Multi-agency operation targeted immigrants in Austin and San Antonio

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : KXAN first reported ICE was conducting an operation in the Austin area on Sunday afternoon through a spokesperson for the DEA's Houston division.
58% : A group of Texas lawmakers asked state education officials last week for clear guidance on how school districts should prepare for federal immigration enforcement.
54% : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with the Drug Enforcement Agency, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives collaborated on "enhanced targeted operations" in both cities, an ICE spokesperson said.
49% : Some local Texas officials said they are ready to assist Trump, though they have offered scant details on how they would cooperate.
49% : ICE made 956 arrests Sunday and sent 554 requests to take custody of individuals currently being held in jails, prisons or other confinement facilities, the agency said in a Sunday evening post on X.
37% : Trump issued more than a dozen immigration-related executive orders last week, including halting the use of an app that lets migrants make appointments to request asylum and authorizing immigration officers to raid sensitive locations such as churches, schools and hospitals.
23% : A spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, said Doggett did not receive advance notice that ICE would conduct an operation in Austin.

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