U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced the arrest of several individuals described as serious criminal offenders who are in the United States illegally. The arrests, which took place across various states, included people convicted of offenses such as indecency with a child, assault, robbery, and drug trafficking.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, “Americans may be busy with Christmas parties and shopping, but the mission to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens never stops – and neither does ICE law enforcement. Every day, our law enforcement are removing the worst of the worst from across our nation. Just yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, armed robbers, and drug traffickers. Thanks to our new website, Americans can see for themselves the criminal illegal aliens that we are arresting and removing from their communities.”
Among those arrested were Juan Aucenjio-Natalio from Mexico, convicted of indecency with a child by exposure in Fort Bend County, Texas; Phathana Phouthavong from Laos, convicted of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in Lowell, Massachusetts; Ernesto Leonardo Mercado-Mejia from El Salvador, convicted of assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon in Santa Maria, California; Salvador Flores-Castellenos from Mexico, convicted of robbery and assault with a firearm in Fresno, California; and Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Ramos from Mexico, convicted of sale of cocaine in Randolph, North Carolina.
ICE has also launched a new website at wow.dhs.gov where members of the public can view information about these arrests.
