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The Donald Trump administration detained 4,170 migrants in a ten-day operation in Texas, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported on Thursday, highlighting the arrests of individuals linked to crimes, without specifying how many had criminal records.
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin presented the results in Dallas of the so-called 'Lone Star Mission,' carried out between October 19 and 29 by the five regional offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state.
According to a statement from the DHS, the detainees were in an irregular immigration status and included individuals linked to homicides, sexual assaults, driving under the influence, and human smuggling.
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However, the government does not detail how many had convictions or pending charges or how many were arrested solely for immigration violations.
Mullin described the operation as "an incredible success" and thanked the Texas law enforcement agencies and other federal organizations for their collaboration.
"This operation demonstrates how important our state and local partnerships are to protecting American communities," said the secretary, who attributed the results to Trump's leadership.
The deployment coordinated the ICE offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Harlingen, whose jurisdictions cover the state, which borders Mexico.
The announcement comes a few days before the November 3 legislative elections and amidst the wave of arrests and deportations pushed by Trump since his return to the White House in January 2025.
Although the government has insisted that its priority is migrants with criminal records, the reality is that only 34% of people arrested by ICE during the first fourteen months of the Trump administration had a criminal conviction, according to a University of Colorado study published in July.
[Publicidad]