FIEL Houston, an immigrant advocacy group, is warning that people with authorization to work in the U.S. or with complicated legal statuses are at risk of being detained amid increased immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
Multi-agency operation removes individuals with histories of sexual offenses from Houston communities, officials say.
Between Feb. 24 and 28, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nine undocumented immigrants in the Houston area who have been charged with or convicted of sex offenses and are subject to removal from the United States.
Conservative state officials have previously accused the residential community north of Houston of being a safe haven for people in the country without legal status. It was not immediately clear Tuesday whether the reported number of arrests were made this week or as part of ongoing enforcement initiatives.
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FIEL, an immigrant rights group, detailed cases where Houston residents were detained by ICE and U.S Customs and Border Protection, despite documentation
Federal agents detained 20 people late Tuesday while investigating alleged employment paperwork violations at an industrial manufacturer in Spring, officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Wednesday.
The Colony Ridge development has long been under scrutiny from conservative lawmakers, think tanks and influencers who cast it as a hotbed for undocumented immigrants and cartel crime.
Senate Bill 8 would require sheriff’s departments in large Texas counties to sign cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
More than 100 migrants were arrested on Monday in a predominantly Latino community north of Houston.On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I
ICE confirmed to the news outlet that Florentin Chevez-Luna, 39, from El Salvador who had been deported three times was among those taken into custody. According to ICE, he had a criminal arrest warrant for alleged repeated sexual abuse of a minor between November 2008 to November 2016.
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