The Chronicle investigation found that federal immigration officials allowed scores of violent criminals, including some ordered deported decades ago, to walk away from Harris County Jail despite the inmates' admission that they were in the country illegally.
The Chronicle examined arrest and immigration records for 3,500 inmates who told Harris County jailers that they were in the country illegally during a span of eight months, starting in June 2007.
In 177 cases reviewed by the newspaper, inmates who were released from jail after admitting to being in the country illegally later were charged with additional crimes. More than half of those charges were felonies, including aggravated sexual assault of a child and capital murder.
Delegation presses for changes after Chronicle immigration series | Front page | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
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