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McAllen attorney sentenced for her role in bribery investigation
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The former Hidalgo County assistant district attorney learned her fate Thursday after admitting to lying to federal agents about a bribery scheme involving her brother.
Cynthia Alanis was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to making a false statement. Alanis was arrested on February 2020 in connection to a bribery plot at two detention facilities.
Her brother, Roel Alanis, was arrested on April 2019 and accused of paying employees from the Willacy County Regional Detention Center and the El Valle Detention Center for detainee roster lists from the El Valle Detention Center and the Port Isabel Detention Center-Los Fresno.
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Citing $1 million a day of wasted federal dollars, the American Civil Liberties Union called on President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday to close 39 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities across the U.S., including the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral.
The federal government has been paying for the empty bed spaces at these facilities, almost all run by privately-owned companies, which the ACLU called “wasting” taxpayer money.
The ACLU established a criteria for the 39 facilities it is calling on the federal government to close. In its statement, issued Wednesday, the ACLU said that Otero County Processing Center (OCPC) was included because of its “extensive record of civil rights violations and inhumane treatment.”
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HOUSTON – Harris County’s top law enforcement officer is leaving his post and headed to the nation’s Capital.
“I’m excited for him. This is another opportunity for him to write a new chapter in his life and career,” said Adrian Garcia, Precinct 2 Commissioner.
On Tuesday, President Biden nominated Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to be an Assistant Secretary to Homeland Security. He will serve as the director of ICE.
“He has a large task ahead of him,” said Andre Segura, ACLU Texas Legal Director.
The ACLU says there have been documented patterns of abuse, mistreatment and misconduct at the Otay Mesa Detention Center.
In a report the ACLU released earlier this month, the organization alleges failures at the facility to properly respond to the COVID-19 pandemic led to an outbreak that included the first death of a person in ICE custody to the virus. The report also alleges persistently inadequate medical care for detainees, dangerous building conditions, and abuse and retaliation against detainees and employees. Time and time again, the immigration detention facilities in San Diego and Imperial counties have proven to be unsafe, abusive and unable to uphold the due process rights of the people trapped inside, said Monika Langarica, immigrants rights staff attorney for the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties. It is past time to bring an end to the shameful practice of detaining immigrants in our region and across the country and embrace a policy of humane