Border Patrol arrests 11 illegal migrants in tense Sacramento Home Depot sweep | Fox News
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Despite pushback from California officials to federal immigration enforcement, Border Patrol in Sacramento arrested 11 illegal migrants during a tense raid at a Home Depot parking lot on Thursday — including one man with 67 prior jail bookings in California since 1986 and a prior fentanyl trafficking conviction.
Fox News was on scene as the migrants scattered in all directions when federal agents moved in to make arrests in the sanctuary city.
That triggered multiple foot chases and several physical encounters between masked agents and fleeing migrants.
A man who agents said slashed the tire of a law enforcement vehicle.(Fox News)
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In one foot pursuit, agents chased a man who they say slashed the tire of a law enforcement vehicle. The man claimed to be a U.S. citizen.
Agents eventually maced the man in the face before arresting him and taking him into custody. His wife shouted at agents throughout the incident, insisting he is a U.S. citizen.
Border Patrol agents were forced to drive the damaged vehicle away on its rims.
Gregory Bovino, U.S. Border Patrol chief for the El Centro Sector, said his agency will continue prioritizing the removal of criminal illegal immigrants.
An illegal migrant was arrested in a Home Depot parking lot on Thursday.(Fox News)
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"There is no sanctuary city, Sacramento is not a sanctuary city, the state of California is not a sanctuary state, there is no sanctuary anywhere," Bovino said. "We'll be here, you'll probably see us in many other locations as well. We're here to stay, we're not going anywhere. We're going to effect this mission and secure the homeland."
The migrant with 67 prior jail bookings is Mexican national Javier Dimas-Alcantara, who is an aggravated felon with convictions and charges spanning decades.
His criminal history includes multiple instances of transporting and selling narcotics or controlled substances, felony burglary, possession of a controlled narcotic with intent to sell, carrying a loaded firearm in public and multiple felony-level marijuana possession charges for sale.
He's also been arrested for illegal entry, revocation of probation due to reoffending, multiple instances of providing false identification to law enforcement, multiple cases of narcotic possession and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Mexican national Javier Dimas-Alcantar has 67 prior jail bookings.(Provided to Fox News)
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin slammed the defenders of sanctuary policies.
"Dimas has been convicted of a myriad of offenses — you would not want this man to be your neighbor and yet politicians like [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom defend criminals who terrorize American communities and demonize law enforcement who defend those same communities," McLaughlin said.
"He and every other sanctuary politician should be thanking CBP for getting this scum out of American communities instead of obstructing federal law enforcement at every possible turn."
McLaughlin said that the Trump administration has been given a clear mandate by the American people to get violent illegal aliens off the streets and out of the country.
Illegal migrants were arrested during a tense raid at a Home Depot parking lot on Thursday.(Fox News)
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The other apprehended migrants included a previously deported Guatemalan aggravated felon and a previously deported Mexican migrant with a prior arrest for driving without a license.
Another detainee is a Guatemalan migrant who had a voluntary return removal in 2009 with prior arrests for trespassing and failure to provide ID.
Their names have not been released yet.
Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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Another bullshit liberal talking point blows up in their faces, i guess arresting criminals does happen at Home depot.
Do you feel that 1 out of 11 is a good result?[✘]
And THAT is what the left and democrats are fighting to keep in the country.
Or is it the other 10 non-violent ones?
100% are illegal, and every one of the criminals need to be deported.
But is not what Trump promised. He promised to deport all the violent criminals that were here illegally. He is only fulfilling 10% of that promise at best. Maybe he should stop ICE from raiding churches and schools, and look somewhere else for the violent criminals.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the U.S. illegally over his four-year term but wants a deal to protect so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, he said in an interview that aired on Sunday on NBC News' “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.”
Trump aims to deport all immigrants in the US illegally | Reuters
It's going to take a long time.
Hopefully, many will continue to self deport.
I guess ICE doesn’t know the law doesn’t apply in Home Depot parking lots and anyone in one is immune from the due process of law.
Only 19,999,989 to go ... maybe 'reporters' Michael and Bill should split the workload.
Well Joe did a good job of bringing them in.
Obviously, it is going to take a few more REPUBLICAN administrations. Keep pushing woke insanity and we'll get there!
"Suspected immigrants"? If they aren't allowed legal due process how does anyone know their crimes?
Why aren't right wing zealots boycotting Home Depot? Why aren't they clamoring for the right wing owner CEO of Home Depot who donated heavily to Trump to step down?
Migrants show up for day labor work because local businesses who do roofing, home improvements hire them pennies on the dollar so these American businesses survive.
None of these migrant day laborers would show up at all if American workers would take the jobs.
Why isn't anyone asking the questions about the businesses who hire them?
A local company that shows up to pick up supplies at Home Depot and the foreman or owner needs extra labor cheap to finish a job early. That way the owner can perform more jobs in a day to fuel his business.
So are migrants ready to take pennies on the dollar well below minimum wage the bad guys? Or are the businesses who are happy to hire them with no questions asked to make a higher profit the bad guys?
Or is Home Depot the bad guy for allowing it to go on regularly?
How many Home Depot locations is ICE gonna target to meet their 3,000 a day quota?
If we are spending more than the entire military budget of one arm of our military and all we get are 11 "suspected immigrants" as a huge story then something is very, very wrong and it isn't a handful of migrant day laborers that's a problem.
The problem is the businesses who get by on the cheap exploiting migrants while the CEO of Home Depot backs Trump and like a hypocrite knows this is going on at nearly every one of his locations.