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DEA confirms ICE raids conducted in Austin
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted raids in Austin over the weekend. The raids come one week into President Trump's pledge to carry out the largest deportation campaign in American history. • Federal agents from ICE, as well as the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) out of Houston, conducted several immigration raids in Austin on Sunday, according to a DEA spokesperson. • The raids began around 8 a.m. and lasted into the early afternoon. Austin was one of several cities that saw the raids. San Antonio and Laredo were among the cities. • Across the nation, 956 arrests were made, according to ICE officials. • In a raid in Colorado, nearly 50 people were taken into custody. Some were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which Governor Greg Abbott has deemed a terrorist organization. • There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. • The numbers of people apprehended in Central Texas have not been released. • On Sunday night in Austin, a couple of hundred protesters gathered at the State Capitol to speak out against these actions. • Some say they're not there to protect criminals, but they are there to protect 7-year-olds who are not criminals and don't belong to gangs. • Local non-profits vowed to help provide legal aid to those apprehended in the raids, saying they have three lawyers taking cases pro bono. • The Trump White House says actions like Sunday's raids will keep the country safe. However, some are questioning if deporting 11 million people is realistic. • Democrats are worried that law-abiding people are being targeted as well. Saying there are people who are not causing problems in our country, and we need a path to citizenship for them. • ICE was created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the former U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. ICE now has more than 20,000 law enforcement and support personnel in more than 400 offices in the United States and around the world. • The agency has an annual budget of approximately $8 billion, primarily devoted to three operational directorates — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA). A fourth directorate – Management and Administration (M A) – supports the three operational branches to advance the ICE mission. • The Enforcement and Removal Operations directorate upholds U.S. immigration law at, within, and beyond our borders. ERO's work is critical to the enforcement of immigration law against those who present a danger to our national security, are a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine the integrity of our immigration system. • #FOX7Austin brings you the important stuff like breaking news, weather, and local stories out of Central #Texas. But also plenty of fun stuff, like Pet of the Weekend, the best of our archives, and all those 'only-in-#Austin' stories. • Subscribe to FOX 7 Austin: / myfoxaustin • Download the FOX 7 Austin News app: http://bit.ly/3sNGN7a • Subscribe to the FOX 7 Austin newsletter: https://bit.ly/2Th6U9Y • More from FOX 7 Austin: https://www.fox7austin.com/ • Got a news tip? Call us at 512-472-0988 or email us: [email protected]
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