NEARLY 200,000 CRIMINAL ALIENS BOOKED INTO TEXAS JAILS SINCE 2011

According DHS status indicators, over 193,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2016. During their criminal careers, these criminal aliens were charged with more than 514,000 criminal offenses. Those arrests include 1,028 homicide charges; 61,057 assault charges; 15,181 burglary charges; 60,726 drug charges; 618 kidnapping charges; 37,230 theft charges; 40,498 obstructing police charges; 3,417 robbery charges; 5,370 sexual assault charges; and 7,706 weapons charges. Of the total criminal aliens arrested in that timeframe, over 128,000 or 66% were identified by DHS status as being in the US illegally at the time of their last arrest.

According to DPS criminal history records, those criminal charges have thus far resulted in over 231,000 convictions including 428 homicide convictions; 22,796 assault convictions; 7,379 burglary convictions; 30,109 drug convictions; 215 kidnapping convictions; 16,776 theft convictions; 19,943 obstructing police convictions; 1,727 robbery convictions; 2,444 sexual assault convictions; and 3,234 weapons convictions. Of the convictions associated with criminal alien arrests, over 153,000 or 66% are associated with aliens who were identified by DHS status as being in the US illegally at the time of their last arrest.

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Note: These are Texas charges for these criminal alien arrestees as reported to DPS by local agencies – the arrestees charted here may have offenses in other states. Texas arrestees who have not had interaction with the DHS which resulted in the collection of fingerprints are not included as their identity cannot be biometrically verified by DHS.