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ICE Records 214 Child Sex Offender Arrests in Houston Over Six Months

Federal task forces under the administration’s criminal immigration strategy intensified sweeps that yielded more child sex offender arrests in six months than in all of fiscal 2024.

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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200 Illegal Alien Child Sex Offenders Arrested in Houston Area in 6 Months (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Overview

  • ICE’s Houston field office arrested 214 undocumented migrants on child sex offense charges or convictions between late January and July 2025.
  • The total exceeds the 211 arrests logged during the entire 2024 fiscal year and surpasses all Houston field office arrests for crimes against minors in fiscal 2014.
  • A substantial share of those detained had been deported multiple times, underscoring a focus on recidivist offenders.
  • ICE credited a whole-of-government approach that deployed multiagency targeting teams with the FBI, DEA, ATF, CBP, U.S. Marshals Service and Diplomatic Security Service.
  • All arrested individuals are being processed for removal proceedings, reflecting the administration’s intensified enforcement of criminal immigration policies.