Human Rights - Deceleration

A Chilling Tour of San Antonio’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

Plus: Mapping Flock cameras—and highlighting how they help facilitate the deportation industrial complex tearing our families and communities apart.

By Roxana Rojas

/ 21 Aug 2026

A Chilling Tour of San Antonio’s Immigration Enforcement Machine

Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens

Speakers at Saturday's ‘Apply Heat’ day of action decried the rising numbers of ICE-related deaths and called for long-term resistance.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Jul 2026

Protestors Call for Shutting Down ICE’s New East San Antonio Detention Center—Before it Opens

Black Seminole and Lipan Apache Ndé Groups Sign Historic Treaty During Juneteenth Celebration

The treaty highlights how colonial dispossession of both Indigenous and Black communities damaged generational relations among peoples. Does it also point the way toward healing our broken relationship with water?

By Mark Mallory

/ 30 Jun 2026

Black Seminole and Lipan Apache Ndé Groups Sign Historic Treaty During Juneteenth Celebration

May Day Exhibit Celebrates San Antonio’s Labor Organizing History

Local union advocates are highlighting the critical importance of labor and revitalizing working-class solidarity.

By James Courtney

/ 30 Apr 2026

May Day Exhibit Celebrates San Antonio’s Labor Organizing History

‘Unify to Dilley’ Inspires Hundreds to Converge Outside CoreCivic's Family Concentration Camp

DILLEY, Texas—‘Unify to Dilley’ attendees gathered on the side of the road just outside of this small South Texas community on April 18, 2026, with three key demands: shut

By Greg Harman

/ 20 Apr 2026

‘Unify to Dilley’ Inspires Hundreds to Converge Outside CoreCivic's Family Concentration Camp

Judge’s Order for “Alligator Alcatraz” May Shape Legal Access at Other ICE Jails

Constitutionally guaranteed rights to consult an attorney can make a huge difference in whether someone gets deported.

By Truthout

/ 11 Apr 2026

Judge’s Order for “Alligator Alcatraz” May Shape Legal Access at Other ICE Jails

Revolutionary Cry Rises at San Antonio's 36th Annual International Women's Day Rally & March

'It is our duty to fight for freedom! It is our duty to win!'

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Mar 2026

Revolutionary Cry Rises at San Antonio's 36th Annual International Women's Day Rally & March

'Looking Mexican' in the Age of ICE

Brown skin—a metric used by ICE to trigger investigations and detentions—means not that one is an 'invader,' but likely an heir of the continent's original Indigenous inhabitants. Why don't more claim that inheritance?

By Alfred Montoya and David Spener

/ 3 Mar 2026

Youth Hold the Future—and There is No Room There for ICE

Two San Antonio high school students capture the energy and passion of their peers, who took to the streets on a federal holiday in support of family, friends, and neighbors terrorized by ICE.

By Deceleration Staff

/ 20 Feb 2026

Youth Hold the Future—and There is No Room There for ICE

Illness Is Rampant Among Children Trapped in ICE’s CoreCivic Dilley Detention Facility

The number of people held at the notorious family jail has nearly tripled since October.

By Truthout

/ 11 Feb 2026

Illness Is Rampant Among Children Trapped in ICE’s CoreCivic Dilley Detention Facility

ICE Buys Massive San Antonio Warehouse As Detained Population Approaches 75,000

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.”

By Greg Harman

/ 4 Feb 2026

ICE Buys Massive San Antonio Warehouse As Detained Population Approaches 75,000

Alex Pretti's Shooters are from South Texas

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.

By ProPublica

/ 1 Feb 2026

Alex Pretti's Shooters are from South Texas