Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocketed During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new report shows Texas led the nation with seven deaths among immigration detainees from 2018-2020.
A U.S. Border Patrol truck enters the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. AP Photo/David J. Phillip
A new report shows Texas led the nation with seven deaths among immigration detainees from 2018-2020.
A U.S. Border Patrol truck enters the Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas. AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Lise Olsen
Jan 20, 2021, 10:36 am CST
Fernando Sabonger Garcia ended up in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 7 after being arrested at the Texas border. A Honduran national fleeing dangers at home, he was hoping for safe harbor in the United States. Instead, the 50-year-old ended up at Joe Corley Detention Facility, a privately run immigration detention center in Conroe, Texas.
UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:29 pm CT
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Parsley Energy and Southwest Airlines officials cite corrosive effects of pandemic for collective layoffs of 311 local workers. (Shutterstock)
AUSTIN, TX Parsley Energy and Southwest Airlines, are laying off more than 300 employees in Austin, according to newly filed notices with state regulators released Friday.
The furlough notices were filed with the Texas Workers Commission in compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act compelling employers with 100 or more workers to provide a 60-day advance notice of job cuts. Patch secured related correspondence from regulators detailing the reasons for the imminent layoffs.
The bulk of the furloughs are slated for Parsley Energy, which plans to close its local offices at 303 Colorado St., 301 Congress Ave. and at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, 4309 Emma Browning Ave., according to correspondence to regulators. The closures, officials wrote, will resu