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Federal judge declared mistrial after defense attorney wore civil rights T-shirt during jury selection for alleged ICE shooting case in Texas court.
The trial in the high-profile federal trial in connection with the Fourth of July shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado is over before it even began.
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Six deaths in six weeks: What to know about ICE detentions in Texas
Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.
State Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, has raised concerns about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s tactics – including home searches, detentions of U.S. citizens and deportations – and called on Wednesday for a legislative review Texas’ cooperation with ICE and a state mandate that certain local law enforcement partner with the agency through so-called 287(g) agreements.
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North Texas ICE detainees could be held without bond despite nonviolent status after court ruling
A court ruling in Louisiana last Friday said the government can hold ICE detainees without bond even if they aren't accused of violent crimes, which could affect the cases of two high-profile North Texas ICE detainees.
In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.
Any other Tuesday, Paola Ramirez would have been at lunch. But Feb. 10 wasn’t any other Tuesday. The 16-year-old walked off campus and into the streets, alongside hundreds of her peers from Booker T.
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Texas driver showed viewers what happened to her car during a vicious winter ice storm
It looks like it's gonna be a long, miserable