ICE agents have reported an 830 percent increase in assaults against them as they work to remove violent offenders from the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a statement regarding recent arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), targeting some of the most dangerous criminal illegal aliens nationwide.
"Across the country, ICE agents are targeting dangerous criminal illegal aliens and taking them off American streets. Violent thugs ICE arrested include child pedophiles, drug traffickers, and burglars," said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. "As our brave ICE law enforcement arrests the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, they are facing an 830 percent increase in assaults against them. Secretary Noem stands with ICE agents who put themselves in harm’s way to protect the American people from violent criminal illegal aliens."
Recent arrests highlighted by DHS include:
- Alfredo Leon-Palma, a 42-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE North Carolina for his conviction on first-degree rape and first-degree sex offense on a child in Wake County, NC.
- Oscar Ramos, a 42-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, was apprehended by ICE North Carolina with a conviction for indecent liberties with a child in Lexington, NC.
- Hugo Candido-Bolanos, aged 50 from El Salvador, was taken into custody by ICE Utah after being convicted of RICO, drug trafficking, and robbery in Las Vegas.
- Diego Jahir Pasos-Ruiz, a 22-year-old Mexican national, was detained by ICE Dallas due to his aggravated meth trafficking conviction in Canadian County, OK.
- Greg Samuel, aged 46 from the Federated States of Micronesia, was arrested by ICE San Francisco following convictions for aggravated assault in Hagatna, Guam.
