President Donald Trump is seen with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during their July 1, 2025 visit to "Alligator Alcatraz," the controversial migrant detention center in Florida's Everglades. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
While the agency has said it will not back down from arresting any immigrants who are in the country illegally, the new DHS statement says that the vast majority of those arrested thus far have criminal charges or convictions.
The illegals highlighted in the DHS statement include criminals charged with hit-and-run, aggravated assault, felony menacing, grand theft and drug possession.
Olinda Micaela Gonzalez-Ortiz, a 21-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE Baltimore and has a criminal history, including a conviction for hit-and-run in Salisbury, Maryland.
Another, Federico Fong-Nunez, a 53-year-old Mexican illegal arrested by ICE Denver in Boulder, has 21 criminal convictions, including burglary, aggravated assault, and felony menacing.
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ICE agents in Houston arrest and deport illegal immigrants with violent criminal histories as part of a broader DHS initiative praised by Secretary Noem and President Trump. (ICE Houston)
An ICE Homeland Security Investigations probe in Maryland led to the sentencing of Mark Rice, 38, to 30 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for having "used his position of authority" to sexually abuse a 2-year-old and produce and distribute child sex abuse material online.
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In the Tuesday statement, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin commended President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for having "unleashed ICE to target the worst of the worst."
"Our brave law enforcement is facing an 830% increase in assaults against them and yet they continue to arrest violent criminals and drug traffickers every single day," said McLaughlin. "We will not allow sanctuary politicians, activist hacks, or rioters stand in our way of protecting the American people. Our message is clear: criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States."
Fox News Digital reached out to Ramirez’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Fox News Digital's Adam Sabes and Brooke Taylor contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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