En redes sociales, la nueva representante estatal Holt dijo que coordinaría con el zar fronterizo entrante Tom Homan “y atacaría este tema de frente.”
Eileen Grench
Eileen Grench covers public safety for the Houston Landing, where two of her primary areas of focus will be the Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff’s Office. She is returning to local news after a year as the national justice reporter at The Daily Beast. Eileen previously covered juvenile justice for a nonprofit newsroom, THE CITY, in New York as a Report for America Corps member. At THE CITY, she was a 2021 Livingston Award finalist for her coverage of inequities in child welfare, and won the Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Award in Local Investigative Reporting for her series on education in juvenile detention centers during the coronavirus pandemic. Eileen also worked as an investigative reporting fellow at the Global Migration Project at Columbia University, covering immigration issues for outlets such as The New Yorker, The Intercept, The Nation and Documented.
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Meet the sheriff’s team trying to build trust in Houston’s Spanish-speaking community
The Unidos program at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office aims to combat mistrust among the Latino community by sharing facts about local laws in Spanish.
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State Rep. Janis Holt says Trump administration will ‘attack’ immigration in Colony Ridge
In a Facebook post, state Rep.-elect Janis Holt said her office would coordinate with incoming Border Czar Tom Homan “and attack this issue head on.”
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Monarch butterflies are in trouble. Here’s how Houstonians are helping them and how you can too.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is debating how to protect the monarch butterfly, but local Houstonians can help too.
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City Council and mayor cement raise for Houston’s newest police officers-in-training
The change to the city ordinance gives all future probationary officers fresh out of the cadet academy roughly $800 more per month.
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Houston ISD student hit by train, killed near Milby High School
Authorities are reviewing whether the student fell on train tracks as a train approached Monday morning on the city’s southeast side.
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Count, collect, conserve: Army of volunteers help scientists tally Houston-area birds
On any given day, volunteers across Houston count birds and upload their data to both Houston Audubon and ornithologists studying them across the county.
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Sheriff’s Office reports improvements in Harris County Jail as scrutiny from state continues
Harris County officials testified to the state oversight board that they are still working on reducing the 180-hour average length of stay for inmates.
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Election 2024: Gonzalez wins another term as sheriff over former Houston councilman Knox
In a tight race, incumbent Ed Gonzalez fought for reelection against former HPD officer and councilmember Mike Knox. As of midnight Wednesday, Gonzalez was in the lead.
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What we know about the Tren de Aragua gang in Houston and what it means for residents
Law enforcement agencies say the Venezuelan gang has a small but growing presence in Houston. Experts worry it’s election fear-mongering.