Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Posted on · As we reported this week, there are 13 cases in the Houston area. The Houston Contract Detention Facility has eight confirmed cases and a facility located in Conroe has five cases.
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.
Posted on · Health officials say there's no evidence the disease was transmitted outside the facility.
Posted on · Considering a quarter of the Houston-area population is foreign-born, this city has been among the most impacted by numerous policy changes.
Posted on · Democratic lawmakers --including Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke-- toured the facility, where 2,700 migrant children are housed in tents.
Posted on · Almost half of detained immigrants in the United States were held in Texas, new research shows.
Posted on · Texas, and Harris County, have been ground zero for immigration crackdowns, according to a new report.
Posted on · Over an 8-month period, immigration authorities picked up and arrested 835 people throughout the county.
Posted on · Without Congressional support for the wall or an immigration overhaul, the Trump administration’s hands are somewhat tied in how they limit immigration. That hasn’t stopped them from trying.
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Posted on · The toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Dilley. She had not yet turned two years old.
Posted on · 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.
Posted on · Most are from Central and South America, others came from India, Nigeria and Turkey
Posted on · The family's lawyer said that the small child “tragically died after being detained by ICE in unsanitary conditions.”