In just two weeks, U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations officers based in Houston deported 174 criminal aliens. According to the agency, the group of aliens included 24 gang members.
All of the arrested criminal aliens were deported to Mexico and, as a group, accounted for 610 criminal convictions for offenses committed in the United States. The group was no strangers to run-ins with immigration authorities as collectively, they had 415 prior removals from the United States.
The staggering statistics of crimes and prior removals the group shares may indicate they may soon attempt to return to the United States if history repeats itself. With strict, new enforcement measures under the Trump administration, that task will likely be more complex than in
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