ICE: Travis County’s release of Mexican gang member puts agents at risk

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement put Travis County in the hot seat Tuesday with a press release that accuses the Sheriff’s Office of releasing a Mexican gang member who had previously been deported four times.
The agency says they caught up with 33-year-old Julio Cesar Mendoza-Caballero a month after he was released from the Travis County Jail on June 16, 2017, without ICE being notified. ICE says he was released despite an immigration detainer requested the same d