Texas Judge Allows Release of Migrants Arrested After Border Stampede

Hearings held for migrants accused of confrontations with Texas National Guard

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta ordered the release of migrants accused of storming a portion of the border fence placed by the Texas National Guard on March 21. The Texas Department of Public Safety booked around 220 migrants on riot charges. The hearing was held on April 1 at around 11 a.m. El Paso Public Defender Kelli Childress requested her defendant in this case to remain at El Paso County Jail, because if…

Migrants charged in border wall riot will stay in jail

Thirty-nine migrants charged by Texas with rioting at the border wall will not get their bond reduced.

El Paso judge orders release of some jailed after Texas border riot

(NewsNation) — A judge in Texas ordered some migrants accused of taking part in a riot along the southern border's Rio Grande to be released from jail on Sunday, the El Paso Times reported. Court officials, though, said migrants without documents will remain jailed if a federal immigration hold blocks their release, the newspaper wrote. More than 200 people are facing state charges for allegedly forcing their way through a barrier of outnumber…

Judge orders release of unlawful migrants on Sunday who were detained after rioting at border

A judge in El Paso issued a ruling on Sunday ordering that unlawful migrants detained after a March 21 riot at the border must be released. Magistrate Judge Humberto Acosta made the ruling after determining that the El Paso District Attorney’s office was not prepared to provide individual detention hearings for the accused. Acosta said the arrestees were entitled to individual detention hearings within 48 hours, the El Paso Time reported. It is …

Despite the judge's decision, it remains uncertain whether to include those accused of assaulting a public official and of criminal damage. In addition, migrants with federal immigration detentions will remain in custody, as the request for separate hearings by Assistant Prosecutor Ashley M. Martínez was rejected by Acosta. This incident represents Texas' strict border policies, which include the deployment of the National Guard and state author…

Federal judge orders release of migrants charged in El Paso border breach

Ruling cites prosecutors' lack of preparedness for detention hearings after migrant group stormed Texas border, cutting razer wire and clashing with the states National Guard.