A privately-owned immigration detention facility in south Texas, designed to house families for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will reopen.
With the expansion of the 287(g) program, local and state officers will be able to enforce some immigration duties.
Senate Bill 8 would require sheriff’s departments in large Texas counties to sign cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A South Texas man on Wednesday was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a pregnant 16-year-old immigrant who officials say he was human trafficking, U.S. Attorney
Privately Run Immigration Detention ... immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the business said Wednesday.