A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of an Austin Independent School District high school senior from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, court records show. Luis Fernando Cabrera…

The city says Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating its policy on how police interact with ICE.

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The Austin Police Department has released new policy language on how Austin Police officers should respond to ICE administrative warrants.

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Democrats in Congress may be failing to meaningfully check ICE, but that’s not the story in towns and cities. There progressive and socialist lawmakers are working with local movements to craft ways to push back on the agency’s authoritarianism.

Austin City Council is set to consider a policy that could allow the city to become a majority owner in housing projects and further encourage development in the city.

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Does City Manager T.C. Broadnax believe that Austin is employing too many workers? Carol Guthrie, a longtime leader of the union representing the city’s employees, AFSCME Local 1624, fears he does.  G...