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Independent journalist in Texas
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Lomi Kriel
6 days ago
(10) We are continuing to report on ICE conditions, deaths and medical care. Please reach out to me and Colleen DeGuzman (contact info below.) We take your confidentiality seriously.
@texastribune.org
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/19/i...
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Jason Buch
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
6 days ago
Covering immigration is hard â and a federal courtâs restriction on accessing immigration records doesnât help.
@rcfp.org
is urging the court to immediately address the problem so the press and public can more easily monitor the governmentâs actions.
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RCFP urges federal district court in Pennsylvania to lift restrictions on accessing immigration records
A federal court is unlawfully prohibiting journalists from copying immigration records at the courthouse. The practice must stop.
https://www.rcfp.org/immigration-access-letter-pa/
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Jason Buch
Texas Tribune
6 days ago
Thirty-two people died in ICE custody nationwide last year, surpassing the previous high of 20 in 2005, according to federal data. Nearly a quarter of last yearâs deaths occurred in Texas.
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What you need to know about Texas ICE detention deaths
Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/19/ice-detention-deaths-texas-east-montana-dilley-campos/
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Texas Observer
16 days ago
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: âThat facility is, like, terrible, horrible. Thereâs a lot of people in there. A lot. Each room has like 45 capacity. And theyâre putting like 60 people in each room. The restroom is a mess. Dirty. People are sleeping on the floor, people are sleeping in the restroom.â
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How Trump's ICE Is Locking Up Longtime Texans with Paths to Legal Status
The case of one Houston man, nearly deported to India after a quarter-century here, shows what happens when prosecutorial discretion is abandoned.
https://www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-detention-bond-prosecutorial-discretion/
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Jason Buch
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
26 days ago
@rcfp.org
's statement on the arrest of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who were charged with violating federal law while covering a protest inside a Minnesota church. đ Read more:
www.rcfp.org/lemon-fort-a...
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Jason Buch
Texas Observer
about 2 months ago
#BestOf2025
from
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: The first deaths passed largely unnoticed by anyone other than the families and friends of those who consumed the tainted substances. A clearer picture wouldnât emerge until 911 calls began flooding in the following morning.
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How Texasâ War on Drug Users Fueled an Austin Overdose Disaster
A mass casualty event last spring lays bare the stateâs backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-war-on-drug-users-austin-overdose-disaster/
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Jason Buch
Texas Observer
4 months ago
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: Earlier this month, the San Antonio-area enclave of Castle Hills agreed to pay $500,000 to former city council member Sylvia Gonzalez, who had alleged that political opponents in the local government orchestrated criminal charges to silence her.
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Castle Hills Settles 'Retaliatory Arrest' Case for $500,000 in Win for Free Speech Advocates
Along with the monetary settlement, city officials agreed to send its employees to training that the Texas Municipal League will develop about Sylvia Gonzalezâs case.
https://www.texasobserver.org/castle-hills-pays-500000-alleged-2019-retaliatory-arrest-free-speech/
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Jason Buch
Texas Observer
4 months ago
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: Research suggests a harm reduction approach helps drug users stay healthier and enter recovery. But doing this work on the border has become more dangerous and difficult as troop presence increases.
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In JuaÌrez, a Militarized Border Makes Drug Use More Deadly
Growing security deployments pose unique challenges for harm reduction groups.
https://www.texasobserver.org/border-harm-reduction-drug-use-militarization/
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Across the border from El Paso, Chihuahua is setting up a massive surveillance network. In the past, intel collected by Mexican law enforcement (or provided by the U.S.) has gone straight to the cartels. Now Texas wants to participate.
www.texasobserver.org/texas-chihua...
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Just Beyond the Texas Border, Chihuahua Is Launching a Burgeoning State Surveillance System
The 20-story Torre Centinela looming over JuĂĄrez is part of a much larger AI-powered network that wonât stop at the U.S.-Mexico divide.
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-chihuahua-border-ai-surveillance-centinela/
5 months ago
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Jason Buch
Charles Ornstein
6 months ago
ICYMI: The real-life consequences of DOGE. How DOGE Left Mohammad Halimiâs Life in Tatters
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his familyâs lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-musk-mohammad-halimi-institute-peace-taliban?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=charlesornstein
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Jason Buch
Texas Observer
6 months ago
Our top story, from
@michellepitcher.bsky.social
: Advocates for police transparency say a new bill would supercharge cops' ability to shield misconduct from the public.
www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-fi...
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Texas Lawmakers Push âMassive Secrecy Grabâ to Shield Police Files
As public attention has shifted away from policing reform, legislators attempt to shove information into the dark.
https://www.texasobserver.org/secrecy-g-file-police-records-texas-legislature/
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Jason Buch
Texas Tribune
7 months ago
Since Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicansâ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional democratic norms to break the impasse.
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In redistricting clash, Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats' last tool of resistance
Since Democratic lawmakers left Texas to delay Republicansâ new map, state leaders have challenged the limits of traditional democratic norms to break the impasse.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/12/texas-republicans-redistricting-political-power-courts-quorum-break/
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Unauthorized immigration is at a record low and former Pres. Biden, who TX Gov. Greg Abbott claimed opened the border, is out of office, yet the Texas lege just renewed a controversial border security grant for local governments. So for
@expressnews.com
I investigated how that money is being spent.
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Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star was a bonanza for Texas cities, counties
Lone Star grants paid for pickups, office furniture, workout rooms and other items with little connection to border security. 'There it is,' we'll take it,' one county judge said of the state money.
https://www.statesman.com/news/texas/article/operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-waste-border-texas-20780050.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhdGVzbWFuLmNvbS9uZXdzL3RleGFzL2FydGljbGUvb3BlcmF0aW9uLWxvbmUtc3Rhci1ncmVnLWFiYm90dC13YXN0ZS1ib3JkZXItdGV4YXMtMjA3ODAwNTAucGhw&time=MTc1NDU4OTgxNjEwMw%3D%3D&rid=YjAzNTNmYWYtOWMyNS00OWFkLWEyZDUtMjA0N2JiMTJlZmE4&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
7 months ago
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Texas DPS directorâs son is still an active trooper weeks after injuring bystander in 101 mph crash
www.statesman.com/politics/tex...
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Texas DPS directorâs son is still active trooper weeks after injuring bystander
State trooper Freeman H. Martin was driving 101 mph in a 45 mph zone when he blew through a red light and hit another car during a police chase.
https://www.statesman.com/politics/texas/article/freeman-hunter-martin-police-crash-20798659.php
7 months ago
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Went to Seguin for some interviews on a feature Iâm working on spec. Picked up these classics
7 months ago
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Jason Buch
San Antonio Express-News
7 months ago
Under Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott has distributed $177 million in border security grants to 115 Texas counties and cities. Explore our interactive gameboard to see which cities and counties received Abbott's grants and how they used the money.
bit.ly/4ljnbCf
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I thought I was old enough to never make another social media account
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Jason Buch
San Antonio Express-News
7 months ago
Lone Star grants paid for pickups, office furniture, workout rooms and other items with little connection to border security. 'There it is,' we'll take it,' one county judge said of the state money.
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Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star was a bonanza for Texas cities, counties
Lone Star grants paid for pickups, office furniture, workout rooms and other items with little connection to border security. 'There it is,' we'll take it,' one county judge said of the state money.
https://bit.ly/4mjyhru
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