‘What Kind of Life Is This?’: Five Desperate Cubans Weigh Their Odds in Texas
Refugees from Cuba have always had to struggle for success in America. In Trump’s second term, they’ve been plunged into legal chaos.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
A Catch-22 in the Crimmigration System in Harris County
In Houston, a lack of transparency and poor communication between immigration and criminal courts has created a civil rights nightmare and a clog in the system.
ICE Issues More Detainers in Texas, Withholds Crucial Data
In the past, ICE regularly wasted local resources by not following up on its own detainer requests. Now, that information is secret.
Asylum-Seeker’s Release Shows Activists Can Win Under Trump’s ICE
But it ain’t easy.
Fear and Loathing at the San Antonio Border Security Expo
Immigration officials say they no longer “distinguish between border security and interior enforcement” and aim to “push the borders out.”
Congressman Demands Answers from ICE on ‘Deceptive’ Immigration Raids in Austin
After an Observer report, Austin Democrat Lloyd Doggett is demanding a host of new details from ICE about last February's raids.
ICE Arrestó Casi Tres Veces Más Inmigrantes De Lo Reportado Durante las Redadas del Año Pasado en Austin
La agencia declaró en febrero pasado que la operación realizó 51 arrestos, pero información obtenida por el Observer reveló que el número fue de 132.
ICE Arrested Nearly Three Times as Many Immigrants During Last Year’s Austin Raid Than Previously Reported
The agency said last February's operation netted 51 arrests, but an Observer information request revealed the number is 132.
Attorney: Matt Rinaldi’s Call to ICE Will Likely Be Used Against SB 4 in Lawsuit
The Republican lawmaker’s call to ICE will “almost assuredly” be used to show ‘discriminatory intent,’ an attorney said.