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"Some of the biggest raids have taken place in and around Houston: In May, ICE said it
deported more than 500 people and arrested more than 400 suspected undocumented immigrants in and around the city in roughly one week. In October, ICE carried out another massive operation in Houston over the course of 10 days, in which they said they arrested more than 1,500 undocumented immigrants.
ICE has focused mainly on the state’s large urban areas, but earlier this year, according to Border Report, the head of the South Texas Builders Association said agents have been
raiding construction sites along the border.
But the most common way ICE agents track down undocumented immigrants is through the local criminal justice system. Immigration agents can request that jails hold an undocumented person who has been jailed, then turn them over to ICE for deportation.
The Harris County Jail leads the country for such immigration holds, also known as ICE detainers, according to a Tribune analysis.
ICE is also increasingly targeting immigrants when they arrive for court hearings or routine immigration appointments; ICE agents have arrested people at
federal buildings in El Paso, immigration
courts in San Antonio and
probation offices in Dallas."
The Trump administration is going all in on accelerating mass deportation efforts. Here’s how ICE operations look in Texas, home to an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants.
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