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Houston activists call for an end to controversial immigration program
The 287g agreement between Harris County and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has yet to be renewed, but the immigrant youth-led organization United We Dream has begun their campaign to reject the program that allows officers to screen detainees for undocumented immigrants and can lead to deportation proceedings. …

Prisoner escapes ICE agent, TSA gives chase at IAH
According to a government official that was not authorized to speak to the media at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, a high-risk detainee escaped from an ICE agent at around 12:25 p.m, while being deported to an unknown location. The prisoner who was not handcuffed at the time, ran from the …