ICE arrested 308 illegal migrants on Trump's first day in office, border czar Tom Homan says

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The ICEman cometh.

Federal officers swept into sanctuary cities on President Trump's first full day in office Tuesday — nabbing more than 300 illegal migrant criminals — including an attempted murderer and a child molester — to hold them for deportation, The Post has learned.

The coast-to-coast dragnet — a multi-agency effort led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — picked up felons in and around Boston, Denver, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Washington, DC, and Miami, a senior Trump administration official said.

In Philadelphia, ICE nabbed Kodir Mazhidov, a 22-year-old Tajik citizen, who was detained after violating the terms of his release from the immigration agency's custody. Obtained by the NY Post

It was just the start of what border czar Tom Homan has promised will be a renewed effort to boot the 700,000 illegal migrants who have committed crimes from the US — and sanctuary cities will not be spared.

"ICE is doing their job," Homan told Fox News on Wednesday.

Homan has said that ICE officers have compiled a "target sheet" of the illegal migrants with criminal records who they're looking to arrest and deport.

"So, they're out there right now looking for the most serious public safety threats and throughout the country, we're putting them back to work," Homan said of ICE.

Trump has promised a roundup of illegal immigrants in the US of historic proportions. Under President Biden's open borders policies, some 8 million people entered the US illegally — an influx that rivals the days of Ellis Island.


Sex offender Edward Marlon Rauda-Aldnada, 56, of El Salvador, was arrested in Silver Spring, Maryland outside Baltimore.


ERO busted Miguel Andres-Mateo, 20, from Guatemala, in Cornelia, Georgia, outside Atlanta. Andres-Mateo had previously been convicted for driving under the influence, and was previously ordered removed from the US in 2014 by an immigration judge. Obtained by the NY Post

In Boston, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported that ICE officers arrested at least 8 migrants — including a Haitian gang member with 18 arrests who shouted "f**k Trump, Biden forever!" as he was hauled away.

ICE also nabbed one illegal migrant who wasn't originally a target, but happened to be with MS-13 gang member when the feds showed up.

A White House official gave The Post details of some of the other migrants taken into ICE custody on Tuesday.

Sex offender Edward Marlon Rauda-Aldnada, 56, of El Salvador, was arrested in Silver Spring, Maryland, just north of Washington, DC.

Jose Barco-Chirino, a Venezuelan national, was taken into custody at Colorado State Prison in Canon City, Colo., where he was serving time after being convicted of attempted murder, extreme indifference and felony menacing with a real or simulated weapon.

He will remain in ICE custody until an immigration judge can rule on deportation proceedings.

Border czar Tom Homan announced the ICE arrests. NewsNation

ERO busted Miguel Andres-Mateo, 20, from Guatemala, in Cornelia, Georgia, outside Atlanta. Andres-Mateo had previously been convicted for driving under the influence and was previously ordered removed from the US in 2014 by an immigration judge. He, too, will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the country.

In Philadelphia, ICE nabbed Kodir Mazhidov, a 22-year-old Tajik national, who was detained after violating the terms of his release from the immigration agency's custody. On Dec. 29, Philly cops arrested Mazhidov for crimes including reckless endangering another person, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer and reckless driving.

Authorities in Seattle arrested Mexican national Victorino Gaytan-Hernandez, who was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor. He was in the country illegally and will be held in ICE custody until his deportation.


Migrants walk back into Mexico after being deported at El Chaparral pedestrian border bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. AP

In Miami, ICE arrested six illegal aliens from Guatemala who were living in Martin County, Fla., who had lengthy rap sheets including battery, child abuse, fraud, resisting arrest, DWI, trespassing and vandalism. They were detained as threats to public safety and for violating the terms of their release.

In an earlier interview with The Post, border czar Homan emphasized that even without the help of sanctuary city and state leaders, the feds would still "wait 'til they get out of jail, then we'll go out into the neighborhoods and get them."

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking measures to seal off the southern border from illegal crossings.

Border Patrol officers have been barred from releasing illegal migrants into the country, forcing them to hold and deport border crossers, Homeland Security sources told The Post

Trump is preparing to send 10,000 troops to the border as part of his order for the US military to secure the nation's frontiers.

He also sent 1,500 troops to the border Wednesday, who will reinforce about 2,200 active-duty soldiers and thousands of state national guardsmen already there.

"President Trump signed an executive order — 1,500 additional troops to the United States southern border. This comes off of his day one action… to direct the Department of Defense to make homeland security a core mission of the agency," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

"This is something President Trump campaigned on. The American people have been waiting for such a time as this, for our Department of Defense to actually take homeland security seriously. This is a number one priority of the American people and the president has already delivered."

Additional reporting by Steven Nelson