ICE arrests illegal immigrant hit-and-run suspect in death of veteran Texas deputy who died helping others

First connected Fox: An amerciable migrant has been arrested successful transportation with the hit-and-run decease of a Texas sheriff's deputy, Fox News has learned. 

Dennis Arguello-Acosta was arrested Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. 

Authorities said Arguello-Acosta was driving a conveyance that struck and killed Fort County Sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Lewis connected Feb. 21 earlier fleeing the scene. 

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Dennis Arguello-Acosta, an amerciable immigrant, has been arrested successful transportation with the hit-and-run decease of Fort Bend County Sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Lewis. (FBI; Department of Homeland Security)

"Deputy Kenneth Lewis served his assemblage honorably arsenic a instrumentality enforcement officer—and helium would inactive beryllium with america contiguous if it were not for this transgression amerciable alien who should’ve ne'er been successful our state successful the archetypal place," said Acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. 

"ICE has arrested Arguello-Acosta to guarantee that helium is not escaped to roam connected our streets and endanger nationalist safety. Under President Trump, transgression amerciable aliens are not invited successful the U.S."

A tipster reached retired to rhe FBI and different instrumentality enforcement agencies with accusation connected Arguello-Acosta earlier helium was arrested astatine his home, DHS said. 

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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer's badge and gear.  (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Lewis, 51, died 2 days aft helium was deed connected Interstate 10. At the time, helium was off-duty but successful azygous erstwhile helium stopped to assistance drivers progressive successful a abstracted two-vehicle crash, Fox Houston reported. 

As Lewis was rendering aid, a 3rd vehicle, helium was struck by a 3rd vehicle, authorities said. 

"A superhero is idiosyncratic that thinks of others earlier themselves," Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan said astatine the time. "And that's what Deputy Lewis was doing. He took it upon himself to spell backmost connected work to effort to assistance that individual."

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Lewis astir died 12 years earlier portion moving for the Missouri City Police Department conscionable extracurricular Houston erstwhile helium was forced to leap 30 feet disconnected a span to debar being deed by an oncoming conveyance portion helium was moving an mishap scene.