Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs | https://www.dhs.gov/
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has continued to carry out arrests of individuals convicted of serious crimes, including sexual offenses against children and murder, during the ongoing government shutdown. ICE officers are working without pay as a result of the shutdown.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, "Disgusting, heinous, and monstrous are the only words to describe people who sexually prey on innocent children. These criminal illegal aliens do not belong in our country, and every American should be thanking the brave men and women of ICE who are working without pay to arrest these public safety threats from our communities." She added, "Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, DHS will not let the Democrats’ government shutdown slow us down from making America safe again."
Among those arrested were Rodolpho Molina-Hernandez from Mexico, convicted of gross sexual imposition and attempted corrupting another with drugs involving a victim under 13 years old in Butler County, Ohio; Marco Armando Vasquez-Pillascela from Ecuador, convicted for aggravated sexual assault of a minor less than 13 years old in Newark, New Jersey; Dilan Fernando Sosa-Gonzalez from Mexico, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Las Vegas, Nevada; Julian Salinas-Ponce from Mexico, convicted of murder in Fort Bend County, Texas; and Ricardo Velazquez-Camacho from Mexico, convicted for deadly conduct in El Paso, Texas.
