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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…
Reproduced below is a Truth Out article authored by Andrew Lee, published on October 25, 2025. Truth Out describes itself as a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says. On the night of July 4, 2025, Meagan Morris and Autumn Hill departed the Dallas home they shared with several others to go to an immigrant solidarity protest. This was no small thing for either of the two housemates. A…
Reproduced below is a Slingshot Collective article authored by DFW Support Committee, published online on October 25, 2025. There is also a print version in the Slingshot Collective publication! Slingshot describes itself as a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. After a July 4 noise demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, TX, to show solidarity with ICE detainees and protest ongoing deportations, there was an officer-involved shooting. Trump’s Department of Justice skewed the shooting as a terrorist ambush and 17 people were arrested on ruinous…
Reproduced below is an October 25, 2025 article published on We Will Free Us, authored by Sabr Qalam. It has been edited for some typographic errors. “For the first time ever, the FBI has arrested anarchist violent extremists and charged Antifa-aligned individuals with material support to terrorism.” – FBI Director, Kash Patel On October 16th, federal prosecutors secured a grand jury indictment against two people from North Texas that they allege helped orchestrate an attack at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas. The indictment claims that both people are supposedly members of an “Antifa cell” that planned and executed…
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…
Reproduced below is a statement of support for the Prairieland Defendants issued by the National Lawyers Guild, which describes itself as the oldest and largest progressive bar association in the United States. It was published on October 17, 2025. Yesterday, a new indictment was revealed in North Texas that uses Trump’s new directive to go after “antifa” to prosecute the Prairieland Defendants. This is the first instance where the Trump Administration has framed “antifa” as a terrorist group in a criminal case. The National Lawyers Guild stands with anti-ICE dissent and calls for solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants. We cannot…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2025 CONTACT: DFW Support Committee EMAIL: dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com Prairieland Defendants Arraigned in Fort Worth Federal Court Defendants Remain in Custody on up to $10 Million Bonds for Unindicted Charges DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Defendants arrested in connection with the widely-covered July 4th protest at the Prairieland Immigration Detention Center were arraigned on Monday and Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth. The arraignments came after nearly three months without movement by the prosecution and marks an important milestone in one of the most significant protest-related legal cases at a time of rising public dissent against…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2025 CONTACT: DFW Support Committee EMAIL: dfwsupportcommittee@hacari.com Prairieland Defendants To Be Arraigned in Fort Worth Federal Court on Monday and Tuesday Defendants Remain in Custody on up to $10 Million Bonds for Unindicted State Charges DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Defendants arrested in connection with the widely-covered July 4th protest at the Prairieland Immigration Detention Center will be arraigned on Monday and Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth. The arraignments come after nearly three months without movement by the prosecution and marks an important milestone in one of the most significant protest-related legal cases…