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In Houston, ICE Deports Gang Member…for the Sixth Time

February 20, 2025 2:51 pm

For the third time in 10 days, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have deported a criminal alien or gang member from the Houston area who illegally entered the United States at least six times.

As ICE officers said Thursday, this illegal alien has a violent criminal history.

ICE removed Francisco Lopez Melendez, a 32-year-old Mexican national and Suenos-13 gang member, from the U.S. on Wednesday, ICE said.

“Melendez has been removed from the U.S. six times and was previously deported to Mexico in November 2013, May 2015, May 2018, October 2018, and November 2019,” ICE said.

“Melendez has been convicted of numerous criminal offenses while in the U.S. illegally, including three times for failure to give identification or providing law enforcement with fictitious information, twice for drug possession and illegal entry, and once for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, stolen property, burglary, driving while intoxicated and evading arrest.”

ICE previously removed Jesus Alvarez Sinecio, a 32-year-old Mexican national deported six times, Feb. 10, and Humberto Romero Avila, a 45-year-old Paisas gang member and foreign fugitive who illegally entered the U.S. 10 times, Feb. 13. Romero was wanted in Mexico for allegedly murdering a 22-year-old Mexican national in 2007 and was convicted four times for DWI and once for larceny, illegal entry and illegal reentry. Alvarez had prior criminal convictions for aggravated assault of a family member, alien in possession of a firearm, DWI, illegal entry and illegal re-entry.

As reported Wednesday, during the term of former U.S. President Joe Biden, the steady improvement in the educational level of new adult immigrants, which began around 2004, reversed.

During the past three years, more than 3.5 million low-income immigrants have settled in the United States, the CIS said in a report published this week.

“Adding so many low-income residents will create significant challenges for the United States,” the CIS said.

“Further, allowing in so many less-educated immigrants significantly increases job competition for less-educated U.S.-born workers and legal immigrants already here. Halting this trend should be an important goal of the Trump administration. Sending illegal immigrants back to their home countries would also avoid the challenges a much larger low-income population would create for the country.”

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