U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 4,170 people during a 10-day immigration enforcement operation across Texas, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced following a press conference in Dallas.
Lone Star Mission ran from Oct. 19 through Oct. 29 and coordinated enforcement efforts across ICE's five Texas field offices. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the results Thursday, Oct. 29, alongside ICE officials from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Harlingen.
According to DHS, those arrested included individuals with criminal histories involving murder, sexual assault, driving while intoxicated, and alien smuggling. The agency described the operation as a coordinated effort involving federal, state, and local law enforcement partners.
"Lone Star Mission has been an incredible success, with the brave patriots of ICE arresting more than 4,100 illegal aliens across the state of Texas in ten days," Mullin said.
He credited Texas law enforcement and federal partners for supporting the operation, adding that the effort demonstrated the importance of state and local cooperation in immigration enforcement.
DHS highlighted several arrests during the operation, including Javier Hernandez Alcon, a Mexican national arrested in Liberty on Oct. 20. The agency said Alcon had previously been deported twice and had convictions for residential burglary and illegal reentry, along with an arrest for capital murder.
Orlando Aguilar, arrested in Dallas on Oct. 24, had convictions for felony intoxication assault involving serious bodily injury and driving while intoxicated, according to DHS.
ICE also arrested Ramon Antonio Martinez, a Honduran national, in Houston on Oct. 23. DHS said Martinez was wanted in Honduras in connection with an alleged killing.
The agency said the arrests were part of its broader efforts to target individuals it considers public safety threats and enforce federal immigration law.
