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(NewsNation) — At slightest 40 radical were arrested during a raid extracurricular a agrarian residence adjacent Austin, Texas, connected Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed.
Department of Homeland Security officials told NewsNation that the FBI developed quality astir a imaginable gathering of suspected Tren de Aragua members oregon associates successful Hays County. Federal and section authorities established capable probable origin to get a hunt warrant for a residence that was past executed by the DPS' Special Response Team.
Officials said astatine slightest 40 radical were arrested astatine oregon astir the location pursuing the raid and said that drugs were seized arsenic portion of the multiagency operation. DHS sources told NewsNation that astir of those arrested Tuesday are suspected members oregon associates of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan situation gang.
The early-morning raid progressive agents from the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS and the Hays County Sheriff’s Department.
Video obtained by NewsNation shows that those who were arrested were transported distant from the tract successful an ICE van and bus. The video besides shows protesters forming a quality shield to effort to halt the vehicles attempting to permission the national facility. Austin constabulary confirmed that officers stepped successful to woody with 15 protesters who were blocking the road, trying to forestall the ICE vehicles from leaving.
Protesters allege that children were among those who were taken into custody. In a connection released connected Wednesday, the FBI announced that minors were among those taken into custody. The bureau said that authorities and national prosecutors volition measure imaginable transgression charges based connected the grounds collected done the execution of the hunt warrant and the consequent investigation.
The FBI said that much accusation volition beryllium released arsenic it becomes available.
Deportations look ineligible conflict
The raid took spot arsenic respective organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, person filed lawsuits attempting to halt the deportations of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The U.S. Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and let the deportation of suspected Tren de Aragua pack members to El Salvador.
Justice Department officials reason that President Donald Trump has the authorization to deport suspected Tren de Aragua members nether the Alien Enemies Act aft helium ruled that the gang and others similar MS-13 person been designated arsenic foreign violent organizations.
The Trump medication is seeking to person Judge James Boasberg’s ruling that temporarily freezes deportation flights overturned. Boasberg claims that the medication defied a erstwhile bid by allowing flights with Venezuelan nationals and suspected pack members connected committee to instrumentality off. The Trump medication acknowledged this week that an administrative mistake allowed a Maryland man to beryllium deported to El Salvador.
White House officials, however, person argued that the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, is simply a erstwhile subordinate of MS-13, which designates him for deportation nether Trump's enforcement order.
