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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Immigration

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Biden’s pick to lead immigration enforcement agency, withdraws from nomination

JADEN EDISON, TEXAS TRIBUNE

Posted on June 28, 2022 · The withdrawal comes after the congressional vote to confirm Gonzalez, a vocal opponent of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, stalled for months.

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Politics

‘The guy’s gonna have a wreck’: Transcript shows GOP activist Steve Hotze describing failed election fraud investigation to former U.S. attorney

Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on May 6, 2022 · Hotze told former U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick, "the guy’s gonna have a wreck," according to a transcript. Two days later, Hotze's associate allegedly ran a repairman off the road.

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Immigration

Houston immigration advocates say ICE body camera program is a ‘baby step’ toward accountability

Caroline Love

Posted on December 22, 2021 · Advocates say the use of cameras in ICE operations is overdue.

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Immigration

U.S. Homeland Security agents to test use of body cameras

Ben Fox, Associated Press

Posted on December 22, 2021 · ICE officials say members of SWAT-like teams who work for a component of ICE known as Homeland Security Investigations will use body cams in Houston, Newark, New Jersey, and New York during the test.

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Immigration

U.S. Senators Grill Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez On His Approach To Leading ICE

Lucio Vasquez / Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on July 15, 2021 · Gonzalez related his local law enforcement experience in Harris County to his approach to the controversial role.

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Immigration

New ACLU Report Reveals Dozens Of Hunger Strikes, Retaliation At Texas ICE Facilities

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on June 24, 2021 · There were at least 46 hunger strikes -- by individuals and groups -- at Texas ICE facilities between 2013 and 2017, according to ACLU data shared with Houston Public Media. 

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Immigration

Woman Who Accused Immigration Officers Of Rape Drops Lawsuit Against Detention Center

Elizabeth Trovall / Paul DeBenedetto

Posted on January 20, 2021 · The woman abruptly moved to drop her suit in September, and the Houston Chronicle reported on Friday she admitted to falsifying the account in order to qualify for a visa for victims.

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Immigration

NPR Exclusive: Video Shows Controversial Use Of Force Inside An ICE Detention Center

Tom Dreisbach, NPR

Posted on February 6, 2020 · Footage from a privately run immigration detention center in California shows eight men linking arms in a hunger strike. Officers responded with pepper spray, saying the men were inciting "rebellion."

Tags Immigration Customs and Enforcement

Immigration

Texas Flight Attendant With DACA Released After Being Detained For More Than A Month

AMY TAXIN, AP

Posted on March 25, 2019 · Mesa Airlines chief executive Jonathan Ornstein apologized to Saavedra Roman and asked U.S. authorities to release her, arguing that it was unfair to continually detain someone "over something that is nothing more than an administrative error and a misunderstanding."

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#AbolishICE? Texas Democrats Begin To Navigate Emerging Issue

Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Posted on July 3, 2018 · Texas Democrats are finding their place in a quickly growing national debate over the usefulness of Immigration Customs and Enforcement — and whether it should be abolished.

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Congressman Al Green on establishing a national Slavery Remembrance Day (Aug. 16, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 16, 2022 · On Tuesday's show: Rep. Al Green answers questions about issues before Congress and his efforts to establish a national Slavery Remembrance Day. Then we examine the role green infrastructure could play in preventing future flooding. And we visit the Banksyland exhibit.

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Houston Matters

How the Inflation Reduction Act might affect Houston (Aug. 9, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 9, 2022 · On Tuesday's show: Analyzing the climate change provision in the Inflation Reduction Act and how it might affect Houston. Questions for Mayor Pro-Tem Dave Martin. A gardening expert answers your questions. And addressing problems Hurricane Harvey exposed with area reservoirs.

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Houston Matters

Rep. Sylvia Garcia on paid rest breaks for construction workers (July 26, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 26, 2022 · On Tuesday's show: Rep. Garcia discusses her new bill requiring employers to offer paid rest breaks for construction workers, and she answers your questions about other issues facing Greater Houston.

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Rep. Lizzie Fletcher on new abortion legislation (July 19, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 19, 2022 · On Tuesday's show: Houston Rep. Lizzie Fletcher discusses the bill she sponsored that would prohibit anyone from interfering with a person traveling across state lines to obtain abortion services. 

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