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Legislature Mandates Sheriff-ICE Cooperation in Jails or Streets

Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert deputies into roving immigration agents.

by Francesca D’Annunzio and Gus Bova

Keep Reading

Congressman Denounces ICE Response About Prosecutor Operating Racist X Account

by Steven Monacelli

ICE Raids on Beloved Bakery Reverberate Through Rio Grande Valley

by Gaige Davila

Local and State Police Are Joining Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’

by Francesca D’Annunzio

sanctuary cities Jan 18, 2018

Guatemalan Family Takes ‘Sanctuary’ in Austin Church — Again

A mother and her 11-year-old son won relief from deportation under Obama. But Trump’s ICE took it away.

by Gus Bova

immigration, ICE, texas Dec 20, 2017

The Faces of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in 2017

Since January, federal agents have hunted down immigrants they would have previously ignored, in places they would have previously avoided.

by Gus Bova

Jun 22, 2017

Lo que Necesitas Saber sobre la Batalla Legal de SB 4

La primera gran audiencia para la prohibición de las “ciudades santuario” se llevará a cabo el próximo lunes en San Antonio.

by Gus Bova and Alvaro Céspedes

Dec 29, 2016

‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’

Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning.

by Gus Bova

Dec 29, 2016

America Beyond Detention

Every year, the United States locks up hundreds of thousands of immigrants at a cost $2 billion. Is there a better way?

by Emma Pérez-Treviño, Gus Bova, Jen Reel, and Melissa del Bosque

The entrance to the 500-bed Karnes County Residential Center for detained immigrant moms and kids. May 10, 2016

‘She Lives in Fear,’ Not in El Salvador, but in Texas Detention

Texas wants to license immigrant detention centers for child care, but two families say the privately run facilities aren't as safe as the state claims.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Families in the hall at the notorious T. Don Hutto family detention center Mar 18, 2016

An End to Family Detention? Immigration Groups are Wary

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Families in the hall at the notorious T. Don Hutto family detention center Sep 05, 2014

Feds Planning Massive Family Detention Center in South Texas

by Forrest Wilder

Jul 07, 2014

The Unnecessary Expense of Immigrant Detention

by Cindy Casares

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