The raids come as President Donald Trump and his administration have begun cracking down on illegal immigration and laying the groundwork for rapid deportations.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis reiterated APD doesn't have a role in enforcing federal civil immigration laws, while advocates have started trainings to educate families on what to do if they're approached by ICE agents.
ICE said it made 956 arrests on Sunday across Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, Austin, Texas and Adams County, Colorado.
The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.
Don Hutto Detention Facility or handed off to the U.S. Marshals Service, he said. That brings the total number of ICE arrests of Mexican citizens in the Austin area to 32, with a dozen having been apprehended in ICE's first sweep over the weekend.
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.
As part of a nationwide crackdown against immigrants who may be in the U.S. without legal status, agents took to several Texas cities Sunday.
The actions come as President Donald Trump and his administration have begun cracking down on illegal immigration and laying the groundwork for rapid deportations.
What Trump's order says, how local law enforcement is involved, ICE's efforts so far and what to do if you encounter ICE.
An Austin man was apprehended in Eagle Pass on charges related to allegedly smuggling firearms from the United States into Mexico. Victor Hugo Diego-Avellaneda, 39, was
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