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The Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, is shown, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez,File) DALLAS (AP) — Six people who pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration and shooting outside a Texas immigrant detention center are set to be sentenced Wednesday. Other protesters have already been sentenced to decades behind bars, including a former Marine who was handed a...

It’s rare for a judge to acknowledge that they are handing down a prison sentence for political reasons. But that is precisely what chief district judge Reed O’Connor stated from the bench in a North Texas federal courtroom this week, during the sentencing of eight defendants in one of the Prairieland cases, so named for the defendants’ participation in a July 4 demonstration at the Prairieland Detention Facility, a federal immigrant detention camp in Alvarado, Texas. In a hearing on Tuesd

Sentencian a un grupo de 8 personas halladas culpables de terrorismo en relación con el tiroteo del 4 de julio de 2025 en el Centro de Detención del ICE Prairieland en Alvarado, Texas. El organizador, Benjamin Song; quien podia haber recibido una pena mínima de 20 años o hasta cadena perpetua, fue condenado a 100 años de prisión. Los fiscales afirmaron que Benjamin Song, exreservista del Cuerpo de Marines de EEUU, gritó "¡vayan por los rifles!" y abrió fuego, alcanzand

Sentencian a un grupo de 8 personas halladas culpables de terrorismo en relación con el tiroteo del 4 de julio de 2025 en el Centro de Detención del ICE Prairieland en Alvarado, Texas. El organizador, Benjamin Song; quien podia haber recibido una pena mínima de 20 años o hasta cadena perpetua, fue condenado a 100 años de prisión. Los fiscales afirmaron que Benjamin Song, exreservista del Cuerpo de Marines de EEUU, gritó "¡vayan por los rifles!" y abrió fuego, alcanzand

Anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to at least 50 years in prison Tuesday on terrorism charges, The Guardian reported. The case was widely seen as a test of whether the Trump administration would be able to enact its crackdown on dissent over its immigration policies.Last July 4, activists set off fireworks at a detention center in Alvarado, Texas, and some of them vandalized cars, slashed tires, and broke a security camera. When a police officer arrived and drew his weapon, one person

Sentencing is set for this morning for eight of the nine people convicted in connection with last year’s shootout at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. The attack happened almost a year ago, on July 4, 2025. Federal prosecutors claim the group targeted the facility to disrupt immigration and deportation operations. They will be sentenced for their roles in rioting, obstruction, and attempted murder. An Alvarado police officer was shot but survived. The