Greg Abbott on Tuesday ordered the Department of Public Safety to help federal immigration agents find and arrest immigrants who have arrest warrants. “These teams will coordinate with [U.S. Department of] Homeland Security agencies to track down the thousands of illegal immigrants with active warrants across Texas and deport them from our country,
Among these agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration is taking an active role in supporting the Department of Homeland Security in these operations. The DEA Phoenix Division
The Los Angeles-based Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters said it’s cooperating with federal law enforcement entities on immigration enforcement efforts.
With two top Trump administration officials in Chicago, federal law enforcement began a “targeted” immigration blitz Sunday, according to a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency did not say how many arrests have taken place so far.
Border czar Tom Homan told NBC News that several people with criminal convictions were apprehended in Chicago.
The update comes hours after Mayor Brandon Johnson, along with the mayors of Boston, Denver and New York, were sent letters asking to testify before a Congressional committee on the city's "sanctuary city" policies.
A top Department of Justice (DOJ) official and President Trump’s “border czar” were in Chicago overseeing “immigration enforcement efforts,” according to officials. “The DEA, along with our
Local law enforcement says the Department of Homeland Security presence in Fort Collins last weekend was not related to immigration enforcement.
A U.S. veteran and Navajo residents have been asked for identification. Critics are complaining of racial profiling as raids and deportations increase.
The sheer number of federal agencies involved showed President Donald Trump’s willingness to use federal law enforcement beyond the Department of Homeland Security to carry out his long-promised
Nearly 1,000 people were arrested by federal agencies in a blitz to enforce immigrations policies across the United States, according to multiple reports.