Leadership Team | Austin IRC

Alejandro Caceres, Executive Director

Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition

5 days ago

Troopers Ticketing Fewer Overall, More Hispanics, by Alexa Ura and Terri Langford ... See MoreSee Less

Troopers Ticketing Fewer Overall, More Hispanics, by Alexa Ura and Terri Langford

texastribune.org

State troopers are writing far fewer traffic tickets now than five years ago, but an increasing share of them are being issued to Hispanic drivers, a Tribune analysis of state data shows. The Texas Department of Public Safety says it can't explain why that's happening.

Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition

1 week ago

Estudio: jóvenes inmigrantes son menos propensos a cometer... ... See MoreSee Less

Estudio: jóvenes inmigrantes son menos propensos a cometer...

atxne.ws

Los adolescentes inmigrantes son menos propensos a involucrarse en peleas, portar armas o usar drogas, en comparación a los que nacieron en Estados Unidos, según los resultados de un estudio de la Universidad de Texas (UT), publicado el martes 1.

Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition

2 weeks ago

Donald Trump echa de un evento al presentador hispano Jorge Ramos ... See MoreSee Less

Donald Trump echa de un evento al presentador hispano Jorge Ramos

internacional.elpais.com

“Siéntese, no le he dado la palabra. Vuélvase a Univisión”, le dijo el magnate al conductor estrella de la cadena en español

Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition

2 weeks ago

These 7 Images of Global Borders Reveal the Unique Brutality of the US-Mexico Wall ... See MoreSee Less

These 7 Images of Global Borders Reveal the Unique Brutality of the US-Mexico Wall

usuncut.com

The US-Mexico wall is inhuman compared to other international borders.

Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition

2 weeks ago

“These are people who haven’t been charged with a crime being held in jail-like settings with very little due process,” said Marc Rosenblum, an expert on U.S. immigration. Being detained makes it much harder for an immigrant to find a lawyer and mount an adequate defense against deportation. ... See MoreSee Less

Immigration Authorities Are Far More Likely To Jail You If You’re Mexican

buzzfeed.com

An analysis of nationwide federal data by BuzzFeed News — the first of its kind — found that immigration authorities incarcerate immigrants from Mexico at far higher rates than those from any other...