500+ "Criminal Aliens" Arrested in Houston Crackdown
646 illegal aliens arrested in one week.
Federal, State, and Local law enforcement officers arrested 646 undocumented aliens – including 543 criminal aliens and seven documented gang members – during a week-long targeted enforcement operation conducted between February 23, 2025. and March 2, 2025, in Houston.
The arrests included:
140 criminal aliens charged or convicted of an aggravated felony or other violent offense such as homicide, aggravated assault, or domestic violence.
34 criminal aliens charged or convicted of a sex offense or child sex offense such as aggravated sexual assault of a minor, possession of child pornography, or rape.
38 criminal aliens convicted of illegal firearms offenses such as unlawful carrying of a firearm, alien in possession of a firearm, and aggravated assault with a firearm.
52 criminal aliens charged or convicted of illicit narcotics offenses such as drug trafficking or possession of a controlled substance.
51 criminal aliens charged or convicted of property crimes such as burglary or theft.
93 criminal aliens charged or convicted of driving while intoxicated.
"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. ICE and our law enforcement partners in Southeast Texas have banded together to remove these dangerous criminal aliens from our local communities and put an end to the lawlessness that they spread.” - ICE Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Diplomatic Security Service, the U.S. Marshals Service, and several other state and local law enforcement agencies participated in the operation.
"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.” - ICE Homeland Security Investigations Houston Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz
Is enough being done to get illegal aliens with criminal records off the street?
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Abrazos,
Jack Beavers
Thanks for update -- and yes this news is encouraging that we are serious about removing the worse among us first!