U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers deported 142 criminal illegal aliens to Mexico within the last two weeks. The group of criminal aliens arrested in the Houston metro racked up 473 separate criminal convictions. Together, the group had entered the United States illegally 480 times.
Houston-based ICE ERO officers carried out deportations of serious criminal offenders as the agency has ramped up mass deportation efforts nationwide. According to ICE, the removals that took place between May 19 and May 30 included eight documented gang members, 11 previously convicted child predators, and a criminal alien responsible for entering the United States illegally more than 20 times.
In a Tuesday press release, ICE identified several of the aliens deported and their previous criminal convictions. The most egregious offenders included: