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ICE agents arrest more than 1,200 migrants in weekend raids
Fox News' Peter Doocy reports the latest on the deportation feud between the Trump admin and Colombia. Former Acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the arrests as the illegal immigration crackdown continues.
Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and their partners conducted nationwide roundups of more than 1,200 illegal immigrants over the weekend who were charged or convicted with committing crimes on American soil.
In a series of photos shared by ICE Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) from coast to coast, agents can be seen taking handcuffed suspects away.
In Atlanta, which is more than 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border but became a lightning rod in the immigration debate after an illegal immigrant brutally murdered a jogging college student in broad daylight, ERO teamed up with the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland Security Investigations to grab "criminal aliens" off the streets and prepare them for deportation flights.
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Federal agents with a suspected criminal alien at an Atlanta airport terminal ahead of a deportation flight.(HSI Atlanta)
Miami-based federal agents arrested at least four illegal immigrants accused of committing crimes on U.S. soil over the weekend, including a Nicaraguan jailed in Broward County for an alleged shooting.
Up north, a joint operation including ICE, the FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol and U.S. Marshals was underway in Chicago, a struggling blue city where Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson has vowed to "protect" illegals from enforcement operations.
The "enhanced targeted operations" in the Windy City were designed to "enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities," ICE said in a statement.
Boston ERO announced the arrest of a Haitian man with 17 criminal convictions in Massachusetts, suspected gang member Wisteguens Charles.
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"Mr. Charles is illegally present in the United States and has consistently broken our laws, causing significant harm to the residents of Massachusetts," Patricia Hyde, the acting director of the Boston Field Office, said in a statement. "ERO Boston will not tolerate the repeated victimization of our New England neighborhoods. We will continue our mission to apprehend such illegal alien offenders and remove them from our communities."
Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a Haitian national and alleged gang member with 17 criminal convictions in Massachusetts in a two-year span, pictured after ICE agents from Boston arrested him last week.(ICE ERO Boston)
Charles, 25, first entered the U.S. illegally in 2013 and between 2022 and 2024, he racked up 17 criminal convictions. ICE filed an immigration detainer request in 2023, but a Massachusetts jail ignored it and released him back into the community, authorities said.
The arrests come as part of what ICE said would be an operation targeting "known criminal aliens who threaten national security or public safety."
President Donald Trump campaigned heavily on border security after his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, appeared ineffective or unwilling to stop an influx of illegal immigration for years.
Federal agents detain a man accused of immigration crime.(HSI Atlanta)
By the time he finally acknowledged the issue, a wave of high-profile migrant crimes had shocked the country and shattered victims' families. The parents of some of those murdered American women and girls went to Capitol Hill to lobby for the Laken Riley Act, the first bill Congress sent to Trump after his return to the White House.
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Riley, a 21-year-old Georgia nursing student, was brutally killed at random while jogging in Athens, about 75 miles east of Atlanta, by a Venezuelan illegal with suspected ties to the Tren de Aragua gang.
Jose Ibarra, 26, was convicted of 10 counts in November and sentenced to life without parole. He had entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and received border parole, freeing him to travel within the country.
A suspected criminal alien is processed by ICE and Homeland Security Investigations agents.(ERO Atlanta)
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He racked up criminal charges in New York City, where authorities released him before ICE could lodge a detainer. He then made his way to Georgia, where he attacked and murdered Riley.
"Removing criminal aliens from our communities isn't just enforcement — it's protection," HSI's Atlanta office said in a statement over the weekend as part of the deportation sweep. "Ensuring the safety and security of our neighborhoods starts with upholding the law."
Fox News' Heather Lacy contributed to this report.
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Having a massive effect at the border too. Deterrence:
Per sources, Border Patrol recorded just 582 illegal crossings at the southern border yesterday, with not a single one of the nine sectors hitting 200. I’ve never seen anything this low in all of my border coverage. The numbers were already flat/low in Biden’s final week, bouncing between 1,200-1,400 illegal crossings daily, but the numbers have been falling off a cliff since Trump took office. Last three days January 24 - 665 January 25 - 731 January 26 - 582 To put this into perspective, at the height of the border crisis in December 2023, Border Patrol hit a record high 11,000+ illegal crossings across the border in a single day, with the Del Rio sector alone getting 4,000+. I’m told there were 582 illegal crossings across the southern border yesterday, with only 60 happening in the Del Rio sector. And there are no longer 1,500+ migrants being released at ports of entry via the CBP One cell phone app every single day, as Trump immediately terminated the program. It’s still very early - we’ll see if these incredibly low numbers hold, especially heading into spring.
MSNBC says half the people being rounded up so far have no criminal record.
So much for the theory that they would initially concentrate on violent criminals.
You must not have been paying attention. Tom homan made it very clear that since sanctuary cities refuse to cooperate with ice agents, the agents must go into the community to find the violent illegals. By having to do this they will most likely encounter non-violent illegals, and those are fair game. So, if you want to lay blame, lay it at the feet of those running sanctuary cities.
And maybe you can help me out here, why are some dems opposed to getting violent illegals out of their community?
As usual, you've misread/misunderstood what he actually said in his EO -
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAINST INVASION
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. Over the last 4 years, the prior administration invited, administered, and oversaw an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration into the United States. Millions of illegal aliens crossed our borders or were permitted to fly directly into the United States on commercial flights and allowed to settle in American communities, in violation of longstanding Federal laws.
Many of these aliens unlawfully within the United States present significant threats to national security and public safety, committing vile and heinous acts against innocent Americans. Others are engaged in hostile activities, including espionage, economic espionage, and preparations for terror-related activities. Many have abused the generosity of the American people, and their presence in the United States has cost taxpayers billions of dollars at the Federal, State, and local levels.
Enforcing our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States. The American people deserve a Federal Government that puts their interests first and a Government that understands its sacred obligation to prioritize the safety, security, and financial and economic well-being of Americans.
This order ensures that the Federal Government protects the American people by faithfully executing the immigration laws of the United States.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people.
"Just violent criminals" - yeah - just follow that line of unreasoning.
So half of them do have a criminal record.
Who is MSNBC and what actual knowledge do they have on anything?
There is your problem. You think MSNBC is even remotely accurate.
If you are hanging out with violent criminals and gangbangers after all the reporting from the pearl clutchers, your stupid ass needs to get deported.