U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers recently arrested 89 immigrants during a three-day raid in North Texas and Oklahoma. The officers conducting the raid arrested 18 individuals in Oklahoma and 71 in Texas. The arrests included 67 individuals with criminal convictions, including 88 men and one woman ranging in age from 19 – 60, and coming from ten different countries. The majority of the arrested immigrants were from Mexico, and the remainder were from nine other countries, including Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Nigeria, El Salvador, Laos, Nicaragua, Pakistan, and Vietnam. About ¼ of the individuals arrested previously had been deported, so they also could face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, in addition to deportation. Those immigrants who were previously deported will again be processed for deportation and then presented to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for criminal charges of re-entry following deportation.
ICE Arrests Multiple East Texan Immigrants in Three-Day Raid
ICE reported that the raid focused on targeted immigrants, or those selected specifically for deportation by ICE. However, ICE did acknowledge that if agents encountered other immigrants with no legal status in the course of their targeted raids, they also would arrest them if warranted on a case-by-case basis. Targeted raids are organized as a part of ICE’s immigration enforcement efforts.
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