Even with the new large-scale enforcement, the MIRC says the rights of those without immigration status is still the same. The center’s managing attorney said those who are stopped by ICE have the right to remain silent and to ask for a judicial search warrant. They also have the right to refuse to consent to a search in public.

Law enforcement agencies told ABC13 they want people to know they are not knocking door-to-door and checking people's immigration status amid ICE's routine targeted enforcement across Houston.