Eileen Grench
Public Safety Reporter at Houston Landing
Journalist @Hou_Landing | Olympian bilingüe🤺🇵🇦 | @columbiajourn🦁+ @OhioState🌰 | Formerly @thedailybeast, @thecityny, Global Migration Project
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2 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | Hanna Holthaus |Eileen Grench
Mayor John Whitmire has made clear he intends to boost salaries and benefits for Houston police officers in their new union contract, but those increases will not be tied to performance. That means officers across all divisions can expect better pay and benefits regardless of whether crime goes up or response times slow down, clearance rates improve or traffic deaths increase.
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3 weeks ago |
houstonlanding.org | Eileen Grench
Venezuelan asylum seeker Jesus Miguel Barreto Lezama, 29, was denied bail on Thursday after being accused of taking payment from a government confidential informant for the smuggling of cocaine. Federal prosecutors alleged in a Monday press release that Barreto Lezama, a slight man who attended the detention hearing in a dark green inmate uniform while cuffed and shackled, was a member of the gang Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in a Venezuela’s Tocorón prison.
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1 month ago |
houstonlanding.org | Lexi Parra |Eileen Grench
Read this story in English. El 24 de febrero, Erik Payán, propietario de una tienda de neumáticos y un abuelo que lleva más de 20 años en Estados Unidos, fue arrestado por agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas. Su arresto fue uno de los más de 100 que se produjeron durante una operación conjunta de control de inmigración dirigida a Colony Ridge, una comunidad mayoritariamente latina.
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1 month ago |
houstonlanding.org | Lexi Parra |Eileen Grench
On Feb. 24 Erik Payán, a tire shop owner and beloved grandfather who has been in the United States for over 20 years, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. His arrest was one of over 100 people who were detained in a joint immigration enforcement operation targeting Colony Ridge, their largely Latino community. The development had been targeted for years by state and national politicians with anti-immigrant rhetoric and false claims of widespread criminality.
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1 month ago |
houstonlanding.org | Eileen Grench |Lexi Parra
Tears of relief rolled down the cheeks of Alejandrina Morales at 10:25 a.m. on Thursday when she received the news that her husband, Erik Payán, the breadwinner of their household and father who was detained during last month’s major immigration raids in Colony Ridge, had been granted bond by an immigration judge. “Dios Santo,” “Holy Lord,” she repeatedly said while listening to her lawyer recount the morning’s hearing.
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