Federal judges in Fort Worth sentenced eight defendants Tuesday to prison terms ranging from 30 to 100 years for their roles in violence outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, during a July 4, 2025, demonstration against immigration detention. Benjamin Hanil Song, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist, received the maximum 100-year sentence after his attempted-murder conviction for shooting and wounding Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross; the sentences for the group totaled...

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