While federal authorities crack down on immigration across the country, Texas has emerged as an epicenter, as federal officials snatch up immigrants and protesters organize in response. Across the state in the past month, ICE has detained a mother of five outside of a San Antonio immigration court. Outside an Austin middle school, another mother […]
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Texas Police Are Running Constitutionally Questionable AI License Plate Searches for ICE
Many law enforcement agencies across the nation, including in Texas, use networks of cameras to automatically track cars — and some are using them to support federal immigration enforcement. That’s the topline from data recently obtained through a public records request first reported by 404 Media that The Barbed Wire has independently reviewed. Earlier this […]
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Trump Administration Sent a Man From Pennsylvania to Texas to Deport Him, Though a Judge Said Not To
The Trump administration transported a Venezuelan man to Texas for possible deportation, going against a federal judge’s order to block the man’s removal from Pennsylvania or the United States, Reuters reported. On April 15, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines issued a temporary order that prevented the administration from moving the man, referred to as “A.S.R.” […]
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Trump Administration Deportation Actions, Plans Are ‘Beyond the Pale’ As President Considers Deporting Citizens
In a mere three months, the Trump administration has arrested legal residents, stripped them of their status, accused them of being members of transnational gangs, and sent them to a prison labor camp in a foreign country. Upon scrutiny, many of these cases reveal a disturbing pattern: many of those deported have no criminal record, […]
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A U.S. Citizen Child Seeking Brain Cancer Treatment Was Deported with Her Parents
A family living in Rio Grande City was on their way to Houston to see medical specialists for their 10-year-old daughter when they were stopped and arrested at an immigration checkpoint, NBC reported Wednesday. When the mother — who spoke to NBC and whose name is being withheld to protect the family’s identity — told […]
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Thousands Protest Trump’s ICE Raids as Texas Empowers National Guard to Act as Immigration Officials
For thousands of people across the state, Monday — dubbed “a Day Without Immigrants” — topped off a weekend of protests against Trump’s racist immigration crackdown. Dallas, Houston, Pflugerville, McAllen, and even deep East Texas saw hundreds of people marching and waving flags from a variety of Latin American countries as a sign of solidarity […]
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Mo Season 2 Expertly Tells a ‘Real Story’ Through Laughter & Absurdity
As Americans, our unalienable rights enshrined in the Declaration of Independence include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If humor counts on that last point, Mo Amer is a true patriot. Through his show Mo, the second season of which premiered Thursday on Netflix, he’s made millions of viewers across the world laugh while […]
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‘It’s Going to Be a Rude Awakening’: How Immigrant Aid Groups Are Preparing for Trump’s Crackdown
Well, that didn’t take long. After running another campaign fueled by anti-immigrant rhetoric and racist fear-mongering, Donald Trump began his second term as president last week and promptly made good on his threats of an immigration crackdown. Just moments after being sworn in, the CBP One app went dark, leaving migrants along the border without […]
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Texas Is Now at the Heart of Trump’s Immigration Raids
President Trump’s immigration raids have begun — and law enforcement has Texas in its crosshairs. Over the weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out a series of “enhanced targeted operations” across Texas, arresting dozens of people. The raids spanned across cities including Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and the Rio Grande Valley. […]
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Immigration Attorneys Are Here to ‘Cut Through the Chaos’ of Trump’s Racist Plans
On Monday, President Donald Trump was sworn in to his second term in office. By Wednesday, he’d signed a slew of terrifying executive orders and policy changes targeting immigrant communities. On day one, Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship — an unconstitutional move […]