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ICE arrests an illegal immigrant armed with a knife outside its Houston office

The detainee had entered the country illegally at least five times and, despite a prior encounter with the Immigration Service, was released under the Biden administration.

ICE agents during an operation

ICE agents during an operationAFP.

Diane Hernández
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Diane Hernández

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Jose Andres Rodriguez-Torres, an undocumented felon from Mexico, on Thursday after he approached the restricted employee parking lot at the ICE field office in Houston with a knife and a crack pipe.

According to the official statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), when approached by ICE agents, Rodriguez Torres voluntarily told them he was from Mexico, tensed up and dropped to the ground.

While he was on the ground, agents observed a sheathed knife hanging from his waistband and detained him. During a subsequent search, they also found in his pocket a glass pipe commonly used for smoking crack cocaine.

"A criminal illegal immigrant, released by the Biden Administration and previously deported four times, armed with a knife in a restricted parking lot outside an ICE office in Houston," stated Deputy Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

McLaughlin added that "these types of threats and risks face our officers on a daily basis as they work to deport the most disadvantaged. Just yesterday, there was a knife incident in front of the Houston facility, and in two separate incidents, undocumented criminals used cars as weapons against our officers."

Jose Andres Rodriguez-Torres' criminal history.

Rodriguez-Torres has been arrested and deported by Border Patrol or ICE officials on four separate occasions:

  • On Dec. 27, 2012, he illegally entered the United States near Tecate, California, and was arrested by Border Patrol and voluntarily returned to Mexico.
  • On April 14, 2014, he illegally re-entered the country for a second time, was arrested by Border Patrol and voluntarily returned to Mexico.
  • On April 22, 2014, he re-entered illegally for the third time near Rio Grande City, Texas, and was arrested by Border Patrol and voluntarily returned.
  • On April 24, 2014, he entered illegally for the fourth time, was arrested by Border Patrol and voluntarily returned to Mexico.
  • Rodriguez Torres illegally re-entered the U.S. for the fifth time - a felony - at an unknown date and location and without inspection by an immigration officer. He will remain in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings, the agency announced.

On Oct. 30, 2024, ICE agents found him in Seattle, after his arrest for burglary, but thanks to Biden's open border policies, he was allowed to "continue terrorizing Americans," the DHS statement explained.

Despite a 1,000% increase in assaults on DHS law enforcement officers, the agency has remained unwavering in its commitment to enforcing the law, defending the homeland and protecting American citizens.

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