In front of the Kyle City Hall, over 100 Hays County residents gathered to protest the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Kyle and the Section 287(g) program.
Headed by Mano Amiga, an advocacy group that supports immigrants and marginalized families in Hays and Caldwell Counties, community members protested against a ICE raid in Kyle, off of I-35, near Costco on Jan. 15 that resulted in a detainee’s hospitalization.
The Section 287(g) Program is a partnership between local law enforcement and ICE, allowing local law enforcement, such as the sheriff’s office, to act as ICE agents. Currently, Hays County’s Sheriff’s Office has not signed 287(g)…