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The Department of Homeland Security released a statement Tuesday highlighting some of the “worst of the worst” offenders who have been arrested in the agency’s nationwide crackdown on criminal illegal aliens.
According to the statement, 70% of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrests have been of illegal aliens convicted or charged with crimes. This comes as the agency is facing intense criticism for its enforcement of immigration laws and officers are dealing with an 830% increase in assaults.
Some Democrats have accused ICE of targeting innocent, everyday immigrants. In the midst of anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles in June, Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., accused President Donald Trump and the administration of targeting anyone they consider “undesirable.” She also pushed a theory that the president will target U.S. citizens the same way he has deported criminal migrants.
“Trump, Homan, Miller and this whole regime has waged a campaign of terror against our neighbors, against our families, our loved ones, as they advance their fascist agenda and try to cast immigrants as a public enemy,” Ramirez said.
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President Donald Trump is seen with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during their July 1, 2025 visit to “Alligator Alcatraz,” the controversial migrant detention center in Florida’s Everglades. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
While the agency has said it will not back down from arresting any immigrants who are in the country illegally, the new DHS statement says that the vast majority of those arrested thus far have criminal charges or convictions.
The illegals highlighted in the DHS statement include criminals charged with hit-and-run, aggravated assault, felony menacing, grand theft and drug possession.
Olinda Micaela Gonzalez-Ortiz, a 21-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested…
