Multi-agency operation targeted immigrants in several Texas cities
Immigration authorities did not say how many people were detained or what kinds of offenses the people sought Sunday were suspected of doing.
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Immigration authorities did not say how many people were detained or what kinds of offenses the people sought Sunday were suspected of doing.
The 400 members of a special tactical unit left bases in Houston and Fort Worth on Monday morning, according to the governor’s office.
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