In Texas, Protesting ICE Can Get You a Life Sentence ^53.8%

The Nation - By Sara Van Horn - 7/1/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 28.2% - Confirmation Bias 17.7% - Anecdotal 17.1%

When Savanna Batten heard her sentence read aloud in the federal courthouse of Fort Worth, Texas, she wasn’t all that surprised. For most people, half a century in prison for attending a protest might feel like an unexpected gut punch. But Savanna, one of the 22 Prairieland defendants, understood that hers had been no ordinary trial. “We... more