Lawful Presence Determined Through PEP

According to DHS status indicators, over 267,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails between June 1, 2011 and September 30, 2018, of which over 179,000 were classified as illegal aliens by DHS.

Between June 1, 2011 and September 30, 2018, these 179,000 illegal aliens were charged with more than 281,000 criminal offenses which included arrests for 523 homicide charges; 31,245 assault charges; 5,501 burglary charges; 35,494 drug charges; 375 kidnapping charges; 15,367 theft charges; 22,750 obstructing police charges; 1,608 robbery charges; 3,303 sexual assault charges; 2,083 sexual offense charges; and 2,831 weapon charges. DPS criminal history records reflect those criminal charges have thus far resulted in over 115,000 convictions including 232 homicide convictions; 12,953 assault convictions; 3,049 burglary convictions; 17,189 drug convictions; 161 kidnapping convictions; 6,892 theft convictions; 10,957 obstructing police convictions; 972 robbery convictions; 1,619 sexual assault convictions; 1,108 sexual offense convictions; and 1,229 weapon convictions