Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 45 criminal aliens or immigration violators throughout South Texas during a five-day enforcement action, which ended today.
During this enforcement surge, ICE deportation officers made arrests in the Rio Grande Valley (24), San Antonio (8), Austin (10) and Waco (3). Of those arrested, 41 were men; four were women.
Those arrested during this operation are from the following five countries: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Malaysia.
40 of those arrested had prior criminal histories that included convictions and or pending charges for the following crimes: assault, driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, failure to report an accident, driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance, prohibited weapon, alien smuggling, burglary, larceny, probation violations, illegal re-entry after deportation, illegal entry, resisting officers, indecency with a child, indecent exposure to a child, fondling child-sexual.
Four of those arrested were immigration fugitives with a final order of removal; 27 others illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously deported, which is a felony. The remaining 14 arrests were processed as removable aliens.
“ERO enforces the nation’s civil immigration laws with direct significance for our national security, public safety, border integrity and immigration controls,” said ICE San Antonio Field Office Director Daniel A. Bible. “This proactive law enforcement operation thwarted the efforts of criminal aliens and provided a public service opportunity for the men and woman of ERO to protect our communities through efficient enforcement strategies.”
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