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Federal agents reported about 54,000 arrests in Texas during Trump's first nine months in office, compared to about 23,000 under Biden in a similar nine-month period.

Trump promised to deport hardened criminals. But most Texans arrested by ICE had no convictions.

The Trump Administration said it would target gang members, murderers and other criminal offenders who are the "worst of the worst." Here's what their arrest records show.

Food

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Politics

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Opinion

In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. The isolation of at least three families at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's detention center in Dilley, has raised new fears of the coronavirus spreading through a facility that has long been accused of providing substandard medical care.

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