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• Pflugerville Massage Therapist Faces Fourteen New Charges Following Multiple Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Holt Marshall Field, a 43-year-old massage therapist, was arrested for a second time on Wednesday after a wave of public tips linked him to additional victims. Field now faces 14 c...

• Exonerated Texas Woman Remains in Custody Under ICE Detainer Following Twenty Year Wrongful Conviction

  Published: Mar 10, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  Carmen Mejia, who was formally exonerated on Monday after serving two decades for a 2005 murder she did not commit, was blocked from reuniting with her family due to a federal immi...

• Texas Legislators Call for Suspension of Federal H-1B Visa Program Following Violent Incident in Austin

  Published: Mar 3, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  A coalition of more than fifty Republican lawmakers in Texas has issued a formal demand for an immediate freeze on the H-1B visa program. The political maneuver follows a fatal sho...