U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is continuing to search for illegal aliens and is reportedly using a downtown Austin building as a detainment center.
ICE is reportedly utilizing the J.J. Pickle Federal Building on East 8th Street to detain illegal aliens prior to their deportation, according to KXAN.
At least 26 people have been detained at the building since January 26, which is when ICE began conducting “enhanced targeted operations” throughout the city, KXAN reported.
The use of this building prompted groups of protestors to surround the area last weekend and express their disagreement with the practices, with one protestor reportedly calling the potential deportees the “epitome of the American Dream,” per Texas Scorecard.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “fully supports using every tool and strategy to aid in the Trump Administration’s deportation of illegal immigrants,” said the governor’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, per KXAN. […]
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