The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on May 15 that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested multiple criminal illegal aliens during Police Week enforcement operations, including Jason Daniel Mendoza-Canales, a Honduran national convicted in Santa Monica, California, of sexual battery by restraint.
The department said the arrests were part of ongoing efforts to target individuals with convictions for serious crimes, including aggravated criminal sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor, first-degree sexual assault of a victim under 13, aggravated sexual battery, forcible sodomy, assault, and burglary.
Mendoza-Canales was among the individuals identified in the Police Week announcement. DHS said the arrests were announced during the annual observance recognizing law enforcement officers nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
ICE Houston arrested more than 400 criminal illegal aliens charged or convicted of child sex offenses during a year-long enforcement period. The arrests included individuals charged or convicted of offenses involving child pornography, aggravated sexual assault of a child, and indecency with a child, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
DHS said in April that ICE arrested individuals convicted of murder, sexual offenses, assault, burglary, and other crimes during enforcement operations across multiple states. The department said those arrests included registered sex offenders and individuals convicted of aggravated sexual battery, forcible sodomy, and sexual battery by restraint, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 to unify federal homeland security functions following the Sept. 11 attacks. The department oversees U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which enforces federal immigration law through detention and removal operations, according to the department.