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San Antonio Raid Linked to New Homeland Security Task Force as First Charges Emerge

Officials are processing detainees under a new Homeland Security task force focused on transnational crime.

Community members rally during a grassroots action to show support for their community at the intersection of San Pedro Ave and Basse Road, near the location where a federal immigration raid took place over the weekend, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in San Antonio. Federal authorities say they detained more than 140 undocumented immigrants into ICE custody early Sunday morning on the North Side near San Pedro Ave and Basse Road. The operation was led by agents from the FBI and from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Carly Leech, a kindergarten teacher, speaks about her 6-year-old student, who was detained by ICE last week, at a grassroots action to show support for the community at the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road, near the location where a federal immigration raid took place over the weekend, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in San Antonio. Federal authorities say they detained more than 140 undocumented immigrants into ICE custody early Sunday morning on the North Side near San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road. The operation was led by agents from the FBI and from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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Civil rights attorney Daniel Hatoum speaks during a grassroots action to show support for the community at the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road, near the location where a federal immigration raid took place over the weekend, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in San Antonio. Federal authorities say they detained more than 140 undocumented immigrants into ICE custody early Sunday morning on the North Side near San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road. The operation was led by agents from the FBI and from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Overview

  • Court records show two Honduran men were charged with illegal re-entry, and the filings do not cite ties to Tren de Aragua.
  • More than 140 people from Venezuela, Honduras, Mexico and other countries were placed in ICE custody after a pre-dawn Nov. 16 operation at a food-truck lot with a makeshift club.
  • FBI and HSI say the raid disrupted a Tren de Aragua presence, but they have not specified how many detainees, if any, are confirmed gang members or what charges most face.
  • A Texas DPS investigation led to the state search warrant executed by a newly launched Homeland Security Task Force–South Texas created under Executive Order 14159.
  • Protests drawing roughly 60 to over 100 people called for transparency on who was detained, where they are held, and the basis for the operation as officials continue to withhold case-level details.