More Than 900 Illegal Immigrants Charged With Immigration Crimes in 1 Week: DOJ

The Western District of Texas filed the highest number of cases, followed by the Southern District of Texas.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest a suspected illegal immigrant during a raid in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City on April 11, 2018. John Moore/Getty Images

More than 900 illegal immigrants were charged with immigration-related offenses during the first week of April, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on April 8.

The charges were brought by U.S. attorneys for six southwestern border districts as part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration and eliminating cartels and transnational criminal organizations in the United States.