U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Houston has removed 25 illegal aliens convicted of child sex crimes during their time in the country within the past month.
“The 25 noncitizens that ERO Houston removed last month illegally entered the country and then proceeded to prey on the innocence and vulnerability of our children,” said ICE ERO Houston Field Office Director Bret A. Bradford.
According to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston, two of the illegal aliens were also confirmed gang members.
ERO Houston specifically highlighted several of the illegal aliens removed, including a “37-year-old twice-deported Mexican national removed Oct. 16 who is a documented Paisas gang member with prior criminal convictions for committing lewd acts against a child under the age of 14 and illegal re-entry.”
“Unconscionably, one of the noncitizens that we removed was convicted of a child sex offense and deported, and then he illegally reentered the country and committed a second child sex offense,” added Bradford.
Another illegal alien removed in October had been deported three times prior with criminal convictions for sexual indecency with a child, cocaine trafficking, two DWIs, assault, and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
“Last month’s results are just another example of their unyielding commitment to apprehend and remove threats to public safety to protect our communities from harm and restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system,” said Bradford.
It was recently revealed that 10 percent of Harris County jail inmates—over 1,000—were illegal aliens with an ICE hold.
