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EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to make major arrests of illegal immigrants in Boston under “Operation Patriot 2.0.”
The Boston area has become a primary focus of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, along with other cities such as Washington D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles. The news of the arrests comes as the preliminary elections in the Boston mayoral race are on Tuesday night.
Both Mayor Michelle Wu and likely general election opponent, fellow Democrat and son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Josh Kraft, are critics of the administration’s immigration tactics.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is facing criticism for recent comments she made about ICE agents. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald/Getty Images)
“On September 6, ICE launched ‘Patriot 2.0’ to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state of Massachusetts, following the success of Operation Patriot in May,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated.
“Sanctuary policies like those pushed by Mayor Wu not only attract and harbor criminals but protect them at the peril of law-abiding American citizens. ICE is arresting rapists, child abusers, drug traffickers, and other violent thugs,” McLaughlin continued.
Last week, the Department of Justice announced that Wu and the city of Boston are getting sued over the city’s sanctuary policies.
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Samuel Armando Barrera-Hernandez was arrested in Boston by ICE in September 2025 for pending assault and battery charges against a minor. (Department of Homeland Security)
Some of the arrests include Victor Gomez-Perez, who’s in the country illegally from Guatemala, on charges of aggravated rape, along with varying types of assault and battery, including on a cop….
