8 people convicted over shooting at a Texas immigration detention center
Published on March 13, 2026.
A federal jury in Texas has convicted eight people on terrorism charges related to a shooting at a Texas immigration facility that prosecutors tied to antifa. The group allegedly opened fire outside the Prairieland Detention Center, injuring a police officer who was shot in the neck. The accused were not antifa members and had organized a "noise demonstration" to support immigrants detained during the Trump administration's mass deportation operations. The case was seen as a test of the government's power to punish protesters, with critics suggesting it could have wide-reaching implications on protests. The terrorism charges did not require a connection to any organization and there is no domestic equivalent to the State Department's list of foreign terror organizations.
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