As ICE ramps up deportations, Texas prosecutors say they're losing key witnesses in criminal cases

[marmar]

(Texas Tribune) In West Texas, a man was indicted in September for assaulting Manuel Chairez-Montes, fracturing the left side of his face. But before District Attorney Sarah Stogner could take the case to trial, Chairez-Montes, who was undocumented, was deported to Mexico.

Now, the case is in limbo.

Adan Yanez Porras was charged in Ward County with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, but Stogner said she can’t prosecute the case without the victim’s testimony. Stogner said he’s applying for a U-Visa, which allows crime victims who are noncitizens to stay in the country for up to four years.

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Stogner, who also represents Loving and Reeves counties, said the case is one of the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

“It makes it harder for me to convict dangerous felons when … witnesses are getting deported, victims are getting deported, and the defendant or the perpetrator themselves are getting deported,” she said. ....................(more)

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/texas-district-attorneys-deportation-witnesses-criminal-cases-immigrants/

[mercuryblues]

1. This is what many Texans wanted.

[haele]

3. Ya. They wanted all brown people out

They claim "they're all criminals" if they don't have the birth certificate.
Now they're just waiting for poverty to be criminalized again so they can get their workforce from the poor houses for long term indentured servitude, like they did in England and the Americas from the mid 17th Century to early 19th century.
All the employer had to do was provide the indentured servant with enough food to be able to work, sufficient clothing (not necessarily shoes) for public modesty or to stay warm in winter while working, sufficient shelter to protect from the elements, and bedding. Not a bed, bedding.

Only difference, modern indentured servant isn't going to be granted 20 - 40 acres of wild land and the clothes on their back after his or her term is up.
Maybe they'll get a change of clothes, a gift certificate for a 1 week stay at Motel 6, and $100 after being let go. Just

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Well, DUH. nt