declined as the Trump administration surges resources to the southern border. Migrants caught crossing the border tell Texas state troopers that Mexican cartels are responding by raising their fees for smuggling people across. NBC 5 Investigates spent two days in mid-February embedded with a team of Texas Department of Public Safety state troopers who work alongside the U.S. Border Patrol, targeting human smuggling.

2 months ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Edward Ayala |Eva Parks

Sarah Saldaña understands ICE from the inside. She once led the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency under President Obama. As a former prosecutor and U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Saldaña believes in ICE and its mission. But she also believes there is no way the agency is equipped to arrest, detain and deport the 13 million people the Trump administration has pledged to remove. "Put me on the record, I can predict that's not going to happen.

2 months ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala

The Fort Worth Police Department has increased staffing in its cold case homicide unit, adding another full-time detective, after NBC 5 Investigates reported the stories of families who say a shortage of detectives left them feeling that the murders and disappearances of their loved ones had been forgotten. In November, NBC 5 Investigates revealed the cold case unit had only one full-time detective, two part-time reserve officers, and more than 1,000 unsolved cold cases. "It's deplorable.

2 months ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala

The number of cases pending in United States immigration courts has reached more than 3.7 million, according to researchers who track court data nationwide. Now, as the Trump administration aims to deport more migrants, there are new questions about whether a wave of additional cases could crush the already overwhelmed courts and slow the administration's plans.

2 months ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala

After NBC 5 Investigates exposed the extreme dangers drivers and pedestrians face on Loop 12 in southern Dallas, police launched a major crackdown on speeding. Now, months into that effort, officers believe it is saving lives. "There was a history there, and it was a history that we didn't like, and it needed to be changed," interim Dallas Police Chief Michael Igo said in an interview with NBC 5 Investigates.