ICE Retaliates Against Immigrants in Austin After Sheriff Limits Cooperation with Federal Agents
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#2HBGY)
Texas U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin said in open court that federal agents had alerted him that ICE would be targeting the area of Austin, Texas. The raids would be retribution for Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez's new policy that limited cooperation between local and federal authorities. For more, we are joined by Austin City Councilmember Gregorio Casar. When he first won election in 2014, he was the youngest councilmember in the city's history.