The Department of Homeland Security continued its arrest spree of capturing aliens with criminal backgrounds, apprehending them in several states over the weekend.
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The Department of Homeland Security continued its arrest spree of capturing aliens with criminal backgrounds, apprehending them in several states over the weekend.
Homeland Security announced Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested several convicted criminal illegal aliens as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration enforcement campaign, according to a story by Newsmax.
In a press release, DHS said those arrested had previous convictions for crimes including homicide, child sexual assault, aggravated rape, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, burglary and child abuse.
“Over the weekend the men and women of ICE were hard at work arresting criminal illegal aliens convicted for homicide, child sexual abuse, assault, rape, and drug trafficking,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.
She added that the administration would continue arresting and removing criminal illegal immigrants from the United States.
Homeland Security identified individuals apprehended in states including North Carolina, Colorado, California, Louisiana, Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Utah, and Nevada.
Among those in the list were a Mexican national convicted of homicide in North Carolina, a Mexican national convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Colorado, a Guatemalan national convicted of felony assault in Virginia, and several foreign nationals convicted of cocaine trafficking offenses.
The arrests are part of a nationwide effort the Trump administration has made where immigration enforcement and deportations are a centerpiece of its second-term agenda.
As part of the operations, the administration has instructed ICE to boost arrests and removals, giving priority to illegal immigrants with criminal convictions while swelling enforcement operations nationwide. In its defense, administration officials have contended the effort is aimed at improving public safety, while critics say broader enforcement actions have swept in some immigrants without serious criminal records and have raised due process concerns.
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