By Philip Jankowski In a Wednesday evening dialogue that at moments turned heated, Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton again defended his office’s participation in a federal program that helps deport immigrants arrested in Travis County. The county currently participates voluntarily
Public Forum on Secure Communities
The Travis County Democratic Party will be hosting a Public Forum on Secure Communities on October 15th from 6pm-8pm at the Mexican American Cultural Center located at 600 River Street, Austin, TX. This forum was scheduled as a result of
Rally to End #FamilyDetention
On October 11th we joined groups from San Antonio, Houston and Dallas at the private prison in Karnes City where immigrant women and children are currently detained to protest the inhumane practice of family detention. Family detention is expanding to
[Chronicle] S-Comm Emails: Sheriff and ICE eager pen pals
By Tony Cantú When defending his aggressive implementation of the federal Secure Communities program – an Immigration and Customs Enforcement initiative that has led to the deportation of some 5,000 undocumented immigrants since 2009 – Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton