ICE Arrests 5 Convicted Violent Migrants in July 4 Sweep as Trump Doubles Agency Workforce
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 6
ICE Arrests 5 Convicted Violent Migrants in July 4 Sweep as Trump Doubles Agency Workforce
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 6
Summary
DHS on Monday highlighted an Independence Day weekend ICE sweep that arrested illegal immigrants nationwide, including five publicly identified suspects with convictions for murder, kidnapping, child sex crimes, drug trafficking and burglary.
Those named included a Panamanian convicted of murder and assault in New York, a Mexican convicted of murder and kidnapping in North Carolina, and another Mexican convicted in Kentucky of sodomy, sexual abuse and attempted rape involving a child under 12.
DHS said the arrests fit the Trump administration's broader deportation push against criminal illegal immigrants and its pressure campaign on sanctuary jurisdictions.
The agency also said ICE has added 12,000 officers and agents in less than a year, while citing Fairfax County, Virginia, which reportedly refused 615 ICE transfer requests over 16 months and honored 11.