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ACLU Urges Texas Sheriffs to Stay out of Costly Immigration Enforcement
“The bottom line is that 287(g) agreements cost counties money while damaging public safety and community trust in law enforcement,” the ACLU letter said.
Gus Bova
Gus Bova is the editor-in-chief of the Texas Observer. In 2016, he joined the Observer as an intern, later becoming a staff writer and an assistant editor. He's covered immigration, homelessness, labor, politics, and other major Texas stories. Before coming to the Observer, he worked at a shelter for recently arrived immigrants and asylum-seekers. He studied Latin American Studies at the University of Kansas.
Articles by Gus Bova
Democrats Joaquin Castro, Beto O’Rourke Join Thousands at Dallas Immigration March
The march highlighted the shared struggles of Muslims and Latinos in the age of Trump.
GOP Senator Declares War on Empty Office in Quixotic Effort to Keep Out Refugees
The bill would do nothing to keep the feds from placing refugees in Texas, but limits the state’s ability to negotiate specifics of resettlement.
How Texas State Troopers Turn Routine Traffic Stops into Deportations
The Conejo brothers were construction workers in Austin with clean criminal records when a broken tail light and a patrolman’s decision landed them back in Mexico.
Red Dawn: Socialist Group Sees Explosive Growth Ignited by Sanders, Trump
By embracing Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Socialists of America reaped the harvest of politicized young people no longer afraid of the s-word.
Texas Senator: Farmworker Housing Licensed by State is ‘Unconscionable’
‘There was no room to walk or cook, but you had to stay because there was no place else to go,’ one migrant farmworker said.
Locked In Limbo
Ankle monitors are preferable to putting immigrant families behind bars. But the devices interfere with daily life and work — and they aren’t always used as an alternative to detention.
Video: ‘Queer Dance Freakout’ Outside the Governor’s Mansion
The crowd danced hard and carried signs reading "Trans rights are human rights," "Feminism for now, feminism forever" and "I don't care about your front; I got your back."
Sweeping Immigration Arrests Prompt Days of Protests in Austin
Up to 70 people have been detained by federal immigration officers in Austin in four days, according to a local organizer.
Myth-Busting Immigration Detainers: They’re Optional, Costly and Rarely Lead to Deportation
In 2015, federal authorities never followed up on 62 percent of immigration detainers issued to local jails. Overall, only 15 percent of detainers led to deportations.