The Power of the Press?
Has media attention caused ICE to melt? All one can say is that on Friday, ICE released a pregnant 28-year-old Honduran and her two young daughters from the T. Don Hutto immigration jail in Taylor, Texas, just outside of Austin. LISA FALKENBERG in the Houston Chronicle. "We don't know why they did it today, but It seems indicative to me of the fact that they have the discretion to release anyone at Hutto whenever they'd like," said Rebecca Bernhardt, with the ACLU. "And we'd like to see them exercise their discretion more broadly."