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ICE Logs Record Arrests of Child Sex Offenders in Houston and Denver Sweeps

Multiagency task forces under the Trump administration’s whole-of-government strategy have carried out daily operations that have removed hundreds of violent criminal noncitizens this summer.

Jose Guadalupe Meza (R), 40, a Mexican national deported four times previously, was arrested on June 24. He had been convicted of theft and sexual assault of a child. He was removed to Mexico on June 25. Manuel Antonio Castro-Juarez, 37, a Salvadoran national who had been deported twice before, was arrested on July 18. He had prior convictions for sexual assault of a minor and for illegal reentry. He remains in ICE custody pending removal to El Salvador.
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Overview

  • ICE Houston’s Enforcement and Removal Operations office arrested 214 migrants charged with or convicted of child sex offenses over the past six months, exceeding 2024’s total by three.
  • A nine-day ICE Denver operation from July 12 to 20 yielded 243 arrests of noncitizens with convictions or charges for murder, human trafficking, sex offenses, drug crimes and other violent felonies.
  • Federal partners including the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals and Customs and Border Protection have joined ICE in enhanced enforcement actions across sanctuary and non-sanctuary jurisdictions.
  • The Trump administration’s whole-of-government strategy deploys daily multiagency sweeps targeting the “worst of the worst” criminal aliens, including gang members and drug traffickers.
  • Department of Homeland Security officials say ICE has arrested over 300,000 noncitizens since President Trump took office in January, reflecting a marked shift in detention priorities.