ICE Houston touts over 400 illegal alien child sex offenders arrested during Trump's first year back in office

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During the first year of President Donald Trump's second term, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston arrested 414 illegal aliens charged or convicted for child sex offenses. The figure amounts to nearly twice as much as the 211 arrested during the final year of President Joe Biden's tenure, according to a press release. "As a group, the arrested criminal illegal aliens accounted for 761 child sex offenses and 525 other criminal offenses ranging from homicide to robbery," ICE noted in the release . The Trump administration has been working to crack down on illegal immigration since he returned to office last year. MAN ACCUSED OF SPRAYING ANTI-ICE GRAFFITI AT OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IS REGISTERED CHILD SEX OFFENDER; CHARGES FILED One of the individuals arrested was a man who unlawfully reentered the country a whopping 12 times, according to ICE. "Juan Leonardo Garcia Ibarra, a 48-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico, arrested by ICE April 4, 2025… has illegally reentered the U.S. 12 times and been convicted of sexual indecency with a child, aggravated assault, cruelty toward a child, DWI and felony illegal reentry, and three times for illegal entry. ICE officers deported Garcia to Mexico on April 7, 2025," the press release noted. PITTSBURGH BOOKSTORE HANDS OUT FREE ‘ANTI-ICE WHISTLES,' OWNER SAYS SHE'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT LOSING FOLLOWERS Another one of the individuals arrested, Andrew Mark Watson, is from the United Kingdom . He was "arrested by ICE Dec. 5, 2025," according to the release, which noted that he "has been convicted of two counts of possession of child sexual abuse material and sexually exploiting a minor. Watson remains in ICE custody at the IAH Secure Adult Detention Facility in Livingston pending disposition of his immigration proceedings." BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE IN THE HOT SEAT AFTER DHS FIRES BACK AT ‘FALSE’ CLAIMS ABOUT ICE FACILITY Another one of the individuals arrested was Alex Samuel Lara Diaz, a 3…