U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on May 4 that its officers arrested several individuals convicted of violent, sexual, and drug-related crimes during the previous weekend.
The agency said these arrests are part of ongoing efforts to remove people with serious criminal convictions from communities across the country.
According to ICE, those taken into custody include individuals previously convicted for offenses such as manslaughter, sexual battery, assault with a firearm, solicitation of a minor, attempted lewd acts upon a child, endangering sexual conduct, distribution of fentanyl, conspiracy to distribute heroin, conspiracy to commit theft over $60,000, and conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The cases span multiple states including New York, California, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Virginia.
Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said: “Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE never takes a day off. This weekend ICE arrested numerous murderers, pedophiles sex criminals violent assailants drug traffickers and fraudsters. Thank you to our ICE law enforcement for arresting these criminals from our communities. ICE is nice.”
The announcement included details about specific cases such as convictions for first-degree manslaughter in Queens (New York), voluntary manslaughter in Visalia (California), third-degree criminal sexual conduct in Grand Haven (Michigan), sexual assault/indecency with a child in Harlingen (Texas), solicitation of a minor in Chattanooga (Tennessee), attempted lewd act upon a child in Contra Costa County (California), sexual battery in Miami (Florida), endangering sexual conduct in Cumberland County (New Jersey), two counts of first-degree assault with firearm in Hillsborough County (New Hampshire), assault-related charges across various counties in California and North Carolina; distribution of fentanyl; conspiracy to distribute heroin; large-scale theft; and bank fraud.
ICE stated that more information about public safety threats arrested by their teams can be found on their webpage WOW.DHS.Gov.
