AUSTIN (KXAN) — What started as a routine traffic stop for an Austin Independent School District senior ended in his detention just weeks before graduation, sparking questions about the use of encrypted messaging platforms like Signal by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This week on Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporter Kelly Wiley walks through a timeline of the events and explains how this traffic stop turned immigration detention is raising serious questions about transparency and accountability. Was the use of an encrypted messaging platform part of protocol? To what degree is DPS coordinating with ICE? Did the Austin ISD student get to graduate?…