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ICE Tops Last Fiscal Year’s Houston Child Sex Offender Arrests and Launches New Task Force

Driven by a whole-of-government strategy under President Trump, Enforcement and Removal Operations in Southeast Texas recorded 214 child sex offender arrests in six months alongside a Denver sweep netting 243 criminal migrants.

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

  • Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston arrested 214 noncitizens charged or convicted of sex crimes against minors in the first half of 2025, exceeding the 211 arrests made in all of FY2024.
  • ICE announced a new Homeland Security Task Force in Houston to target organized criminal networks linked to cartels, gangs and transnational crime.
  • A nine-day Denver operation from July 12 to 20 detained 243 migrants with criminal records, including murder suspects, sex abusers and cartel associates.
  • Homeland Security Investigations teamed with DHS, FBI, DEA, CBP and the U.S. Marshals Service under the administration’s multiagency mandate to coordinate nationwide enforcement.
  • DHS data show over 300,000 noncitizen arrests since January, with roughly 70 percent involving convictions or pending charges, prompting legal challenges and debates over enforcement scope.