Overview
- ICE’s Houston field office said a focused April operation led to 277 arrests of people the agency says lacked legal status and had prior criminal records.
- The agency reported a combined 751 past convictions and 654 previous illegal entries among those arrested.
- Convictions cited by ICE included child sex offenses, homicide-related crimes, and drug trafficking, and the agency said 15 people were gang members or associates and two were foreign fugitives.
- Outcomes varied, with some people deported within days and others still in custody, including an individual ICE identified as an MS-13 member and several people with murder or child sex offense convictions.
- ICE said it worked with federal, state, and local partners across Southeast Texas, and Fox News highlighted DHS messaging this week that stressed targeting offenders with violent or sex crime convictions nationwide.