Detained Ice

• Los hermanos Gámez-Cuéllar fueron arrestados junto a sus padres en febrero y liberados posteriormente tras una reacción bipartidista • Tres músicos de mariachi adolescentes que fueron detenidos temporalmente por el Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) en febrero han sido seleccionados para abrir los conciertos de la cantante de country Kacey Musgraves en varias de sus próximas presentaciones en Texas • El lunes, Musgraves anunció que los hermanos Gámez-Cuéllar Antonio, 18; Caleb, 14; y Joshua, 12, se unirán a ella para sus actuaciones en el Gruene Hall del 3 al 5 de mayo como parte de su gira Middle of Nowhere tour. Seguir leyendo...

Meenu Batra, the state’s only licensed Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu interpreter, says she was treated ‘like a criminal’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Texas court interpreter who was arrested by ICE after living in the US for more than 35 years is speaking out from detention, saying she has been “treated like a criminal” and fears being deported to a country where she has never been.Meenu Batra is the only licensed Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu court interpreter in the state, and has served as an interpreter for hundreds of people in immigration court. Continue reading...

Agents detained Marie-Therese Ross in Alabama on 1 April after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to DHSThe French government is pressing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody after she was detained earlier this month.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Marie-Therese Ross in Alabama on 1 April after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to DHS. Ross is now being held at a federal immigration detention facility in Louisiana. Continue reading...