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New York Times
6 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Police Officer Shot Outside Immigration Detention Facility in Texas
A police officer was shot outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas late Friday night and several armed people were taken into custody, the authorities said. The shooting took place outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The detention center, which is about 28 miles south of Fort Worth, holds people who are awaiting deportation or are accused of violating immigration laws. Around 11 p.m. on the Fourth of July, officers from the Alvarado Police Department responded to a call about a suspicious person outside the detention center and saw someone who appeared to have a gun, the sheriff's office said. One officer tried to talk to the person and then several other people opened fire on the officer, who was wounded in the neck and flown to a hospital. The officer was treated and discharged from the hospital, the sheriff's office said. Several people tried to flee, but they were taken into custody by officers, the statement said. It was not clear how many people were taken into custody nor whether they were still being held on Sunday morning. 'At this time the motives of the suspects are unclear,' the sheriff's office said. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday. The sheriff's office did not respond to questions on Sunday about how many people were arrested. The Alvarado Police Department also did not respond. The Justice Department was monitoring the shooting, as well as another incident in Portland, Ore., the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on social media. 'The department has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible,' Mr. Blanche said. He did not specify what was being monitored in Portland, but there have been protests outside an ICE field office in the city for months. The protests have been mostly peaceful, but they escalated last month after President Trump deployed members of the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. The Portland Police Bureau declared a riot during a June 14 demonstration at the building and arrested three people. One federal officer was injured during the protests but did not require medical treatment, the police said. The Trump administration has intensified immigration enforcement, leading to overcrowding at detention facilities across the country. People inside the facilities, as well as their loved ones and lawyers, told The New York Times that conditions inside these buildings were unsanitary and inhumane. The Department of Homeland Security denied all claims of overcrowding and poor conditions at its facilities. President Trump's domestic policy bill, which was signed into law on Friday, includes $45 billion to expand the capacity of immigration detention centers, and $31 billion for ICE.
New York Post
05-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
‘Zero tolerance' for attacks at ICE detention centers after cop shot near Texas center, DHS says
The Trump administration will have 'zero tolerance' for those attacking federal officers or property after a local cop was shot near an ICE detention center in Texas, officials said Saturday. The warning came after separate incidents at Department of Homeland Security facilities in Prairieland, Texas, just outside Dallas, and in Portland, Oregon. A local officer responding to a report of a suspicious person with a gun was shot in Texas Friday night, while in Oregon, demonstrators clashed with federal officers at the Portland ICE facility after President Trump signed his 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' into law. Advertisement 'We are closely monitoring the attacks on DHS detention facilities in Prairieland, TX, and Portland, OR, and are coordinating with the [US Attorney offices] and our law enforcement partners,' said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on X. 'The Department [of Justice] has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible.' The Trump administration is 'closely monitoring' attacks near ICE detention facilities in Texas and Oregon, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Saturday. AP Advertisement In the Texas incident, several suspects were taken into custody after an Alvarado Police Department officer was shot while responding to a report of a suspicious person near the Prairieland Detention Facility and saw a person with a firearm, CBS News reported. When police tried to approach the suspects, they opened fire on officers, with at least one bullet hitting the officer in the neck, police said. Several suspects were taken into custody after an Alvarado Police Department officer was shot late Friday near the Prairieland Detention Facility in Texas. AP Advertisement The injured officer was flown from the scene to a Fort Worth hospital, was treated and later released, Alvarado cops said. The suspects tried to flee the scene, but several armed suspects were taken into custody with the help of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office and other authorities.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
DPS names Iraqi man as Featured Fugitive for April
Apr. 1—AUSTIN — Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant Jassim Al-Samawi is this month's Featured Fugitive. The reward for information leading to his arrest is increased to $6,000 during April if the tip is received this month. According to a Department of Public Safety news release, Jassim Abdul Hussain Al-Samawi, 55, a criminal illegal immigrant from Iraq, has been wanted out of Tarrant County since August 2022 for a probation violation related to a previous arson conviction. Al-Samawi has numerous arrests dating back to 2001 in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area, including arrests for unlawfully carrying a weapon, arson, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony, burglary of a building, terroristic threat, failure to identify as a fugitive and criminal mischief. In April 2020, Al-Samawi was convicted of arson in Tarrant County and subsequently received 10 years' probation. He was last arrested in June 2022 by the Alvarado Police Department in Johnson County for criminal mischief. Al-Samawi is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has tattoos on both hands, both arms and his right leg. Al-Samawi may be frequenting homeless shelters in the Fort Worth and Arlington areas. More information about Al-Samawi or updates in the event of his arrest can be found here. Funded by the Governor's Public Safety Office, Texas Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of Texas' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders or Criminal Illegal Immigrants. So far in 2025, DPS and other agencies have arrested 18 Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders and Criminal Illegal Immigrants, including five sex offenders and five criminal illegal immigrants — with $22,000 in rewards being paid for tips that yielded arrests. To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods: — Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477). — Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about then clicking on the link under their picture. — Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the "SUBMIT A TIP" link (under the "About" section). All tips are anonymous — regardless of how they are submitted — and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name. DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives, Sex Offenders and Criminal Illegal Immigrants Lists. You can find the current lists — with photos — on the DPS website.
