On October 2, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Jose Andres Rodriguez-Torres, a criminal alien from Mexico, who was taken into custody outside an ICE Office after officers discovered he was armed with a knife and in possession of a crack pipe.
Rodriguez-Torres’ arrest is not an isolated incident—it is the culmination of years of repeated illegal entries and criminal conduct that have gone unchecked due to weak enforcement under the Biden Administration.
This individual has crossed the border illegally five times, a felony offense, and despite a prior encounter with ICE following a burglary arrest in Seattle last year, he was released rather than deported.
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That decision allowed him to continue threatening communities until this latest incident.
According to ICE, Rodriguez-Torres approached the restricted employee parking lot at the Houston facility before officers confronted him.
He admitted he was from Mexico, became tense, and dropped to the ground. Officers then observed a sheathed knife on his waist.
A search revealed a glass pipe commonly used to smoke crack cocaine.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin underscored the gravity of the situation: “A criminal illegal alien—released by the Biden Administration and previously removed four times—armed with a knife in a restricted parking lot outside of an ICE office in Houston. These are the types of threats and risks our officers face every single day as they work to remove the worst of the worst.”
McLaughlin added that just the same day, ICE officers elsewhere faced two separate incidents where criminal illegal aliens used vehicles as weapons.
“This violence against federal law enforcement MUST END,” she said.
The newly released immigration history of Rodriguez-Torres underscores how broken enforcement has become.
He was first arrested near Tecate, California, in December 2012 and voluntarily returned to Mexico.
Two years later, in April 2014, he illegally reentered the United States three separate times in less than two weeks, each time arrested and returned. Despite these repeated violations, no lasting action was taken.
At an unknown date, he entered for a fifth time without inspection—an offense carrying felony consequences.
This revolving door demonstrates how easily criminal aliens exploit U.S. immigration loopholes. Rodriguez-Torres’ ability to reenter again and again highlights the consequences of open-border policies.
ICE reports assaults on its officers are up 1,000% in recent months—criminals are now using cars as weapons against agents.
When politicians normalize hostility to ICE, they embolden criminals to violence. Federal officers deserve support—not to be treated as targets.
— Gregory Lyakhov (@GregoryLyakhov) October 4, 2025
Federal officers now face a 1,000% increase in assaults, yet remain committed to enforcing immigration law and protecting American communities.
Rodriguez-Torres will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
But his case is a warning: when dangerous offenders are allowed to slip through the system, they do not simply disappear—they return, armed and emboldened, putting law enforcement and Americans at risk.
