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Top Stories: ICE Detains Salvadoran Woman With Brain Tumor; The Conservative Side Of Latino Policies

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The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

A 26-year-old Salvadoran woman who has a brain tumor is being held in an immigration detention center in North Texas. KERA’s Stella Chavez reports her attorneys are trying to gain her release and proper medical care.

Other stories this morning:

  • New federal memos on immigration enforcement this week have stoked fears that millions of people could be deported. In our Friday Conversation, Rick Holter caught up with Daniel Garza in San Antonio, who leads the conservative Libre Initiative. 

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Gus Contreras is a digital producer and reporter at KERA News. Gus produces the local All Things Considered segment and reports on a variety of topics from, sports to immigration. He was an intern and production assistant for All Things Considered in Washington D.C.