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Dallas ICE ERO says it makes the second highest number of arrests in the country
In North Texas, Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are carrying out daily targeted enforcement actions, according to the agency’s local leadership.
“Here in Dallas, we have officers in the field every single morning doing targeted enforcement actions,” said Robert Cerna, acting field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in Dallas.
Cerna told NBC 5 that about 80 percent of arrests made by the Dallas ICE office involve people with criminal records. He said those individuals were targeted because they had received a final order of removal from an immigration judge and were considered a threat to public safety.
Some arrests are made through ICE’s criminal alien program, Cerna said.
“Individuals that are in county jails, and that we place a detainer on. These are individuals that are here in the country without documentation that have broken a law here in the United States,” Cerna said.
Dallas Enforcement and Removal Operations told NBC 5 that, as of last week, the office had arrested more than 9,644 noncitizens since October 2025. Close to 8,000 of those arrested had criminal records or pending criminal charges.
The Dallas ICE field office reported that it averages about 100 arrests per day, the second-highest total in the country.
Cerna joined the Dallas ERO office in July, two months before a large ICE hiring event held in Arlington.
“I can tell you that since that hiring event, our staffing level is pretty much doubled,” Cerna said.
When asked how ICE coordinates with local law enforcement, Cerna said that because there is no 287(g) agreement in Dallas, Dallas police officers are limited to securing a safe perimeter during operations.
“Our officers would reach out and indicate that we’re going to be in this area, conducting targeted enforcement operations, and we advise whatever jurisdiction that we’re in that area just so that they are aware that we, federal law enforcement, ICE officers are in that area,” Cerna said.
According to data from the Deportation Data Project, arrests nationwide of people without a criminal history or pending charges have increased threefold, raising questions about whether ICE enforcement priorities are shifting away from convicted criminals.
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The first two days of the 2026 NFL Draft are officially in the book. So far the Dallas Cowboys have been busy.
They made two trades in the first round, moving up and then down, and ultimately came away with Caleb Downs and Malachi Lawrence. Early in the second round they dealt a fifth-round pick to acquire veteran linebacker Dee Winters, and then they took Jaishawn Barham in the third round.
These are important moves as things relate to the upcoming season for the Cowboys, but there is still work to do.
Remaining Dallas Cowboys Selections
As things stand the Cowboys have four selections to play with on Day 3. They have two extra fourth-rounders that the Eagles gave them when Dallas moved down from 20 to 23 overall, and they have dealt away all of the three fifth-round picks that they began the draft with. Two were spent to move up from 12 to 11 to select Caleb Downs and the other was swapped for Dee Winters.
How do you feel about the Day 3 ammunition? The Cowboys are going to be quite busy early in the fourth round and that is going to be the serious bulk of what they do barring any other trade down the road.
The latest FC Dallas injury report is out ahead of their match against the Seattle Sounders. See who is out, who is questionable, and who will be missing for the hosts.
Here is the official list from MLS and FC Dallas1:
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Out: Anderson Julio (lower leg), Bernard Kamungo (lower leg)
Questionable: Logan Farrington (lower body), Petar Musa (lower body)
Suspended: none
On Loan: Tsiki Ntsabeleng (Mamelodi Sundowns FC), Enes Sali (Al-Riyadh), Malachi Molina (Nashville SC), Geovane Jesus (North Texas SC), Enzo Newman (North Texas SC)
Unavailable (off-roster): Daniel Baran, Jaidyn Contreras
International Duty: none
Seattle’s availability report:
Suspended: none
Out: Yeimar Gómez Andrade (hamstring), Paul Arriola (adductor), Pedro de la Vega (knee), Nikola Petkovic (knee), Cristian Roldan (head)
Questionable: Kim Kee-hee (calf), Albert Rusnak (hamstring), Ryan Sailor (knee)
International duty: none
BDS Notes:
This being the third game in seven days for FC Dallas, rotation was likely always going to be part of the story going into Seattle. Now layer in the injuries, and it becomes a requirement.
The big ones are on the questionable side with both Petar Musa and Logan Farrington coming in on the questionable side of things. Following the Minnesota game on Wednesday night, it did appear that Musa was carrying an injury of sorts when he exited the game in the second half. Head coach Eric Quill couldn’t fully comment on his status after the game, but seeing him land on the questionable side is what I was expecting.
Farrington on the other hand, that one is a bit of a surprise. It will be interesting to see if Quill opts to hold both players out and go with a different look up top this weekend from the jump, or if he rotates a bit more with his lineup.
My gut tells me we may see an attacking trio tomorrow night of Santiago Moreno, Joaquin Valiente and Patrickson Delgado. Which would be…wild.
Seattle on the other side, they’re dealing with several big injuries for this weekend. Cristian Roldan, Paul Arriola, and Yeimar being out is a bit of a surprise, though there were reports that Arriola was not in training this week.
Injury news changes everything heading into Matchday. Members get the full tactical breakdown of how FC Dallas adapts to the various injuries.
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