An illegal immigrant has been arrested for allegedly killing a Texas sheriff’s deputy in a hit-and-run, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said this week.
Dennis Arguello-Acosta was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Saturday after the Federal Bureau of Investigations received an anonymous tip related to the hit-and-run.
Arguello-Acosta allegedly hit and killed Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Deputy Kenneth Lewis on February 21 and fled the scene. Lewis was off duty and pulled over to help a stranded motorist on an interstate in Houston when he was struck. He was transported to a hospital but passed away on Feb. 23.
This tragedy was entirely preventable.
Fort Bend County, Texas, 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.@ICEgov arrested Arguello-Acosta to ensure he is… https://t.co/B6WEMPmKin
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 19, 2026
“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,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. “ICE has arrested Arguello-Acosta to ensure that he is not free to roam on our streets and threaten public safety. Under President Trump, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.”
ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI located Arguello-Acosta at his residence.
DHS said Arguello-Acosta “may now face state charges.”
