ICE Arrests 5 Convicted Migrants in Nationwide Sweep as DHS Says 70% of Busts Target Criminal Cases
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
ICE Arrests 5 Convicted Migrants in Nationwide Sweep as DHS Says 70% of Busts Target Criminal Cases
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Summary
Five convicted migrants were arrested Thursday in a nationwide ICE operation, including a Mexican national in Salt Lake City previously convicted of attempted murder of a federal officer.
The sweep also picked up a child-sex-crime offender in Santa Clara, a rape convict in North Carolina, a Latin Kings member convicted of assault in Pasadena, and a burglary convict in Mineola.
DHS cast the arrests as a targeted public-safety effort to remove what it called the "worst of the worst" offenders from U.S. communities.
Nearly 70% of ICE arrests involve migrants already charged or convicted of crimes in the U.S., according to DHS, which said the agency will continue such removals under President Donald Trump and Secretary Markwayne Mullin.