This raid took place in Colony Ridge.
Liberty County officials put the number of residents in Colony Ridge somewhere between 75,000 to 100,000. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday said more than 100 people were arrested during an operation the day before in a sprawling, majority Latino housing development outside of Houston — but only released information about one of the arrests. An ICE spokesperson in Houston released information about one arrest: 39-year-old Florentin Chevez-Luna, who had been deported three times, according to ICE. He was arrested on a warrant for alleged repeated sexual abuse of a minor from November 2008 to November 2016, according to ICE.
Colony Ridge has drawn the ire of Texas Republicans — from anti-immigration activist groups to state lawmakers — for years for allegedly selling land to undocumented people. Some critics of the development claimed that it was overrun by cartel crime, an allegation that has been disputed by local and state police.
The U.S. Department of Justice under the Biden administration sued Colony Ridge’s developers for running an alleged predatory lending scheme. The lawsuit alleged the developers lured Latino homebuyers into high-interest, seller-financed mortgages that many defaulted on — then sold the same properties to other buyers.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Trump ally, also sued the developers over similar allegations.
The developers have denied wrongdoing, and both lawsuits remain pending.
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