Ninety five undocumented immigrants were arrested by federal officers from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement during a five-day operation in Southeast Texas, which concluded on Friday, April 21st.
According to ICE, the arrests took place in Harris, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, , Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, and Wharton. Those arrested were citizens from Cambodia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Vietnam.
The agency said in a press release on Monday that almost all of the arrested immigrants had criminal histories with convictions including homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, child abuse, domestic violence, and marijuana possession.