Texas Gov. Abbott orders DPS tactical strike groups to help federal unlawful immigration enforcement efforts

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed the state’s Division of Public Security (DPS) tactical strike groups to help with the Trump administration’s operation to find and arrest felony unlawful immigrants statewide.

“Texas is increasing our operations to help President Donald Trump to guard People and implement the rule of regulation,” Abbott stated Tuesday. “At this time, I directed the Texas Division of Public Security to deploy tactical strike groups to work alongside our federal companions to implement immigration legal guidelines all through the state.

“These groups will coordinate with Homeland Safety businesses to trace down the hundreds of unlawful immigrants with energetic warrants throughout Texas and deport them from our nation,” Abbott added. “After 4 years of failed insurance policies, Texas lastly has a associate in President Trump. Collectively, we’ll finish this disaster and make America protected as soon as once more.”

Abbott’s workplace stated DPS tactical strike groups will work with the Homeland Safety Process Drive to make the most of personnel and sources with the intention to determine and arrest the almost 5,400 unlawful immigrants with energetic warrants from throughout Texas.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seems on throughout a information convention. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photographs)

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The order comes simply days after Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis introduced that her division is not going to help federal brokers with civil immigration enforcement efforts.

Austin PD didn’t reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for touch upon the matter.

Austin Metropolis Council member Vanessa Fuentes praised the chief’s assertion as she spoke in regards to the suggestions she had acquired from the group about U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement operations.

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Texas DPS with unlawful immigrants from Central and South America on the southern border. (Texas DPS)

“We have now a variety of members which can be scared proper now with the extent of ICE being in and working within the Austin space, and to what extent that affect can have on our immigrant group,” Fuentes informed Austin’s NBC station KXAN throughout an interview. “I am actually proud that our police chief got here out together with her assertion on Friday that confirmed that Austin police haven’t and won’t implement any federal civil immigration.”

Fuentes stated it was good to know law enforcement officials can be centered on fixing crime as a substitute of collaborating in a “new kind” of ICE raids in Austin.

She additionally stated it was essential for her, as an area policymaker, to let the group find out about their rights by offering coaching and workshops with group companions.

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Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis stated her division is not going to help federal brokers with civil immigration enforcement efforts. (Reuters/Sergio Flores)

Libs of TikTok referred to as out Fuentes for her stance on police not serving to with federal enforcement of unlawful immigration.

“Austin, Texas Metropolis Council member and Mayor Professional Tem Vanessa Fuentes, says native police received’t implement federal immigration regulation or assist ICE with raids,” the group posted on X, whereas tagging Trump border czar Tom Homan.

“Yeah, and?” Fuentes responded, doubling down on the problem.

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Nonetheless, the Austin American-Stateman reported on Monday that ICE arrests had been performed in Austin over the weekend, and in response, Davis contacted federal officers in regards to the operations. She was informed by federal officers the operation focused “wished violent offenders.”

She additionally informed the publication that regardless that Austin law enforcement officials weren’t concerned within the raids, “these are folks APD can be searching for as properly. They had been wished for violent offenses.”