ICE arrests alien deported 3 times, with violent criminal history, in Houston

HOUSTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 3-time previously deported criminal alien Feb. 5 wanted in Harris County, Texas, for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.

David Gonzalez-Martinez, a 52-year-old criminal alien from Mexico, was arrested during routine daily operations in Houston and booked into the Harris County Jail. Following his arrest, ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the jail requesting to be notified in the event Gonzalez is going to be released back into the community.

“Immigration detainers are one of the most indispensable resources in the ICE officer’s toolbox,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office Director Bret Bradford. “They enable our officers to take direct custody of criminal aliens in the safe confines of the jail, which enhances the safety of everyone involved, and helps to eliminate unnecessary spending that would otherwise be required to go out and search for them in the community.”

Gonzalez has illegally entered the U.S. at least four times and was previously removed to Mexico by U.S. immigration officials in Sept. 2001, July 2008, and April 2015. While in the U.S. illegally, he has been convicted of several criminal offenses to include voluntarily manslaughter, aggravated assault with a weapon, possession of marijuana, and illegal re-entry.

“Violent criminal aliens like this individual who violate our nation’s system of laws with impunity are a direct threat to the safety of our communities,” said Bradford. “That danger is not lost on our officers who live and raise families in the Houston area. As a result, they are out in the field every day putting their lives on the line to track down dangerous criminal aliens and restore law and order in our communities.”

Source: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.gov)