The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Houston division arrested 3,593 criminal illegal immigrants from the Southeast Texas region during the federal government shutdown between Oct. 1 and Nov. 12, the agency said in a statement on Nov. 18.
Among the arrested are 10 illegal immigrants with outstanding criminal arrest warrants, 13 murderers, 23 gang members, 46 individuals convicted of weapons offenses, 51 child predators, and 67 sex offenders, according to ICE.
In addition, 103 people were convicted of burglary or theft, 261 convicted of aggravated assault, and 366 convicted of driving while intoxicated, the agency said.
“Other criminal convictions and charges represented among the criminal aliens arrested include aggravated kidnapping, drug-related offenses, weapons offenses, human trafficking, making terroristic threats, evading and resisting arrest, prostitution, hit-and-run, bribery, auto theft, forgery, falsifying documents, human smuggling, trespassing, arson, illegally operating a game room, illegal reentry, illegal entry, and numerous other crimes,” the statement added….