Under a deal between Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE [6]) and the Texas Department of Public Safety [7], the Texas state police force—consisting of some 5,000 officers—is being given [8] the power to interrogate anyone suspected to be undocumented about their immigration status and to arrest people who are believed to be in the country without papers, without first obtaining a warrant. The move is heightening concerns that already exist about racial profiling in the Trump administration's country-wide immigration crackdown.
From The New Humanitarian [11], Nov. 7.
See our last report on the struggle in Texas [12].
