HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Fifty percent of young Hispanics, ages 18 to 25, with a serious mental illness never receive treatment, according to statistics. Part of that problem can be attributed to language barriers and no access to health insurance. A group called Houston Galveston Institute Counseling, which has been around since 1979, has been working hard to try to put …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — DACA supporters said a recent move by President Joe Biden’s administration intended to protect immigrant youth as “some progress.” DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, has seen some legal challenges over the years. In fact, last year a Texas judge challenged DACA over an administrative violation in which the Biden administration is now responding to. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Hundreds of migrant people from Haiti are still coming to Houston every day from Del Rio. “[Tuesday], I only have 482, for now,” said Jean Sadraque Cius, showing all the calls on his phone. “On the first day, I probably had 1,700…1,800.” Cius is one of about 20,000 Haitian immigrants who live in Houston. They’re working …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman at a gas station was carjacked at gunpoint while her two young children were in the car in northeast Houston. acquired exclusive footage capturing the woman at Amigo Mart gas station on McCarty Street around 9 p.m. on Sept. 22. A man nearby was seen lurking, which caused her to become suspicious, so she …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The U.S. Marshals are looking for a man they said escaped while he was being transported Tuesday afternoon. According to the U.S. Marshals, Pedro Castillo-Hernandez was last seen near the Gulf Freeway and Dixie Farm Road. A couple later reported seeing a man in the area trying to remove handcuffs. Castillo-Hernandez is wanted for escape with …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An innocent woman who was inside an SUV parked at a church in east Houston died when a robber, who held up an auto parts store nearby, carjacked the victim, took off with her inside, and then crashed, police said. Family members at the scene identified the victim as Jessica Garza and told that she was …