(NewsNation) — Nearly 150 migrants were arrested in an overnight operation at a makeshift nightclub in San Antonio, the FBI confirmed to NewsNation.
Most of the migrants apprehended were from Venezuela and have suspected ties to Tren de Aragua. Tren de Aragua was designated as a foreign terrorist organization under President Trump’s administration.
The raid involved multiple federal agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI.
“I can confirm that FBI San Antonio & Homeland Security Investigations San Antonio, along with their local, state, and federal partners are conducting court-authorized activity in the vicinity of the intersection of San Pedro Ave. and Basse Rd. in San Antonio, Texas,” said an FBI San Antonio Spokesperson.
The raid comes just hours after immigration officials arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of what the Department of Homeland Security is dubbing “Operation Charlotte’s Web.”
Charlotte is the latest city to unwillingly receive federal agents in Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown.
The federal government hasn’t provided a full explanation for why this began or how many people have been detained, but DHS blamed the operation in Democratic-led Charlotte on state officials, saying illegal immigrants fled there because of sanctuary policies they believed would protect them.
A DHS press release included a list of migrants the agency called “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens,” who they say were released onto North Carolina streets because of those policies.