Latinos are hit especially hard by North Texas meth sentences, not unlike how the crack cocaine laws led to the disparate imprisonment of Black offenders. José Luis Adriano ran the numbers and this is what we found: dallasnews.com/news/investiga…

Sentencias por tráfico de cristal en el Norte de Texas son las más duras del país dallasnews.com/espanol/al-dia…

Check out the discussion our Kevin Krause had with NBC DFW on meth sentences in North Texas, and read our story for more details. 👀 Watch: nbcdfw.com/local/north-te…  👓 Read the story: interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/meth-pris…

NEW: An ICE spokesperson confirmed to me that "enhanced targeted operations" began today in North Texas. According to the spokesperson, 84 individuals were arrested in Dallas, Irving Arlington, Fort Worth, Garland and Collin County. See my story below.

If u think the nation’s meth laws are unfairly harsh due to the purity distinction, now is the time to let the US Sentencing Commission know:dallasnews.com/news/courts/20…

Some of the recent North Texas clemency recipients failed to win compassionate release. So do many others; even senior citizen inmates with serious health problems. It’s particularly rare in Texas federal courts. dallasnews.com/news/courts/20…

The family of a Texas girl who died by suicide is demanding accountability from her school district, saying the 11-year-old was bullied by classmates who threatened to call immigration agents on her parents. dallasnews.com/news/education…

The prodigious hail from Saturday’s storm, driven by gusty winds, shattered windows and gouged small holes into wood siding in homes across Waxahachie, TX. Some houses looked as if they’d been riddled with bullets and shrapnel.

Here’s the latest on the North Texas mom accused of managing a NYC financier’s extensive sex trafficking operation involving a sex dungeon. Southlake woman accused in sex trafficking operation released to home detention dallasnews.com/news/courts/20…