Numerous lawsuits and judge’s orders have dogged ICE detention centers in recent months, with one federal judge comparing a facility outside Chicago to a “concentration camp.”
In Deceleration's Winter 2026 Creative Review, writers and artists from our bioregion and beyond—from Boca Chica at Texas’s tip to the migratory flyways that link Eagle and Condor—share their love, grief, and rage for the fragility of our oceans and the coral reefs they shelter.
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
The struggle against ICE has picked up in Texas since the killings of legal observers in Minneapolis and transporting of 5-year-old Liam Ramos to CoreCivic’s Dilley family detention center.
