Immigration
More Than 400 Mumps Cases Confirmed In Texas Immigrant Facilities
Posted on · Immigration officials have yet to contain a mumps outbreak that started in October 2018.
Tag: detention
Immigration
A Year After Being Detained By ICE, Former Houston High School Student Forges His Future
Posted on · "I don’t know if the next time I go to court, I’m going to be deported," said Dennis Rivera, a 20-year-old Honduran student whose controversial detention by ICE spurred protests in Houston last year.
Immigration
Report: Texas Leads The Way In Immigrant Detention
Posted on · Almost half of detained immigrants in the United States were held in Texas, new research shows.
Houston Matters
Firefighter Response Time After Prop B, And Juvenile Judge Releases Defendants: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The Week’s News
Posted on · Our non-experts break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week’s news.
News
Mexican Reporter And Son Released from Immigration Detention in Texas
Posted on · Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son Oscar spent seven months in federal detention
In-Depth
Border Volunteers Allege Mistreatment Of Detainees
Posted on · Three volunteers recount stories of migrants not being able to shower for several days, sparse food, dehydration, and even babies with fevers who have not been treated
News
How Deportations are Affecting Houston Families
Posted on · After attending a routine immigration check-in, a Pearland father is suddenly detained and deported. We look into how José Escobar's family is coping, and how the Trump Administration's new policies are affecting the immigrant community in Houston.
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Private Prisons, Veterans Court, and Ship Channel Stories: Houston Matters for Thursday, October 16, 2014
Posted on · Earlier this month, allegations of sexual abuse surfaced at a South Texas detention center for mothers and children fleeing violence and persecution in Central America. The Karnes City facility is run by a private, for-profit operator based in Florida, which strongly denies the allegations. The claims come four months after the ACLU issued a report […]