Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured more than 500 criminal illegal aliens in a week-long series of raids in Houston, knabbing alleged murderers, rapists, and drug traffickers.
The series of ICE operations resulted in the arrest of 646 illegal aliens, including 543 of whom had been charged or convicted of a crime after illegally entering the United States.
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz celebrated the operations, which were conducted in coordination with local police, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and multiple federal law enforcement agencies.
“In just one week working alongside our counterparts from federal, state and local law enforcement, ICE HSI special agents successfully executed 71 criminal arrest warrants and made 554 administrative arrests that included illegally present human smugglers, gang members, human traffickers, child sex offenders, drug traffickers and weapons traffickers,” Plantz said. “These collective efforts have made our local communities significantly safer and strengthened our national security and border security.”
Among those captured were 140 illegal aliens charged or convicted of violent crimes like homicide, aggravated assault, or domestic violence. Another 34 illegal aliens had been charged or convicted of sexual offenses, including rape, aggravated sexual assault of a minor, or possession of child pornography.
The operation also resulted in the capture of 52 illegal aliens charged or convicted of drug crimes, and 38 illegal aliens had been charged or convicted of firearm offenses. Ninety-three illegal aliens had been charged or convicted of driving under the influence.
“In recent years, some of the world’s most dangerous fugitives, transnational gang members and criminal aliens have taken advantage of the crisis at our nation’s southern border to illegally enter the U.S.,” charged ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. “After illegally entering the country, many of these criminal aliens have gone on to commit violent crime and reign terror on law-abiding residents.”
The arrests come after Colony Ridge, a sprawling land development north of Houston that The Daily Wire revealed is a magnet for illegal aliens, was recently raided by ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety, resulting in the arrest of 118 illegal aliens.
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