Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents recently detained more than 600 criminal illegals in Greater Houston within a single week, the department said in a press release.
ICE arrested 646 non-citizens during an operation from February 23 to March 2, including 543 aliens with criminal charges and seven alleged to be gang members, Nexstar Media Group’s BorderReport.com relayed.
The 543 detainees all entered the U.S. illegally and “have been charged or convicted of a criminal offense while they were illegally present,” according to an ICE statement.
Those taken into custody include 140 “charged or convicted of an aggravated felony or other violent offense such as homicide, aggravated assault, or domestic violence.”
In addition, 34 of those detained are “criminal aliens charged or convicted of a
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