ICE WORKPLACE RAIDS SURGE: UNIDOSUS CHIEF SAYS FAMILIES AND RGV ECONOMY HIT HARD; TRAC DATA UNDERCUTS DHS ‘70% CRIMINALS’ CLAIM

UnidosUS CEO Janet Murguía warns ICE workplace raids are disrupting families and depressing local business activity in the Rio Grande Valley amid a late-summer enforcement surge. DHS claims that 70% of ICE arrests involve people charged or convicted of crimes are challenged by TRAC data showing roughly 70% of current detainees have no criminal convictions. The remarks highlight mounting fear-driven absences from work, schools, and clinics, and tie rising deportation funding to increased workplace operations.