Immigration agents this week arrested 70 illegal immigrants and others in Texas and Oklahoma as part of a three-day operation, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

The raids resulted in the arrest of 62 people from Mexico and a smattering of others from six other nations. Those arrested range in age from 18 to 50 years old.

ICE said the arrests included people convicted of crimes, fugitives, and people who had come into the U.S. after previously having been deported. Some of those arrested include:

  • A 34-year-old Mexican convicted of resisting arrest and transporting a deadly weapon. An ICE task force arrested him in Paris, Texas.
  • A 40-year-old Mexican convicted of possession of drugs and driving while intoxicated. Agents arrested him in Sherman, Texas.
  • A 27-year-old Mexican convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Authorities said he had previously been deported. Officers arrested him in Oklahoma City.
  • A 28-year-old Mexican convicted of possession of drugs. Authorities contend he is a member of the Eastside Homeboys criminal street gang. Officers arrested him in Texas.

“ICE ERO [Enforcement and Removal] officers make extraordinary efforts to keep our communities safe, and this operation is just a small example of what they do every day,” Dallas ERO field office director Simona Flores said in a prepared statement. “ERO officers took oaths to protect the homeland and to arrest individuals in violation of immigration law. These actions focus our resources on the most egregious offenders and promote public safety in the communities in which we live and work.”

“At this point, we have no confidence in displays of immigration enforcement.”

Those with pending deportation orders will be sent to their home countries immediately, according to ICE. Those facing additional criminal charges will have to serve prison sentences before deportation if they are convicted.

William Gheen, founder of the hard-line Americans for Legal Immigration political action committee, said President Donald Trump’s administration has been sending “mixed signals” on immigration.

“At this point, we have no confidence in displays of immigration enforcement,” he said.

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ALIPAC already retroactively withdrew its endorsement of Trump over his broken campaign promise to rescind former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which prevents deportation of illegal immigrants brought to America as children. On Thursday, the group called for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly over his congressional testimony on Wednesday urging lawmakers to codify DACA into law.

Gheen said he is also concerned that although ICE arrests are up since Trump took office, deportations are down. Experts have offered two reasons for this. First, illegal border crossings are down dramatically, so there are fewer illegal immigrants to send back immediately. In addition, it takes time for illegal immigrants arrested in the interior of the country to go through the immigration system. So an increase in arrests would not show up in deportation figures for months.

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In fiscal year 2016, ICE conducted 240,255 removals nationwide. Of that group, 92 percent had criminal records.

From Jan. 22 through April 29, ICE arrests totaled 41,318 — 37.6 percent ahead of last year’s pace.