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Texas DPS: Over 443,000 criminal noncitizens booked in Texas jails

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11 months ago

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By Bethany Blankley

Charged with 775,000 criminal offenses, 316,000 convictions

Noncitizens, including those in the country illegally, are committing crimes, and they’re being charged, imprisoned and convicted for them in Texas.

A new report by the Texas Department of Public Safety highlights the extent of criminal charges, it says, not “to allege that foreign nationals in the country illegally commit more crimes than other groups” but to identify “thousands of crimes that should not have occurred and thousands of victims that should not have been victimized because the perpetrator should not be here.”

The data, covering roughly 13 years from June 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2024, represents “the minimum number of crimes associated with criminal illegal noncitizens” charged with committing state offenses.

The data is broken down into several categories based on Texas’s participation with the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program, which enables DHS to work with state and local law enforcement to take custody of those posing a danger to public safety.

The program begins at the local level where the offender is arrested and booked by a Texas law enforcement officer. Fingerprints are submitted to Texas DPS and the FBI for criminal history and warrant checks. Biometric data is sent to DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain immigration and removal status.

The data is reported by category: 1) those known to DHS (their fingerprints are in DHS’s database); 2) those who illegally entered the country and evaded capture, known as gotaways, who were later arrested by local or state law enforcement officers for a state offense; 3) those DHS adjudicates in the immigration system held in Texas prisons.

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Historical Arrest and Conviction Data for Select Offenses Associated with Incarcerated Illegal Criminal NoncitizensTexas Department of Public Safety

In the first category, criminal noncitizens previously known to DHS, more than 443,000 were booked into local Texas jails during the timeframe evaluated. The majority, 314,000, were in the country illegally.

The 314,000 were charged with more than 546,000 criminal offenses, according to the report. They include arrests for homicide (1,011), assault (70,230), burglary (9,787), drugs (63,886), kidnapping (1,292), theft (27,520), obstructing police (42,581), robbery (3,123), sexual assault (6,943), sexual offense (7,953) and weapons (6,748).

These charges resulted in more than 200,000 convictions.

During this timeframe, more than 32,000 in the second category were incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Among them, 10,738 weren’t identified through DHS’s Secure Communities program at the time of their arrest.

The 10,738 criminal illegal foreign nationals incarcerated in TDCJ facilities were charged with more than 10,000 criminal offenses, according to the report. They include arrests for homicide (134), assault (1,294), burglary (573), drugs (1,809), kidnapping (57), theft (517), obstructing police (950), robbery (375), sexual assault (834), sexual offense (397), and weapons (244).

These criminal charges resulted in more than 5,000 convictions, according to DPS records.

DPS also notes that the date the criminal noncitizens “were identified as illegal while in prison,” between June 1, 2011, and Sept. 30, 2024, “does not necessarily align with the size of the population of illegal noncitizens identified while in prison. A more accurate assessment can be seen when examining this population’s entire Texas criminal history and not just for offenses committed during this time period.”

DPS also notes that “because individuals identified as being illegally present in the country may have had a Texas criminal history prior to their immigration status being known to law enforcement, DPS has traditionally published criminal history data for a noncitizen’s entire criminal history.”

To provide “a more accurate assessment,” DPS published historical data of the Texas criminal careers of 314,000 illegal foreign nationals, which shows they were charged with more than 755,000 criminal offenses.

These include arrests for homicide (1,608), assault (94,427), burglary (21,008), drugs (91,676), kidnapping (1,645), theft (43,113), obstructing police (63,783), robbery (5,367), sexual assault (9,422), sexual offense (13,052) and weapons (11,422).

These charges resulted in more than 316,000 convictions.

When factoring in the entire Texas criminal careers of the 10,738 illegal foreign nationals incarcerated in TDCJ facilities, the charges increased to more than 48,000 criminal offenses.

DPS also notes that “the criminal activity for individuals identified as illegal while in prison is underrepresented for this time period because they may have been incarcerated during the time frame used in this report.”

The data excludes all federal and other states’ criminal charges. It also excludes foreign nationals lawfully in the U.S. charged with committing state criminal offenses.

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Unite the Kingdom Rally: demonstrators take to the streets in historical numbers to demand end to mass migration in the UK

Published on September 16, 2025

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If you haven’t been following the emergence of controversial UK journalist Tommy Robinson, you should try not to skip ahead to the aerial shot of what is likely the largest rally in modern UK history.

To even begin to understand the scope of the passion and to comprehend the numbers of English people who attended the “Unite the Kingdom Rally” in London on Saturday, some background information will be very helpful.

Like many western nations, Britain has seen an historical influx of immigrants.  With millions of new immigrants competing for housing, medical care, and government resources, very serious issues are bound to arise.  It makes you wonder how a government could or why a government would allow this to happen.

The following video shows very well what has taken place in terms of how many people have arrived in recent years, and who they are.

As the presenter showed, most of these migrants are from non European Union nations.  Many are from Muslim nations.  That means even in a highly multi-cultural nation like the UK, towns and cities are facing the cultural challenges of suddenly hosting a significant minority of young Muslim men.

Enter the most controversial political figure in Britain, Tommy Robinson.  Robinson’s hometown of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, was one of the first communities in the UK to see a significant percentage of Muslim population.  According to Robinson he noticed his childhood schoolyard and lunchrooms were divided into two separate groups, the traditional English (white Europeans, people from India, and the Caribbean, etc) and the Muslims.

As he got older Robinson claims he started to see a number of young girls being ‘recruited’ by older Muslim men into the drug culture, and becoming sexual partners for multiple Muslim men, including prominent members of the community.  When Robinson started to speak out publicly he was hit with a wall of official denials.  He would go on to challenge the authorities for years, becoming a citizen journalist and eventually an enemy of the state. If you watch his documentary series called The Rape of Britain you will understand just what he’s been claiming for about 15 years.

Fast forward to September of 2025.  The streets of many cities in the UK resemble Robinson’s hometown of Luton.  Robinson’s followers have multiplied from hundreds to thousands, to potentially millions.  The situation has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk. On the weekend, untold thousands of Britons took to the streets of London for Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom March”, a massive rally for free speech and British identity.

Without watching Robinson’s documentaries and journalism it can be difficult to understand the passion of his presentation from Saturday.  The growing thousands and millions in the UK understand.  Those who do not are very likely swayed by the media and government establishment who are trying desperately and less successfully by the day to brand Robinson as a Far Right racist.

Tommy Robinson appeared to be losing the battle for public opinion until Elon Musk stepped in.  Robinson was in jail last January when Musk took note and used his incredible social media reach to bring Robinson’s struggle to a much wider audience.

The owner of the X platform addressed the crowd via video link. In the days following the public execution of Charlie Kirk, Musk condemned the left as “the party of murder” and accused Britain’s political establishment of weaponizing mass migration to reshape the electorate.

 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was quick to denounce the march while Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the vast majority of demonstrators are “good, ordinary decent people” voicing legitimate concerns about mass migration and the safety of British streets.  At least 25 arrests were made Saturday and police say four police officers were seriously injured.

As for Tommy Robinson, he likely over achieved any expectations he had for this rally and now both he and the UK authorities are planning their next moves.

 

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Biden admin freed illegal alien now accused of decapitating boss

Published on September 16, 2025

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Quick Hit:

A Cuban national living in the U.S. illegally was arrested in Dallas for allegedly beheading his boss outside a motel. President Trump called the suspect “evil” and blamed Joe Biden’s administration for releasing him despite a violent criminal record.

Key Details:

  • Police say Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, attacked 52-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah inside and outside the Downtown Suites motel, where both men worked, decapitating him and kicking his head across the parking lot before throwing it in a dumpster.
  • Officers arrested Cobos-Martinez blocks from the scene, drenched in blood and holding the machete. He is charged with capital murder and is being held without bond.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Cobos-Martinez had been detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released in January because Cuba refused to take him back.

Diving Deeper:

Dallas police say chaos erupted Wednesday afternoon at the Downtown Suites motel after a dispute between two employees turned into one of the city’s most gruesome crimes in years. According to arrest records, 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez allegedly grabbed a machete and repeatedly hacked at his boss, 52-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah, in front of the victim’s wife and son. Surveillance footage shows Cobos-Martinez chasing Nagamallaiah into the motel office, where the family tried to shield him. Police said the attack continued until Nagamallaiah was decapitated.

Witnesses told officers they saw Cobos-Martinez kick the victim’s severed head “like a soccer ball” across the motel parking lot before hurling it into a dumpster. Shocked bystanders called 911, and police officers arrested Cobos-Martinez a short time later. He was found soaked in blood and still clutching the machete, according to an affidavit.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed the suspect is a Cuban national who was living in the United States illegally. ICE said Cobos-Martinez had been detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released on January 13 because Cuba refused to repatriate him. His criminal history includes charges for child sex abuse, aggravated assault, carjacking, and false imprisonment in California and Texas.

Following his arrest, Cobos-Martinez was charged with capital murder and is being held without bond at the Dallas County Jail, court records show.

The brutality of the crime prompted a sharp response from President Trump, who posted a statement on Truth Social late Sunday blasting the Biden administration for allowing Cobos-Martinez into the country despite his record. “This individual was previously arrested for terrible crimes, including child sex abuse, grand theft auto, and false imprisonment, but was released back into our Homeland under incompetent Joe Biden because Cuba did not want such an evil person in their Country,” Trump wrote.

“Rest assured, the time for being soft on these Illegal Immigrant Criminals is OVER under my watch!” Trump added. “This criminal, who we have in custody, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law. He will be charged with murder in the first degree!”

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