ICE Arrests 4,170 in Ten-Day Texas Operation
The operation, called Lone Star Mission, resulted in 4,170 arrests across Texas over 10 days, Mullin said at a news conference in Dallas on October 29. He praised the officers involved and thanked state, local and county partners for their cooperation, saying the operation depended on that support.
Mullin reported that upwards of 60% of those detained had a record of prior crimes. He cited examples including people accused of murder, sexual assault, impaired driving and alien smuggling, but did not give specific offenses for the individuals arrested. He said the arrests made communities safer.
The announcement came as an ICE officer faced an accusation that he intentionally struck a Mexican construction worker with a car in Houston. The alleged incident took place on October 10, before the Texas operation began. The worker’s family said ICE was searching for a man who had been dead for nearly a decade.
Texas ICE Sweep Produced Thousands of Arrests Without Specifics
The Texas operation’s headline figure is 4,170 arrests in 10 days, but Mullin did not disclose the specific offenses behind those arrests. He said more than 60% of those detained had criminal histories and named categories such as murder, sexual assault, impaired driving and alien smuggling, without detailing individual cases.
That lack of specifics matters when the administration presents a mass enforcement sweep as proof that communities are safer. Mullin praised ICE and state, local and county partners at an October 29 news conference in Dallas, but the public figures offered little information about the people swept up beyond the broad claim of criminal histories.
The announcement also came amid scrutiny of a separate Houston incident: an ICE officer was accused of intentionally hitting a Mexican construction worker with a car. The worker’s family said officers were looking for a man who had been dead for nearly a decade. That allegation is distinct from the Texas operation, which began nine days after the incident, but underscores the stakes of giving federal enforcement power without clear details about its use.
Texas ICE Operation Makes 4,170 Arrests in Just 10 Days
The Lone Star Mission delivered the kind of enforcement numbers supporters of immigration law enforcement have demanded: 4,170 arrests across Texas in just 10 days. At an October 29 news conference in Dallas, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised ICE officers and thanked state, local and county partners, saying their cooperation helped make the operation possible.
Mullin reported that upwards of 60% of those detained had a record of prior crimes. He cited examples including murder, sexual assault, impaired driving and alien smuggling, and said the arrests made communities safer. He did not provide the specific offenses for each person arrested, but the operation’s scale showed what coordinated enforcement could accomplish in a short period.
The operation’s results put the focus on enforcing laws already passed by Congress, rather than treating enforcement itself as controversial. A separate allegation involving an ICE officer in Houston—the officer was accused of intentionally striking a construction worker with a car—concerns an incident before the operation began. The worker’s family said officers sought a man who had been dead for nearly a decade.
Reported by PJ Media, Twitchy, Denver7, Breitbart.
