Protests

Hundreds of students walked from campus to city hall to protest federal immigration policy. It was one of several student walkouts across North Texas in recent days, despite a state warning.

Hundreds of Dallas students walked out of Townview magnet school Tuesday morning to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions here and nationwide. It came weeks after the state warned there could be consequences for schools if students hold walkouts.

Students from Calhoun Middle School in Denton participated in a walk out protest opposing ICE operations nationwide.

A viral video of the incident appears to show a driver pushing a high school student to the ground and hitting her several times.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrived in riot gear in Dilley on Wednesday as protesters gathered outside the South Texas Family Residential Center to draw attention to the detention of a five-year-old boy from the Minneapolis area being held at the ICE facility.

A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.

Protestors demonstrated outside Dallas City Hall and marched through downtown Thursday evening over the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.

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Nine people face federal charges in connection with the July 4 nonfatal shooting of an Alvarado police officer. Their trial was moved from January to Feb. 17.

The Collin County program only accepts "open-minded" first-time offenders with an eligible case and an attorney. Court records show 12 have been accepted and two more have pending applications.

Rebecca Morgan and Susan Kent face up to 15 years in prison for hiding the man accused of shooting and injuring an Alvarado police officer outside the Prairieland Detention Center July 4.

North Texas groups are participating in Fall of Freedom, which organizers have described as a “creative resistance.”