A New Report Names 152 Immigration Agents With Histories of Sexual Violence Who Are Still on the Job

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A new report published by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance has identified at least 152 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection who have documented histories of sexual crimes and violent offenses and are still operating in immigration enforcement actions. Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, described the list as the worst of the worst, and the data behind that description is specific enough to demand a serious response from the Department of Homeland Security.

The report is an expansion of an earlier document that tracked over 50 agents. Of the 152 individuals included in the data, 131, representing 86.2 percent of the total, were charged or convicted of sexual offenses. Of those, 85, or 55.9 percent, were charged or convicted of crimes targeting minors. Taken together, 78 individuals, 51.3 percent of the entire list, were charged or convicted of sexual offenses against children, making that the largest single category on the report.

The Offenses Documented in the Report

The report documents specific patterns of behavior that include sexual abuse of minors, domestic violence, abuse of authority and homicide. Ninety percent of the offenses documented fall under categories of gender-based violence and sexual violence, including child sexual abuse and domestic violence. The remaining ten percent involve homicides committed in the course of official duties and civil rights violations or excessive use of force against immigrants or people believed to be immigrants.

Tramonte drew particular attention to the documented behavior of agents toward their own families and intimate partners as a window into how those same agents operate in enforcement contexts. Her argument is direct: if documented records show how these agents treated the people closest to them, the question of how they would treat immigrants over whom they hold direct institutional power does not require speculation. She also pointed out that much of the information in the report was already available in the American judicial system and should have been accessible to background investigators when these agents were applying for their positions, raising serious questions about whether that information was ever properly reviewed.

The Demographics of the List

The demographic breakdown of the 152 agents on the list complicates any simple narrative about who commits these offenses within law enforcement. White agents make up 45.4 percent of the total, or 69 individuals. Latino agents account for 44.7 percent, or 66 individuals. Black agents represent 3.9 percent, or six individuals, and Asian American and Pacific Islander agents account for 2.6 percent, or four individuals.

The states with the highest concentration of cases are Texas with 47, Arizona with 30, California with 20, Florida and New York with seven each and Michigan with six. Border Patrol has by far the largest number of cases at 121, compared to 28 for ICE, though Tramonte noted that the agencies have operated for very different lengths of time, pointing out that ICE did not exist before 2003 and that the tactics it uses now differ substantially from those used by its predecessor agency.

The Timeline Tells Its Own Story

The report’s data on when these offenses were documented reveals a pattern worth examining carefully. Cases from 2025 and 2026 represent 23.7 percent of the entire list, the highest concentration of any comparable period in the dataset. The year 2025 recorded 14 cases and 2026 has already recorded 22 with over four months remaining in the year. By comparison, 2024 recorded 11 cases, which was itself the highest figure from the years prior to the current period.

Tramonte emphasized that 45 percent of the offenses on the list are not limited to accusations alone. They represent civil court filings, criminal charges that were prosecuted and formal imputations entered into the legal record. The Ohio Immigrant Alliance is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to address how agents with these documented histories were hired and retained, and how the background investigation process failed to flag information that was available and accessible in the public record.

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