‼️In Part 2 of our interview, attorney Hannah Eash-Gates breaks down what this raid means for everyone, regardless of immigration status. San Antonio is a city of immigrants.

Longtime residents and newly arrived families live side by side across every part of town. So what happens when federal agents detain people before confirming who they are or what their legal status is? ⚖️ If someone is a U.S. citizen, there is no legal basis for immigration detention. 📄 If someone has legal status — like asylum or refugee status — the government must prove specific conditions to justify putting them back into deportation proceedings. 🚫 In her client’s case, officials didn’t assert any of those conditions.

They didn’t present a serious charge. They didn’t justify the detention. Instead, he sat in custody for nearly a month while his attorney fought to prove what the government should have verified from the start.

This is Part 2 of our conversation about what happened in the Nov. 16 raid that led to 143 people being taken into custody. The people of this city continue to demand transparency and accountability.