With anxiety over the idea of immigration raids, KPRC 2′s Bryce Newberry spoke with an ICE official to get more clarity on what is going on.

Whitmire said the Houston Police Department is focused on enforcing state laws. He also said “politicizing” federal deportation efforts “is the worst thing you can do.”

In a city council meeting Tuesday, Mayor John Whitmire addressed immigration enforcement and how it's being handled at a local level.

ICE agents began targeted operations across Texas on Sunday, following President Donald Trump's campaign promise to crack down on people who may be in the country without legal status.

Concerns are growing for residents in the Houston area, and some said they're starting to see U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in different parts of town. Images have been making rounds on social media showing ICE agents in shopping centers in Houston,

Federal immigration agents can now make arrests at campuses nationwide. How often they will do it at Houston schools remains unknown.

Rep. Sylvia Garcia emphasized that everyone in the country, regardless of their legal status, is protected by the Constitution.

ICE has take a spotlight role in the wake of plans in Trump's administration for mass deportations. Here's what you need to know about the agency.

“The worst go first,” Matt Elliston, director of ICE’s Baltimore field office, said of the agency's enforcement priorities. The Associated Press accompanied the officers, who offered a glimpse of how their work has changed under a White House intent on deporting large numbers of immigrants living in the U.S. without permission.

Trump ended use of a border app to allow migrants to enter the country on two-year permits with eligibility to work, canceling tens of thousands of appointments into early February for people stranded in Mexico. Nearly 1 million people entered the U.S. at land crossings with Mexico by using the CBP One app.

Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, Colorado, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

DALLAS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 84 people across North Texas on Sunday during immigration enforcement operations, the agency confirmed.