Jan 26, 2025
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Protestors gathered at the Texas Capitol Sunday afternoon after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations were conducted in Austin. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed to KXAN that it assisted in those operations. On Sunday afternoon, a crowd of protestors gathered at the Texas Capitol after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were conducted in Austin. (KXAN News/Todd Bynum) Rally attendee Cheryl Flores spoke to KXAN about how the Austin ICE operations impacted her family. "They are the epitome of the American Dream," Flores said. "They've come here and worked hard. They have a right to be here just like anyone else who has fled a country that doesn't provide the needs of the citizens." Flores criticized the Trump administration's efforts to conduct mass deportations across the United States. "I'm okay with deporting the criminals, but this mass deportation is not what's happening. It's just profiling -- if you're not white, you're not safe. And that's not okay with me," Flores said. On Sunday afternoon, a crowd of protestors gathered at the Texas Capitol after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were conducted in Austin. (KXAN News/Todd Bynum) The protest comes as Trump administration officials oversaw ICE immigration enforcement actions in Chicago Sunday. KXAN is working to get the most recent information and will update this article with those details.
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