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Episcopal Diocese calls for justice for Texas priest detained by ICE
The priest is legally allowed to work in the United States and is employed by the State of Texas.
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Posted inSan Antonio News
Reddit forum r/SanAntonio bans San Antonio Current after article on ICE-related censorship in the subreddit
The San Antonio Current is the only publication banned in the forum, which even blocks Reddit users from linking to the publication’s site.
Posted inTexas News
Majority of Texans oppose National Guard deployment to cities out of state, poll finds
At President Trump’s direction, Gov. Greg Abbott authorized the deployment of hundreds of troops to Illinois to ‘safeguard’ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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ICE reports largest number of deaths of immigrants in its custody in decades
Former agency officials say the situation will probably get worse as the Trump White House increases arrests and cuts oversight.
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ICE still won’t answer questions about Texas prosecutor with white supremacist account
Congressman Marc Veasey arrived at an ICE facility Monday in his latest attempt to follow up on the Observer’s reporting.
Posted inTexas News
Trump’s immigration crackdown cratering Texas’ job growth, new report finds
The state’s job growth has hit its lowest level since the outset of the pandemic, and economists blame the White House’s policies.
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ICE cranks up weapons spending by 700% during Trump anti-immigrant crackdown
In addition to guns and body armor, records show the agency bought chemical weapons and ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’
Posted inNational News
More than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
Posted inTexas News
Gov. Greg Abbott denies allegation that Trump is deploying Texas National Guard to Illinois
Trump now appears to have walked back his claim, saying he instead wants to send the Guard to New Orleans.
Posted inTexas News
Dems in Congress are being denied access to Texas ICE facilities. Now they’re suing.
As immigration enforcement spending ramps up, oversight mechanisms have been stifled — including for members of Congress.
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Another owner of Texas chain Trump Burger has been detained by ICE
Iyad Abu El Hawa’s complicated story also involves injecting people with fake vaccines and a murder-for-hire plot, the feds allege.
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Owner of Texas’ MAGA-themed chain Trump Burger faces deportation
Roland Beainy was caught in the Trump deportation machine’s crosshairs after opening a chain of restaurants devoted to the president. D’oh.
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Repeating History: Survivors of South Texas’ World War II internment camps see terrifying parallels in Trump’s immigration crackdown
As immigrant detention sites spring up, survivors of an internment camp south of San Antonio are reliving what they thought they’d left in the past.
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U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro describes ‘grim’ conditions at ICE detention center near San Antonio
Castro said officials at the camp ‘staged’ efforts to show inmates getting exercise, while employees inside wore masks to hide their identities.
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U.S. Rep. Greg Casar calls ICE arrests at San Antonio Immigration Court ‘disturbing, dystopian’
Federal agents led away at least two immigrants as they showed up to plead their cases Monday morning.
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San Antonio man gets 10 years in prison on charge he smuggled 25 migrants in a tanker
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reports a 93% decrease in illegal border crossings so far this year.
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Michigan man dead after firing at U.S. Border Patrol station in South Texas
Three people were injured during the shooting and are recovering. The FBI is investigating the incident.
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Texas’ immigration law is unconstitutional, appeals court rules
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling means that Senate Bill 4, which allows local police to arrest suspected undocumented immigrants, continues to be blocked.
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Protesters gather at ICE detention site southwest of San Antonio to protest conditions inside
Though only 10 or so protestors gathered, facility officials refused to allow family members to visit detained relatives.