While Gov. Greg Abbott declared “the worst of the rain is behind us,” he cautioned that rivers in the hardest-hit counties still pose a danger.
Alejandro Santos Cid
Alejandro Santos Cid is a Spanish reporter whose work combines narrative journalism with coverage of the social impact of violence, organized crime, human rights violations, migration and countercultural movements. From 2021 to 2025, he worked in the newsroom of El País in Mexico City. He won the Mexican National Journalism Award in 2023 and was a finalist for the Gabriel García Márquez (Gabo) Award in 2025, among other recognitions. His byline has also appeared in international publications such as Internazionale, Le Figaro, Courrier International, Wired, Divergentes, El Salto and HuffPost. He holds a degree in social and cultural anthropology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a master’s degree in journalism from UAM-El País. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in bilingual journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is based in Austin for the summer. He was born and raised in La Cabrera, a town in the mountains north of Madrid.
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Immigration
Houston police worked with ICE on at least 103 occasions since April, report shows
The first report on police-ICE interactions required by the City Council shows Houston transferred 18% of people with immigration-related warrants to ICE custody.
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Houston ICE Shooting
“ICE is everywhere”: In Houston, fear and grief permeate Latino neighborhoods after fatal shooting
As Latino and immigrant communities mourn the death of a Houston man, undocumented neighbors remain in hiding for fear of being next.
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Houston ICE Shooting
Houston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to Tuesday’s ICE killing
Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.
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Houston ICE Shooting
Son of man killed by ICE agent calls for investigation, says “My father would have complied.”
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s son said his father would not have tried to flee a law enforcement stop. Local leaders say they’ve received little information from federal officials about the shooting.
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State Government
Former Texas Tribune board member killed in Laredo plane crash
The plane carrying Joshua Baer, who was also the CEO of Austin-based startup accelerator Capital Factory, was on its way to Austin from San José del Cabo in Mexico.
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Government watchdog says Texas detention center wasted up to $11.5 million before detainees arrived
A U.S. General Accounting Office report found a host of problems at El Paso’s Camp East Montana, including a contractor losing a loaded gun on the property after it opened.
