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Luis Zayas, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of the book “Through Iceboxes and Kennels: How Immigration Detention Harms Children and Families.”
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The research showed that both property and violent crime decreased more in counties that adopted these polices than in non sanctuary counties.
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Here’s a rundown of border and immigration news from Texas and beyond. Look out for a weekly recap featuring reporting from NPR and Texas’ public radio stations.
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The vaccination effort appears to be the first in Texas ICE facilities, as hundreds of immigrants are battling COVID-19 in detention facilities across the state.
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The decision rolls back a Trump administration practice of seizing people who were in courthouses for reasons unrelated to their immigration status.
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Migrants told researchers that they couldn’t stay socially distant in ICE detention and they weren’t given adequate soap. Then when they complained, staff retaliated.
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More women are coming forward to say they were coerced to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
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Miguel Oliva Esquivel was outside at work when he heard a helicopter flying overhead."What’s with the helicopter?" he wondered.“En eso quedó porque tenía…
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The Department of Homeland Security said it needed an extra $200 million to detain and deport migrants. Among the cash that covered the shortfall: FEMA funds earmarked for recovery and preparedness.
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The ACLU and other groups are scouring Guatemala to track down parents who were separated from their children in the United States and deported back home without them.
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At a White House ceremony, the president also asked an agent, Adrian Anzaldua, who discovered a tractor-trailer containing about 80 immigrants, to speak. "He speaks perfect English," Trump noted.
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A pregnant woman had to drive herself to the hospital and deliver her baby after U.S. immigration officials took her husband into custody because of an arrest warrant related to a homicide in Mexico.