Protesters at ICE's Prairieland facility recieved far harsher sentences than anyone from Jan. 6's violent mob
Published
July 3, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)
Protestors hold up signs with faces of the Prairieland defendants outside of the Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)
In late June in Texas, nine activists were found guilty of a myriad of criminal charges brought against them after an immigration protest grew chaotic — but critics say the charges and sentencing were unusually excessive and represent overreach from the Trump administration. A 2025 Fourth of July noise protest outside an immigration detention center involved activists setting off fireworks near the Prairieland Detention Center in a show of solidarity with those imprisoned under President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
