‘I felt hopeless’: #Hmong refugee stranded in #Texas after release from #ICE detention

https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-detainees-stranded-after-release/

> Thi Dua Vang, a Hmong refugee fleeing religious persecution, was arrested by ICE. When a judge ordered her release, she was left alone outside the detention center. Her story isn’t rare, experts say.

‘I felt hopeless’: #Hmong refugee stranded in #Texas after release from #ICE detention

https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-detainees-stranded-after-release/

> Thi Dua Vang, a Hmong refugee fleeing religious persecution, was arrested by ICE. When a judge ordered her release, she was left alone outside the detention center. Her story isn’t rare, experts say.

Featured story: Here in #Texas, to the Republicans and the billionaires whose power they entrench, the prospect of the Lone Star State being swept up in a similarly insurgent candidacy still sounds like its own far-fetched fantasy.
https://www.texasobserver.org/let-a-hundred-mamdanis-bloom/

#politics #USpol #news #Democrats #Mamdani

45 year-old man, Chad Michael Watts, attacked a group of children protesting ICE in #Texas while wearing a read MAGA hat. The youth bravely fought back and defended themselves.

The far-Right carries out violence in support of Trump and threatens our freedom, our children and working-class communities everywhere.

Featured story: Here in #Texas, to the Republicans and the billionaires whose power they entrench, the prospect of the Lone Star State being swept up in a similarly insurgent candidacy still sounds like its own far-fetched fantasy.
https://www.texasobserver.org/let-a-hundred-mamdanis-bloom/

#politics #USpol #news #Democrats #Mamdani

45 year-old man, Chad Michael Watts, attacked a group of children protesting ICE in #Texas while wearing a read MAGA hat. The youth bravely fought back and defended themselves.

The far-Right carries out violence in support of Trump and threatens our freedom, our children and working-class communities everywhere.

friend: sends me a heartwarming video of wild sea turtles being lovingly warmed up at an aquarium in Texas after swimming in too-cold seawater

me, an asshole: you know that aquarium is funded by the oil industry, right

<checks> nodding, assholishly

#OilBeach #Texas #oil #petroleum #conservation #greenwashing

Featured story: The last time #Democrats won statewide office in #Texas was 1994. That year coincides closely with an important index of organizational power: peak union density in the state.

#unions #politics #USpol #news #elections #Mamdani

Featured story: The last time #Democrats won statewide office in #Texas was 1994. That year coincides closely with an important index of organizational power: peak union density in the state.

#unions #politics #USpol #news #elections #Mamdani

5-yr-old #LiamRamos & father return to #Minnesota from #Texas #ICE “detention facility” [ #ConcentrationCamp] following a judge’s order, acc/to TX Rep #JoaquinCastro. The 2 were detained in a #Minneapolis suburb on Jan 20.

A spox for the Democratic congressman, confirmed the 2 had arrived home. She said Castro picked them up from Dilley on Saturday night & escorted them home on Sunday to Minnesota.

#law #ChildEndangerment #ChildAbuse #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-boy-liam-conejo-ramos-fc958185cd2b4e946b82081be11bc0f6?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-01-Breaking+News

5-yr-old #LiamRamos & father return to #Minnesota from #Texas #ICE “detention facility” [ #ConcentrationCamp] following a judge’s order, acc/to TX Rep #JoaquinCastro. The 2 were detained in a #Minneapolis suburb on Jan 20.

A spox for the Democratic congressman, confirmed the 2 had arrived home. She said Castro picked them up from Dilley on Saturday night & escorted them home on Sunday to Minnesota.

#law #ChildEndangerment #ChildAbuse #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-boy-liam-conejo-ramos-fc958185cd2b4e946b82081be11bc0f6?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-01-Breaking+News

Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old #ICE detained last week in #Minnesota, is being held in Dilley, #Texas in a center owned by #CoreCivic, a #PrivatePrison company that donated heavily to #Trump’s campaign. Liam is now reportedly sick because of the poor facility conditions.

#LiamRamos #law #immigration #HumanRights #ChildEndangerment #ChildNeglect #ChildAbuse
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/dilley-detention-jasmine-crockett-joaquin-castro/

Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old #ICE detained last week in #Minnesota, is being held in Dilley, #Texas in a center owned by #CoreCivic, a #PrivatePrison company that donated heavily to #Trump’s campaign. Liam is now reportedly sick because of the poor facility conditions.

#LiamRamos #law #immigration #HumanRights #ChildEndangerment #ChildNeglect #ChildAbuse
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/dilley-detention-jasmine-crockett-joaquin-castro/

32 People Died in ICE Custody in 2025, as #Minneapolis Killings Spark Outrage

“Of those who died in #ICE custody last year include Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death in #Texas has been ruled a homicide.

Also Wael Tarabishi, who died of a rare genetic disease thirty days after his father, Wael’s primary caregiver, was detained by ICE after a routine check-in at an immigration facility in Dallas.”

https://people.com/deaths-ice-custody-last-year-as-fatal-shootings-spur-outrage-11890261

Our top story: Photographer Jordan Vonderhaar spent months using a modified digital camera to reveal the militarization of the #Texas border in stark infrared. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-river-and-the-fever-dream-photo-essay/

#photography #art #politics #USpol #immigration #military #news