Immigrant detentions in North Texas region lead nation for third year
By Dianne Solis
7:59 PM on Dec 11, 2019
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday that the North Texas region led the nation for the third year in a row in the number of civil arrests of immigrants. But across the nation, the number of immigrants detained dropped about 10 percent from the previous year to about 143,000.
The acting director of ICE credited a high level of cooperation from local and state law enforcement authorities for the number of apprehensions in the region.
“One of the things which is unique — although it shouldn’t be — is [that] the level of cooperation between state and local law enforcement and our officers here is unsurpassed anywhere in the country,†said Matthew Albence, who flew in from Washington, D.C., for a news conference Wednesday to highlight the regional results for the fiscal year that ended in September. “When you have that cooperation, you get these kinds of results."
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2019/12/12/immigrant-detentions-in-north-texas-lead-the-nation-for-the-third-year/
