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Reproduced below is a piece from a November 17, 2025 publication from The Worker. The Worker conducted an interview with a supporter of the Dallas/Fort Worth Support Committee (unaffiliated with The Worker), which has been organizing in defense of the anti-ICE activists in connection with a protest outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Alvarado, Texas. The demonstrators face trumped up domestic terrorism charges, with the case serving as a testing grounds for the Trump administration’s new “Antifa” executive order targeting anti-imperialist activism with terrorism charges. The interview has been edited for publication. 1. Tell us about…
Reproduced below is a section from the November 8, 2025 publication of In Contempt, which is a monthly report on prison rebels, State repression, and news from an abolitionist perspective. In an early morning raid on October 21, federal agents arrested another person in connection with a July 4 protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. In a press release, the DFW Support Committee writes: Goering’s arrest continues a trend of escalation by police and prosecutors in a case that now involves 18 defendants. The government is using exorbitant bonds of up to $15 million to imprison all but one…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2025 Contact: DFW Support Committee Email: dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com Website: dfwdefendants.wordpress.com Federal Agents Arrest Another Person in Prairieland Case, Bringing Total Number of Defendants to 18 The Arrest Comes More Than Three Months After July 4 Immigrant Solidarity Protest and Less Than a Month After Felony Charges Were Brought Against Johnson County Sheriff Adam King, Who Is Directly Involved in the Prairieland Case DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — In an early morning raid yesterday, federal agents arrested another person in connection with a July 4 protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. More than three months after the…
Reproduced below is a section from the October 18, 2025 publication of In Contempt, which is a now defunct monthly report on prison rebels, State repression, and news from an abolitionist perspective. The Prairieland case is a political protest case wherein the defendants are facing extreme repression. Following the U.S. federal government’s designation of “Antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization, the September 22, 2025 White House press release titled “President Trump Isn’t Backing Down from Crushing Radical Left Violence“ lists the Prairieland case as its first example of Antifa “terrorizing” communities. The label of Antifa is not simply a condemning…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14th, 2025 Contact: DFW Support Committeeemail: dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com Support Committee Denounces Abuse of Prairieland Defendants Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas — A week after the arrest of 10 protestors at a demonstration at Prairieland ICE Detention Center and the subsequent arrest of the spouse of an arrestee, Johnson County Jail is obstructing the defendants’ access to legal representation and retaliating against them for exercising their 5th and 6th amendment rights pursuant to the U.S. Constitution. These constitutional violations have occurred in conjunction with a far-reaching investigation that has included numerous instances of excessive force and intimidation by various police agencies,…