Texas immigration advocates say federal agents are trying new tactics to arrest more migrants amid a surge in immigration enforcement.

Minnesota Reps. Angie Craig, Kelly Morrison and Ilhan Omar were denied access to detainees at a federal building outside Minneapolis on Jan. 10. The Department of Homeland Security has said the three Democrats did not comply with a new policy to give facilities seven days notice.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrived in riot gear in Dilley on Wednesday as protesters gathered outside the South Texas Family Residential Center to draw attention to the detention of a five-year-old boy from the Minneapolis area being held at the ICE facility.

The legal challenge has continued through a case brought by a group of civil rights organizations and El Paso County.

Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico focused on President Donald Trump and Ken Paxton, prompting John Cornyn and Republicans to push back online.

With immigration enforcement ramping up in Texas, Texas Tribune reporter Colleen DeGuzman and immigration attorney Paul Pirela join TribCast to discuss.

In a formal letter to Abbott, Menéndez wrote that he has “grave concerns regarding the operations conducted by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement” and pressed the governor to cease ICE activity in Texas “until a thorough review of the agency’s actions are conducted by the United States Congress.

A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where 5-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.

Senate Bill 4 returns to the 5th Circuit with border crossings at record lows, a sharp reversal from the influx that inspired Texas’ law authorizing state police to arrest undocumented immigrants.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pushed for the White House to “recalibrate” its immigration operations in Minnesota in the wake of a second deadly shooting in Minneapolis by federal immigration authorities.