Protesters Receive Decadeslong Sentences for Texas ICE Facility Clash

Eight protesters accused of carrying out an attack on a Texas ICE facility last summer were sentenced on Tuesday to decades in prison, with one receiving a 100-year sentence.

More than a dozen people have been convicted or pleaded guilty in connection with an incident at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, in July. Prosecutors said the group damaged vehicles, set off fireworks toward the facility and shot at an Alvarado police officer and unarmed corrections officers. The police officer was hit in the neck.