ICE enforcement units in Houston arrested 214 individuals accused or convicted of child sex offenses in just the first six months of President Trump’s second term.
A surge in violent threats and attacks against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents has led to dozens of arrests nationwide in the past two weeks. High-profile arrests in Texas, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. illustrate what ICE officials say is a growing and dangerous trend fueled by anti-law enforcement rhetoric.
ICE agents arrested 243 illegal aliens across the Denver metro area during a nine-day operation targeting violent criminals and known gang affiliates. The sweep, which ended July 20, netted suspects linked to the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, the Los Zetas cartel, and other transnational criminal organizations. Some of those arrested have serious criminal records, including charges for murder, child sex assault, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 200 illegal immigrants who have been charged or convicted of sex offenses involving children.
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $232 million contract to establish a 5,000-bed detention facility at Fort Bliss Army Base in El Paso, Texas, to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation operations. The facility, set to be the largest of its kind in the country, directly aligns with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 29 executive order declaring an invasion at the southern border.
Three illegal aliens from El Salvador were arrested by Houston Police Department investigators in a sting operation targeting individuals using dating apps to solicit underage girls. The suspects—Abner Ruiz, Carlos Gomez, and Erick Menjivar—were charged with online solicitation of a minor. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged immigration detainers on all three after their arrests.
Federal authorities have charged two medical staff employees after video footage captured them physically obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Democratic Mayor Tim Keller signed an executive order to move against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement policies.
A 40-year-old Compton man, Elpidio Reyna, is in custody after allegedly launching a deadly rock attack on federal law enforcement officers in Paramount, California.
