Currently, the sheriff's office calls on the San Antonio Police Department or the DPS when a chopper is needed.

One of his passengers suffered a brain bleed and the other had other serious injuries. Both were taken to the hospital. Scott Anthony Galindo, 32, has been arrested.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said the man killed himself after firing several shots at deputies Tuesday on the Northeast Side, near Converse.

The program for more than half-a-million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans was set to end this month.