Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) announced Monday that it arrested 214 migrants without legal status in the Houston area over the past six months who have been charged with or convicted of sex crimes involving minors.

The figure, carried out by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston field office, surpasses the total number of similar arrests made during the entire 2024 fiscal year, when officers arrested 211 individuals in the same category, ICE said.

The individuals arrested were all found to have either pending charges or prior convictions related to child sex offenses, according to a press release issued by ICE.

"While we still have a long way to go to truly get this crisis under control, the strides we have made in just six months to make our local commu

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