The activity comes as Homeland Security's San Antonio office said it engaged in activity with other agencies to 'enforce U.S. immigration law.'
As immigration raids were reported in Austin and San Antonio last week, protesters gathered on Sunday, January 26, in support of immigrants and their contributions to American society. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Agents from multiple federal agencies carried out immigration enforcement operations in Austin and San Antonio on Sunday, federal officials said.
Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, Colorado, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.
DALLAS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 84 people across North Texas on Sunday during immigration enforcement operations, the agency confirmed.
Immigration authorities did not say how many people were detained or what kinds of offenses the people sought Sunday were suspected of doing.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is trying to calm fears of widespread raids in previously protected places by Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE. In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Salazar said he had a one-on-one meeting with a “high-ranking” law enforcement official in Washington.
SAN ANTONIO - A Mexican national who has been previously deported twice was arrested in the Alamo City on firearms charges. On Tuesday, the United States Attorney's Office announced that Juan Ramon Hernandez-Limon, 28, was arrested during a surveillance operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered the Department of Public Safety to help federal immigration agents find and arrest immigrants who have arrest warrants.
The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration has continued to ramp up throughout his first week in office with agents carrying out targeted operations.