U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 153 illegal immigrants in Texas last month as part of standard targeted enforcement operations, according to a press release Monday.

The 12-day operation lasted from March 20 to 31 and stretched across Austin, San Antonio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, all located in South Texas. Immigrants who had illegally re-entered the U.S. after being deported, people with criminal records and fugitives of the law were targeted in the busts.

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