US EditionTexas state police are aiding in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
Texas DPS strike teams arrested over 3,100 undocumented immigrants statewide in 2025, focusing on interior enforcement and targeting those suspected of crimes, officials said.
- Between late January and early September 2025, the Texas Department of Public Safety documented 3,131 arrests that had not been previously reported, made by specialty strike teams supporting federal immigration enforcement efforts across the state.
- These teams were created by Gov. Abbott to support President Trump's deportation efforts amid a sharp decline in illegal border crossings and no formal agreements with federal agencies.
- The strike teams cooperate with federal authorities across Texas metro areas and target migrants suspected of illegal entry who then commit crimes, often using tactics such as traffic stops far from the border.
- Texas DPS has found close to 6,500 undocumented immigrants wanted on active felony warrants for crimes such as murder and human smuggling, while about 88% of arrests made were related to suspected violations of federal immigration laws, including unlawful entry into the United States.
- This unprecedented state-level enforcement shift draws criticism for racial profiling and due process concerns, highlighting fears among immigrant communities and an ongoing constitutional debate over state immigration authority.
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DPS aiding Texas' immigration crackdown
Texas Department of Public Safety officers have helped arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants across the state this year, according to public records obtained by The Texas Tribune that provide the most detailed glimpse yet of how state police are…
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Texas state police are aiding in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown
Texas state police officers have helped arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants so far this year, many of them far from the border.
'Operation Lone Star 2.0': DPS arresting thousands of undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation
The department has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
‘Operation Lone Star 2.0’: DPS arresting undocumented immigrants across Texas to aid Trump’s mass deportation
The Department of Public Safety has shifted from Biden-era border enforcement to helping expel people from the country, a job once exclusively done by federal authorities.
Texas State Police Are Aiding in President Donald Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Texas Department of Public Safety officers have helped arrest more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants across the state this year, according to public records obtained by The Texas Tribune that provide the most detailed glimpse yet of how state police are shifting their focus from the border toward aiding the Trump administration’s mass deportation crusade — an effort that state officials have kept largely under wraps.
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