Enforcement and Removal Operations

400 Illegal Aliens Arrested, 500 Deported in Week-Long ICE Raids in Houston

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out a targeted enforcement operation last week that landed more than 400 illegal aliens in jail. During the same period, the Houston Field Office deported more than five hundred aliens who exhausted their due process and had been ordered removed from the United States.

ICE Raids land 400 illegal aliens in jail, 500 deported (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfo

ICE Raids in Los Angeles Net 239 Criminal Illegal Aliens in One Week

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)  agents rounded up 239 criminal illegal aliens in Los Angeles during targeted enforcement operations last week. Some of the illegal aliens arrested had been convicted or accused of manslaughter, theft offenses, and aggravated rape of a minor.

ICE Raids in Los Angeles (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Alleged Venezuelan Hitman Arrested by ICE in Texas

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers teamed up with other federal agencies to arrest an alleged hitman wanted in Venezuela for at least four contract killings. Officers and agents took the Biden-era Venezuelan illegal alien into custody in Grapevine, Texas, on May 2, according to a statement by the agency.

ICE Arrests Alleged Venezuelan Hitman in Dallas (Immigration and Customs Enforcement/ERO)

Gun-Toting Salvadoran Gang Member Arrested After Maryland Authorities’ Protection Fails

Despite the best efforts of Maryland law enforcement authorities to protect a known criminal alien gang member, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Brayan Eleazar Angulo-Barrios, 26, in Hyattsville, Maryland. Angulo-Barrios was shielded from arrest by ICE when he was released by the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections. Officials released the criminal alien despite the filing of an immigration detainer by ICE.

ICE Arrests 18th Street Salvadoran Gang Member in Maryland(Immigration and Customs Enforce

Honduran Illegal Alien Charged with Incest Arrested by ICE Following Release by Virginia Sanctuary County

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Marvin Mateo-Alberto, a 35-year-old Honduran national accused of incest and aggravated sexual battery in a joint operation involving multiple federal agencies. ICE was forced to search for the accused sex offender after local law enforcement authorities failed to honor an immigration detainer filed with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

Mateo-Alberto courtesy ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement/ERO)

133 Illegal Aliens Busted in New York Deportation Operation

Federal authorities arrested 133 illegal aliens during an enhanced immigration enforcement operation focused on criminal offenders and other immigration violators. The five-day operation in western, central, and northern New York involved federal agents from myriad agencies, including ICE, FBI, DEA, CBP, USCIS, and U. S. Customs and Border Protection.

New York ICE Raids (U.S. Immigration and )Customs Enforcement

8X Deported Kidnapper Removed by ICE to Mexico

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers removed a Mexican national who was convicted of kidnapping on Thursday. The criminal alien has a lengthy criminal history and has been deported eight times.

ICE Deportee Baltazar Pantoja Calderon (ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations)

81 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Kentucky ICE Raids

A host of federal law enforcement agencies banded together with ICE to carry out deportation raids as part of Operation Take Back America within four days that ended on Friday. The United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Kentucky announced the arrest of 81 illegal aliens, 25 of whom now face various federal criminal charges.

ICE Raids in Kentucky (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Mexican Fugitive Wanted for 2014 Murder of 43 Students Deported by ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested and deported a Mexican illegal alien who is wanted in his home country for the murders of 43 college students in 2014. Officers turned the fugitive alien over to Mexican authorities at the Juarez-Lincoln Port of Entry in Laredo, Texas.

Mexican Fugitive Deported for His Role in Murders of 43 College Students in 2014. (PHOTOS:

DHS Secretary Noem: Deportations Saving Lives Every Day

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the current deportation operations are “saving lives” every day. She highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to round up the worst of the worst criminal aliens.

Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Transportation Command is supporting Im

Deportation Arrests in Houston Creating Ghost Town, Says ICE

A source within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says federal law enforcement agents assigned to assist their agency in the round-up of migrants in an illegal status in Houston have unofficially dubbed the mass deportation plan “Operation 47” in honor of President Donald Trump. The mass deportation operation carried out in parts of Houston has netted several high-profile criminal alien arrests but is also impacting local businesses.

Immigration arrests in Houston creating a ghosttown (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem

Salvadoran Migrant Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity Busted by ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Removal Operations officers (ERO) assigned to the Boston area apprehended a Salvadoran migrant unlawfully present in the United States who was wanted in his home country for crimes against humanity. Officers arrested the 50-year-old fugitive in Tisbury on September 17, according to ICE officials. The migrant, who is currently detained and awaiting removal, has a lengthy immigration history within the United States.

ICE ERO officers arrest a Salvadoran migrant wanted in his home country from Crimes Agains

ICE Ignores 7 Illegal Aliens Busted in East Texas Cockfighting Raid, Says Sheriff

San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 19 men in connection to a cockfighting event near Cleveland, Texas, on October 15. Those arrested included seven migrants illegally present in the United States. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers in Houston refused to take custody of or issue immigration detainers on the seven illegal aliens, according to the sheriff’s office.

San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested 19 people in connection to a cockfig

ICE: Jailed ‘Wife’ of East Texas 5x Murder Suspect Also a Deported Migrant

The “wife” of the four-time deported Mexican national accused of murdering five Honduran migrants in their home is also an immigration fugitive, according to federal immigration officials. The woman, now in the Montgomery County, Texas, jail on felony charges of helping accused murderer Francisco Oropesa evade arrest, is herself an immigration fugitive after being ordered removed from the U.S. for a second time.

Francisco Oropesa and Divimara Lamar Nava. (Mugshots: San Jacinto and Montgomery County Sh

Deported Murderer Arrested After Crossing Border into Arizona

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested Juan Ramon Barron-Casillas shortly after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico last week. After further investigation, agents discovered Barron’s criminal past included a conviction in Texas for second-degree murder and a conviction for tampering with human remains.

Deported murderer arrested after illegally crossing Arizona border. (Photo: U.S. Border Pa

Twice Deported Sex Offender Charged with Child Rape in Tennessee

A previously deported Mexican national is in a Tennessee county jail awaiting charges related to the alleged rape of a child. Immigration officers reportedly deported the subject twice following violent crimes including charges for drugs, domestic assault, and molestation of a child.

Pedro Ambriz mugshot: Sumner County Sheriff's Office

Exclusive: ICE to Release Migrants Further into U.S. — Away from Texas Border Cities

Federal law enforcement sources report that Border Patrol agents will now rely on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to conduct migrant releases when detention space is not available in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Migrant releases coordinated specifically by Border Patrol directly into border communities will be a last-resort option. Border Patrol officials are instructed to conduct the local releases only when ICE cannot cope with the level of arrests made by the Border Patrol.

Central American migrant families recently released from federal detention wait to board a