During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out a series of arrests targeting individuals described as some of the most serious criminal illegal aliens in the country. The agency reported detaining people convicted or charged with crimes such as rape, child sexual abuse, murder, and other violent offenses.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated, “While Americans enjoyed a long holiday weekend with their families and friends, ICE law enforcement was hard at work arresting rapists, child sex abusers and murderers. Every American should be grateful to our law enforcement officers for putting their lives on the line each and every day to remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. Despite what the media and sanctuary politicians claim, 70% of ICE arrests are of criminal illegal aliens convicted or charged with a crime in the U.S.”
Among those arrested were Mario Ynfante-Querol from Cuba, convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a minor in Michigan; Wilson Gonzalez-Bravo from Mexico, convicted of indecent liberties with a child in North Carolina; Balbir Singh from India, convicted of murder in California; Jose Antonio Reyes-Morales from Mexico, convicted of vehicular homicide in New Jersey; and Phomma Phommachak from Laos, convicted of aggravated rape in Tennessee.
Other individuals arrested include Serafin Abelino-Medel from Mexico for assault-related charges in California; Edwin Rafael Marcano-Marquez from Venezuela for assault in Oregon; Genaro Diaz-Ruiz from Mexico for aggravated assault in Tennessee; Franklin Urquiola-Serrano from Venezuela for family violence in Texas; Manuel Leonel Palma-Hernandez from Guatemala for aggravated arson in New Jersey; Cuello Garcia-Alliant from Cuba for assault and drug possession in Florida; Graviel Lopez-Castillo from Mexico for drug offenses in Delaware; Svetlana Tillett from Russia for felony embezzlement in North Carolina; Elmer Amilcar Lopez-Jimenez from Guatemala for burglary in California; and Gregory Ricordo Davidson from Jamaica for burglary in New York.
ICE emphasized that its operations continue regardless of holidays to address public safety concerns related to non-citizens who have been found guilty or accused of serious crimes.
