How teaching in one of San Antonio’s poorest areas spurred James Talarico’s U.S. Senate bid

Talarico’s two years as a public school teacher is central to his Democratic Senate campaign after shaping his policy goals and driving his political rise through the Texas House. The post How teaching in one of San Antonio’s poorest areas spurred James Talarico’s U.S. Senate bid appeared first on S

San Antonio council members Spears and Whyte meet with ICE officials

District 9 Councilwoman Misty Spears and District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte took to Facebook Thursday afternoon to inform the public of their meeting with the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s San Antonio field office. “The discussion focused on public safety, operational awareness an

ICE sending Minneapolis refugees to San Antonio-area detention facility

Refugees detained in President Trump’s sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis are being sent to detention centers in Texas, including one just south of San Antonio, according to a report by the Dallas Observer. Officials at Minneapolis legal group Advocates for Human

We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing

A Minnesota woman holds up a sign during a Black Lives Matter demonstration 10 years ago. Some of the same chokeholds that came under scrutiny then are still in use by ICE. The post We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing a