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Today’s Big Stories
1. Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility
The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana in Texas, the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, at a rate of nearly one a day for five months, each its own tale of pain and despair.
Camp East Montana looks like a pop up village, with six long tents along a stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert outside El Paso at the U.S. Army base Fort Bliss, once the site of an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Inside the hastily constructed camp, a series of communal living pods shelter thousands of immigrants in color-coded uniforms and Croc-style shoes.
But the stories of the conditions at the facility, revealed in data and recordings from more than a hundred 911 calls obtained by the The Associated Press — in addition to follow-up interviews and court filings — offer a disturbing portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.
2. Buford’s to reopen, donate weekend sales to victims and families affected by Austin shooting
Buford’s, the site of a shooting that left three people dead and many more last week in Austin, announced plans to reopen with increased safety measures.Â
According to a statement posted to Instagram on Thursday, the bar will open Friday, March 6, at 6 p.m. with an increased police presence at 6th and Rio Grande streets. A portion of Rio Grande will be closed to through traffic from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Additional safety measures like protective glass will also be installed along the beer garden.
The bar is donating all sales from the weekend of March 6-8 to victims and families who were most impacted by the shooting.
3. Democratic attorney general primary heads to runoff with Johnson, Jaworski
State Sen. Nathan Johnson and former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski have both advanced to a runoff election in the Democratic primary for Texas attorney general.
Notes for Tomorrow
Saturday, March 7
Private homegoing services for Rev. Jesse Jackson, following Friday’s public memorial
President Donald Trump hosts Latin American leaders at Shield of the Americas summit in Florida
Unforgettable Awards celebrating Asian Americans in Hollywood
2026 Milano Cortina Winter Paralympic Games continue, with 12 gold medals decided across two sports
2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Ceremonial Start in Anchorage, Alaska, before the Official Restart in nearby Willow on Sunday
In Case You Missed It
An Austin police car sits behind a police barrier. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Austin Police Department updates procedures after controversial deportation
An update to the Austin Police Department’s (APD) procedures outlines that officers are not required to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when a person is found to have an ICE administrative warrant if they have no other arrestable charge. Â
The update follows a controversial deportation from January, when a woman’s disturbance call to APD led to her detainment, alongside her 5-year-old child, who is a U.S. citizen. Â