Meet 5 criminal illegal aliens no longer roaming America’s streets

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Five illegal aliens with criminal convictions were arrested in cities across the U.S. over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday.

The arrests, each carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a fulfillment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump’s pledge to “target the worst of the worst,” according to Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary.

Since Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, the Trump administration has arrested nearly 300,000 illegal aliens and deported more than 239,000, according to DHS.

ICE Denver has apprehended Federico Fong-Nunez, 53, an illegal alien from Mexico with 21 criminal convictions, including aggravated assault, burglary, and felony menacing.

Luis Alberto Leonardo Cortes-Rivera is 34 and from Mexico. He has nine criminal convictions in Los Angeles, including burglary, grand theft, and tampering with a vehicle.

ICE Dallas has arrested 46-year-old Honduran Rureiro Falkao, an illegal alien who has been convicted of possession of methamphetamine in Oklahoma City.

Olinda Micaela Gonzalez-Ortiz, 21, is from Guatemala and has a criminal history that includes a conviction for a hit and run in Salisbury, Maryland. ICE Baltimore arrested her over the weekend.

Jhon Jervis Chavez-De La Rosa, also 21, is from Venezuela. ICE Houston arrested him over the weekend. He has a criminal history that includes conviction of assault causing bodily injury.

While 70% of the illegal aliens ICE has arrested since Trump returned to the White House have either been convicted of or charged with a crime, and a Harvard-Harris Poll finds that 75% of U.S. voters support efforts to remove criminal illegal aliens from the U.S., violence against ICE officers has skyrocketed in the past six months.

“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,” McLaughlin said.

Anti-ICE demonstrations have grown violent in recent weeks in cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, New York City, and Austin, Texas.

“We will not allow sanctuary politicians, activist hacks, or rioters to stand in our way of protecting the American people,” McLaughlin said. “Our message is clear: Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States.”

[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.]