U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted 鈥渢argeted enforcement actions鈥� in Austin and other cities on Sunday, the DEA Houston division confirmed.
鈥淭he DEA Houston division assisted DHS with their targeted enforcement actions. We鈥檝e assisted in several cities to include Austin,鈥� DEA spokesperson Sally Sparks said in a text message to KUT News.
The operates in a large swath of Texas, all the way from the southern border to as far north as Waco.
The division associated with the operations on X, formerly known as Twitter, Sunday.
According to ICE, enforcement operations involve 鈥渢he identification, arrest, detention and removal of aliens who are subject to removal or are unlawfully present in the United States.鈥� KUT News has reached out to Homeland Securities Investigations for details about Sunday鈥檚 operations.
The news of ICE鈥檚 activities in Austin comes just over a week after Trump 鈥渂order czar鈥� ICE would begin conducting illegal immigration enforcement raids. Homan said those raids would begin Tuesday, Jan. 21, and identified Chicago as an early target in an interview with .
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to take the handcuffs off ICE and let them go arrest criminal aliens. That鈥檚 what鈥檚 gonna happen,鈥� Homan said.
ICE confirmed to the that operations are also underway in North Texas, where dozens of individuals were arrested over the weekend.
was first to report the news of ICE鈥檚 operations in Austin.
