Texas SB 4 deportation law can take effect after 5th Circuit ruling
A federal appeals court has allowed Texas to begin enforcing Senate Bill 4, the state’s far-reaching immigration law that gives state and local authorities new power to arrest people accused of illegally entering Texas from Mexico. The 5th U.S. Circuit…
Former Lupe Tortilla employee sentenced one year for hidden restroom camera
A former Lupe Tortilla employee has been sentenced to one year in state jail after pleading guilty to placing a hidden camera inside a restroom at the restaurant’s Katy Freeway location, according to Harris County court records. Bayron Elias Pu, 31,…
The Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit: Where women spend a lifetime waiting to die
GATESVILLE — The Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit sits north of Gatesville, on 97 acres in Coryell County. To the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, it is one women’s prison among many, with custody levels, medical services, education programs, work…