Latest Crime Reports Reveal How Many Criminal Aliens Have Been Jailed In Texas

According to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) status indicators, over 419,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails between June 1, 2011, and October 31, 2023, of which over 292,000 were classified as illegal aliens by DHS.

The term “criminal alien,” in their reports, refers to an individual who has been identified as an alien by DHS and who has been arrested for a state criminal offense.

Between June 1, 2011, and October 31, 2023, these 292,000 illegal aliens were charged with more than 499,000 criminal offenses which included arrests for 933 homicide charges; 62,624 assault charges; 9,050 burglary charges; 59,090 drug charges; 1,103 kidnapping charges; 24,722 theft charges; 38,989 obstructing police charges; 2,844 robbery charges; 6,320 sexual assault charges; 7,318 sexual offense charges; and 6,052 weapon charges.

DPS criminal history records reflect those criminal charges have thus far resulted in over 183,000 convictions including 457 homicide convictions; 22,916 assault convictions; 4,580 burglary convictions; 24,803 drug convictions; 316 kidnapping convictions; 9,520 theft convictions; 15,496 obstructing police convictions; 1,607 robbery convictions; 2,998 sexual assault convictions; 3,364 sexual offense convictions; and 1,997 weapon convictions.

Department of Public Safety and local law enforcement agencies in Texas participate in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Priority Enforcement Program (PEP). Participation in PEP enables DHS to work with state and local law enforcement to take custody of individuals who pose a danger to public safety before those individuals are released into our communities.

Such news accounts have increased heavily since 2013.

These figures only count individuals who previously had an encounter with DHS that resulted in their fingerprints being entered into the DHS IDENT database.

Foreign nationals who enter the country illegally and avoid detection by DHS but are later arrested by local or state law enforcement for a state offense will not have a DHS response in regard to their lawful status and do not appear in these counts.

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