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Border Czar Tom Homan has given an update on the operation at Colony Ridge conducted by federal law enforcement.
Homan, who was in Texas for the operation, told Fox News that around 90 illegal immigrants were arrested during the action in Liberty County on Monday.
Homan, who said this was part of a larger operation, told Fox, ""You know, this is a larger criminal investigation into a network. And a lot of the people we were interested in, were located in that area."
According to Homan, he is still waiting on the exact number of arrests but said the majority of the illegal aliens taken into custody had criminal backgrounds.
"The last number I saw was around 69 criminals," Homan said. "I know for a fact, several child sexual predators were arrested."
One of the other people arrested was a previously deported Salvadoran illegal alien with suspected ties to MS-13 was arrested Monday night after a multi-agency manhunt in Liberty County. Breitbart Texas reported that the suspect allegedly stabbed a neighbor to death in the Colony Ridge subdivision before fleeing.