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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Alejandro Serrano

Feds target “criminals and illegal immigrants” in Houston-area development, Abbott says

An overhead view of the Colony Ridge development in New Caney on Oct. 9, 2023.
The Colony Ridge development in New Caney on Oct. 9, 2023. Gov. Greg Abbott announced that federal and state law enforcement would conduct and operation in the development targeting "criminal and illegal immigrants." (Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune)

Federal immigration authorities on Monday planned to conduct a targeted operation on "criminals & illegal immigrants" in a housing development outside of Houston that’s been under scrutiny from conservative lawmakers and media for selling land to undocumented people, Gov. Greg Abbott said.

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