Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 188 new immigration cases last week, mostly against human smugglers and repeat deportees with prior convictions for sexual abuse, domestic violence, and DWIs.

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Detained immigrants filed 1,399 new habeas corpus petitions in the federal courts of the Western and Southern Districts of Texas in June, 1.8 percent fewer than the 1,424 they filed in May, according to case records compiled by Habeas Dockets