{"id":120029,"date":"2026-01-12T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120029\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:04:23","slug":"protesters-detained-in-austin-ice-demonstration-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120029\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters detained in Austin ICE demonstration released from jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) \u2014 Several individuals detained by Austin police during a protest against ICE have been released from jail, with charges dropped for at least one detainee. Esau Gutierrez, who was among those arrested, shared his experience.<\/p>\n

“I regret, none in the slightest. I do not regret my actions whatsoever,” he said.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez says he and at least four others were detained while protesting in downtown Austin, with one individual still in custody.<\/p>\n

The protest took place Saturday night when demonstrators blocked traffic at the intersection of East Sixth Street and Congress Avenue. Gutierrez described his time in jail as “jarring.”<\/p>\n

“I know it was hours but it felt like days in a room where there was no windows, a light that was always on and flickering,” he said.<\/p>\n

RELATED:Protest against ICE in Austin leads to arrests and claims of police aggression<\/a><\/p>\n

Upon his release, Gutierrez was met by supporters outside the Travis County Jail. <\/p>\n

“It filled me with joy, and most importantly, it filled me with strength,” he said. <\/p>\n

The group later attended a vigil to honor Renee Good and Keith Porter, who were killed by ICE agents this year in Minnesota and Portland.<\/p>\n

One of the vigil organizers, known as “Z,” emphasized the importance of community solidarity.<\/p>\n

“To see that I\u2019m not the only one angry,” they said. “It was very relieving.”<\/p>\n

The group also expressed support for the individual still detained, shouting messages of love and solidarity outside the jail. Authorities have yet to provide further details on the arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) \u2014 Several individuals detained by Austin police during a protest against ICE have been released…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4028,132,134,133,52305,1829,672,1750,52306,30995],"class_list":{"0":"post-120029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-arrests","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-austin-headlines","11":"tag-austin-news","12":"tag-detention","13":"tag-ice","14":"tag-police","15":"tag-protest","16":"tag-solidarity","17":"tag-vigil"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}