An undocumented immigrant is now in ICE custody after allegedly killing Fort Bend County, Texas, Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Lewis in a hit-and-run accident last month. “Deputy Kenneth Lewis served his community honorably as a law enforcement officer — and he would still be with us today if it were not for this criminal illegal alien who should’ve never been in our country in the first place,” the Department of Homeland Security’s Lauren Bis said in a statement.
On March 14, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took Dennis Arguello-Acosta into custody in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident, according to authorities.
Investigators allege that Arguello-Acosta struck Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Lewis on Feb. 21. Lewis, who was in uniform at the time, had stopped to assist drivers involved in a minor crash along Interstate 10 when he was hit by a passing vehicle. He later died from his injuries at a nearby hospital.
Authorities said the driver fled the scene following the crash, prompting a multi-agency search. The Federal Bureau of Investigation assisted local law enforcement in identifying and locating the suspect, Breitbart News reported.
ICE officials said Arguello-Acosta was taken into custody to ensure he remained detained as the investigation and legal proceedings continue.
“ICE has arrested Arguello-Acosta to ensure that he is not free to roam on our streets and threaten public safety,” Bis said. “Under President Trump, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.” ICE officials also said the suspect could soon face state charges as well.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s policies have reduced illegal migration and lowered the number of legalized migrants, but they have not stopped the influx of visa workers, according to data from the Washington Post.
“From January to August 2025, the State Department approved 11 percent fewer permanent resident and temporary visas compared with the same period a year before, according to State Department data released in early March,” the Post reported Monday.
“Is this better than it was before? Yes. Is it what it should be? No,” Rosemary Jenks, founder of the Immigration Accountability Project, told Breitbart News in response to the report. “You know, glass half full.”
The 11 percent decline compared to 2024 can be seen as a result of a national security crackdown on migrants from high-risk cultures, alongside official support for companies eager to hire cheaper workers, Jenks stated.
“The [security] vetting and then the travel bans are the reasons that we’re seeing this [drop] — not an effort by the White House to actually reduce the numbers. The donor class is well represented in the Trump administration, and that’s why we see the increase in temporary workers … I would love to see the Trump administration have an actual policy of reducing the numbers, but I don’t believe that is indicated here,” she noted.
“American workers are not being slammed to the same degree that they were under Biden,” she explained. “Does that mean they’re not being slammed? No, they still are.”
Citizens “should be making their voices heard with their members of Congress every day,” she said. “The public needs to be pressuring Congress on H-1B, on all the green card categories — the fact that we still have a [diversity visa] lottery is just obscene.”
The Post gathered data from the State Department to determine the influx of legalized migrants, foreign students, and temporary workers.
The data indicates a notable decline in the number of foreign college students applying for work permits and J-1 “cultural exchange visitor” workers. It also reveals a decrease in the influx of permanent legalized migrants, including those arriving through chain migration, such as “family preference” and “diversity visas,” who eventually gain citizenship and the right to vote.
However, the data does not show a decrease in the large influx of temporary workers for employers. While most of these migrant workers are expected to return home, a significant portion will remain, either legally or illegally.
