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A press conference will be held after the body of an 11-year-old who is believed to be an unaccompanied immigrant was found in brush. Investigators along with the Guatemala Consulate believe the undocumented immigrant is from Huehuetenango, Chiantla, Guatemala. According to Hidalgo County, the boy’s body was found in the brush near south Patricio Perez Street in La Joya June 15th. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra will hold the press conference Monday June 30th at 10:00 a.m. Action 4 News will continue to provide details as on this incident as soon as they are available.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, appeared alongside her colleagues today to speak out against a new immigration law in Alabama that Democrats say allows for police to racially profile and needlessly deport illegal immigrants. Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez led a delegation of 11 Democratic members of Congress to Alabama in late November to hear about the effect the new immigration law, HB56, has had on Latino families across the state. The law, implemented in late June, requires that law enforcement officers request proof of citizenship status from those they detain if they have a “reasonable suspicion” that person may be...

An illegal immigrant accused of groping three women, including two joggers, during the past week and a half in south Ann Arbor, remains jailed on $60,000 bond. Mario Segundo-Segundo, 35, who is originally from Mexico, was arraigned this morning at the Washtenaw County Jail on three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. He is accused grabbing a woman from behind about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday while she was jogging in the 2600 block of South Main Street, Ann Arbor police said. Segundo-Segundo allegedly lifted her off the ground and groped her genitals over her clothing, police said. The victim reportedly elbowed...