U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin announced Thursday in Dallas that a 10-day statewide immigration enforcement operation in Texas resulted in 4,170 arrests.
The operation, called Lone Star Mission, involved partnerships between federal immigration officers and Texas sheriff’s offices and police departments. Mullin said more than 60% of those arrested had criminal backgrounds, including convictions involving murder, sexual assault, drunken driving and immigrant smuggling.
“They should have never been on our streets. We were able to make the Lone Star State safer,” Mullin said…