AUSTIN (KXAN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took a mother and her child into custody early Monday morning after Austin Police Department officers responded to a 4:35 a.m. disturbance call on Blue Stem Trail, according to information released by APD Thursday.
Officers didn’t find an “on-going disturbance” or anyone with injuries, said APD Strategic Communications Manager Anna Sabana in a message to media. The officers “identified an individual with an Administrative Warrant issued by [ICE],” according to Sabana’s statement.
An administrative warrant, issued by a federal agency, is not the same as a judicial warrant issued by a court. Administrative warrants allow designated federal agents — not state or local law enforcement officers — to make arrests, but do not authorize searches or entry into a building, according to the National Immigration Law Center…