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U.S. NEWS Saturday 28 September 2019

Sheriff’s deputy slain near Houston was first Sikh officer

JERSEY VILLAGE, Texas (AP) sheriff, Adrian Garcia, im- A deputy a short time later
— A sheriff’s deputy de- plemented a religious ac- found and arrested a ner-
scribed as “a trailblazer” commodation policy that vous man matching the
because he was the first allowed Dhaliwal to wear description of the driver
Sikh deputy of the Har- the traditional turban and in a business at a nearby
ris County Sheriff’s Office beard of the Sikh religion. strip shopping center, Lee
when he joined the force Dhaliwal’s dashboard said. A woman believed
10 years ago, was shot and camera captured video to have been a passenger
killed while making a traffic showing Dhaliwal speak- in the car also was taken
stop Friday near Houston. ing with the driver in what into custody. Their identities
Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, appeared to be a con- haven’t been released.
42, was pronounced dead versational tone with “no Gonzelez recounted how
at Memorial Hermann Hos- combat, no arguing,” Sher- Dhaliwal worked with Unit-
pital after the 12:45 p.m. iff’s Maj. Mike Lee said. The ed Sikhs, an international
shooting in a residential cul- driver’s door was opened nonprofit, non-governmen- In this Aug. 30, 2015, photo, Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy
de-sac 18 miles (29 kilome- at one point, and Dhali- tal, humanitarian relief, hu- Sandeep Dhaliwal, center, grieves with Deputies Dixon, left, and
ters) northwest of Houston. wal shut it as the driver man development and Seibert, right, at a memorial for Deputy Darren Goforth, at the
Dhaliwal had stopped a remained in the vehicle. advocacy organization af- Chevron where he was killed, in Houston.
vehicle with two people When Dhaliwal turned to filiated with the United Na- Associated Press
inside when one of the oc- walk back to his patrol car, tions. Dhaliwal worked with Dhaliwal was a trailblazer,” ing a traffic stop this year. El
cupants was able to leave the driver steps from the the nonprofit to organize Gonzalez said. Paso County Deputy Peter
the vehicle, approach the car “almost immediately the donation of supplies for Dhaliwal was the father of Herrera was fatally shot dur-
deputy from behind and running with a gun already first responders after Hur- three children ing a March traffic stop in
shoot him at least twice — out,” Lee said. The driver ricane Harvey devastated “There are no words to San Elizario, about 25 miles
“basically just shot him in a shot the deputy from be- the county. He also went speak to how heartbroken (40 kilometers) southeast of
very ruthless, cold-blooded hind, hitting him in the back to Puerto Rico to help with we are, how devastated,” El Paso. Both occupants of
way,” said Harris County of the head. The driver got relief after Hurricane Maria the sheriff said. the car were charged with
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. back in his car and drove devastated the island. Dhaliwal is the second Tex- capital murder and await
Gonzalez’s predecessor as away. “He was a hero. Deputy as deputy to die while mak- trial.q

Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids

By AMY TAXIN “Defendants willingly ne- Center for Youth Law, told
Associated Press gotiated and bound them- reporters. The Department
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. selves to these standards of Justice said the adminis-
judge on Friday blocked for all minors in its custody, tration is disappointed with
new Trump administration and no final regulations or the ruling because it did
rules that would enable the changed circumstances what was required to im-
government to keep immi- yet merit termination of the plement the new rules.
grant children in detention Flores agreement.” Attorneys for both sides
facilities with their parents The Trump administration said they would be willing
indefinitely. sought to end the agree- to meet and discuss wheth-
U.S. District Court Judge ment and issued the new er some aspects of the rules
Dolly Gee in Los Angeles rules with the hope of de- aren’t subject to the settle-
said the rules conflict with a taining immigrant children ment. Gee gave them until
1997 settlement agreement in facilities with their par- Oct. 4 to do so.
that requires the govern- ents. The move came as More than 400,000 immi-
ment to release immigrant part of a broader crack- In this July 9, 2019, file photo, staff escort immigrants to class grants traveling in family
children caught on the bor- down on asylum seekers ar- at the U.S. government’s newest holding center for migrant groups with children have
der as quickly as possible to riving on the Southwest bor- children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. been stopped on the Mex-
relatives in the U.S. and says der, many of them families Associated Press ico border in the past year.
they can only be held in fa- with children from Central detained immigrant chil- to deter migrants fleeing In its crackdown, the Trump
cilities licensed by a state. America. dren welcomed Gee’s desperate conditions from administration has had mi-
Gee said the Flores agree- The Flores agreement al- position, which she initially seeking asylum in the Unit- grants await immigration
ment — named for a teen- lows for the settlement to conveyed to them in a ed States. court hearings in Mexico
age plaintiff — will remain in be phased out when rules draft ruling during a court “We will continue vigorously and required those who
place and govern the con- are issued for the custody hearing Friday. to defend the rights of de- cross through a third coun-
ditions for all immigrant chil- of immigrant children that They said they wouldn’t tained immigrant children,” try to seek refuge there be-
dren in U.S. custody, includ- are consistent with its terms. let the administration use Neha Desai, director of im- fore applying for asylum in
ing those with their parents. Attorneys who represent young immigrants to try migration at the National the U.S. q