The Department of Justice said 960 immigration-related arrests were made in the past week in the four U.S.-Mexico border states and that many of those arrested face felony charges outside of charges for being in the U.S. illegally.
The Southern District of Texas reported the most significant number of cases in the past week with 257 arrests, including 98 defendants charged with illegally reentering the U.S. A majority had previously been convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. including “violent and/or sexual crimes,” the DOJ said.
The government’s “Operation Take Back America” was announced in early March with the directive to federal prosecutors handling immigration related cases to “pursue the most serious, readily provable offense.”
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