You may have heard about the eleven people who were arrested in Texas on July 4 for “ambushing“ ICE officers at a facility detention in Alvarado, Texas. What didn‘t get a whole lot of attention was that two more people were arrested this week with at least one more still wanted.
The arrestees haven‘t yet had a chance to speak publicly on their own behalf – almost all information that has appeared in the press originated with either the prosecutor or ICE representatives, neither of which can exactly be called impartial witnesses. And in the current climate, these defendants are likely to have everything thrown at them that the US federal government has available.
So if you‘ve got a few bucks to spare, please consider throwing them toward the defense fund. They‘re about halfway to their initial goal, but the legal and other costs are likely to go up the longer this drags out.