Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs | https://www.dhs.gov/
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers continue to make arrests of individuals with serious criminal convictions despite working without pay due to the ongoing government shutdown. The shutdown, which ICE attributes to Democratic lawmakers, has resulted in law enforcement officers not receiving their salaries as they carry out their duties.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, "We are not letting the Democrats’ government shutdown slow us down from arresting the worst of the worst from American communities. Some of the scumbags arrested yesterday have convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child, gross sexual imposition, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, assault causing bodily injury, and unlawful and illegal possession of a firearm. These are not people you want in your neighborhood. ICE law enforcement officers, without pay because of the Democrats’ government shutdown, are risking their lives to arrest the worst of the worst."
Recent arrests by ICE officers across the United States include:
- Rubio Ramirez-Zabaleta, a Guatemalan national convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in Brazos County, Texas.
- Jose Ruben Gomez-Munoz, a Mexican national convicted for gross sexual imposition in Mandan, North Dakota.
- Walner Josue Alvarado-Sabonje, a Honduran national convicted for possession of a firearm or ammunition by an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States in the Middle District of Florida.
- Sergio Montano-Zaragoza, a Mexican national convicted of assault with semiautomatic firearm in San Mateo, California.
- Jesus Adorno-Garcia, a Mexican national convicted of assault causing bodily injury/enhanced family violence in Austin, Texas.
ICE reports that these arrests are part of ongoing efforts to remove individuals convicted of violent crimes from communities nationwide.
