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BREAKING 10/23: ICE AND HSI POST A NEW HSI TOP 5 EPISODE. THE BULLETS SAY A METH LAB SHUT DOWN LED TO FIVE ARRESTS, A CAREER HUMAN SMUGGLER LANDED A FEDERAL SENTENCE, AND FIVE CHILD EXPLOITATION VICTIMS WERE RESCUED. NO NAMES. NO CITIES. NO WEIGHT. NO SENTENCE LENGTH. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 3:30 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “Watch the latest episode of @HSI_HQ’s “HSI Top 5″ now!” HSI posted the same minute. The HSI caption says: “Watch the latest episode of Homeland Security Investigations’ “HSI Top 5″ now!” The three bullets match. A meth lab shut down leads to five arrests. A career human smuggler lands a federal sentence. Five child exploitation victims rescued. The next line says learn about these HSI successes and more on this week’s episode of HSI Top 5. The captions do not print a name. The captions do not print a city. The captions do not print a drug weight. The captions do not print a year count on the sentence. The captions say leads to five arrests. They do not say convicted. A sentence is not an arrest. This page is not filling in the cases. Each post has a video. Each runs about 166 seconds. They are not YouTube videos. This page has not transcribed the videos. Earlier HSI Top 5 episodes are already on this page. This caption is not those episodes.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Pacific) | HSI on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: MASSENA — WWNY SAYS BORDER PATROL OFFICIALS SAID TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER A VEHICLE CHASE. THE STATEMENT SAYS THE VEHICLE ENTERED WITHOUT INSPECTION THROUGH THE AKWESASNE TERRITORY. NO NAMES. NO NATIONALITIES. CHARGES PENDING. A 19-SECOND YOUTUBE SHORT IS ON THE 7NEWS CHANNEL. OCTOBER 23, 2026. WWNY.

WWNY published at 2:10 p.m. Eastern. That is 11:10 a.m. Pacific. The story says Border Patrol officials said Friday that agents tried to stop a vehicle that had entered the United States without inspection through the Akwesasne Territory. The officials’ line in the story is: “The vehicle failed to yield, reversed direction, and fled in a manner that presented a serious threat to other drivers.” The story says spike strips were deployed and the SUV continued to flee. The story says the chase ended when the SUV struck a Border Patrol vehicle. The story quotes officials: “The two occupants of the vehicle were arrested at the scene. Various state and federal charges are currently pending.” Charges are not convictions. The story says the investigation is ongoing. The story says video shows the chase on State Route 37 and Tripanny Road on Sunday. The story does not print a date for Sunday. The story does not print a name. The story does not print a nationality. The story does not say illegal alien. This page is not adding that label. No CBP.gov written release on this chase turned up in today’s newsroom scan. This is not a second arrest beyond the two occupants in this story.

Source: WWNY — Border Patrol chase in Massena ends with 2 arrests (Oct. 23, 2026) | 7News WWNY YouTube

BREAKING 10/23: HOUSTON — ICE SAYS IT IS ARRESTING ABOUT 100 ILLEGAL ALIENS A DAY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE CAPTION SAYS PAST ADMINISTRATIONS FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL NOT. NO NAME. NO OFFENSE. NO ARREST DATE. THE 11:32 A.M. DHS POST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE SAYS ERO HOUSTON IS ARRESTING DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND PRINTS NO COUNT. THIS POST PRINTS ABOUT 100 A DAY. THIS PAGE IS NOT MERGING THEM. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 3:06 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “We are arresting about 100 illegal aliens a day in Houston, Texas.” The next lines say past administrations failed you, the American people, and that President Trump will not. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not print an offense. The caption does not print a court. The caption does not say criminal. The 11:32 a.m. DHS post already on this page says every single day and prints no count. This page is not merging that post with this one. A video is on the post. It runs about 66 seconds. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed the video.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 3:06 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: EL PASO — CBP POSTS FY26 HIGHLIGHTS AND SAYS NARCOTICS SEIZURES INCREASED 2-3X OVER LAST YEAR AND CBP AMO DRUG SEIZURES ARE UP 700% AS BORDER APPREHENSIONS DECREASED. THE LINK IS THE WRITTEN EL PASO RELEASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE NARCOTICS IN SOME CATEGORIES. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT IN SOME CATEGORIES. THE WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS MORE THAN 700%. THE CAPTION SAYS 700%. NOT A SECOND PRESS CONFERENCE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. CBP.

CBP posted at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. The caption says the highlights are from CBP and @HSTaskForce in El Paso, made possible by @POTUS’s leadership. Three bullet lines follow. The first says narcotics seizures increased 2-3x over last year. The written release already on this page says Director Ray Provencio says officers are seizing two to three times more narcotics in some categories this fiscal year compared with last year. The caption does not print “in some categories.” This page is not merging those sentences. The second bullet says illegal border crossings fell with more agents, barriers, and advanced tech. The caption does not print the less-than-50-a-day figure. The caption does not print 2,700. The caption does not print 420,000 or 20,000. The third bullet says @CBPAMO drug seizures up 700% as border apprehensions decreased. The written release says Director Efren Gonzalez says El Paso Air Branch increased total narcotics seizures by more than 700% in Fiscal Year 2026. The caption says 700%. The caption does not print “more than.” The caption does not name a drug. The caption does not print a weight. The link is go.dhs.gov/5H2. That link redirects to the Oct. 23 El Paso written release already on this page. A video is on the post. It runs about 14 seconds. It is not a YouTube video. The CBP YouTube of the press conference is already embedded on this page. This item does not embed it again. This page has not transcribed the 14-second X video.

Source: CBP on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: HOUSTON — ICE QUOTES ERO HOUSTON FOD BRET BRADFORD: IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT YOUR CASE, DO IT IN COURT, BUT NOT ON THE STREETS. THE CAPTION REPEATS THE 1,600 PERCENT ASSAULT LINE, THE 3,300 PERCENT VEHICULAR-ATTACK LINE, AND THE 8,000 PERCENT DEATH-THREAT LINE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A NEW COUNT. THIS IS NOT THE 11:20 A.M. BRADFORD POST ABOUT THE $3000 CASH INCENTIVE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 2:46 p.m. Pacific. The caption quotes Bret Bradford, and it tags him as @EROHouston FOD. Bradford says: “If you want to fight your case, do it in court… but not on the streets.” The ellipsis is in the caption. The next lines say ICE officers are facing a 1,600% increase in assaults, a 3,300% increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000% increase in death threats. The caption prints the percent sign. Earlier items on this page already carry those three lines. This page is not treating this caption as a new count. The caption does not print a date range. The caption does not print a methodology. The caption then says rhetoric encouraging resistance and violence against ICE agents will NOT be tolerated or deter the men and women of ICE from doing their job to keep Americans safe. NOT is in capital letters. The 11:20 a.m. DHS post already on this page quotes Bradford on a $3000 cash incentive to leave voluntarily. This post does not say $3000. This page is not merging the two Bradford posts. A video is on the post. It runs about 47 seconds. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed the video.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 2:46 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: DHS POSTS VIDEO OF SECRETARY MULLIN AND SAYS A FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL APPROACH MADE CRIME PLUMMET. THE CAPTION SAYS DHS HAS 80,000 BADGE OFFICERS. THE CAPTION SAYS HISTORIC DROP. NO ARREST. NO NAME. NO CITY. NO PERCENT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 1:43 p.m. Pacific. The caption quotes Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “You’ve seen crime plummet… when we’re doing a federal, state, county, and local approach, the criminals don’t have a chance… we have an elite force through @DHSgov with 80,000 badge officers who are willing to go in and fight crime every single day. I am surrounded by patriots.” The ellipses are in the caption. This page is not filling them in. The caption then says the quote is Mullin on the Trump administration’s law enforcement partnerships contributing to a HISTORIC drop in violent crime. HISTORIC is in capital letters in that line. The caption does not say illegal alien. The caption does not print a crime rate. A video is on X. It runs about 97 seconds. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed the video.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 1:43 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: ICE SAYS IT REMOVED GANG MEMBERS, PEDOPHILES, AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMINALS. THE LEAD SAYS DEPORT. THE CARDS SAY CONVICTED OF. THIRTEEN NAMES. TWELVE ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. RAFAEL CALDERON-VIERYA IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 15 WRITTEN RELEASE. TODAY’S CARD ADDS SECOND DEGREE UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT. THE OCT. 15 ITEM SAYS DOVER, DELAWARE. TODAY’S CARD DOES NOT. NOT A SECOND ARREST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 1:20 p.m. Pacific. The lead says: “If you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and DEPORT you.” DEPORT is in capital letters. The next sentence says: “The patriots of ICE REMOVED gang members, pedophiles, and other violent criminals.” REMOVED is in capital letters. The lead says gang members. No card prints the word gang. The lead says pedophiles. No card prints the word pedophile. The cards do not say removed. The cards do not say arrested. The cards do not give a city, a date, an age, or a court. They print convicted of.

Rafael Calderon-Vierya, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of dealing in child pornography and second degree unlawful sexual contact. The spelling Vierya is the card’s spelling. The Oct. 15 DHS release already on this page says he was convicted of dealing in child pornography in Dover, Delaware. That release does not print second degree unlawful sexual contact. Today’s card does not print Dover. Today’s card does not print Delaware. This page is not merging those sentences. The Oct. 15 item is an arrest announcement. Today’s lead says REMOVED. This page is not calling today’s card a second arrest.

The other twelve names are not already on this page. Alfredo Zepeda-Galarza, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of manufacturing/delivering cocaine. Victor Perez-Perez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, convicted of child pornography and sexual abuse of children. Wendy Mayela Cudemo Gomez, an illegal alien from Venezuela, convicted of offer to commit prostitution and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The card says offer. This page is not changing that to offering. Brian Eduardo Dominguez-Green, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. Eduardo Miguel Ramirez Jimenez, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of home invasion robbery with a firearm and grand theft. Jorge Pena Perez, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of aggravated assault on LEO and resisting officers with violence. The card prints LEO. Carlos Adrian Rosales Hernandez, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of possession of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. This is not Moises Domingo Rico Rosales. Santiago Miguel Miguel Ignacio, an illegal alien from Guatemala, convicted of lewd act upon a child. The card prints the name Miguel twice. Rafael Fregoso Ramirez, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of brining aliens into the United States without presentation. The card spells it brining. This page is not correcting that spelling. Juan Carlos Vasquez-Vasaldua, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of DWI-level 5 and indecent liberties with child. The card does not print “a” before child. This is not Clemente Vasquez. Miguel Angel Garcia Abasta, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of smuggling of persons. This is not Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez. Diego Nunez-Aispuro, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance: methamphetamine.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 1:20 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: SCRANTON — HSI SAYS IT ARRESTED A GREEK NATIONAL IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED UNLAWFUL VOTING BY ALIENS. NO NAME. THE CAPTION SAYS ALLEGED. AN ARREST IS NOT A CONVICTION. THIS IS NOT THE SYRACUSE GERMAN NATIONAL ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. HSI.

HSI posted at 1:14 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “CRACKDOWN ON VOTER FRAUD CONTINUES!” The next lines say HSI Scranton arrested a Greek national in connection with alleged unlawful voting by aliens. The caption says: “HSI is cracking down on voter fraud, and we will we continue working to protect the integrity of American elections.” The caption prints we will we. This page is not deleting the second we. The caption does not say illegal alien. The caption does not say lawful permanent resident. The caption does not print a statute number. A photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video.

Source: HSI on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 1:14 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: WASHINGTON — DHS ISSUES A WRITTEN RELEASE AND SAYS HSI AND THE FBI ARRESTED TEN NON-CITIZENS IN NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING ONE ILLEGAL ALIEN, FOR ILLEGALLY VOTING. SAME TEN ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 15 EASTERN DISTRICT RELEASE. NOT A SECOND ARREST. DHS SPELLS THE EL SALVADORAN EDDUARD OMAR MAJANO-SOSA. THE EARLIER ITEM SPELLS EDUARDD OMAR MAJANO SOSA. DHS SAYS HE IS FACING A FIREARM CHARGE. THE EARLIER ITEM SAID THE WRITTEN INDICTMENT LIST DID NOT INCLUDE A FIREARM COUNT. NO AGES. NO COUNTIES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

The release date is October 23, 2026. The title is “HSI and FBI Arrest Ten Aliens for Voter Fraud in North Carolina.” The deck says the right to vote on the leadership and legislation of America belongs only to American citizens. The lead says a joint HSI and FBI investigation led to the arrest of TEN non-citizens, including an illegal alien, for illegally voting in several U.S. elections in North Carolina. TEN is in capital letters. The next sentence says ICE, HSI, and the FBI arrested the following aliens on October 14 and 15, including nine lawful permanent residents and one illegal alien, after they were charged with voting by alien in a federal election. Do not read the lead as ten illegal aliens. Charges are not convictions. DHS does not print ages. DHS does not print counties. The Oct. 15 item on this page does.

Edduard Omar Majano-Sosa, an illegal alien from El Salvador. DHS says he was charged with false claim to citizenship for illegally registering to vote in 2024 and voting by an alien, and that he illegally voted in the 2024 general election. DHS says he illegally entered in July 2022 near El Paso, Texas, and was RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration. RELEASED is in capital letters. DHS says HSI arrested him on October 15, 2026, and that he is facing an additional charge of prohibited person with a firearm for a pistol found in his vehicle during the arrest. The Oct. 15 written item already on this page spells the name Eduardd Omar Majano Sosa, age 22, of Cumberland County. This page is not merging Edduard and Eduardd. This page is not merging the hyphen and the space. The earlier item said a Carolina Journal account of a firearm was not a charge in the written indictment list. This Oct. 23 DHS release is a different document. It says he is facing that additional charge. This page is not erasing the earlier note about the indictment list.

DHS prints Karl Paul Fout, an alien from Germany. The earlier item prints Karl Fout, 73. DHS says he illegally voted in SEVEN general elections from 2008 to 2024. SEVEN is in capital letters. DHS says prior convictions include TWO counts of possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to sell and deliver and possession of cocaine. TWO is in capital letters. DHS says HSI Cary arrested him on October 15, 2026, and that he was lawfully admitted in February 1960. DHS prints Lawton Caswell Broomfield E McKenzie, an alien from Jamaica. The earlier item prints Lawton Caswell McKenzie. This page is not merging those names. DHS says he illegally voted in THREE general elections between 2012 and 2024, that ICE arrested him on October 15, 2026, that convictions include manufacturing, possession, or distribution of controlled substances, and that he was lawfully admitted in November 1986. DHS also lists arrests for disorderly conduct while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs, battery, disturbing the peace, trespassing, communicating threats, assault, and driving while impaired. Those arrests are not convictions in the release. DHS says Gjina Gojcaj McDonald is an alien from Montenegro. The earlier item says she is a native of the former Yugoslavia. This page is not merging Montenegro and the former Yugoslavia. DHS says she illegally voted in SEVEN general elections from 2008 to 2024, plus the 2012 primary and the 2019 special election. DHS does not print the year-by-year list already on this page. DHS says the FBI arrested her on October 14, 2026, and that she was lawfully admitted in February 1969.

DHS says Mervin Sylvester Bogle, an alien from Jamaica, was charged with falsely claiming citizenship to vote. His own bullet does not say voting by an alien. The lead says the group was charged with voting by alien in a federal election. The Oct. 15 item says he was not charged with voting by an alien. This page is not merging the lead and his bullet. DHS says he illegally registered to vote in 2024 and illegally voted in THREE general elections between 2008 and 2024. THREE is in capital letters. The earlier item lists 2024, 2012, and 2008. This page is not merging those year lists. DHS says the FBI arrested him on October 15, 2026, and that he was lawfully admitted in February 1981. The other five are the same people already named on this page. James Edward Herrmann, Germany. DHS says TWO general elections between 2018 and 2024, a larceny conviction, an FBI arrest on October 14, 2026, and lawful admission in December 1983. Ramona Abreu-Exia, Germany. DHS says EIGHT general elections from 2004 to 2024 and the 2008 primary, an FBI arrest on October 14, 2026, and lawful admission in October 1977. Lionel Paul, Haiti. DHS says he illegally voted in the 2024 general election, that HSI Cary arrested him on October 15, 2026, that arrests include fleeing/eluding arrest with a motor vehicle and assault, and that he became a lawful permanent resident in October 2018. Those arrests are not convictions in the release. Robert Harold Corbett, Canada. DHS says SIX general elections between 1998 and 2024, an FBI arrest on October 14, 2026, and lawful admission in December 1963. Ludgardys Olena Matthews, Panama. DHS says THREE general elections between 2018 and 2024 and the 2020 primary, an HSI Cary arrest on October 15, 2026, lawful admission in October 1986, and lawful permanent resident status in September 2015 under the Obama Administration. TWO, EIGHT, SIX, and THREE are in capital letters where DHS prints them that way. Those lines are what this release adds. They are not a new set of ten people.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said these aliens have been arrested and charged with illegally voting in multiple elections, and that if you illegally vote, we will arrest you and you will be charged. That is his statement in this release. It is not a conviction. Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella’s quote in this release includes the line that election laws are not optional. The Oct. 16 item already recorded that line from the earlier release. This quote also says people who illegally cast ballots undermine the trust Americans place in the democratic process. U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle’s quote in this release says these indictments should serve as a warning to anyone contemplating voting illegally in the 2026 election. The release names Reid Davis as FBI Special Agent in Charge in North Carolina. Photos on the release show Majano-Sosa, Fout, McKenzie, and Paul after arrest. No YouTube video.

Source: DHS — HSI and FBI Arrest Ten Aliens for Voter Fraud in North Carolina (Oct. 23, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: DHS POSTS VIDEO OF SECRETARY MULLIN WITH THE LUMBEE TRIBE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE CAPTION SAYS EVERYBODY THAT ENTERS THIS COUNTRY SHOULD RESPECT THIS NATION. THE CAPTION SAYS COLLABORATION WITH STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ARE CRUCIAL TO SECURING OUR NATIONS. NO ARREST. NO NAME OF ANYONE ARRESTED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 1:12 p.m. Pacific. The caption quotes: “We should all expect to be safe in our communities, we should all expect law enforcement to enforce the law equally across the board, we should expect everybody that enters this country to respect this nation.” The caption tags @SecMullinDHS with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. The next sentence says: “Our collaboration with state, local and tribal governments across the country are crucial to securing our nations and keeping America safe.” Those are the caption’s words. The caption prints nations. The caption prints are crucial. This page is not cleaning up that sentence. The caption does not print a name of anyone arrested. The caption does not print a count. The caption does not say illegal alien. A video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed the video.

DHS posted a separate watch link at 11:01 a.m. Pacific. That caption says: “WATCH: Sec. Mullin Holds Press Conference Highlighting the Importance of Working with Tribal Nations.” The link on that post is an X broadcast. It is not a YouTube video. That caption does not say Lumbee. The 1:12 p.m. caption does not say press conference. This page is not merging those sentences.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 1:12 p.m. Pacific) | DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 11:01 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: DHS POSTS THE FIVE NAMES FROM TODAY’S WRITTEN RELEASE AND SAYS ILLEGAL ALIEN MURDERERS AND PEDOPHILES HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE CARDS SAY CONVICTED FOR. THE RELEASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE SAYS CONVICTED OF. SAME FIVE MEN. NOT A SECOND ARREST. NO MULLIN QUOTE IN THE THREAD. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 1:06 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “Illegal alien murderers and pedophiles have NO BUSINESS being in our country. Yesterday @ICEgov got these criminals off of America’s streets, and they will never victimize Americans again.” NO BUSINESS is in capital letters. The caption says pedophiles. The cards do not say pedophile. The caption does not say sexual predators. The written release already on this page uses sexual predators in the title, and Secretary Markwayne Mullin says pedophiles in that release. This thread does not print that Mullin quote. This page is not merging the thread and the quote.

The cards say convicted for. The written release already on this page says convicted of. This page is not merging for and of. Luc Quy Tran, a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, convicted for first-degree murder in St. Petersburg, Florida. Luis Enrique Nucamendi-Molina, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted for sex abuse of a minor: house/family in Harford County, Maryland. Rahjai Ornardo Suckoo, a criminal illegal alien from Jamaica, convicted for enticing a minor in Moab, Utah. Fredy Adeli Cuxum-Orellana, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, convicted for illicit sexual contact with a victim under 16 years old in Stamford, Connecticut. Francisco Cortez-Perez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted for TWO counts of incest and TWO counts of statutory rape in Jackson County, Missouri. The Cortez-Perez card prints TWO in capital letters on both counts. Photos are on X. They are not a YouTube video. These are the same five names already on this page. This is not a second arrest.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 1:06 p.m. Pacific) | DHS — ICE arrests murderers, pedophiles, and sexual predators (Oct. 23, 2026), already on this page

BREAKING 10/23: CBP POSTS TUCSON FY26 FIGURES ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE CAPTION SAYS ILLEGAL CROSSINGS DOWN 96% FROM FY24, MORE THAN 15,000 POUNDS OF DRUGS AT ARIZONA PORTS OF ENTRY, AND AMMUNITION INTERDICTIONS UP MORE THAN 400%. THE WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS NARCOTICS, AND IT SAYS OUTBOUND. SAME RELEASE. NOT A SECOND SEIZURE. NO NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. CBP.

CBP posted at 1:00 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “Tucson’s FY26 results are in. Illegal crossings down 96% from FY24. More than 15,000 pounds of drugs stopped at Arizona ports of entry. Ammunition interdictions destined for cartels in Mexico up more than 400%.” The link is go.dhs.gov/5Hh. That link redirects to the Oct. 22 Tucson written release already on this page. The caption does not print 460,000. The caption does not print about 16,000. The caption does not print Roque Caza. The caption says drugs. The release says illicit narcotics. The caption says ammunition interdictions destined for cartels in Mexico up more than 400%. The release says the Tucson Field Office increased outbound ammunition interdictions destined for cartels in Mexico by more than 400 percent. The caption does not say outbound. The caption does not say increased. This page is not merging those sentences. The Wednesday briefing video is already embedded on this page. This post does not add a new YouTube URL. A photo is on X. It is not a YouTube video.

Source: CBP on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific) | CBP — Tucson FY26 border security successes (Oct. 22, 2026), already on this page

BREAKING 10/23: ICE SAYS AN 11-6 FIFTH CIRCUIT RULING HELD THAT ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED BY ICE CAN BE DETAINED WITHOUT BOND THROUGHOUT REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. THE OPINION DOES NOT PRINT 11-6. THE QUOTED POST SAYS THE EN BANC RULING APPEARS TO BE 10-7. THIS IS NOT THE SUPREME COURT BOND CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 12:29 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “HUGE! In an 11-6 ruling, the Fifth Circuit held that illegal aliens arrested by ICE can be detained WITHOUT BOND throughout their removal proceedings. ARREST. DETAIN. DEPORT. REPEAT.” WITHOUT BOND is in capital letters. The caption does not print a case number. The caption does not print a petitioner’s name. The caption does not print a statute.

The quoted post is Kyle Cheney, posted at 9:37 a.m. Pacific. Cheney says the 5th Circuit ruled that ICE detainees with pending immigration proceedings have no constitutional right to a bond hearing, regardless of the length of their detention. Cheney says: “The en banc ruling appears to be 10-7.” Appears to be is Cheney’s phrase. The ICE caption says 11-6. This page is not merging those tallies. Cheney’s post has a photo. It is not a YouTube video. No YouTube video is on the ICE post.

The opinion is filed October 23, 2026, in Nos. 26-50183, 26-50219, and 26-50221. The petitioners are Ignacio Sosnava Rodriguez, Alejandro Villegas Angel, and Miguel Angel Gomez Alvarado. Respondents include Miguel Vergara, director of the San Antonio Field Office of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, and Secretary Markwayne Mullin. The opinion’s caption does not print the name Ortega. This is not the Serferino Trinidad Ortega post below. The opinion says three aliens who had been living unlawfully in the United States for many years were detained pending removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A). It says the district courts ordered them released and enjoined further detention without bond hearings on dangerousness and flight risk. It says a divided panel had affirmed a right to individualized hearings within 90 days of confinement.

Judge Cory T. Wilson’s opinion is joined by Chief Judge Elrod and Judges Jones, Smith, Richman, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, and Oldham. A footnote says Judge Richman concurs in the judgment. The opinion says petitioners, having never been lawfully admitted, are not entitled to additional process concerning their admission beyond what Congress provided in § 1225(b)(2)(A). It says that, even assuming they were, procedural due process would not entitle them to a bond hearing to assess dangerousness or flight risk. It says the judgments of the district courts are REVERSED and the orders granting habeas relief are VACATED. It says the mandate shall issue FORTHWITH. Those sentences are the opinion. They are not the ICE caption. The opinion does not print 11-6. The opinion does not print 10-7. The opinion does not say ARREST. DETAIN. DEPORT. REPEAT.

The opinion says Petitioner Gomez was detained for three months, Sosnava for roughly two months, and Villegas for three weeks. It says that duration presented no constitutional defect on this record. It says the court does not address a case where detention no longer served its immigration purpose. Cheney’s post says regardless of the length of their detention. This page is not merging those sentences. Judge Leslie H. Southwick dissents, joined by Judges Stewart, Graves, Higginson, Douglas, and Ramirez. Judge Haynes files a separate dissent. She says her analysis should be limited to people like the petitioners, individuals who have resided in this country for more than ten years, have no criminal history, and have close American relatives. She says in these cases, she dissents. The opinion does not print her words as the holding.

This is not Philip L. Rhoney, Acting Director of the Buffalo Field Office of ICE, v. Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104. That item, already on this page, is a Supreme Court grant of review. This item is a Fifth Circuit judgment filed today. This page is not merging them.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 12:29 p.m. Pacific) | Kyle Cheney on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 9:37 a.m. Pacific) | Fifth Circuit — Nos. 26-50183, 26-50219, 26-50221 (Oct. 23, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED SERFERINO TRINIDAD ORTEGA, A CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM MEXICO WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED TWICE. THE CAPTION SAYS HIS CONVICTIONS INCLUDE DOMESTIC CRUELTY, DUI, BATTERY, ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER, AND OBSTRUCTION. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO COUNT ON ANY CONVICTION. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 12:21 p.m. Pacific. The caption says: “BREAKING: ICE arrested Serferino Trinidad Ortega, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico who was previously deported TWICE. His convictions include domestic cruelty, DUI, battery, assaulting a police officer, and obstruction. Thanks to @POTUS Trump’s secure border, he won’t be coming back!” TWICE is in capital letters. The caption spells the name Serferino. The caption does not print two counts. The caption does not print a wife’s name. The caption does not print liquor. The caption does not print a city. The caption does not print Oct. 18. The caption does not print 2002. The caption does not print 2014. The caption does not say barricade. No YouTube video is on the ICE post.

The Daily Caller published at 12:59 p.m. Eastern. It spells the name Serferino Trinidad Ortega. It says documents it obtained list convictions for two counts of cruelty toward his wife, two counts of driving under the influence of liquor, battery, assaulting a police officer, and obstructing a police officer. It says he was deported in October 2002 and again in August 2014. It says that on Oct. 18, during a targeted enforcement operation, he allegedly refused lawful commands and barricaded himself underneath his vehicle. Those sentences are the Daily Caller. They are not the ICE caption. This page is not merging them. Alleged is the Daily Caller’s word on the Oct. 18 commands. The ICE caption says convictions. A news report is not a new judgment.

La Opinión spells the name Serafín Trinidad Ortega and places an Oct. 18 arrest in Garden Grove. Univision uses Serafino and Serafín. Those spellings and that city are not in the ICE caption. This page is not merging them. Serferino Trinidad Ortega is not Miguel Vergara. Vergara is a respondent in the Fifth Circuit opinion above. That opinion’s caption does not print Ortega. This page is not merging the arrest and the case.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 12:21 p.m. Pacific) | Daily Caller (Oct. 23, 2026, 12:59 p.m. Eastern) | La Opinión (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: HOUSTON — DHS POSTS VIDEO AND SAYS ERO HOUSTON IS ARRESTING DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS THROUGH TARGETED ENFORCEMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE CAPTION SAYS 287(g) AGREEMENTS LET ICE REMOVE THEM MORE QUICKLY AND SAFELY WHEN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS COOPERATE. NO NAME. NO COUNT. NO OFFENSE. NO NEW AGREEMENT IN THE CAPTION. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 11:32 a.m. Pacific. The caption says every single day, the patriots of @EROHouston are arresting dangerous criminal illegal aliens through targeted enforcement operations. The caption says when local jurisdictions cooperate with ICE, these criminals can be removed more quickly and safely, and that this is why 287(g) agreements are so crucial to the mission. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not print a count. The caption does not print a charge. The caption does not print a conviction. The caption does not name a sheriff. The caption does not say a new 287(g) agreement was signed today. A video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed the video.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 11:32 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: HOUSTON — DHS POSTS VIDEO OF ERO HOUSTON FOD BRET BRADFORD ON A $3000 CASH INCENTIVE TO LEAVE VOLUNTARILY. THE CAPTION DOES NOT SAY CBP HOME. THE CAPTION DOES NOT SAY FREE FLIGHT. NO NAME. NO ARREST COUNT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 11:20 a.m. Pacific. The caption quotes Bret Bradford, and it tags him as @EROHouston FOD. Bradford says: “There’s actually a cash incentive, $3000 to leave voluntarily, I would encourage folks to take advantage of that, because we are going to continue enforcing the law, that’s our job and we’re not going to stop doing it.” Those are his words on this post. The caption prints $3000. It does not print $3,000. It does not say free flight. It does not say CBP Home. An older item on this page says the self-deport option is $3,000 and a free flight via the CBP Home App. This page is not merging those sentences. The caption does not print a name of anyone arrested. The caption does not print a count. A video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed the video.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 11:20 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: DHS SAYS TIME IS UP FOR COUNTERFEITERS AFTER CBP OFFICERS IN TEXAS INTERCEPTED A SHIPMENT OF FAKE WATCHES FROM CHINA. THE CAPTION SAYS AN ESTIMATED $2.6 MILLION IF REAL. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT 11. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT RICHARD MILLE. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT DFW. SAME SEIZURE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A SECOND SEIZURE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 11:14 a.m. Pacific. The caption says time is up for these counterfeiters. The caption says CBP officers in Texas intercepted a shipment of fake watches from China. The caption’s sentence says the shipment “with would have been worth an estimated $2.6 million if they had been real.” This page is not cleaning up that sentence. The caption says fake goods fund criminal enterprises that often engage in other crimes such as money laundering, drug trafficking, and forced labor. The caption says not on our watch. The caption says DHS is working around the clock to take money out of the hands of criminals each and every single day. The caption does not print 11. The caption does not print Richard Mille. The caption does not print DFW. The caption does not print $2.5 million. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not say arrested. The caption does not say illegal alien.

The written CBP release already on this page says 11 counterfeit Richard Mille watches at DFW, a $2.6 million lead figure, and a $2.5 million photo caption. Area Port Director Jayson Ahern said the sale of fake goods often funds criminal organizations involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, and other illicit trade. He did not say forced labor. He did not say criminal enterprises. This DHS caption is not that sentence. This page is not merging them. This is not a second seizure.

The quoted post is TheBlaze, posted at 8:37 a.m. Pacific. The headline says fake ultra-luxury watches from China were seized and would have been worth millions if real, and it says CBP claims. Those words are the quoted post. They are not the DHS caption. No YouTube video is on the DHS post.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 11:14 a.m. Pacific) | TheBlaze on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 8:37 a.m. Pacific) | CBP — counterfeit Richard Mille watches at DFW (Oct. 23, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: WASHINGTON — DHS SAYS ICE ARRESTED MORE CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR, AND INCEST. THE RELEASE NAMES FIVE. THE LEAD PHRASE IS NOT THE CARD PHRASE. NO AGES. NO ARREST CITY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 23, 2026. No clock time on the release. The title says ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, and sexual predators. The lead says ICE announced the arrests of more criminal illegal aliens convicted for heinous crimes including first-degree murder, sexual abuse of a minor, and incest. Secretary Markwayne Mullin says: “Years of open border policies have allowed criminal illegal aliens to flood our communities and harm innocent Americans. Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, sexual predators, and other public safety threats.” He says that under President Trump, that lawlessness is over, and that ICE will continue restoring law and order by removing illegal aliens from the country. “Yesterday” on an Oct. 23 release is Mullin’s word. The release does not print Oct. 22 on the cards. Pedophile is Mullin’s word and the title’s word. It is not printed on a card. The cards say convicted. This page is not treating the title as a sixth case.

The dek says ICE is facing a more than 1,600% increase in assaults against them. That percentage line is already on this page from an earlier item. This release does not print a new assault count. The release says yesterday’s arrests include five people. It does not print a total. It does not print an age. It does not print where ICE made the arrest. It prints a conviction and a place. The lead says sexual abuse of a minor. One card says sex abuse of a minor: house/family. This page is not merging those phrases.

Luc Quy Tran, a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam. The card says he was convicted of first-degree murder in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Luis Enrique Nucamendi-Molina, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. The card says he was convicted of sex abuse of a minor: house/family in Harford County, Maryland.

Rahjai Ornardo Suckoo, a criminal illegal alien from Jamaica. The card says he was convicted of enticing a minor in Moab, Utah.

Fredy Adeli Cuxum-Orellana, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala. The card says he was convicted of illicit sexual contact with a victim under 16 years old in Stamford, Connecticut.

Francisco Cortez-Perez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. The card says he was convicted of two counts of incest and two counts of statutory rape in Jackson County, Missouri. The card prints TWO in capital letters on both counts. These five names are not already on this page. This is not the Oct. 22 release already on this page about alien traffickers, drug traffickers, and robbers. Photos are on the release. They are not a YouTube video. The release points readers to wow.dhs.gov for more.

Source: DHS — ICE arrests murderers, pedophiles, and sexual predators (Oct. 23, 2026) | wow.dhs.gov

BREAKING 10/23: QUANTICO — DHS ISSUES A WRITTEN STATEMENT ON MIGUEL ALONSO MALDONADO SORIANO AND SAYS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN ATTACKED THE IWO JIMA MEMORIAL AND DECAPITATED ONE OF THE STATUES WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. SAME MAN ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A SECOND ARREST. THE DHS CHARGE LIST DOES NOT PRINT FELONY INJURY TO A MONUMENT. DHS SAYS HE ENTERED AT AN UNKNOWN DATE AND LOCATION IN 1999. THE FOX POST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE SAYS DECEMBER 1999. THIS PAGE IS NOT MERGING THOSE SENTENCES. NO NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 23, 2026. No clock time on the release. DHS says an illegal alien was arrested for attacking the Iwo Jima Memorial in Quantico, Virginia, and decapitating one of the statues with a sledgehammer. DHS says that, according to local reporting, the vandalism was carried out in the evening on October 21, and that a man with a sledgehammer was still “actively damaging” the statue when Prince William County police arrived. The police report already on this page says approximately 10:13 p.m. and says the damage included the removal of one depicted soldier’s head. This release says decapitating. This page is not merging those phrases.

DHS names Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano and calls him an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS says he has been charged with felony destruction of property and trespassing with intent to damage property. The police report already on this page also lists felony injury to a monument. This DHS charge sentence does not print that third charge. This page is not merging the lists. A charge is not a conviction. DHS says his criminal history includes an arrest in Stafford County for trespassing in 2022. That 2022 arrest is not in the police-report item already on this page. An arrest is not a conviction.

DHS says Soriano illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location in 1999. DHS says he was granted DACA in October 2014 by the Obama Administration, that the Biden Administration renewed it, and that his DACA has since expired. Bill Melugin’s post, already on this page, says December 1999, says the most recent extension was by the Biden administration in 2024, and says he lost DACA status in August 2026 when the Trump administration did not renew it. This DHS statement does not print December. It does not print 2024. It does not print August. This page is not merging those sentences.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin says: “This hateful illegal alien attacked a memorial to our brave Marines, decapitating one of the statues with a sledgehammer. He had been granted DACA by the Obama Administration. Criminals like this who clearly hate America have no business being in our country. We must never allow the history of our great nation to be torn down by illegal aliens who have zero respect for our country and our values. This criminal will soon face justice.” Those are his words in this release. Photos are on the release. They are not a YouTube video. The ABC News YouTube on the arrest is already on this page. This release does not add a new YouTube URL.

Source: DHS — Iwo Jima memorial statement (Oct. 23, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: EL PASO — CBP’S WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS EL PASO SECTOR AVERAGES LESS THAN 50 ENCOUNTERS A DAY, DOWN FROM 2,700 A DAY IN FISCAL YEAR 2023, AND THAT APPREHENSIONS FELL FROM MORE THAN 420,000 IN FY 2023 TO LESS THAN 20,000 IN FY 2026. THE AIR BRANCH LINE SAYS NARCOTICS SEIZURES ROSE MORE THAN 700%. NO DRUG NAME. NO WEIGHT. NO DOLLAR FIGURE IN THE RELEASE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE CBP YOUTUBE ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS THE WRITTEN RELEASE. NOT A SECOND PRESS CONFERENCE. OCTOBER 23, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP release is dated Oct. 23, 2026. No clock time on the release. It says El Paso leadership held a press conference at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry Friday. The 7:31 a.m. Pacific CBP post already on this page announced the press conference and did not add a seizure number. This item is the written release. The YouTube watch page on the CBP channel is already embedded on this page. This item does not embed it again.

CBP El Paso Field Office Director Ray Provencio says officers are seizing two to three times more narcotics in some categories this fiscal year compared with last year. He says officers are conducting southbound inspections to interdict illicit currency from narcotics sales, firearms, and ammunition. The release does not name a drug. The release does not print a weight. The release does not print a dollar figure. Provencio says Mexican cartels operating south of the border in the region have been declared Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and that anyone aiding or working for them can now be charged with material support for a terrorist organization under 18 U.S. Code § 2339. The release does not name a person charged. A charge is not a conviction. He credits nonintrusive inspection technology, low energy portals, and canine teams. His quote says “Homeland Security Joint Task Force.”

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Jesse Munoz says stronger enforcement of Title 8, and more manpower, including Border Patrol agents and Department of War military personnel, tracked with a drop in illegal crossings in El Paso Sector in 2025 and 2026. He says that in Fiscal Year 2023 the sector was seeing 2,700 encounters per day, and that today the sector is averaging less than 50 encounters per day. He says known got-away numbers are down to single digits. He does not print the digit. He says: “We have not released any illegal aliens into the interior of the country in last 17 months.” He says: “We are seeing the most secure border in the history of our nation.” That sentence is Chief Munoz in this release. It is not the DHS caption already on this page about President Trump. It is not the older Mullin line already on this page. This page is not merging those three sentences. The release says El Paso Sector recorded less than 20,000 apprehensions in FY 2026, compared with more than 420,000 in FY 2023. That sentence sits outside the Munoz quotation. The release does not print a percentage. The Tucson release already on this page prints 96 percent. This page is not merging those figures. Munoz describes a multilayered strategy: agents on the border, anti-smuggling units, and interior checkpoints.

The release says that during FY 2026, El Paso Air Branch personnel supported operations resulting in more than 2,000 apprehensions, 10 arrests, and nine rescues. It says that even with fewer apprehensions, the branch achieved significantly more narcotics, currency, weapons, and vehicle seizure results. It does not print a currency total, a weapons count, or a vehicle count. CBP Air and Marine Operations El Paso Director Efren Gonzalez says El Paso Air Branch increased total narcotics seizures by more than 700% in Fiscal Year 2026. He does not name a drug. He does not print a weight. He says “Homeland Security Task Force.” Provencio’s quote says “Homeland Security Joint Task Force.” This page is not merging those names. Gonzalez says the task force brings in federal, state, local, tribal, and international partners. The closing lines name President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Markwayne Mullin. No new YouTube URL is in the written release.

Source: CBP — El Paso FY26 border security successes (Oct. 23, 2026) | CBP YouTube — El Paso press conference, already on this page

BREAKING 10/23: AMADO, ARIZ. — THE U.S. BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS A K9 ALERTED TO A SEDAN AT THE I-19 CHECKPOINT AND AGENTS FOUND 82 BUNDLES OF METH HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THE CAPTION SAYS THE DRIVER IS FACING STATE DRUG CHARGES. NO NAME. NO WEIGHT. NO NATIONALITY. THE CAPTION DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE CAPTION DOES NOT SAY ARRESTED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. Border Patrol Chief.

Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez posted at 11:00 a.m. Pacific. The caption says a USBP K9 alerted to a sedan arriving at the I-19 checkpoint in Amado, AZ, prompting further inspection. The caption says agents discovered 82 bundles of meth hidden throughout the vehicle. The caption says it is the end of the road for this driver, who is now facing state drug charges. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not print a weight. The caption does not print a dollar value. The caption does not print a nationality. The caption does not say illegal alien. The caption does not say the driver was arrested. A charge is not a conviction. The caption does not give the date of the stop.

The graphic prints “AMADO, ARIZONA” and “METH SEIZURE” and an Interstate 19 shield. The graphic does not print 82. The graphic does not print a weight. The photos are on X. They are not a YouTube video.

This is not the Oct. 22 Amado item already on this page. That post says fentanyl and cocaine hidden in the floor compartment of a vehicle, and it says the driver was arrested. Today’s caption says meth. Today’s caption says 82 bundles. Today’s caption says a sedan at the I-19 checkpoint. Today’s caption does not say fentanyl. Today’s caption does not say cocaine. Today’s caption does not say floor compartment. Today’s caption does not say arrested.

Source: Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 11:00 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: NEW YORK — ICE POSTS VIDEO OF ERO NEW YORK FOD KEN GENALO ON TWO ILLEGAL ALIENS THE CAPTION SAYS WERE RELEASED BY SANCTUARY POLITICIANS AND LATER STABBED AN NYPD OFFICER. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. THE CAPTION SAYS OFFICER. IT DOES NOT SAY DETECTIVE. SAME TWO MEN ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 20 WRITTEN RELEASE. NOT A SECOND DETAINER. NOT A NEW ARREST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted the video at 9:24 a.m. Pacific. The caption says Ken Genalo, and it tags him as @ERONewYork FOD. The caption says the two illegal aliens were released by sanctuary politicians and later stabbed an NYPD officer. Genalo says: “These are crimes that should never have been committed by these individuals because they should’ve been in our custody.” Those are his words on this post. The caption does not print Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo. The caption does not print Sneider Mejia Bautista. The caption does not say alleged. The caption does not say off-duty. The caption does not say Bronx. The video is on X. It is not a YouTube video.

DHS posted a Genalo video at 7:37 a.m. Pacific. The caption quotes him: “They keep putting these politics over public safety, and at this point every day in New York City you are seeing issues and attacks.” The DHS caption does not print a name. The DHS caption does not say illegal alien. The DHS caption does not say stabbing. That video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This is not the Aug. 20 San Diego training item already on this page.

ICE posted a detainer caption at 7:05 a.m. Pacific. Two photos. Not a YouTube video. The caption says ICE lodged detainers against two Dominican illegal aliens arrested in connection with the Oct. 2 alleged stabbing of an off-duty New York City Police Department detective in the Norwood section of Bronx, New York. The caption prints both names. It says Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo’s New York record includes arrests for criminal possession of a loaded firearm and menacing involving a weapon. It says an immigration judge ordered Sneider Mejia Bautista removed May 8, 2025. It says ICE issued a detainer last year in October after he was arrested for attempted criminal weapons possession, and that NYC declined to honor that detainer. Arrests in this caption are not convictions. A detainer is a request. It is not a transfer.

The written ICE release is dated Oct. 20 and is already on this page. That release says fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon for the October 2025 arrest. Today’s 7:05 a.m. caption says attempted criminal weapons possession. This page is not merging those phrases. Today’s caption does not repeat the seven stab wounds, the e-bike, or the Oct. 8 local arrests. Those details stay in the Oct. 20 item. The 9:24 a.m. caption says NYPD officer. The 7:05 a.m. caption and the Oct. 20 release say detective. This page is not merging officer and detective. Today’s captions say Ken Genalo. The Oct. 20 release says Kenneth Genalo, ICE New York City Field Office Director. This page is not treating those as two people.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 9:24 a.m. Pacific) | DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 7:37 a.m. Pacific) | ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 7:05 a.m. Pacific) | ICE — detainers, off-duty NYPD detective stabbing (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: DHS QUOTE-POSTS A 2022 EAGLE PASS VIDEO AND SAYS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DELIVERED THE MOST SECURE BORDER IN HISTORY. THE 29,000 FIGURE IS IN THE 2022 POST. IT IS NOT IN TODAY’S DHS CAPTION. NO NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 8:48 a.m. Pacific. The caption says that for four years, the Biden administration opened America’s borders to the world’s criminals. The caption says that today, President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history. The caption says the country can never again allow its borders to be open to invasion. The caption does not print a crossing count. The caption does not print Eagle Pass. The caption does not print a percentage.

The quoted post is Bill Melugin, dated Oct. 23, 2022. It is not an Oct. 23, 2026 field report. That post says good morning from Eagle Pass, Texas, where another group of 100+ crossed that morning. It says Eagle Pass is part of Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector. It says CBP sources told Fox News there had already been over 29,000 illegal crossings there in October so far, a 50% increase over the same time the year before. Those sentences are the 2022 post. They are not today’s DHS caption. A video is on the 2022 post. DHS did not post a new YouTube video. This page already has an older Mullin line, “We have the most secure border in history.” Today’s caption says President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history. This page is not merging those two sentences.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 8:48 a.m. Pacific) | Bill Melugin on X (Oct. 23, 2022)

BREAKING 10/23: EL PASO — CBP SAYS IT AND THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE WILL HOLD A LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE ON FY26 SUCCESSES, INCLUDING LARGE NARCOTICS, FIREARMS, AND AMMUNITION SEIZURES. CBP PRINTS 11:00 A.M. MST AND 1:00 P.M. EST. CBP DOES NOT PRINT A PACIFIC TIME. NO WEIGHT. NO VALUE. NO NAME. THE YOUTUBE WATCH PAGE IS ON THE CBP CHANNEL. OCTOBER 23, 2026. CBP.

CBP posted at 7:31 a.m. Pacific. The caption says “Happening Today from El Paso.” The caption says CBP and @HSTaskForce will hold a live press conference to discuss FY26 successes including large narcotics, firearms, and ammunition seizures. The caption prints “11:00AM MST | 1:00PM EST.” The caption does not print a street address. The caption does not print a weight. The caption does not print a name. CBP’s link is the live URL. The watch-page title is “El Paso Press Conference – Drug Seizures and End of Year Successes | CBP” on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection channel. This page does not have a transcript. This item does not add a seizure number.

Source: CBP on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 7:31 a.m. Pacific) | CBP YouTube — El Paso press conference

BREAKING 10/23: DALLAS — CBP SAYS OFFICERS AT DFW INTERCEPTED 11 COUNTERFEIT RICHARD MILLE WATCHES FROM CHINA. THE LEAD SAYS $2.6 MILLION IF GENUINE. A PHOTO CAPTION ON THE SAME RELEASE SAYS $2.5 MILLION. THIS PAGE IS NOT MERGING THOSE FIGURES. NO ARREST. NO NAME. NO ILLEGAL ALIEN IN THE RELEASE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP release is dated Oct. 23, 2026. No clock time on the release. It says officers at DFW intercepted 11 counterfeit Richard Mille watches in a targeted enforcement operation focused on fake luxury goods from China. It says that had the items been genuine, the shipment would have had a combined manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $2.6 million. A photo caption on the same release says the 11 knockoff watches would have fetched $2.5 million had they been authentic. This page is not picking one figure. The release says the shipments were headed to various locations in the southeast United States. It says CBP’s Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed the items inauthentic, and that they were seized for bearing counterfeit versions of registered and recorded trademarks.

CBP Area Port Director Jayson Ahern said: “The sale of fake goods often funds criminal organizations involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, and other illicit trade.” He said CBP officers are on the front lines every day guarding against defrauders, while protecting legitimate American businesses who are often harmed by these criminal organizations. Those are his words in this release. The release does not name a suspect. The release does not say anyone was arrested. The release does not say illegal alien. The release says “recently.” It does not print the interception dates. No YouTube video is on the release.

Source: CBP — counterfeit Richard Mille watches at DFW (Oct. 23, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: ICE ANSWERS A CBS POST ABOUT A SOUTH TEXAS CONSTRUCTION OWNER AND SAYS CBS REFUSED TO ASK ICE FOR COMMENT. ICE’S CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. THE NAME IS IN THE QUOTED CBS POST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO ON THE ICE POST. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 6:32 a.m. Pacific. The caption says CBS refused to ask ICE for comment on the story. The caption says what is embarrassing is the media continuing to run cover for illegal aliens and smear ICE enforcement officers. The caption says ICE will continue enforcing the nation’s laws and removing illegal aliens who have no right to be in the country. The caption does not print Benny Melendez. The caption does not say fencing. The caption does not say South Texas. The caption does not say midterms.

The quoted CBS post names Benny Melendez, the owner of a small construction company in South Texas. It says he has been forced to install fencing at job sites to protect his workers from ICE. It quotes him: “It’s embarrassing for the land of the free, to have to do this.” It says he told @camiloreports. It says he is unable to find workers. It says he is a 2024 Trump voter and a 2020 Biden voter, and that he plans to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections. Those sentences are the CBS post. They are not ICE’s caption. A video is on the CBS post. It is not a YouTube video on the ICE post.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 6:32 a.m. Pacific) | CBS News on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 5:45 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: CBP SAYS IT EXPANDED ITS INVESTMENT IN NON-INTRUSIVE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY IN FY26. NO DOLLAR FIGURE. NO PORT. NO SEIZURE WEIGHT. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 23, 2026. CBP.

CBP posted at 6:25 a.m. Pacific. The caption says that in FY26, CBP expanded its investment in non-intrusive inspection technology to enhance border security. The caption says that by deploying more advanced systems, CBP is strengthening its ability to detect threats, stop smuggling, and keep the nation safe. The caption does not print a dollar figure. The caption does not print a port. The caption does not print a seizure weight. A photo is on the post. No YouTube video is on the post.

Source: CBP on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 6:25 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: NEW YORK — ICE SAYS JUAN JOSE MORALES-COLINDRES WAS DEPORTED ON A JULY 2026 FINAL REMOVAL ORDER. SAME MAN ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 9 ELEVEN-NAME POST. NOT A SECOND ARREST. TODAY’S CAPTION SAYS RAPE AND ASSAULT. THE OCT. 9 CARD SAYS ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE AND RAPE IN THE THIRD DEGREE. THIS PAGE IS NOT MERGING THOSE PHRASES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 7:10 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 22. A photo. Not a YouTube video. The caption calls Juan Jose Morales-Colindres a Guatemalan illegal alien. That is ICE’s label. The caption says convictions for rape and assault, and pending charges for statutory rape, child endangerment, and contempt of court. The caption says he was arrested and charged with rape in New York in June, and released from local custody before ICE could take enforcement action, despite prior violent-crime convictions. The caption says ICE later arrested him at large, and that he was deported based on his July 2026 final removal order. Charged is not a conviction. The caption does not name the court. The caption does not print the order. This page does not have the order.

The Oct. 9 item already on this page lists the same name, from Guatemala. That card says he was convicted of assault in the third degree, with intent to cause physical injury, and rape in the third degree. That card’s pending-charge wording is “rape 3rd degree-act in manner injure child less than 17,” criminal contempt in the second degree, and controlled-substance possession counts. Today’s caption says statutory rape, child endangerment, and contempt of court. This page is not merging the Oct. 9 card with today’s caption. The Oct. 9 item does not say deported. The deportation sentence is today’s caption.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 7:10 p.m. Pacific) | ICE on X — eleven arrests ICE says were in New York (Oct. 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/23: FORT MYERS — ICE SAYS A HAITIAN NATIONAL MURDERED A MOTHER OF TWO BY STRIKING HER IN THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER. THE CAPTION SAYS ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. THE APRIL 7 DHS RELEASE NAMES ROLBERT JOACHIN. FOX NEWS SPELLS THE NAME JOACHIM. THIS PAGE IS NOT MERGING THOSE SPELLINGS. ACCUSED IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO ON TODAY’S POST. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 23, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 5:25 a.m. Pacific. The caption says “FLASHBACK.” The caption says a mother of two was brutally murdered in Fort Myers, Florida, by a Haitian national who repeatedly struck her in the head with a hammer. The caption says this illegal alien entered the U.S. in 2022 under the Biden administration, was released, and later received Temporary Protected Status. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not say gas station. The caption does not say August. The caption does not say a final order of removal. The caption does not say the status expired. The caption does not say he was arrested. The caption does not say he was charged. “Illegal alien” in the caption is ICE’s wording. “Murdered” in the caption is ICE’s wording. The caption does not print a court judgment. No YouTube video is on the post.

DHS posted a Fox News link at 6:04 a.m. Pacific. That post does not add a sentence of its own. The link is the Fox story.

The written DHS release is dated April 7, 2026. It names Rolbert Joachin. It says Haitian illegal alien. It says he is accused of bludgeoning an innocent mother to death with a hammer, hitting her several times in the head, at a gas station in Florida. It says that on April 3, Fort Myers police responded to an emergency at a local gas station. It says surveillance footage showed that Joachin smashed the victim’s car windshield, approached her, and repeatedly hit her in the head with a hammer. It says the woman was reportedly a store clerk inside the gas station. It says police asked ICE for help and they located him on Mango Street in Fort Myers. It says he first entered the U.S. in August 2022 and was released under the Biden administration. It says a federal judge issued a final order of removal against him in 2022, and the Biden administration granted Temporary Protected Status which expired in 2024. It says ICE has lodged a detainer, and that he will be deported regardless of the outcome of this case. The release says accused. It does not say convicted. A detainer is not a conviction. The April release does not say mother of two. Today’s caption does. This page is not adding “two” to the April release.

Fox News Digital reported today that the White House is highlighting the killing before President Trump speaks at 2 p.m. at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Alico Arena in Fort Myers, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. Fox does not print a time zone. Fox does not say the rally has already happened. White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital: “A few short months ago, an illegal alien barbarically killed a woman outside of a gas station in Fort Myers by hitting her on the head with a hammer multiple times.” She said he was released into the country by the Biden administration and then given Temporary Protected Status. Those sentences are today’s Fox story. They are not the April 7 quote. The April 7 release quotes Lauren Bis as Acting Assistant Secretary, in different words. This page is not merging the two quotes. Fox spells the name Rolbert Joachim. The April release spells Rolbert Joachin. This page is not treating those as one confirmed spelling. Fox says prosecutors later said they would seek the death penalty, according to local reporting. This page has not read that local reporting. This page is not adding a death-penalty filing from a page it did not read. This is not the North Fort Myers case already on this page.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 5:25 a.m. Pacific) | DHS on X (Oct. 23, 2026, 6:04 a.m. Pacific) | DHS — Haitian illegal alien kills a mother with a hammer in Fort Myers (April 7, 2026) | Fox News Digital (Oct. 23, 2026)

BREAKING 10/23: QUANTICO — POLICE SAY MIGUEL ALONSO MALDONADO SORIANO, 27, OF STAFFORD, WAS ARRESTED AFTER OFFICERS FOUND HIM DAMAGING THE IWO JIMA STATUE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE POLICE REPORT DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. FOX NEWS, QUOTE-POSTED BY ICE AND BY DHS, SAYS FEDERAL SOURCES CALL HIM A MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN AND A FORMER DACA RECIPIENT. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22-23, 2026. FOX NEWS.

The Prince William County Police Department daily report, as printed by Potomac Local, says that on October 21 at approximately 10:13 p.m., officers responded to the Iwo Jima statue in the area of Richmond Highway and Fuller Road in Quantico to investigate a destruction of property. It says arriving officers found a man, later identified as the accused, actively damaging the statue with a sledgehammer. It says officers detained him without incident. It says the damage included the removal of one depicted soldier’s head, plus other damage, and is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. It says Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford, was arrested October 21 and charged with felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property, and felony injury to a monument. It says the court date is pending and he is held without bond. The report does not say illegal alien. The report does not say Mexican. The report does not say DACA. The report does not print a time zone. A charge is not a conviction. Held without bond is not a conviction. The Fredericksburg Free Press, citing the same police news release, reports the same name, the same time, the same charges, and the same damage estimate.

Bill Melugin posted at 5:57 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 22. He wrote that multiple federal sources confirmed to Fox News that the suspect arrested for using a sledgehammer to behead a World War II Iwo Jima monument in Quantico, Virginia, is a Mexican illegal alien and a former DACA recipient whose legal status expired this year. He named Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano. He wrote that Soriano has been charged with felony destruction of property and trespass with intent to damage property. He wrote that, per those federal sources, Soriano illegally crossed into the U.S. in December 1999, was granted DACA by the Obama administration in 2014, had it extended for years, most recently by the Biden administration in 2024, and lost DACA status in August of this year when the Trump administration did not renew it. Melugin’s post says the attack was on Tuesday. The police report says October 21 at approximately 10:13 p.m. October 21, 2026, was a Wednesday. This page is not using Tuesday as the date. Melugin’s post does not list felony injury to a monument. The police report does. This page is not using the shorter charge list as the police list. “Illegal alien” and “former DACA recipient” are Melugin’s report of federal sources. They are not in the police report. This page has not read a charging document.

ICE quote-posted Melugin at 6:30 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 22. ICE’s own caption is a link. ICE’s caption does not print the name. ICE’s caption does not say illegal alien. ICE’s caption does not say DACA. A photo is on the ICE post. It is not a YouTube video. DHS quote-posted Melugin at 6:09 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 22. DHS’s own caption is a link. DHS’s caption does not print the name. DHS’s caption does not say illegal alien. A photo is on the DHS post. It is not a YouTube video.

The YouTube below is ABC News on the arrest. The public description says a Virginia man was arrested for allegedly using a sledgehammer to knock the head off a soldier depicted in the Iwo Jima memorial near the Marine Corps base, and that the damage is expected to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The description does not print a name. The description does not say illegal alien. This page has not transcribed the video. It is not an ICE video. It is not a DHS video.

Source: Potomac Local, printing the Prince William County Police Department daily report (Oct. 22, 2026) | Fredericksburg Free Press, citing the police news release (Oct. 22, 2026) | Bill Melugin on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 5:57 p.m. Pacific) | DHS quote-post (Oct. 22, 2026, 6:09 p.m. Pacific) | ICE quote-post (Oct. 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Pacific) | ABC News YouTube (Oct. 22, 2026)

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ASKS THE SUPREME COURT TO LET BIG BEND BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION RESUME, OCTOBER 21, 2026. CBS NEWS.

BREAKING 10/22: FLORIDA — HSI SAYS TAMPA TRACKED DOWN FIVE NONCITIZENS FOR ALLEGEDLY UNLAWFULLY VOTING IN U.S. ELECTIONS. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. THE CAPTION DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. FIVE IS NOT THE SIX IN THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA POSTS BELOW. AN ALLEGATION IS NOT A CONVICTION. A 30-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. HSI.

HSI posted at 4:08 p.m. Pacific. The caption says “MORE VOTER FRAUD ARRESTS!” The caption says HSI Tampa tracked down five noncitizens in Florida for allegedly unlawfully voting in U.S. elections. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not print an age. The caption does not print a city. The caption does not name a court. The caption does not say illegal alien. The caption says noncitizens. An allegation is not a conviction. The video on the post runs about 30 seconds. It is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed that video. This page is not matching the five in this caption to the six in the Middle District of Florida posts below. HSI did not say those are the same count. This is not Terrance Patrick Evans, already on this page. This is not the Sept. 29 Florida list of 16, already on this page.

Source: HSI on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 4:08 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: ICE NAMES BILLY AND JENNY. THE CAPTION SAYS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN DRIVING A COMMERCIAL TRUCK KILLED THE NEWLYWEDS. THE CAPTION SAYS HE ENTERED ILLEGALLY IN 2022, WAS RELEASED UNDER BIDEN, AND RECEIVED WORK AUTHORIZATION AND A NON-DOMICILED COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE IN CALIFORNIA. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT HIS NAME. SAME CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A NEW TRANSFER. A WEDDING PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 4:02 p.m. Pacific. The caption says nearly one year ago, newlyweds Billy and Jenny were killed by an illegal alien driving a commercial truck. The caption says he entered the U.S. illegally in 2022, was released under Biden, and received work authorization and a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license in California. The caption says Billy and Jenny had been married just 16 days. The caption says their families, along with other Angel Families, were left with a loss that was preventable. The caption says “This is our why.” The caption does not print the driver’s name. The caption does not name a state, a highway, or a court. The caption does not say he was transferred back to state custody. A wedding photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video.

The Oct. 15 item already on this page is the written ICE release on Rajinder Kumar. That release did not name the two Americans. That release did not say 16 days. That release did not say work authorization. That release did not say a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license in California. That release did not say released under Biden. Today’s caption does not print the name Rajinder Kumar. This page is not using today’s caption as a second transfer or a new arrest. “Illegal alien” in today’s caption is ICE’s wording. The charges already described on the Oct. 15 item are not a conviction.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 4:02 p.m. Pacific) | ICE written release already on this page (Oct. 15, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: SACRAMENTO — USCIS SAYS KARLA MONTOYA, 45, GENERAL MANAGER OF VIVA SUPERMARKETS, WAS FOUND GUILTY IN A SCHEME TO HIRE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS AND USE FALSE IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS. USCIS DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE IRS RELEASE DATES THE VERDICT OCT. 14 AFTER AN 11-DAY TRIAL. A VERDICT IS A CONVICTION. SHE HAS NOT BEEN SENTENCED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. USCIS.

The written USCIS release is dated Oct. 22. The USCIS page does not print a clock time. USCIS says it assisted the case that resulted in the conviction of Karla Montoya, 45, of Sacramento. USCIS says she was the general manager of the Sacramento-area grocery chain Viva Supermarkets. USCIS says she was found guilty for her role in a long-running scheme involving the hiring of undocumented workers, use of false immigration documents, and obstruction of two Department of Labor proceedings. USCIS says undocumented workers in that sentence and undocumented aliens in the next. USCIS does not say illegal alien. USCIS says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California made the announcement. No YouTube video.

USCIS says, according to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Montoya worked closely with Viva Supermarkets owner and former Sacramento City Councilmember Sean Loloee to hire undocumented aliens throughout the chain’s Sacramento-area stores. USCIS says she knowingly accepted fake Green Cards and Social Security cards during hiring for many employees, including her own false immigration documents. USCIS says she helped facilitate off-the-books payments and irregular pay practices, including depriving workers of overtime pay. USCIS says she joined Loloee in obstructing two Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigations, including hiding employees likely to provide unfavorable information and interfering with investigators on site. USCIS says the earlier investigation significantly understated the true amount of back wages owed. USCIS does not print that dollar amount. USCIS does not print how many workers.

USCIS says Shahriar “Sean” Loloee, 55, of Granite Bay, pleaded guilty on April 23, 2026, to one count of conspiracy to obstruct a Department of Labor investigation, one count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS, three counts of filing false tax returns, one count of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering. USCIS says co-defendants Mirwais Shams and Ahmad Shams pleaded guilty on Aug. 18, 2026, to filing false tax returns. USCIS says sentencing for those three is set for Nov. 19, 2026. A guilty plea is not the sentence.

USCIS says Montoya is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley on Jan. 7, 2027. USCIS says the maximum statutory penalty is five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for the count of conspiracy, up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each count of possession of false immigration documents and of possession, acceptance and receipt of false immigration documents, and five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for obstruction of agency proceeding. USCIS says the court will set the sentence. USCIS does not say she has been sentenced. Those maximums are not a sentence.

The IRS Criminal Investigation page is dated Oct. 14. It says a federal jury that day, after an 11-day trial, returned a guilty verdict. “Today” in that release is Oct. 14. The USCIS release dated Oct. 22 does not print Oct. 14 and does not print 11 days. This page is not using the USCIS date as the verdict date. The IRS page says false Permanent Resident cards. The USCIS page says fake Green Cards. This page is not merging those phrases. The IRS page quotes U.S. Attorney Eric Grant, IRS Criminal Investigation San Francisco Field Office Acting Special Agent in Charge David Lowe, and HSI Northern California Special Agent in Charge Jeff Brannigan. Those quotes are the IRS page. They are not in the USCIS release. The IRS page says IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations investigated, and names Assistant U.S. Attorneys Audrey B. Hemesath, Sam Stefanki, and Matthew Thuesen. The USCIS release does not print those names. The IRS page says the case was investigated with the Tax Recovery in the Underground Economy Task Force. The justice.gov announcement linked from the USCIS release did not return release text on this check. This page is not adding a count from a page it did not read.

Source: USCIS — grocery store manager convicted of immigration document fraud (Oct. 22, 2026) | IRS Criminal Investigation (Oct. 14, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: TAMPA — THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA SAYS SIX ALIENS ARE CHARGED WITH FALSELY CLAIMING U.S. CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE AND/OR ILLEGALLY VOTING IN THE 2022 AND 2024 ELECTIONS. THE POSTS DO NOT PRINT A NAME. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. SIX IS NOT THE FIVE IN THE LATER HSI CAPTION. PHOTOS ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE POSTS ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. Middle District of Florida.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida posted at 1:09 p.m. Pacific. The caption says six aliens were charged for falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to vote and/or illegally voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections. The caption tags HSI Tampa and the Florida Department of State. The graphic on that post is dated October 22, 2026. The graphic repeats the charge description. The graphic does not print a name. The Justice Department posted the same headline at 2:06 p.m. Pacific and tagged that office and HSI. HSI reposted the Justice Department item at 2:09 p.m. Pacific. The Justice Department post has three photos. The photos do not print a name. They are not a YouTube video.

The posts say charged. A charge is not a conviction. The posts do not say illegal alien. They say aliens. The posts do not give ages, cities, or countries. The written release link on the posts did not return the release text on this check. This item does not add a name from a page it did not read. This page is not matching these six to the five noncitizens in the later HSI caption. HSI did not say the counts are the same. This is not Terrance Patrick Evans, already on this page. This is not Andrea Catanese, already on this page from the Oct. 5 list. This is not the Sept. 29 Florida list of 16, already on this page.

Source: U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Florida, on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 1:09 p.m. Pacific) | Justice Department on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 2:06 p.m. Pacific) | HSI repost (Oct. 22, 2026, 2:09 p.m. Pacific) | Justice Department release link on those posts (text not returned on this check)

BREAKING 10/22: CBP SAYS THE DE MINIMIS LOOPHOLE WAS CLOSED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. THE CAPTION SAYS THAT ENDED THE FLOW OF MILLIONS OF UNINSPECTED PACKAGES TRAFFICKERS USED TO SMUGGLE FENTANYL PRECURSORS AND FINISHED PRODUCT. NO NEW PACKAGE TODAY. NO WEIGHT. NO NAME. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. CBP.

CBP posted at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. The caption says the de minimis loophole was closed in FY26. The caption says that ended the flow of millions of uninspected packages that traffickers used to smuggle fentanyl precursors and finished product into the country. The caption does not give a pound weight. The caption does not name a shipper, a port, or a person. The caption does not date the closure inside the fiscal year. A photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video. No arrest is in the caption.

Source: CBP on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: AMADO — THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AGENTS AT A CHECKPOINT FOUND FENTANYL AND COCAINE HIDDEN IN A VEHICLE FLOOR COMPARTMENT. HE SAYS THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED AND FACES DRUG CHARGES. NO WEIGHT. NO VALUE. NO NAME. NO CITIZENSHIP. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. Border Patrol Chief.

Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez posted at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. He said checkpoints are a second layer of defense that stop illicit contraband and people from reaching the interior. He said agents at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Amado, Arizona, discovered a load of fentanyl and cocaine hidden in the floor compartment of a vehicle. He said the driver was arrested and faces drug charges. He did not give a weight. He did not give a dollar value. He did not name the driver. He did not say illegal alien. He did not give the date of the stop. A photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video. This post does not give a weight, so this page is not matching it to an earlier Amado load. No YouTube video.

Source: Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: SACRAMENTO — ICE SAYS A MAN WHO FALSELY CLAIMED ICE KIDNAPPED HIS WIFE IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING HER. ICE DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. THE SHERIFF’S OCT. 16 RELEASE NAMES GURINDER GILL AND SAYS HE IS BOOKED ON A MURDER CHARGE. THAT CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. ICE DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE SHERIFF RELEASE DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THESE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. A PHOTO ON THE ICE POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 2:54 p.m. Pacific. The caption says a man falsely claimed ICE kidnapped his wife and is now charged with murdering her. The caption says she was the mother of their 8-month-old child. The caption says authorities discovered her burned and buried remains. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not name a county. The caption does not say illegal alien. A photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office release is dated Oct. 16. It says Jasmine Gill was last seen at her Sacramento residence on Sept. 30, 2026. It says her cousin reported her missing on Oct. 4. It says her husband, Gurinder Gill, claimed ICE agents had taken her into custody while she was checking the mail. It says detectives contacted ICE, which confirmed that no enforcement activity had occurred at the residence. It says detectives identified several inconsistencies in his statements. It says the two were in a divorce and a child custody dispute. It says burned human remains were discovered in El Dorado County on Oct. 1 and were later confirmed to be Jasmine Gill. It says homicide detectives obtained a murder warrant, arrested him on Wednesday, Oct. 14, searched two residences associated with him, and booked him into the Sacramento County Main Jail on murder charges. It says he is ineligible for bail. The sheriff release says burned human remains. It does not say buried. It does not mention a child. It does not print an age. It does not say illegal alien. A murder charge is not a conviction. The Sacramento Bee reported he is Gurinder Singh Gill, 28, and that Jasmine Gill was 30. Those ages are not in the sheriff release. This page has not read the complaint.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 2:54 p.m. Pacific) | Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office (Oct. 16, 2026) | Sacramento Bee

BREAKING 10/22: SPRINGFIELD — USCIS SAYS HANLIE VENTER, 67, A LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT FROM SOUTH AFRICA, IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL VOTING IN THE NOVEMBER 2024 FEDERAL ELECTION. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. USCIS DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. SHE IS NOT HESTER SOPHIA WEIHMANN. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. USCIS.

The written USCIS release is dated Oct. 22. It says Venter was born in South Africa, moved to the United States in 2020, and was granted lawful permanent resident status in 2021. It says she registered to vote in September 2024 and voted in the November 2024 federal election at a polling place in McDonald County, Missouri. It says lawful permanent residents are not allowed to vote in federal elections and are not allowed to vote in Missouri state or local elections. It says the charge is one count of unlawful voting. It says the charge in the criminal complaint is an accusation and not evidence of guilt. It says she faces up to one year in prison and a fine of $100,000. It says the maximum is set by Congress and the court will set any sentence. It says Homeland Security Investigations investigated and USCIS assisted. It does not say illegal alien. It does not give an arrest date. It does not name a judge. No YouTube video. She is not Hester Sophia Weihmann, the South African name already on this page from the Minnesota voter-fraud list.

Source: USCIS — alien from South Africa charged with unlawful voting (Oct. 22, 2026) | U.S. Attorney, Western District of Missouri, linked from the USCIS release

BREAKING 10/22: IDAHO — USCIS SAYS TWO CANADIAN ALIENS ARE CHARGED WITH UNLAWFULLY VOTING IN THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION. THE NAMES ARE TARALYNN KATHLEEN BOSCO, 48, OF REXBURG, AND STANLEY RICHARD WALTON, 82, OF CHUBBUCK. CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. USCIS DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THESE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. USCIS.

The written USCIS release is dated Oct. 22. It says USCIS assisted an investigation that resulted in charges against two Canadian aliens residing in eastern Idaho. It says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho made the announcement. It says, according to court records, Bosco is alleged to have voted in the 2022 general election even though she was not a U.S. citizen. It says, in a separate case, Walton is alleged to have voted in that election even though he was not a U.S. citizen. It says if convicted of illegal voting by aliens, each faces a fine up to $100,000 and up to one year in prison. It says charges are allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. It does not say illegal alien. It does not say lawful permanent resident. It does not give a filing date. It does not give a court date. No YouTube video.

Source: USCIS — aliens in Idaho charged for illegal voting (Oct. 22, 2026) | U.S. Attorney, District of Idaho, linked from the USCIS release

BREAKING 10/21: SONOITA — TUCSON SECTOR SAYS AGENTS STOPPED A VEHICLE ON STATE ROUTE 82 AND FOUND FOUR PEOPLE ILLEGALLY PRESENT, INCLUDING ONE IN THE TRUNK. THE DRIVER IS A BORDER CROSSING CARD HOLDER AND WAS REFERRED FOR PROSECUTION. NO NAMES. A REFERRAL IS NOT A CONVICTION. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. Tucson Sector.

Tucson Sector posted at 6:00 p.m. Pacific on Oct. 21. The post says Border Patrol agents in Sonoita apprehended five individuals after a vehicle stop on Arizona State Route 82. It says the four passengers were illegally present, including one person found in the trunk. It says that person reported being placed in the trunk near Nogales, Arizona, with limited water, no means of exit, and fear for his safety. It says the driver is a Border Crossing Card holder, was referred for prosecution, and the vehicle was seized under Tucson Sector guidelines. It calls the case a human smuggler endangering lives for profit. It does not name any of the five. It does not give ages. It does not give the passengers’ nationalities. It does not date the stop. It does not call the driver an illegal alien. A referral for prosecution is not a conviction. The line about summer heat in an enclosed vehicle is a general warning in the caption. It is not a date for this stop. A photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video. This driver is not the unnamed driver in the earlier item whose Border Crossing Card was revoked.

Source: Tucson Sector on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: BOSTON — DHS SAYS THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE APPREHENDED JENNIFER GONZALEZ YESTERDAY IN THE MASSACHUSETTS MARRIAGE-FRAUD CASE. SAME CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A SECOND ARREST. THE WRITTEN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE AND THE PRESS-CONFERENCE YOUTUBE WERE NOT ON THIS PAGE. DHS ADDS HOUSING AND UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD IN A CAPTION. THE CHARGE LIST DOES NOT. OCTOBER 22, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 1:33 p.m. Pacific. The caption says the Homeland Security Task Force apprehended Jennifer Gonzalez yesterday. Yesterday is Oct. 21. The Oct. 21 item already on this page says the press conference was Wednesday morning and that five of the six people were in federal custody. DHS spells the name Gonzalez. The Justice Department post already on this page spelled it Gonzales. NBC Boston spelled it Gonzalez. The written Justice Department release, dated Oct. 21, spells it Jennifer Gonzalez, 43, of Fall River. A charge is not a conviction.

DHS says the scheme grossed at least $6 million over ten years and that she arranged at least 18 sham marriages for people seeking U.S. citizenship. Those are the words in today’s caption. They are not the count already on this page. The written release says the operation averages about 18 to 20 illegal marriages a year and typically charges $38,000 to $40,000 each, and that she earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for at least 10 years. Foley’s post, already on this page, said 18 to 20 sham marriages a year and a low-end total of $6 million. “At least 18” is not “18 to 20 a year.” This page is not using the shorter caption as a new total.

DHS says she also committed SNAP, housing, and unemployment fraud, and used the profits to invest in the Dominican Republic. Housing fraud and unemployment fraud are not in the Oct. 21 item. They are not in the written charge list. The written release does not use those two phrases. It says the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general and the Department of Labor’s inspector general assisted. Assistance is not a charge. The charges are conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens, harboring illegal aliens, conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, and marriage fraud. The release says each harboring count carries up to 10 years, and each marriage-fraud count carries up to 5 years. It says the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The written release says Gonzalez allegedly uses the proceeds to buy businesses and real estate in the Dominican Republic, and that on recordings she called the Dominican Republic “her country.” That line is not in the Oct. 21 item. The release says defendants lied on Massachusetts SNAP applications by claiming they had never been married while filing immigration petitions for sham spouses. It says Gonzalez spent over $120,000 in SNAP benefits. The Oct. 21 item already has NBC’s figure of about $124,500 between 2019 and 2026. The written release does not print $124,500. This page is not merging the two figures.

The written release names six people, all charged with the same four offenses. Jennifer Gonzalez, 43, Fall River. Erica Daniels, 29, Fall River. Chreise Alejandro, 39, Fall River. NBC Boston spelled that name Cherice. Amara Pugh, 31, Fall River. The release says Pugh worked as the secretary. Jessica Tavares, 31, Attleboro. NBC said Fall River. Jaylin Hill, 26, Fall River. The release says Gonzalez, Daniels, Alejandro, Pugh, and Tavares were arrested Wednesday morning. It says Hill is serving a state prison sentence for a firearms offense. This page has not read the complaint. The release says the charging document is allegations.

The written release quotes recordings it says are between Gonzalez and a cooperating witness. “Massachusetts is the best place for you to be. That is a fact.” “You get health insurance. Um, you get a lot of help as an immigrant here.” She said the state is a sanctuary and that Trump does not like this state because the state defends them. She tied stricter immigration proceedings to Trump becoming president. Those quotes are the written release. They are not a conviction. DHS’s post has a video of about 49 seconds. It is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This page has not transcribed that video. The YouTube below is the U.S. Attorney’s press conference. The Oct. 21 item said no YouTube of that conference was on this page. This is that video. It is not a second case.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 1:33 p.m. Pacific) | Justice Department — six charged in a large-scale marriage fraud ring (Oct. 21, 2026) | USAO District of Massachusetts YouTube (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: LONG BEACH — ICE POSTS A 15-SECOND VIDEO AND SAYS THE INDIVIDUAL IS SHOWN TACKLING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ICE DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. ICE DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN IN THIS CAPTION. THIS IS THE SAME OCT. 17 INCIDENT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO NEW ARREST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

The post went up at 12:16 p.m. Pacific. ICE quote-posted Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Oct. 19 post. Jayapal called the person a U.S. citizen and said ICE assaulted and injured that person in Long Beach. ICE’s caption says sanctuary politicians have spent days screaming obscenities at officers for their arrest of this individual, and that the video shows the individual tackling a law enforcement officer. ICE does not name the officer. ICE does not name the individual. The Oct. 20 item already on this page says ICE and DHS did not name the person, and that the mayor and CNN name Ricardo Gonzalez and say he told officials he is a U.S. citizen. This post does not add a charging document, a medical record, or a court finding. A tackle described in a caption is not a conviction. The 15-second video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. This is not a second Long Beach arrest.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 12:16 p.m. Pacific) | Jayapal on X (Oct. 19, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: ICE POSTS THREE NAMES IT SAYS WERE DEPORTED OR ARRESTED. ALL THREE ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A SECOND ARREST. NOT A SECOND DEPORTATION. NO NEW COURT. A PHOTO ON THE LEAD POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

The thread went up at 12:11 p.m. Pacific. The lead caption says “Ah yes, small joys that make America safer…” ICE said it deported Victor Manuel Cervantes-Santillanes after Nevada honored an immigration detainer and transferred him into ICE custody. ICE said he had served time for second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, and discharging a firearm into a vehicle. That name is already on this page. ICE said ERO New Orleans arrested Alberto Ramirez-Diaz, 39, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, on Sept. 1 after the Tennessee Department of Corrections released him following a conviction for second-degree child rape. That arrest, and a Sept. 7 removal, are already on this page. Today’s post does not repeat the Sept. 7 removal. ICE said it deported Na Xin Wu, an illegal alien from China, convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. That name is already on this page. ICE did not give an age for Cervantes-Santillanes or for Na Xin Wu. ICE did not name a court. No YouTube video.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 12:11 p.m. Pacific) | Cervantes-Santillanes | Ramirez-Diaz | Na Xin Wu

BREAKING 10/22: TUCSON — CBP’S WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS TUCSON SECTOR ILLEGAL CROSSINGS FELL FROM MORE THAN 460,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO ABOUT 16,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2026. CBP CALLS THAT A 96 PERCENT REDUCTION. THE RELEASE SAYS ARIZONA PORTS OF ENTRY SEIZED MORE THAN 15,000 POUNDS OF NARCOTICS AND OVER 30 PERCENT OF CBP’S NATIONWIDE FENTANYL. THE WEDNESDAY BRIEFING VIDEO IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO NEW NAME. NO NEW YOUTUBE URL. OCTOBER 22, 2026. CBP.

The written release is dated Oct. 22. It describes the press conference held Wednesday at Tucson Sector headquarters. That briefing video is already embedded on this page. This item is the written count. Acting Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Stephen Cristinzio said illegal border crossings in Tucson Sector fell from more than 460,000 in FY 2024 to about 16,000 in FY 2026, a 96 percent reduction. The release does not print the arithmetic. He said that in the past 17 months there have been no releases of illegal aliens into the interior of the country. The 17-month zero-release line is already on this page from the border-wall visit. This release does not add a new national count. Tucson Field Office Director Roque Caza said Arizona ports of entry intercepted more than 15,000 pounds of illicit narcotics in FY 2026, including fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. He said Arizona ports accounted for over 30 percent of all fentanyl seized by CBP nationwide in FY 2026. He said the Tucson Field Office increased outbound ammunition interdictions destined for cartels in Mexico by more than 400 percent. He said cartels are increasingly smuggling fentanyl in powder form. CBP Air and Marine Operations Tucson Deputy Director Greg Tolley said the Tucson Air Branch seized 488 pounds of fentanyl and 283 pounds of cocaine in FY 2026 and led the nation in AMO fentanyl seizures. The release does not name a person arrested. The release links the same CBP YouTube briefing already embedded on this page. This is not a second video.

Source: CBP — end-of-year border security successes in Tucson (Oct. 22, 2026) | CBP YouTube, Tucson briefing, already embedded on this page

BREAKING 10/22: DHS SAYS ICE YESTERDAY ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE IT CALLS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, INCLUDING A TUCSON CONVICTION FOR CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS AND FIVE CONVICTIONS FOR ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION WRITTEN ON EVERY NAME. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 22. DHS posted the same five names on X at 11:59 a.m. Pacific. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. DHS said the arrests were yesterday. That is Oct. 21. DHS did not give a clock time for any arrest. DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name a court or a docket. An arrest is not a new conviction. DHS said each person was convicted of the crime it lists. Illegal alien on these five names is DHS’s label.

Jose Esteban Nunez-Ortega, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and five convictions for illegal re-entry in Tucson, Arizona. Aldo Casares, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for trafficking in amphetamines in Auburndale, Florida. Ivan Padilla-Carrillo, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for drug trafficking in Yreka, California. Juan Jose Jurado-Gonzalez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for possession with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine in Richmond, Virginia. Abdul Lopez-Lujan, a criminal illegal alien from Panama. DHS said a conviction for robbery in Brooklyn, New York.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that every day the patriots of ICE are going after criminal illegal aliens, and that yesterday ICE arrested alien traffickers, drug traffickers, robbers, and other public safety threats. The written release leads with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, trafficking in amphetamines, and robbery. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every name. Nunez-Ortega’s line is alien transport and illegal re-entry. Casares’s line is amphetamine trafficking. Padilla-Carrillo’s line is drug trafficking. Jurado-Gonzalez’s line is cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Lopez-Lujan’s line is robbery. The DHS caption on X says human smugglers, drug dealers, and thieves, and says these are some of the illegal aliens ICE arrested yesterday. That caption is the lead. It is not a conviction written on every name. This is not the Oct. 21 five-name list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 20 five-name list already on this page. No YouTube video with the release.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: alien traffickers, drug traffickers, and robbers (Oct. 22, 2026) | DHS on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 11:59 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS SAYS MORE THAN 2,200 KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS WERE IDENTIFIED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 AND MORE THAN 2,000 WERE REMOVED. DHS QUOTE-POSTED THE ITEM AND SAID “HUNT CARTELS. SAVE AMERICA.” THE DHS CAPTION DOES NOT REPEAT THE NUMBERS. NO NAME. NO NEW ARREST TODAY. PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE 2,236 ARREST LINE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE SEPT. 9 COUNT OF MORE THAN 2,150 ARRESTS AND 2,015 REMOVALS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. CBP AMO.

CBP Air and Marine Operations posted at 9:22 a.m. Pacific. The caption says the numbers are for border security in fiscal year 2026. The caption says more than 2,200 known or suspected terrorists have been identified, with more than 2,000 removed from the United States. The caption says identified. It does not say arrested. The caption does not say whether the people removed are the same people as the identified count. The caption does not give a start date inside the fiscal year. The caption does not name a person. Three photos are on the post. Not a YouTube video. No written cbp.gov or dhs.gov release with this sentence was on the newsroom lists checked for this item.

DHS quote-posted the item at 11:24 a.m. Pacific. The only words in the DHS caption are “Hunt Cartels. Save America.” DHS did not add a number. This page is not matching the “more than 2,200” line to the 2,236 arrest figure already on this page, or to the Sept. 9 figure of more than 2,150 arrests and 2,015 removals already on this page. CBP AMO did not say those are the same counts.

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 9:22 a.m. Pacific) | DHS on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 11:24 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: TROY — ICE QUOTE-POSTS AN ITEM ABOUT A MAN THE QUOTED POST CALLS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN ACCUSED OF RAPE. ICE’S OWN CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. ICE’S CAPTION DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. ICE’S CAPTION DOES NOT SAY IT LODGED A DETAINER. LOCAL POLICE REPORTING NAMES KOVY CARRILLO-FLORES, 25, OF GUATEMALA, AND SAYS HE IS CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF THIRD-DEGREE RAPE. CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 11:16 a.m. Pacific. The only words in the ICE caption are “Radical sanctuary politicians are choosing to protect rapists over Americans.” The quoted post names Kovy Carrillo-Flores and says he is an illegal alien from Guatemala. The quoted post says he allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl and bit police officers when they tried to arrest him. The quoted post says Democrats are refusing to hand him over to ICE. Those lines are the quoted post. They are not sentences in the ICE caption. A photo is on the quoted post. It is not a YouTube video.

WRGB reported on Oct. 20 that Troy police said Manchester, Vermont, detectives contacted them on Oct. 13 with information that 25-year-old Kovy Carrillo-Flores, from Guatemala, had engaged in sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl in Troy. WRGB said police determined the two were familiar with each other and that police said the girl could not consent because of her age. WRGB said that on Oct. 19 detectives saw him on Fifth Avenue near 116th Street, that police said he fought officers and bit one detective, and that a second detective sustained a wrist injury. WRGB said he is charged with four counts of third-degree rape and was scheduled to be arraigned in Troy City Court on Oct. 20. WNYT spelled the name Kovy B. Carrillo-Flores and reported the same four counts. The WRGB story and the WNYT story, as read for this item, do not say illegal alien. They do not say ICE lodged a detainer. No written ice.gov release with this name was on the newsroom list checked for this item.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 11:16 a.m. Pacific) | Libs of TikTok on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 10:00 a.m. Pacific) | WRGB (Oct. 20, 2026) | WNYT (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: IOWA — DHS NOW PRINTS THE FIVE NAMES ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE DAILY SIGNAL STORY ICE QUOTE-POSTED THIS MORNING. SAME FIVE. NOT A SECOND SET OF ARRESTS. DHS SPELLS THE CUBAN NATIONAL PINO-BECQUER. THE EARLIER ITEM NOTED TWO SPELLINGS IN THE DAILY SIGNAL STORY. NO AGES. NO COURTS. PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 11:13 a.m. Pacific. The caption says the men and women of ICE are working across the country America Safe Again. The caption says that because of four years of open borders, no state escaped the negative impacts of mass migration. The caption says illegal aliens have engaged in assaults, sexual exploitation, and drunk driving. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every name. The caption says these are a few of the worst offenders apprehended in Iowa this month. No written dhs.gov release with these five names was on the press-release list checked for this item. Still photos. Not a YouTube video.

Amilcar Perz-Morfin. DHS spells it Perz. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Mexico, arrested by ICE on Oct. 16, with a conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor – prostitution. DHS said Border Patrol arrested him in November 2009, he was granted a voluntary departure in May 2010, and he then illegally re-entered at an unknown date and location. Sidney Pino-Becquer. DHS uses that spelling in the post. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Cuba, arrested on Oct. 1, with convictions for child endangerment and assault causing serious injury – without intent, and child endangerment – torture or cruelty, and an arrest for battery. The battery line is an arrest in the post. DHS said he entered through Arizona in October 2021, Border Patrol arrested him, and the Biden administration released him. Axel Sanchez Torres. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Mexico, arrested by ICE on Oct. 1, with convictions for domestic abuse – assault causing injury or mental illness, a felony controlled-substance violation, and driving while intoxicated. DHS said he entered at an unknown date and location. Cristian Sneider Garcia-Salas. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Colombia, arrested by ICE on Oct. 7, with convictions for assault, public intoxication, and possession of a controlled substance. DHS said he entered through Arizona in October 2021 and was released under the Biden administration. Jefri Cap Villagran. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Guatemala, arrested by ICE on Oct. 15, with convictions for operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, assault by a confined person, and eluding while exceeding the speed limit by 25 miles per hour or more. DHS lists arrests, not convictions, for possession of a dangerous weapon, operating while under the influence, eluding, criminal mischief, and interfering with official acts. DHS said an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Sept. 5, 2012, he was deported in September 2012, and he then illegally re-entered. DHS called that re-entry a felony. The earlier item on this page said the re-entry line was according to the White House. DHS states the re-entry in its own post.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 11:13 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: ICE PUBLISHES A WRITTEN RELEASE ON THE SNAP FRAUD OPERATION AND POSTS A 66-SECOND VIDEO. THE RELEASE NAMES FOUR HAITIAN NATIONALS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. IT DOES NOT NAME ELIZABETH POVEA RODRIGUEZ. SAME OPERATION. NOT A SECOND CRACKDOWN. NO NEW COUNT. NO NEW COURT. A STILL SET ON THE RELEASE. THE VIDEO IS ON X. IT IS NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted the video at 10:59 a.m. Pacific. The caption says the days of Americans being ripped off are over. The caption says that as part of the White House Fraud Task Force, ICE is cracking down on SNAP fraud committed by illegal aliens who have exploited taxpayer-funded programs. The caption does not print a name. The caption does not print a dollar amount. The video runs 66 seconds. It is on X. It is not a YouTube video.

The written ICE release is dated Oct. 22. The dateline is Washington. ICE said it has launched a nationwide operation targeting illegal aliens who have been fraudulently collecting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. ICE said the first handful of arrests includes four Haitian illegal aliens: Rubstony Junior Theodore, whose prior arrests include larceny, obstruction of officers, and trespassing; Wilbert Jean Baptiste; Louis Jean; and Jhensly Charles. ICE said those arrests are the first wave. ICE said every one of them entered unlawfully, and in some cases while carrying criminal records. Those four names are already on this page from the Oct. 21 DHS release and the Oct. 21 ICE thread. Arrests are not convictions. The larceny, obstruction, and trespassing lines are arrests in this release. The release does not write a SNAP-fraud conviction on any name. The release does not name Elizabeth Povea Rodriguez. She is the fifth name on the Oct. 21 DHS release already on this page. Secretary Markwayne Mullin repeated the line already on this page: the people already arrested and deported are a drop in the bucket. The release prints one paragraph twice. No age. No city. No court.

Source: ICE — nationwide SNAP operation (Oct. 22, 2026) | ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 10:59 a.m. Pacific) | DHS — same operation, five names (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: LOS ANGELES — HSI SAYS LOS ANGELES IS MAKING ARRESTS IN ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD UNDER OPERATION PROTECT THE VOTE. TODAY’S POSTS DO NOT PRINT A NAME. THEY DO NOT PRINT A NEW COUNT. THEY DO NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S OCTOBER 19 CHARGING RELEASE IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THAT RELEASE SAYS 28 LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. IT SAYS 11 OF THEM WERE ARRESTED THAT DAY. CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. AN 18-SECOND VIDEO IS ON X. THE YOUTUBE VIDEO IS THE OCTOBER 19 ANNOUNCEMENT. OCTOBER 22, 2026. HSI LOS ANGELES.

HSI headquarters posted at 9:15 a.m. Pacific. The caption says Operation Protect the Vote. The caption says HSI Los Angeles is cracking down on alleged election fraud to protect lawful voters. HSI Los Angeles posted at 10:01 a.m. Pacific. That caption says HSI Los Angeles is making arrests in connection with alleged election fraud. Neither caption prints a name. Neither caption prints a number. Neither caption says illegal alien. Neither caption says lawful permanent resident. An arrest is not a conviction. The headquarters post carries an 18-second video on X. It is not a YouTube video.

The written Justice Department release is dated Oct. 19. It is not already on this page. The department said federal law enforcement in California that day arrested 11 foreign nationals who are among 28 charged in criminal complaints. The department said the 28 are lawful permanent residents, green-card holders, with legal immigration status, and that they are not U.S. citizens and are not permitted to vote in U.S. elections. The department did not call them illegal aliens. The department said the charges include making false statements in a naturalization application, and that some defendants are also charged with fraudulent voter registration. The department said both of those charges are felonies with a maximum of five years. The department said the defendants arrested that day were expected to make initial appearances that afternoon and that no pleas would be taken that day. The release does not say which 11 of the 28 were the people arrested on Oct. 19. Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter said each of the 28 appears on a list of more than 20,000 likely noncitizen registrants given to California. That 20,000 figure is his statement about the list. It is not a count of people charged in this release. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said California is mailing ballots to noncitizens. A complaint is an accusation. The release says the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Central District of California. The release says these defendants face felony charges, including false statements in a naturalization application. Omar Alexander Muñoz, 72, a Belizean national living in Commerce. The release says he fraudulently registered in September 2019, voted in 2020, twice in 2022, and in 2024, and lied on a naturalization application. Amandeep Kaur, 30, an Indian national living in Rancho Palos Verdes. The release says she registered in December 2022 and voted in the November 2024 election. Ana Domínguez, 60, a Salvadoran national living in Long Beach. The release says she registered in July 2006 and lied in naturalization paperwork in March 2026. Axel Giovani Prera García, 46, a Guatemalan national in Pico Rivera. The release says he registered in 2002 and 2005 and lied in naturalization paperwork in June 2025. Flavio Alejandro Zúñiga, 43, a Mexican national in La Puente. The release says he registered in 2003 and lied in naturalization paperwork in February 2026. Butleng Taing, 43, a Cambodian national in Long Beach. The release says he registered in July 2021, voted in 2022 and 2024, and lied on naturalization paperwork in August 2025. Carlos Antonio Galeas, 54, a Honduran national in West Covina. The release says he registered in 2012 and 2016 and lied in naturalization paperwork in September 2018. Ernest Gutiérrez Ruvalcaba, 57, a Mexican national in Wilmington. The release says he registered in February 2024 and voted one month later. Jesús Narez-Madrigal, 52, a Mexican national in Carson. The release says he registered in 2014, voted in the 2024 general election, and lied in naturalization paperwork in June 2024. José Antonio Bañuelos-Díaz, 42, a Mexican national in West Adams. The release says he registered in 2007 and lied on naturalization paperwork in March 2025. Muhammad Khan, 50, a Pakistani national in Anaheim. The release says he submitted a provisional ballot in 2020 and lied on naturalization paperwork five years later. Rouzbeh Seyamaknejad, 63, a Canadian national in Rancho Palos Verdes. The release says he registered in December 2018, lied in a naturalization application in January 2024, and voted in November 2024. Sulema de León, 35, a Mexican national in Long Beach. The release says she registered in 2013, lied on a naturalization application in 2019, and voted in the November 2020 general election.

Eastern District of California. The release says these defendants are charged with voting by an alien in a federal election, a misdemeanor with a maximum of one year. Maricela Nazarín González, 43, a Mexican national in Clovis. The release says she registered in 2020 and voted in 2022, twice in 2024, and in 2025. Rony de Jesús Sicaja, 38, a Guatemalan national in Fresno. The release says he registered in 2017 and voted in the June 2022 primary and the November 2024 general election. Camino Giles Jiménez, 51, a Mexican national in Kerman. The release says he knowingly voted in three U.S. elections, the most recent the June 2026 primary, and the release uses “he.” Juan Antonio Rivas García, 46, a Mexican national in Sacramento. The release says he registered in 2018 and 2020 and voted in the 2022 and 2024 elections. Giezell Viduya Adawag, 41, a Philippines national in Vacaville. The release says she registered the day of the November 2024 general election and voted that day. Kamlesh Navnitlal Shah, 67, an Indian national in Sacramento. The release says he registered on the day of the November 2024 general election and voted that day, and that he is charged via information.

Northern District of California. The release says these defendants are charged with attempted procurement of naturalization contrary to law, a false statement under oath in a matter relating to naturalization or citizenship, and voting by an alien. Verónica Bullene, 43, also called Verónica Hernández Martínez, a Mexican national in Petaluma. The release says she registered in 2022 and 2023 and voted in 2024. David Shapiro, 41, a Georgian national in San Jose. The release says Georgian national. It does not say the U.S. state of Georgia. The release says he registered in 2024 and later voted. Moe Thida Lwin, 57, a Myanmar national in Daly City. The release says she registered in 2024. The printed sentence says she then proceeded to illegally vote in a U.S. citizen. Maribel del Carmen Garcés Barriga, 62, an Ecuadoran national in San Francisco. The release says she registered in 2024 and voted. Manakotau Mataele Finau, 61, a Tongan national in Hayward. The release says he fraudulently registered to vote in the 2024 election and then lied about it in naturalization paperwork. The printed line says “then vote.”

Southern District of California. The release says these defendants are charged with a false claim to citizenship to vote, unlawful attempted procurement of naturalization, and a false statement under oath in a matter relating to naturalization or citizenship. José Probitsado Amaro, 51, a citizen of the Philippines in National City. Jennifer Jung, 31, a Canadian national in San Diego. Erick Ronaldo Soto Mendizábal, 64, a citizen of Guatemala, a former Oceanside resident now living in Moreno Valley. Pamele Arbués Line, 56, a citizen of the Philippines in Escondido. The release spells the first name Pamele. The release says each of the four registered by falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen, cast a ballot in the November 2024 general election, and made false statements in the naturalization process denying that claim. These 28 names are not already on this page. This is not the Syracuse arrest already on this page. That post names no one and says German national. This release does not print a German name.

Source: HSI Los Angeles on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 10:01 a.m. Pacific) | HSI on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 9:15 a.m. Pacific) | Justice Department — 28 foreign nationals charged in California (Oct. 19, 2026) | USAO Central District of California YouTube

BREAKING 10/22: IOWA — ICE QUOTE-POSTS A DAILY SIGNAL STORY THE WHITE HOUSE RAPID RESPONSE ACCOUNT LINKED. THE HEADLINE SAYS FIVE CRIMINAL ALIENS WERE ARRESTED IN IOWA. ICE’S OWN CAPTION IS “MAKING IOWA SAFE AGAIN!” ICE DOES NOT PRINT THE FIVE NAMES. THE NAMES AND THE CONVICTIONS ARE THE DAILY SIGNAL’S ACCOUNT OF WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE HIGHLIGHTED. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

The White House rapid-response account posted the link at 9:35 a.m. Pacific. ICE quote-posted it at 9:46 a.m. Pacific. The only words in the ICE caption are “MAKING IOWA SAFE AGAIN!” No written ice.gov or dhs.gov release with these five names was on the newsroom lists checked for this item. The Daily Signal story is dated Oct. 22. It says the White House is highlighting the arrests ahead of a Trump rally in Sioux City Thursday night. The headline says the arrests were in Iowa. The five writeups say ICE or immigration enforcement arrested each person on a date. Those writeups do not repeat a city. The story does not print an age. The story does not name a court. Illegal alien on these five names is the story’s label for what it says the White House highlighted. A conviction in this item is the story’s account. It is not a judgment this page read.

Amilcar Perz-Morfin. The story spells it Perz, not Perez. The story says he is an illegal alien from Mexico, arrested by ICE on Oct. 16, with a conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor — prostitution. The story says Border Patrol arrested him in November 2009, he was granted a voluntary departure in May 2010, and he later illegally reentered. The story does not give the reentry date. Sidney Pino-Becquer. The numbered heading spells it Pino-Becquer. The next sentence spells it Pino-Becque. The story says he is an illegal alien from Cuba, arrested on Oct. 1, with convictions for child endangerment and assault causing serious injury — without intent, and child endangerment — torture or cruelty, and an arrest for battery. The battery line is an arrest in the story. The story says he entered through Arizona in October 2021, Border Patrol arrested him, and the Biden administration released him, according to the White House. Axel Sanchez Torres. The story says he is an illegal alien from Mexico, arrested by ICE on Oct. 1, with convictions for domestic abuse — assault causing injury or mental illness, a felony controlled-substance violation, and driving while intoxicated. The story says he entered at an unknown date and location. Cristian Sneider Garcia-Salas. The story says he is an illegal alien from Colombia, arrested by ICE on Oct. 7, with convictions for assault, public intoxication, and possession of a controlled substance. The story says he entered through Arizona in October 2021 and was released under the Biden administration, according to the White House. Jefri Cap Villagran. The story says he is an illegal alien from Guatemala, arrested by ICE on Oct. 15, with convictions for operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, assault by a confined person, and eluding while exceeding the speed limit by 25 miles per hour or more. The story lists arrests, not convictions, for possession of a dangerous weapon, operating while under the influence, eluding, criminal mischief, and interfering with official acts. The story says an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Sept. 5, 2012, he was deported in September 2012, and, according to the White House, he then illegally reentered. No photo on the ICE caption. The story’s image is a composite. It is not a YouTube video.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 9:46 a.m. Pacific) | White House rapid response on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 9:35 a.m. Pacific) | Daily Signal (Oct. 22, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: WALLKILL — ICE SAYS IT DEPORTED ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ MARTINEZ, A MEXICAN NATIONAL, AFTER A JUDGE ORDERED HIM REMOVED. THE HEADLINE SAYS HE WAS TWICE CONVICTED OF DUI IN NEW YORK AND THAT SEX-ABUSE CHARGES WERE PENDING. THE CAPTION SAYS WALLKILL CHARGED HIM WITH FIRST-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE AND FORCIBLE TOUCHING. THOSE CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS IN THIS POST. NO AGE. NO COURT. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT MIGUEL ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ VASCONCELOS. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 10:10 a.m. Pacific. The headline says an illegal alien twice convicted of DUI in New York, with pending sex-abuse charges, was deported. The caption says ICE officers took custody of Mexican national Alejandro Martinez Martinez just days after he was arrested in Wallkill, N.Y., and charged with first-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching. The caption says ICE deported him soon after a judge ordered him removed. ICE did not name the judge. ICE did not name the court. ICE did not give the DUI conviction dates. ICE did not give the Wallkill arrest date. ICE did not print an age. The sex-abuse lines are charges. The DUI line is the headline’s statement of convictions. A still photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video.

No written ice.gov release with this name was on the newsroom list checked for this item. July local reports charged an Alejandro Martinez, 34, of the Town of Wallkill, with first-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching, and they give an arrest date of July 2. ICE’s post prints Alejandro Martinez Martinez and says custody came just days after the Wallkill arrest. July 2 is not just days before Oct. 22. This page is not matching the two names. He is not Miguel Alejandro Martinez Vasconcelos, already on this page in a guilty-plea list.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 10:10 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: SYRACUSE — HSI SAYS IT ARRESTED A GERMAN NATIONAL ON A FEDERAL WARRANT FOR VOTING BY ALIENS. HSI SAYS THE PERSON ALLEGEDLY REGISTERED AND VOTED IN AN ELECTION WITH FEDERAL CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. NO NAME. AN ARREST IS NOT A CONVICTION. A PHOTO WITH THE FACE BLURRED. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE NORTH CAROLINA GERMAN LAWFUL-PERMANENT-RESIDENT CASES ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. HSI.

HSI posted at 7:43 a.m. Pacific. The caption says HSI Syracuse arrested a German national pursuant to a federal arrest warrant for violation of voting by aliens. The caption says they allegedly registered to vote and voted in an election where federal candidates were on the ballot. HSI used “they.” HSI did not print a name. HSI did not print an age. HSI did not name the election. HSI did not say illegal alien. HSI did not say lawful permanent resident. A warrant and an arrest are not a conviction. The photo shows two jackets marked HSI and a person in handcuffs. The face is blurred. It is not a YouTube video.

DHS quote-posted the item at 8:27 a.m. Pacific. The DHS caption says another voter fraud charge. The DHS caption says the department will not allow the votes of American citizens to be cancelled out by non-citizens illegally voting. DHS did not add a name. No written ice.gov or dhs.gov release with a name for this Syracuse arrest was on the newsroom lists checked for this item. This is not James Edward Herrmann, Karl Fout, or Ramona Abreu-Exia. Those names are already on this page as natives of Germany and lawful permanent residents in North Carolina voter cases. This post does not print those names.

Source: HSI on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 7:43 a.m. Pacific) | DHS on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 8:27 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: QUEENS — ICE SAYS ERO NEW YORK FUGITIVE OPERATIONS ARRESTED ELI HERNANDEZ-SANDOVAL AND DEPORTED HIM. ICE SAYS HE CROSSED THE SOUTHERN BORDER ILLEGALLY AND WAS ORDERED REMOVED ON SEPT. 3. THE CAPTION SAYS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT A CONVICTION OR A CHARGE. NO AGE. NO COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 6:05 a.m. Pacific. The caption says ICE ERO New York Fugitive Operations arrested Eli Hernandez-Sandoval in Queens, N.Y., during a targeted enforcement operation. The caption says he was illegally present after crossing the southern border illegally. The caption says he was ordered removed on Sept. 3 and that ICE deported him. The caption does not give a year for Sept. 3. The caption says criminal illegal alien. The caption does not print a criminal conviction. The caption does not print a criminal charge. The caption does not print a country of citizenship. The caption does not print an age. A still photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video. No written ice.gov release with this name was on the newsroom list checked for this item.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 6:05 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: FORT HANCOCK — THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AGENTS APPREHENDED A SALVADORAN NATIONAL HE CALLS A CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKER WHO HAD BEEN DEPORTED AND WAS TRYING TO RE-ENTER. THE CHIEF SAYS THE MAN IS FACING PROSECUTION FOR ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY. THE GRAPHIC SAYS AGGRAVATED FELON ARRESTED AND FORT HANCOCK, TX. THE CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT THE CITY. NO NAME. NO AGE. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 15 FORT HANCOCK DRONE APPREHENSION. THIS IS NOT JAIME FELIPE BATRES. OCTOBER 22, 2026. Border Patrol Chief.

Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez posted at 3:00 a.m. Pacific. The caption says agents apprehended a convicted drug trafficker attempting to slip back into the United States after being previously deported. The caption says the Salvadoran national is facing prosecution for illegal re-entry. Prosecution is not a conviction on the re-entry charge. The drug-trafficking conviction is the chief’s statement. The caption does not name a court. The caption does not name a country of conviction. The caption does not print Fort Hancock. The graphic prints FORT HANCOCK, TX. The graphic prints AGGRAVATED FELON ARRESTED. The graphic does not say Salvadoran. The graphic does not say drug trafficking. The graphic does not print a name. A photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video.

No written cbp.gov release with a name for this Fort Hancock arrest was on the newsroom list checked for this item. This is not the Oct. 15 Fort Hancock item already on this page. That item is a drone apprehension of two aliens, with no names and no nationalities. This is not Jaime Felipe Batres, the Guatemalan national already on this page from an arrest near Fort Hancock. The chief’s caption today says Salvadoran and drug trafficking. It does not say Guatemala. It does not say a sex offense.

Source: Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 22, 2026, 3:00 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: QUEENS — ICE SAYS IT DEPORTED RAFAEL HUMBERTO BARRIENTOS HERNANDEZ AFTER AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE ORDERED HIM REMOVED ON SEPT. 1. ICE SAYS NEW YORK POLICE ARRESTED HIM IN 2026 FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE AND THEN RELEASED HIM IN QUEENS. ALLEGED IS NOT A CONVICTION IN THIS POST. NO AGE. NO COUNTRY. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT CARLOS ISAEL CERVANTES-BARRIENTOS. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 6:05 p.m. Pacific. The caption says that in 2026, local law enforcement in New York arrested Rafael Humberto Barrientos Hernandez for alleged sexual abuse and released him back onto Queens County streets, and that he was an illegal alien. The caption says he entered the country illegally and took refuge in New York, which the caption calls a sanctuary state. The caption says an immigration judge ordered him removed Sept. 1, and that ICE deported him. The caption does not give a year for Sept. 1. The caption does not name the police department. The caption does not name a statute beyond alleged sexual abuse. The caption does not say convicted. The caption does not print an age. The caption does not print a country of citizenship. A still photo is on the post. It is not a YouTube video.

No written ice.gov release with this name was on the newsroom list checked for this item. He is not Carlos Isael Cervantes-Barrientos, already on this page. That name is a Mexico conviction the page records as indecent liberties with a child. Today’s post does not print Cervantes. Today’s post does not print a conviction.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 6:05 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/22: ATLANTA — DHS SAYS A MAN THREW A BOTTLE IT CALLS AN IMPROVISED INCENDIARY DEVICE AT THE ICE FIELD OFFICE AND THAT THE DEVICE CAUGHT ON THE PERIMETER FENCE. THE FBI IS OFFERING UP TO $20,000 FOR THE UNKNOWN MAN. NO NAME. NO ARREST. THIS IS THE SAME OCT. 20 INCIDENT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 22, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 22. DHS said that on the evening of Oct. 20 a male suspect threw an improvised incendiary device toward the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations field office in Atlanta. DHS said the device did not reach the facility. DHS said it became caught on the top of the perimeter fence. DHS said that at approximately 9:00 p.m. EST the subject threw a bottle later identified as an improvised incendiary device. DHS said an Atlanta Police Department officer in the immediate vicinity saw it and chased him on foot. DHS said the suspect fled. DHS did not name him. DHS did not say anyone was arrested. Secretary Markwayne Mullin called it the latest attack and restated a line already on this page: more than a 1,600 percent increase in assaults on ICE officers. The written release does not give a new assault count from Tuesday night. Still photos of the device and the fence are on the release. Not a YouTube video from DHS.

The item already on this page said the FBI reported the incident around 9:30 p.m. and that the fence and the chase were in an account ICE quote-posted, not in ICE’s own caption. Today’s written release is DHS stating the fence and the chase. The clock times do not match. DHS wrote approximately 9:00 p.m. EST. The FBI’s public notice writes approximately 8:14 p.m.

The FBI Atlanta seeking-information page says the bureau is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the unknown individual responsible. The FBI said the attempted arson was at the Department of Homeland Security building at 180 Ted Turner Drive at approximately 8:14 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The notice says unknown suspect. It does not print a name. It does not say an arrest was made. This is not the July 2020 Atlanta ICE arson already on this page. The $20,000 figure in this item is the reward on the FBI notice for the Oct. 20, 2026 incident. It is not the older reward in the 2020 case.

Source: DHS — statement after a man attempted to firebomb the Atlanta ICE facility (Oct. 22, 2026) | FBI — attempted arson, Atlanta, seeking information | FOX 5 Atlanta YouTube

BREAKING 10/22: CAMPO — BORDER PATROL SAYS AGENTS ARRESTED A MEXICAN NATIONAL SHORTLY AFTER HE ILLEGALLY ENTERED NEAR CAMPO, AND THAT HE HAD SERVED 13 YEARS AND NINE MONTHS IN A MEXICAN PRISON AFTER A MURDER CONVICTION IN GUANAJUATO. THE RELEASE DOES NOT PRINT HIS NAME. OCTOBER 22, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP local media release is dated Oct. 22. The dateline is Campo, Calif. CBP said San Diego Sector agents took the man into custody at 12:31 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2026. CBP said that during processing agents found he had served 13 years and nine months in a Mexican prison following a murder conviction in Guanajuato, Mexico. CBP said he remains in federal custody pending removal proceedings. San Diego Sector Chief Justin M. De La Torre said agents work to intercept people who try to enter illegally and who may pose a threat to public safety. CBP did not give an age. CBP did not name a Mexican court. CBP did not say the murder case was in a United States court. The conviction in this release is the Mexican conviction CBP described. No new United States criminal charge is written in the release. No YouTube video with the release.

This is not the Oct. 20 Interstate 15 fentanyl seizure already on this page. That item is a Honda CR-V and about 51.9 pounds. This release is one man. No drugs. No vehicle. No name.

Source: CBP — Border Patrol agents arrest convicted murderer near Campo (Oct. 22, 2026)

BREAKING 10/22: PONCE — CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS SAYS CREWS SEIZED 1,309 POUNDS OF COCAINE FROM A YOLA SOUTH OF GUAYANILLA. CBP SAYS THE THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD ARE UNDOCUMENTED VENEZUELAN NATIONALS. CBP SAYS THE LOAD IS WORTH ABOUT $9.4 MILLION. THE RELEASE DOES NOT NAME THEM. OCTOBER 22, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP national media release is dated Oct. 22. The dateline is Ponce, Puerto Rico. CBP said Air and Marine Operations, with law enforcement partners, interdicted a vessel south of Guayanilla. CBP said that on Oct. 7, Ponce Marine Operations crews located and intercepted a yola-type vessel with three individuals on board. CBP said the vessel and the occupants were taken to the Ponce port of entry. CBP said field testing confirmed the contraband was cocaine. CBP said the estimated value is $9.4 million. CBP said the three undocumented occupants are Venezuelan nationals. CBP did not print names. CBP did not say charged. CBP did not say convicted. CBP said the Homeland Security Task Force will lead the investigation and prosecution. Christopher Hunter, director of the Caribbean Air and Marine Branch, said the seizure reflects coordinated maritime enforcement. CBP said that in fiscal year 2026, Air and Marine Operations actions with partners resulted in the seizure of more than 183,000 pounds of cocaine. That figure is the fiscal-year line in this release. It is not the weight of this boat. No YouTube video with this release.

This is not the release already on this page that says about 562 pounds and 231 packages. That item is a different seizure. This is not the Sept. 29 Mona Passage yola rescue already on this page. Christopher Hunter’s name is also on an earlier Ponce Marine Unit facility item on this page. That item is not this seizure.

Source: CBP — 1,309 pounds of cocaine off southern Puerto Rico (Oct. 22, 2026)

A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS DHS TO STOP ELECTIONS-RELATED DOOR KNOCKS FOR POSSIBLE NONCITIZEN VOTERS IN NINE STATES, OCTOBER 22, 2026. CBS NEWS.

BREAKING 10/21: DHS SAYS NET MIGRATION IS NEGATIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST 50 YEARS. THE POST DOES NOT GIVE A NUMBER. THE GRAPHIC DOES NOT GIVE A NUMBER. A PHOTO OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO NEW ARREST. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 4:04 p.m. Pacific. The caption says net negative migration for the first time in at least 50 years. The caption says the department is putting Americans first. The graphic prints the words Net Negative Migration. The graphic shows President Trump with a raised fist and the DHS seal. The graphic does not print a count of arrivals. The graphic does not print a count of departures. The graphic does not print a net figure. The caption does not name a start year. The caption does not name an end year. The caption does not say the figure is illegal immigration only. The caption does not separate legal admissions from illegal entries. Net negative migration is the phrase in this post. The post does not show the arithmetic.

No written dhs.gov release with this line was on the newsroom list checked for this item. This post does not repeat the Oct. 16 apprehension counts already on this page. Those counts are encounters and apprehensions. They are not a net-migration figure. ICE reposted an earlier DHS line on Oct. 2 that said half a century. That earlier post is not this graphic. Today’s caption says at least 50 years. No YouTube video.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 4:04 p.m. Pacific) | ICE repost of an earlier DHS line (Oct. 2, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: SANTA MARIA — THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS A MULTI-AGENCY OPERATION APPREHENDED AN INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE. HE SAYS THE TARGET WAS AN MS-13 GANG MEMBER WITH AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR AGGRAVATED HOMICIDE IN EL SALVADOR. THE POST DOES NOT PRINT A NAME. THE GRAPHIC SAYS HOMICIDE SUSPECT. A PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE LAS VEGAS FLORES-RAMIREZ ARREST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE BOSTON SANTOS-DIAZ ARREST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. BORDER PATROL CHIEF.

Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez posted at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. The caption says U.S. Border Patrol, ICE, and local law enforcement apprehended the man in Santa Maria, California. The caption says this Salvadoran national is pending removal proceedings. The caption attributes the post to U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector. The caption does not name the local agency. The caption does not give the date of the apprehension. The caption does not say convicted. An active warrant is not a U.S. conviction. Pending removal proceedings is not a completed removal.

The graphic says HOMICIDE SUSPECT, ARRESTED, and SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA. The graphic does not print a name. The graphic does not say MS-13. The graphic does not say aggravated homicide. Those words are in the caption. No written cbp.gov or ice.gov release with a name for this Santa Maria arrest was on the newsroom lists checked for this item. A photo is on X. It is not a YouTube video.

Gustavo Adolfo Flores-Ramirez is already on this page. ICE said ERO arrested him in Las Vegas on Oct. 14 and that he is wanted in El Salvador on charges including aggravated homicide. Leonel Santos-Diaz is already on this page. ICE Boston said he was wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador. Today’s post does not print a name. This page is not matching the Santa Maria man to either of them. The arrest locations in those items are not Santa Maria.

Source: Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: SOUTH CAROLINA — DHS NAMES FIVE PEOPLE IT CALLS ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED BY ICE IN THE STATE. THE LIST INCLUDES AN ORANGE COUNTY STREET 13 GANG MEMBER AND A MAN DHS SAYS WAS CONVICTED IN A SLAVE-TRAFFICKING DOCUMENT CASE IN COLUMBIA. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION WRITTEN ON EVERY NAME. TWO OF THE FIVE LINES ARE ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. NO AGES. NO COURTS. PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 21. DHS posted the same five names on X at 2:42 p.m. Pacific. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that in recent days ICE arrested arsonists, violent assailants, and gang members in South Carolina. The X lead says that every single day ICE is arresting criminal illegal aliens including arsonists, gang members, and violent assailants, and that these are a few of the worst offenders apprehended in the Palmetto State. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every name. Illegal alien on these five names is DHS’s label.

Omar Roberto Martinez, an illegal alien from Honduras. DHS said he is an Orange County Street 13 gang member and that ICE arrested him on October 15. DHS said convictions for arson, vandalism, explosion of destructive device, criminal street gang activity, and false identification to peace officers. DHS said arrests, not convictions, for possession of a firearm and distribution of methamphetamine. DHS said he was deported twice, in 2010 and 2024, and then illegally re-entered at an unknown date and location.

Jose Manuel Munoz Ramos, an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said ICE arrested him on October 14. DHS said a conviction for aggravated assault with a gun and an arrest for first-degree domestic violence. The domestic-violence line is an arrest. DHS said he was removed from the United States three times, in 2002, 2015, and 2018. DHS wrote THREE. Marvin Jonathan Ignacio Lopez-Portuguez, an illegal alien from Guatemala. DHS said ICE arrested him on October 17. DHS said an arrest for second-degree assault and battery. DHS did not say convicted on that line. DHS said he illegally entered through Arizona in August 2024, that Border Patrol arrested him, and that the Biden administration then released him into the country.

Elias Izquiero Manuel, an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS spelled the surname Izquiero. DHS said ICE arrested him on October 18. DHS said arrests for felony pointing and presenting a firearm and threatening an official. DHS did not say convicted. DHS said he illegally entered at an unknown date and location. Enrique Balcazar-Arias, an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said ICE arrested him on July 29. DHS said a conviction for unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of slave trafficking in Columbia, South Carolina. DHS spelled it Columbia. He is not Gerado Balcazar-Portillo. This name is not already on this page.

This is not the Oct. 21 five-name arrest list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 21 eleven-name list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 20 North Carolina list already on this page. No YouTube video with the release.

Source: DHS — Worst illegal aliens arrested in South Carolina (Oct. 21, 2026) | DHS on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 2:42 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: GULFPORT — ICE SAYS HSI ARRESTED LISA WHITE OF MISSISSIPPI AFTER REPORTS SHE THREATENED TO KILL FEDERAL AGENTS WHILE TRYING TO BUY A FIREARM AND PEPPER SPRAY. THE ICE RELEASE SAYS AGENTS ARE PREPARING A CHARGE. WLOX SAYS A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT PUTS THE ARREST ON SEPT. 24 AND SETS TRIAL FOR NOV. 16. THIS PAGE HAS NOT READ THE COMPLAINT. ICE DOES NOT CALL HER AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. NO AGE ON THE ICE RELEASE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. LONG BEACH IN THIS ITEM IS MISSISSIPPI. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

The written ICE release is dated Oct. 21. The dateline is Gulfport, Miss. No clock time on the release. ICE said HSI Gulfport special agents took Lisa White into custody in Long Beach after reports that she made explicit threats to “kill federal agents” while attempting to purchase a firearm and pepper spray. ICE said that, according to reports, she asked whether specific firearms could penetrate ballistic vests and said she would target agents’ heads if she could not breach their armor. ICE said agents responded, conducted interviews, and located and arrested her. Long Beach in this release is the Mississippi town in the Gulfport area. It is not the Oct. 17 Long Beach, California, operation already on this page.

ICE said White is being held as agents prepare federal criminal charges for influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threat. Preparing a charge is not a filed case in the ICE release. ICE did not name a court or a docket. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not state citizenship or immigration status. HSI Gulfport Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Reidell said the safety of personnel is paramount and commended citizens who reported the threats. ICE said the investigation is ongoing.

WLOX reported today that White is a Florida attorney and that, according to the criminal complaint, Gulfport agents arrested her in Long Beach on Sept. 24. WLOX said the complaint describes a Sept. 23 visit to High Caliber Guns in Long Beach. WLOX said an employee told agents White came in about 11:30 a.m., said she needed a gun for protection at protests, called herself a protester and activist, and said ICE agents were becoming crazy and wild. WLOX said the complaint says she gestured toward the torso and asked if a gun could go through body armor, then said she would need to shoot an agent in the head, shoulder, arm, or leg if it could not. That complaint account, as WLOX reported it, is wider than the ICE release, which says heads. WLOX said she returned about 12:48 p.m., the owner denied the sale, and the owner reported it to ATF, which referred it to HSI. WLOX said she faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a fine of not more than $250,000, not more than three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. WLOX said trial is set for Nov. 16. Those lines are WLOX’s. This page has not read the complaint or a docket. A complaint is not a conviction.

The ICE release repeats increase lines already on this page: more than a 1,600 percent increase in assaults, a 3,300 percent increase in vehicle attacks, and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats. The release says vehicle attacks. An earlier item on this page quoted ICE saying vehicular attacks for the 3,300 percent line. This release does not give dates or a methodology. Those percentages are not a new count. No YouTube video.

Source: ICE — HSI arrests Lisa White after alleged threats against federal agents (Oct. 21, 2026) | WLOX (Oct. 21, 2026, 4:24 p.m. Central)

BREAKING 10/21: WASHINGTON — SECRETARY MULLIN SAYS 2,246 AGENCIES HAVE SIGNED A 287(g) PARTNERSHIP WITH ICE. THE WHITE HOUSE RAPID RESPONSE POST HE QUOTE-POSTED SAYS 2,246 AGENCIES HAVE ACTIVE AGREEMENTS, A 1,564 PERCENT INCREASE SINCE JAN. 20, 2025. NEITHER POST EXPLAINS THE GAP WITH THE 2,466 FIGURE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO NEW ARREST. NO NAME. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. MULLIN.

Rapid Response 47 posted at 11:23 a.m. Pacific. Secretary Markwayne Mullin quote-posted it at 12:49 p.m. Pacific. Rapid Response said 2,246 law enforcement agencies have active 287(g) agreements with ICE, a 1,564 percent increase since January 20, 2025. Mullin said the 2,246 agencies that have signed a 287(g) partnership are a force multiplier for finding, arresting, and deporting illegal aliens. Mullin said signed. Rapid Response said active. Neither post gives the Jan. 20, 2025 baseline count. Neither post names an agency that signed today.

The Sept. 16 ICE release already on this page said ICE had signed 2,466 287(g) memoranda of agreement nationwide. Today’s posts do not say what happened to the difference. This page is not treating 2,246 and 2,466 as the same number. No new name. No YouTube video.

Source: Secretary Mullin on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 12:49 p.m. Pacific) | Rapid Response 47 on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 11:23 a.m. Pacific) | ICE — 2,466 agreements nationwide (Sept. 16, 2026), already on this page

BREAKING 10/21: SAN DIEGO — CBP’S SAN DIEGO FIELD DIRECTOR SAYS FISCAL YEAR 2026 SEIZURES OF NEARLY 1 MILLION POUNDS OF NARCOTICS DROVE A 56 PERCENT DROP IN SOUTHERN BORDER FENTANYL TRAFFICKING. THE POST DOES NOT SAY 56 PERCENT COMPARED WITH WHICH YEAR. NO NEW LOAD. NO NAME. A 15-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NEARLY 1 MILLION POUND TOTAL IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 16 DHS GRAPHIC. OCTOBER 21, 2026. CBP SAN DIEGO.

Sidney Aki, Customs and Border Protection’s director of field operations for the San Diego field office, posted at 2:00 p.m. Pacific. The caption says CBP seized nearly 1 million pounds of narcotics in fiscal year 2026, driving a 56 percent drop in southern border fentanyl trafficking. The post writes that figure as 56%. Aki did not name a comparison year. Aki did not name a baseline weight. Aki did not name a new seizure, a port, or a person. The nearly 1 million pound fiscal year 2026 total is already on this page. The Oct. 16 DHS post said seizures were 63 percent higher than a 600,000-pound annual average over the last four years. This caption does not repeat that 63 percent line. A 15-second video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. No written cbp.gov release with the 56 percent figure was on the newsroom list checked for this item.

Source: CBP San Diego Field Office on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific) | DHS — nearly 1 million pounds, 63 percent higher (Oct. 16, 2026), already on this page

BREAKING 10/21: ICE POSTS ELEVEN PEOPLE IT CALLS ILLEGAL ALIENS AND SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO REMOVE CRIMINALS LIKE THESE. TEN CARDS SAY CONVICTED. THE SEX-TRAFFICKING CARD DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED. THE LEAD DOES NOT SAY YESTERDAY. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO FULL REMOVAL COUNT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE ELEVEN NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 1:54 p.m. Pacific. The lead says illegal aliens have no place in this country and that, under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE will continue to remove criminals like these. ICE did not say these eleven were removed today. ICE did not say yesterday. ICE did not give a full removal count. Eleven cards are in the thread. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. ICE did not give ages, cities, courts, or dates. No written ice.gov release with these eleven names was on the newsroom list checked for this item. Illegal alien on these names is ICE’s label. The word criminals in the lead is not a conviction written on every card.

Marco Antonio Ponce Aguilar, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said convicted of DUI and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Osvaldo Texis-Garita, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE wrote conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by means, force, fraud, and coercion. ICE did not write convicted on that card. Javier Avila Monge, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said convicted of dangerous drugs and two counts of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Dangerous drugs is ICE’s phrase. Juan Carlos Nunez-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft. He is not Oscar Evaristo Nunez. He is not Juan Carlos Izaguirre Membreno. Alex De Los Santos Sanchez, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Eugenio Espina, an illegal alien from Venezuela. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel.

Jesus Duran Suarez, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and aiding and abetting. He is not Olvin Alexis Duran-Escobar. Carlos Santiago Guzman Javier, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel. Victor Reyes Martinez, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute while on board a vessel. Joseph Alejandro De Leon-Brito, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine aboard a vessel. Jose Alberto Portillo Gaspar, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said convicted of arson in the second degree. He is not Gerado Balcazar-Portillo, Santos Sosa-Portillo, Marlon Alexis Portillo-Garcia, or Hernan Portillo Melendez.

This is not the Oct. 21 five-name arrest list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 20 five-name arrest list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 16 six-name removal list already on this page. ICE did not say every card was a removal completed today.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 1:54 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: FAIRFAX COUNTY — ICE SAYS THE COUNTY IGNORED AT LEAST 1,670 ICE DETAINERS BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025. THE THREAD NAMES FOUR PEOPLE ICE SAYS WERE RELEASED BACK ONTO THE STREETS. TWO OF THE FOUR ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE NEW NAMES ARE WALVIN VICTOR HUGO GARCIA AND MOISES DOMINGO RICO ROSALES. THE CARDS DO NOT SAY CONVICTED. NO AGES. NO COURTS. PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 12:52 p.m. Pacific. The lead says Fairfax County ignored at least 1,670 ICE detainers between 2023 and 2025. ICE said that by refusing to cooperate and releasing people from jail, Fairfax politicians are putting American lives at risk. ICE called the four people monsters and said they were released back onto the streets. ICE did not give a detainer count for any one name. ICE did not publish the 1,670 figure in a written ice.gov release on the newsroom list checked for this item. Still photos. Not a YouTube video.

Walvin Victor Hugo Garcia, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala. ICE said he was arrested for felony charges of rape of a child less than 13 years of age, aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years of age, use of a computer to commit a sex offense with a minor, and distributing drugs to a minor. Those are charges in this post, not convictions. ICE did not give an age, a court, a date, or a city on the card. This name is not already on this page. He is not Victor Hugo Rosaldo-Lara or Victor Hugo Casillo-Vallejo.

Moises Domingo Rico Rosales, a criminal illegal alien from Nicaragua. ICE said he exposed himself to one woman in a park and then attempted to abduct another woman on the same day. ICE did not say charged. ICE did not say convicted. ICE did not give a date, a city, an age, or a court. This name is not already on this page.

Roni Mendez-Escobar is already on this page. Today’s card says he was previously arrested for 15 felony counts of possession of obscene material and 2 felony counts of possession of child porn with intent to distribute. That is arrest language. It is not the prison sentence already on this page. Oscar Evaristo Nunez is already on this page from the Sept. 30 item. Today’s card says he had previously been charged for filming an undressed minor and two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years old. A charge is not a conviction. This post does not give a new arrest date for him.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 12:52 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: DHS SAYS ICE YESTERDAY ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE IT CALLS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, INCLUDING A RIVERHEAD CONVICTION FOR RAPE AND A LOS ANGELES CONVICTION FOR ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION WRITTEN ON EVERY NAME. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. CARLOS OROZCO-RODRIGUEZ IS NOT ABEL OROZCO-RODRIGUEZ. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 21. Secretary Markwayne Mullin posted the same five names on X at 12:05 p.m. Pacific. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. DHS said the arrests were yesterday. That is Oct. 20. DHS did not give a clock time for any arrest. DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name a court or a docket. An arrest is not a new conviction. DHS said each person was convicted of the crime it lists. Illegal alien on these five names is DHS’s label.

Carlos Orozco-Rodriguez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador. DHS said a conviction for rape in Riverhead, New York. He is not Abel Orozco-Rodriguez. Wilson Rene Ixpanel-Aguilar, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala. DHS said a conviction for assault with a firearm in Los Angeles, California. Dennis Solares-Garcia, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala. DHS said convictions for assault, escape from custody, and assaulting an officer in Washington County, Utah. Bernabe Catalan-Rayo, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. DHS spelled it Pittsburg. Francisco Salazar-Arriaga, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said convictions for three counts of driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance in Sherman, Texas.

Secretary Mullin said that every day ICE is arresting criminal illegal aliens including rapists, assaulters, and drug dealers, and that these are some of yesterday’s arrests. The written release says rapists, violent assailants, and drug dealers. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every name. Salazar-Arriaga’s line is driving under the influence and drug possession. Catalan-Rayo’s line is possession with intent to distribute. Solares-Garcia’s line is assault, escape, and assaulting an officer. This is not the Oct. 20 five-name list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 20 North Carolina list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 19 weekend list already linked on this page. No YouTube video with the release.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: rapists, violent assailants, and drug traffickers (Oct. 21, 2026) | Secretary Mullin on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 12:05 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS SAYS FISCAL YEAR 2026 ADDED ABOUT 290 MILES OF NEW BORDER BARRIERS, INCLUDING 131 MILES OF PRIMARY WALL. THE POST DOES NOT NAME A SECTOR. NO ARREST. NO NAME. A 26-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 16 WRITTEN RELEASE THAT SAID 250 MILES SINCE JAN. 20, 2025. OCTOBER 21, 2026. CBP AMO.

CBP Air and Marine Operations posted at 7:06 a.m. Pacific. The post says that from the air, enhanced border infrastructure was clear in fiscal year 2026: approximately 290 miles of new border barriers, including 131 miles of primary wall. CBP AMO did not name a sector, a state, or a project. CBP AMO did not say the 290 miles are the same count as the Oct. 16 written release, which said CBP completed 250 miles of new barrier since Jan. 20, 2025. No written cbp.gov release with the 290-mile figure was on the newsroom list checked for this item. A 26-second video is on X. Not a YouTube video.

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 7:06 a.m. Pacific) | DHS — 250 miles since Jan. 20, 2025 (Oct. 16, 2026), already on this page

BREAKING 10/20: CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS SAYS MORE THAN 12,100 GANG MEMBERS WERE ARRESTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2026, INCLUDING MORE THAN 1,500 TREN DE ARAGUA AFFILIATES AND NEARLY 2,000 MS-13 AFFILIATES. THE POST SAYS “+1500” AND “NEARLY 2000.” IT DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. A 21-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 4 THROUGH OCT. 10 COUNT OF 131 ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 20, 2026. CBP AMO.

CBP Air and Marine Operations posted at 6:30 p.m. Pacific. The post says that in fiscal year 2026 more than 12,100 gang members were arrested, including affiliates of Tren de Aragua (+1500) and MS-13 (nearly 2000). CBP AMO did not say every person in the 12,100 was an illegal alien. CBP AMO did not give exact totals beyond those words. The written DHS release already on this page says that from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10, ICE arrested 131 gang-affiliated people, and that since Jan. 20, 2025, the totals include 1,965 MS-13 affiliates and 1,553 Tren de Aragua affiliates. Those are not this fiscal-year line. No written cbp.gov release with the 12,100 figure was on the newsroom list checked for this item. A 21-second video is on X. Not a YouTube video.

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations on X (Oct. 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Pacific) | DHS — 131 gang-affiliated arrests, Oct. 4-10 (Oct. 19, 2026), already on this page

BREAKING 10/21: TUCSON — DHS POSTED A QUOTE FROM GREG TOLLEY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS TUCSON AIR BRANCH. HE SAID CARTELS DO NOT RECOGNIZE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES. THE POST NAMES NO SEIZURE WEIGHT, NO DOLLAR VALUE, AND NO PERSON ARRESTED. A 52-SECOND VIDEO IS ON X. NOT A NEW YOUTUBE URL. THE FULL CBP BRIEFING VIDEO IS ALREADY EMBEDDED ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 12:07 p.m. Pacific. The caption quotes Tolley: “Cartels do not recognize jurisdictional boundaries, and neither do the threats they pose. Through the Homeland Security Task Force, we bring the full strength of our collective capabilities to bear against the criminal networks moving deadly drugs, illicit proceeds and other contraband into the United States.” DHS tagged the Homeland Security Task Force and CBP Air and Marine Operations. DHS identified him as Tucson Air Branch deputy director. This page has not transcribed a weight, a value, or the name of a person arrested out of the full briefing. This is not a second announcement of the Tucson press conference. That announcement is already on this page. This item is the named quote DHS posted from it.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 12:07 p.m. Pacific) | CBP YouTube, Tucson briefing, already embedded on this page

BREAKING 10/21: WASHINGTON — ICE SAYS 61% OF ILLEGAL ALIEN HOUSEHOLDS USE AT LEAST ONE MAJOR WELFARE PROGRAM. A FOLLOW-UP LINE SAYS 37% OF U.S.-BORN HOUSEHOLDS USE WELFARE. ICE DOES NOT NAME A STUDY IN EITHER POST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted the 61% line at 11:46 a.m. Pacific and the 37% line at 11:49 a.m. Pacific. Neither post links a report, a year, or a dataset. A Feb. 4, 2026 Center for Immigration Studies report by Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, using the Census Bureau’s 2024 Survey of Income and Program Participation, estimated that 61 percent of households headed by illegal immigrants use at least one major welfare program, compared with 37 percent of U.S.-born households. The report’s findings section also states 60.7 percent and 37.3 percent. ICE’s posts do not name that report. This page is not treating the posts as a new study. No arrest. No new name.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 11:46 a.m. Pacific) | ICE follow-up (Oct. 21, 2026, 11:49 a.m. Pacific) | Center for Immigration Studies (Feb. 4, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: CARIBBEAN — JIATF SOUTH SAYS A CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS AIRCRAFT FROM THE CARIBBEAN AIR AND MARINE BRANCH KEPT CONTROL OF A GO-FAST AND THAT 594 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE WERE SEIZED. THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE DETAINED. NO NATIONALITY. NO VESSEL LOCATION BEYOND THAT BRANCH. NO NAMES. NO STREET VALUE. PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE SEPT. 22 GO-FAST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. JIATF South.

JIATF South posted at 11:04 a.m. Pacific. CBP Air and Marine Operations reposted it at 11:05 a.m. Pacific. JIATF said a multi-role enforcement aircraft detected the go-fast and maintained positive control. JIATF said the result was 594 kilograms of cocaine seized and three persons on board detained. 594 kilograms is about 1,310 pounds. The pound figure is a conversion. JIATF stated kilograms. JIATF did not say where the vessel was stopped. JIATF did not say the date of the seizure. JIATF did not name the three people. The Sept. 22 item already on this page was 288 kilograms and two Dominican nationals. These are different figures.

Source: JIATF South on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 11:04 a.m. Pacific) | CBP Air and Marine Operations repost (Oct. 21, 2026, 11:05 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: TUCSON — CBP SAYS IT AND THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE ARE HOSTING A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY ON BORDER SECURITY AND THE INTERCEPTION OF DANGEROUS NARCOTICS. THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE TITLE IS DRUG SEIZURES AND END OF YEAR SUCCESSES. CBP SET THE TIME AT 11 A.M. MST. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 16 OTAY MESA METH BRIEFING. OCTOBER 21, 2026. CBP.

CBP posted at 10:17 a.m. Pacific. The post says the briefing streams live from Tucson, Arizona. CBP wrote the time as 11 a.m. MST and 2 p.m. EST. Arizona does not use daylight saving time. 11 a.m. Mountain Standard Time is 11 a.m. Pacific today. The video is on the official U.S. Customs and Border Protection YouTube channel. This page has not transcribed a weight, a value, or a name out of the briefing. This is not the Oct. 16 Otay Mesa methamphetamine briefing already on this page.

Source: CBP on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 10:17 a.m. Pacific) | CBP YouTube (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: LOUISVILLE — ICE QUOTE-POSTED A REPORT THAT BRAULIO DANIEL SANCHEZ OROZCO, 24, IS CHARGED IN THE KILLING OF HIS MOTHER. ICE’S OWN CAPTION DOES NOT PRINT HIS NAME. ICE’S CAPTION SAYS HE BRUTALLY MURDERED HIS MOTHER. THE CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 10:19 a.m. Pacific. The national account quote-posted Border Hawk News. ICE’s caption calls him an illegal alien and says violent criminals like him belong behind bars. ICE’s caption does not give an age, a charge title, or a court. HSI Chicago reposted the Border Hawk post at 8:54 a.m. Pacific. No YouTube video.

WLKY reported Oct. 9 that Braulio Sanchez Orozco, 24, is charged with murder (domestic violence), tampering with physical evidence, intimidating a participant in the legal process, tampering with a witness, and abuse of a corpse. WLKY said the victim is his mother, 44-year-old Maria Elena Sanchez Orozco. WLKY said she was found dead with blunt force injuries inside a home in the 6900 block of Sky Blue Avenue in Pleasure Ridge Park on May 27. WLKY’s story was updated Oct. 9, 2026. A May 27 date in that story is May 2026. WLKY said he told the station that day that he called 911 and that he believed her boyfriend killed her. That is what he told WLKY. It is not a finding.

WLKY said he was held at the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Mississippi, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained him. WLKY said court records say he was being deported from the United States. WLKY said he was later transferred to the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections after he was indicted. WLKY said he is held on a $100,000 bond. Those are WLKY’s lines.

Border Hawk News said DHS and ERO Chicago confirmed to that outlet that he is an illegal alien from Mexico. Border Hawk said a spokesperson said he lawfully entered the country on a temporary basis on April 23, 2025, and refused to depart. Those lines are Border Hawk’s account of what a spokesperson said. This page has not read the indictment. A charge is not a conviction. ICE’s caption says he murdered his mother. The WLKY account is a charge.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 10:19 a.m. Pacific) | Border Hawk News on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 8:47 a.m. Pacific) | HSI Chicago repost (Oct. 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m. Pacific) | WLKY (updated Oct. 9, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: WASHINGTON — DHS SAYS MORE THAN 157,000 UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN IT SAYS WERE LOST UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN LOCATED. THE POST SAYS THAT INCLUDES SEX TRAFFICKING, FORCED LABOR, AND OTHER ATROCITIES. DHS DOES NOT SAY EVERY LOCATED CHILD WAS TRAFFICKED. NO REMAINING COUNT IN THE POST. NO WRITTEN RELEASE ON TODAY’S DHS PRESS LIST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 10:15 a.m. Pacific. The caption says more than 157,000 unaccompanied alien children who were lost under the Biden administration, including to sex trafficking, forced labor, and other atrocities, have been located. The word including does not put all 157,000 in those categories. DHS did not say in this post how many remain unlocated. DHS did not say in this post who located them or what located means. A photo is attached. It is not a YouTube video. This page checked the DHS press-release list today. The written release on that list for Oct. 21 is the SNAP fraud operation already on this page. This 157,000 post is not that release. This page does not already carry a 146,000 count.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 10:15 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: ICE SAYS A DOMINICAN NATIONAL WAS CHARGED WITH STEALING A U.S. CITIZEN’S IDENTITY TO OBTAIN SNAP, MEDICAID, AND SECTION 8 HOUSING. ICE DOES NOT NAME THE PERSON. ICE DOES NOT NAME A COURT. ICE DOES NOT GIVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. THIS IS NOT THE FIVE-NAME SNAP ARREST LIST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 10:13 a.m. Pacific. The caption says the case is part of the White House Fraud Task Force. The caption says a Dominican national was charged with stealing a U.S. citizen’s identity to obtain SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing benefits. A 46-second video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. ICE does not name the defendant in the caption.

The New York Post, reporting a Cincinnati briefing today, described a Dominican national it calls Fernandez Guzman. The Post said he stole more than $22,000 in SNAP benefits, more than $98,000 in MassHealth benefits, and more than $45,500 in Section 8 housing benefits, and that he was charged with using fake state identification cards and driver’s licenses in three states. The Post quoted Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald saying he is suspected to be unlawfully in the United States, and that the case is one of the cases charged this year involving suspected illegal aliens stealing identities. Those are the Post’s lines and McDonald’s words as the Post reported them. This page has not confirmed that Fernandez Guzman is the person in the ICE video. The Post put the broader task-force schemes at nearly $42 million and quoted Attorney General Todd Blanche on indictments in 13 districts in seven weeks. That $42 million figure is not in the ICE caption. This is not the five people named in the DHS SNAP release already on this page. An indictment or a charge is not a conviction.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 10:13 a.m. Pacific) | New York Post (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: SOUTHERN MEXICO — DHS SAYS A MIGRANT CARAVAN REUTERS FILMED WALKING NORTH WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE UNITED STATES. REUTERS SAID HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, MAINLY FROM CENTRAL AMERICA, WERE STILL ON FOOT THROUGH SOUTHERN MEXICO AND HEADED TOWARD THE UNITED STATES FOR WORK. DHS DID NOT GIVE ITS OWN COUNT. DHS DID NOT NAME A TOWN. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 1 MULLIN POST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 9:44 a.m. Pacific. DHS quote-posted Reuters. The caption says there is absolutely zero chance this caravan will be allowed into the United States. It says America is a nation, not an economic zone. Those are the words in the DHS caption. The video is on the Reuters post. It is about 35 seconds. It is not a YouTube video.

Reuters posted at 5:15 a.m. Pacific. The Reuters caption says a migrant caravan with hundreds of people, mainly from Central America, continued traveling on foot through southern Mexico as the group headed towards the United States in hopes of work and better opportunities for their children. Reuters did not name the group in that caption. Reuters did not name a Mexican town in that caption.

This page already has an Oct. 1 item. In that item, Secretary Markwayne Mullin said zero chance on a caravan that calls itself Fe y Esperanza and that Border Patrol told Fox News left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Sept. 20. Today’s DHS post does not say this is that group. This page has not confirmed they are the same people. No arrest. No name.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 9:44 a.m. Pacific) | Reuters on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 5:15 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: NEW YORK — DHS SAYS HSI WENT AFTER HEALTHCARE FRAUDSTERS IN NEW YORK CITY YESTERDAY AND CALLS IT THE LARGEST ENFORCEMENT ACTION OF ITS KIND. THE DHS CAPTION DOES NOT NAME A DEFENDANT. IT DOES NOT STATE AN IMMIGRATION STATUS. ABC7 SAYS AUTHORITIES SAID TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON STATEN ISLAND. THIS IS NOT THE SNAP CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. NEW YORK POST.

DHS posted at 8:21 a.m. Pacific. A 19-second video on X. Not a YouTube video. ICE reposted that post at 9:15 a.m. Pacific. The caption says yesterday HSI went on the offensive against healthcare fraudsters in New York City as part of the White House Fraud Task Force. DHS called it the largest enforcement action of its kind. The caption does not name a person, a borough, or a program. It does not say illegal alien.

ABC7 reported that federal agents searched businesses suspected of Medicaid fraud. ABC7 said investigators were at the Happy Adult Day Care Center on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Borough Park, Brooklyn. ABC7 said authorities believe the senior centers overbilled for services, grossly inflated the number of clients, and engaged in kickbacks. That is ABC7’s account of what authorities believe. The FBI told ABC7 it was conducting activity in Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn, and other locations in connection with ongoing federal investigations. ABC7 said authorities said there were two arrests on Staten Island, and that the district attorney there was expected to announce more on Wednesday, including an indictment in what authorities describe as a multimillion-dollar scam. ABC7 did not name the two people. An arrest is not a conviction. ABC7 did not state an immigration status.

The New York Post reported Tuesday that Homeland Security Investigations agents were among officers at Brooklyn adult day cares in the Medicaid probe. The Post placed Happy Adult Day Care in Sunset Park and said a second site was in Borough Park. ABC7 placed Happy Adult Day Care on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Borough Park. This page is not resolving that address difference. Gov. Kathy Hochul told ABC7 that every dollar lost to fraud is a dollar that should be used to help New Yorkers get care. The Post said Hochul described money laundering, kickbacks, and improper billing. Those lines are Hochul’s account as those outlets reported it. This page has not read the warrants. This is not the SNAP fraud operation already on this page. No illegal alien is named in the DHS caption or in the ABC7 story as read for this item.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 8:21 a.m. Pacific) | ICE repost (Oct. 21, 2026, 9:15 a.m. Pacific) | ABC7 (Oct. 21, 2026) | New York Post (Oct. 20, 2026) | New York Post YouTube (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: WASHINGTON — ICE SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY EDGAR SPOKE AT THE FIRST VOICE ROUNDTABLE WITH EIGHT ANGEL FAMILIES. JOE ABRAHAM HOSTED IT OCT. 20. THE RELEASE DOES NOT NAME THE EIGHT FAMILIES. NO NEW ARREST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted the written release today. It says Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar delivered remarks at the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement roundtable on Oct. 20. It says VOICE Executive Director Joe Abraham hosted it. The release calls Abraham an Angel father who lost his daughter to an illegal alien. It does not name the daughter in this release.

Abraham said he is grateful to President Trump, and to Secretary Mullin and Deputy Secretary Edgar, for what he called needed awareness of the senseless and preventable loss of life at the hands of illegal aliens. Abraham said the president has made it clear that if you are here illegally, you will be found, arrested, and deported. Those are Abraham’s words in the release.

ICE said eight Angel families attended so the office could hear how to serve victims. ICE said President Trump launched VOICE in his first administration, that the Biden administration closed it in 2021, and that it reopened in April 2025. Joe Abraham is already on this page from earlier posts on X. Those posts did not report this roundtable. No YouTube video of the roundtable is on this page. No new name of a person arrested.

Source: ICE release (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/20: HYATTSVILLE — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED FRANKLIN ARIEL ESPINAL-CABRERA, 29, OF EL SALVADOR, ON SEPT. 11. ICE CALLS HIM A HIGH-RANKING MS-13 LEADER AND SAYS HE IS ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TERROR WATCHLIST. THE WEAPON COUNT IN THIS RELEASE IS A CHARGE. THE ILLEGAL-ENTRY CASE IS A 2018 CONVICTION. HE IS NOT KELVIN ALEXANDER ESPINAL-MARIN. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 20, 2026. ICE.

The ICE release is dated Oct. 20. It says officers from ICE Washington, D.C. headquarters arrested Espinal-Cabrera in Hyattsville on Sept. 11. A release dated Oct. 20, 2026, that says Sept. 11, is September 2026. ICE says he is a high-ranking leader of MS-13, that he is the First Word Leader of the Coronado Locos Salvatruchos Clique, and that he is known as Inconforme. ICE says he was nominated to the Justice Department Terrorist Watchlist and issued a terrorist screening number. Those are ICE’s statements.

ICE says Border Patrol encountered him after he illegally entered as an unaccompanied child on July 4, 2014, near Rio Grande City, Texas. ICE says ICE Houston arrested him on March 17, 2017, after he was charged in Harris County with unlawfully carrying a weapon. That weapon count is a charge in this release, not a conviction written here. ICE says he was released from ICE custody on Nov. 17, 2017, on a $2,000 bond. ICE says that on Aug. 22, 2018, officers serving a federal warrant on another MS-13 member in Houston encountered Espinal-Cabrera and that he admitted he was a member of MS-13. ICE says he was charged in the Southern District of Texas on Sept. 27, 2018, with illegal entry, convicted Dec. 18, 2018, and sentenced to time served. ICE says an immigration judge ordered him removed to El Salvador on Dec. 16, 2024. ICE says he will remain in ICE custody pending removal. ERO Washington Field Office Director Robert Guadian’s quote in the release repeats the illegal-entry history, the weapon charge, the gang role, and the watchlist. He is not Kelvin Alexander Espinal-Marin, already on this page. No YouTube video.

Source: ICE release (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/20: WASHINGTON — DHS SAYS ICE ARRESTED 131 GANG-AFFILIATED PEOPLE FROM OCT. 4 THROUGH OCT. 10. THE COUNT INCLUDES 22 MS-13 AFFILIATES AND 13 TREN DE ARAGUA AFFILIATES. THE RELEASE NAMES THREE MEN. IT ALSO SAYS A 14-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED IN DENVER AND DOES NOT NAME HIM. A GANG LABEL IS NOT A CONVICTION ON EVERY NAME. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 20, 2026. ICE.

ICE dated this release Oct. 20. The same statement is on the DHS site on a page dated Oct. 19. The numbers match. ICE says 129 of the 131 arrests were by Enforcement and Removal Operations and two were by Homeland Security Investigations. ICE says that since Jan. 20, 2025, it has made 12,018 gang-related administrative arrests, including 1,965 MS-13 affiliates and 1,553 Tren de Aragua affiliates. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the week included members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua. Those affiliate counts are ICE’s labels. They are not a new conviction on each person.

Gustavo Adolfo Flores-Ramirez, of El Salvador. ICE says MS-13. ICE says ERO arrested him in Las Vegas on Oct. 14. ICE says he is wanted in El Salvador for charges including aggravated homicide, aggravated femicide, rape of a minor or incapacitated person, firearms counts, illicit grouping, and crimes involving public peace. Those are charges in the home country as ICE stated them. They are not a U.S. conviction in this release. ICE says Border Patrol arrested him in September 2021 and deported him to Mexico, and that he then illegally re-entered. ICE calls that re-entry a felony.

Jose Luis Perez-Arrias, of Venezuela. ICE says Tren de Aragua and calls him a suspected hitman. That is ICE’s label, not a conviction in this release. ICE says ICE Miami and ERO Tallahassee arrested him in Tallahassee on Oct. 14. ICE says he illegally entered through Texas in October 2023, Border Patrol arrested him, and the Biden administration released him.

Emerson Jossiel Calderon-Hernandez, of El Salvador. ICE says MS-13. ICE says ICE Washington, D.C. arrested him on Oct. 13. ICE says a conviction for second-degree assault. ICE also lists arrests, not convictions, for attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, armed robbery, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and false imprisonment. ICE says he illegally entered through Texas in August 2012, Border Patrol arrested him, and the Obama administration released him.

ICE says that on Oct. 13, HSI Denver and ERO Denver arrested a 14-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela in Denver. ICE says he is associated with Los Piratas, which ICE calls a faction of Tren de Aragua. ICE says he unlawfully had a Glock 48 pistol. ICE says he is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder with extreme indifference, first-degree assault with extreme indifference, first-degree kidnapping, aggravated criminal extortion, illegal discharge of a weapon, and conspiracy. The release does not name him. Those are charges, not convictions. These four people are not already on this page under these names. No YouTube video.

Source: ICE release (Oct. 20, 2026) | DHS release (page dated Oct. 19, 2026)

BREAKING 10/20: ST. LOUIS — HSI SAYS SEARCH WARRANTS IN THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE SEIZED ABOUT $445,307, 64.9 KILOGRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND 12 FIREARMS. SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON ALLEGED DRUG AND FIREARMS VIOLATIONS. THE RELEASE DOES NOT NAME THEM. IT DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THIS IS NOT THE MATA-CEDILLO COCAINE CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE RELEASE WAS UPDATED OCT. 21. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 20, 2026. ICE.

ICE dated the release Oct. 20 and updated it Oct. 21. It says HSI St. Louis executed search warrants in three investigations during the last week of June. It does not give the year of that June. Agents seized about $445,307 in currency, 64.9 kilograms of methamphetamine, 4.2 kilograms of marijuana, 460 grams of liquid THC, 1.2 kilograms of cocaine, cutting agents, 12 firearms, and two luxury vehicles. ICE says three of the firearms were converted to fully automatic and two were confirmed stolen. ICE says seven people were arrested on alleged drug and firearms violations. Allegations are not convictions. No names. No ages. No immigration status.

HSI St. Louis Assistant Special Agent in Charge Gregory Paris called it a victory against violent crime. ICE says the cases are part of the Homeland Security Task Force under Executive Order 14159. This is not the St. Louis item already on this page about Mata-Cedillo, the 27-kilogram cocaine courier, and the later seizure of about 13 kilograms of cocaine. No YouTube video.

Source: ICE release (Oct. 20, 2026, updated Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: BOSTON — THE U.S. ATTORNEY SAYS SIX PEOPLE ARE CHARGED IN A MASSACHUSETTS SHAM-MARRIAGE RING THAT SOLD IMMIGRATION BENEFITS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. DOJ SPELLS THE ALLEGED RINGLEADER JENNIFER GONZALES. NBC BOSTON SPELLS HER JENNIFER GONZALEZ AND SAYS SHE IS FROM FALL RIVER. CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. THIS IS NOT THE QUINCY SHAM-MARRIAGE CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE AUGUST NEW YORK CASE OF 11 DEFENDANTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE posted at 8:01 a.m. Pacific. ICE said the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney and HSI New England announced they dismantled an alleged marriage fraud ring that arranged hundreds of sham marriages to obtain unlawful immigration benefits and generate more than $6 million in profits. ICE linked the U.S. Attorney’s Facebook page. That post is not a YouTube video.

The Justice Department posted at 8:26 a.m. Pacific. U.S. Attorney Leah Foley said the alleged mastermind is Jennifer Gonzales, a United States citizen, who was allegedly responsible for fraudulently arranging sham marriages in Massachusetts for more than a decade. Foley said Gonzales charged between $38,000 and $40,000 per marriage and arranged 18 to 20 sham marriages a year for more than 10 years. Foley said that on the low end this conspiracy netted her $6 million. Those are the words in the Justice Department post. A charge is not a conviction.

NBC Boston reported the press conference was Wednesday morning at the Moakley courthouse in Boston. NBC said authorities detailed charges against six people and said five are in federal custody. NBC spelled the ringleader Jennifer Gonzalez and said she is a Fall River resident. NBC said court documents name the others as Erica Daniels, Cherice Alejandro, Amara Pugh, Jessica Tavares, and Jaylin Hill, all of Fall River. This page has not read those filings. Those five names are NBC’s account of the court documents. NBC said Foley said Gonzalez has prior convictions for assault and battery, identity fraud and fraud, illegal entry, possession of burglar’s tools, and knowingly receiving stolen property. NBC said Foley said she also allegedly entered a fraudulent marriage herself. NBC said Foley said Gonzalez applied for and received approximately $124,500 in Massachusetts SNAP benefits between 2019 and 2026. NBC said the others had criminal histories including assault, weapons, and drug charges, and gang affiliations. Those lines are Foley’s account as NBC reported them. They are not a new finding on this page. NBC quoted Foley: “The American dream is not for sale. It is earned.” NBC said the investigation is ongoing. No YouTube video of this press conference is on this page. This is not the Oct. 19 Quincy sham-marriage charge already on this page. This is not the Aug. 12 Southern District of New York indictment of 11 people in a separate sham-marriage case.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 8:01 a.m. Pacific) | Justice Department on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 8:26 a.m. Pacific) | NBC Boston (Oct. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/21: ATLANTA — THE FBI SAYS IT IS INVESTIGATING REPORTS THAT AN INCENDIARY DEVICE WAS THROWN AT THE DOWNTOWN ICE BUILDING TUESDAY NIGHT. NO INJURIES. NO NAMED SUSPECT FROM THE FBI. NO ARREST. ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DID NOT NAME A SUSPECT IN ITS OWN CAPTION. THIS IS NOT THE JULY 2020 ATLANTA ICE ARSON. OCTOBER 21, 2026. 11Alive.

The FBI said the incident was reported around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 20. The Associated Press said the FBI reported no injuries and no significant damage, and that FBI personnel and evidence technicians were collecting evidence. The FBI said there is no known threat to public safety and that the investigation is ongoing. CBS Atlanta said Atlanta police responded to reports of an object thrown at 180 Ted Turner Drive SW, and that police reported no injuries and no active fire. 11Alive said the building also houses an immigration court, and that the FBI had released no other details. No name. No arrest. A report of a thrown device is not a conviction.

ICE posted at 8:15 a.m. Pacific. ICE quote-posted an account that said a Hispanic male threw an improvised incendiary device, that the device caught on a perimeter fence, and that an Atlanta officer chased the man and did not catch him. Those details are that account’s post. That account said DHS provided the photos. ICE’s own caption did not name a suspect, did not state an arrest, and did not describe the fence or the chase. ICE said violence against ICE agents and facilities will not be tolerated, and restated figures it has used before: more than a 1,600 percent increase in assaults, a 3,300 percent increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats. Those percentages are ICE’s caption. They are not a new count from Tuesday night. No YouTube video from ICE or the FBI. The video below is 11Alive.

Source: Associated Press (Oct. 20, 2026) | CBS Atlanta (Oct. 21, 2026) | 11Alive YouTube (Oct. 21, 2026) | ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 8:15 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: LOS ANGELES — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED DANIEL CERVANTES MOCTEZUMA, A MEXICAN MAN WANTED IN MEXICO FOR KIDNAPPING HIS DAUGHTER. ERO LOS ANGELES SAID HE IS 44 AND THAT THE ARREST WAS OCT. 7. THE NATIONAL ICE POST WENT UP THIS MORNING. HE IS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. A MEXICAN WANTED NOTICE IS NOT A U.S. CONVICTION. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. ICE.

ICE’s national account posted at 7:05 a.m. Pacific. A vertical video on X. About 73 seconds. Not a YouTube video. ICE said Daniel Cervantes Moctezuma is a Mexican illegal alien and fugitive, wanted in Mexico for kidnapping his daughter and fleeing to the United States. ICE said ERO Los Angeles arrested him last week. ICE said he is now in removal proceedings and that his daughter was safely reunited with her mother. Illegal alien is ICE’s label. An arrest is not a conviction. A wanted notice in Mexico is not a conviction in a U.S. court.

ERO Los Angeles posted the same arrest on Oct. 13 at 2:06 p.m. Pacific. That post said he is 44, of Mexico, and that the arrest was Oct. 7. The national post this morning did not repeat the age or the Oct. 7 date. This is not Jose Cervantes-Pulido, already on this page. This is not Victor Manuel Cervantes-Santillanes, already on this page. This is not Jose Mendoza-Cervantes, already on this page.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 7:05 a.m. Pacific) | ERO Los Angeles on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 2:06 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/21: DHS NAMES FIVE PEOPLE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED IN THE SNAP FRAUD OPERATION. THE WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS THEY ABUSED SNAP. IT DOES NOT LIST A SNAP-FRAUD CONVICTION ON ANY NAME. NO AGES. NO CITIES. NO COURTS. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT IN THE ONE-LINE ITEM ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. SAME OPERATION. NOT A SECOND CRACKDOWN. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 21. ICE posted the same five names in a thread at 6:11 a.m. Pacific. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. DHS said the operation targets illegal aliens who entered unlawfully and then exploited SNAP. DHS said the five below are recent examples of illegal aliens who abused SNAP benefits and were arrested by ICE. DHS said each entered unlawfully. Illegal alien on these five names is DHS’s label. DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name a city, a court, or a docket. An arrest is not a conviction. DHS did not write a SNAP-fraud conviction on any of the five lines.

Elizabeth Povea Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Cuba. DHS said a conviction for disorderly conduct and arrests for battery and domestic violence. Those arrests are not convictions. Rubstony Junior Theodore, an illegal alien from Haiti. DHS said arrests, not convictions, for larceny, obstruction of officers, and trespassing. Wilbert Jean Baptiste, an illegal alien from Haiti. Louis Jean, an illegal alien from Haiti. Jhensly Charles, an illegal alien from Haiti. DHS did not list another crime on those three lines. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said illegal aliens using SNAP are defrauding the taxpayer, and that the people already arrested and deported are a drop in the bucket. Those are his words. They are not a conviction written on every name. The one-line item already on this page links this same release and does not name these five. This item adds the names. It is not a second operation.

Source: DHS — SNAP fraud crackdown (Oct. 21, 2026) | ICE on X (Oct. 21, 2026, 6:11 a.m. Pacific)

ICE LAUNCHES A NATIONWIDE SNAP FRAUD CRACKDOWN AND ARRESTS ILLEGAL ALIENS ACCUSED OF STEALING FOOD STAMPS, OCTOBER 21, 2026. DHS.

ICE WASHINGTON ARRESTS A HIGH-RANKING MS-13 GANG LEADER FROM EL SALVADOR IN HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND, OCTOBER 20, 2026. ICE.

BREAKING 10/20: INDIO — BORDER PATROL SAYS HIGHWAY 86 CHECKPOINT OPERATIONS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER INSPECTED AT LEAST 196 COMMERCIAL DRIVERS WITH ICE AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THE RELEASE SAYS A HAITIAN NATIONAL WAS ARRESTED AFTER TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS WAS REVOKED, AND THAT A U.S. CITIZEN TRUCK DRIVER WAS ARRESTED ON A TEXAS PAROLE WARRANT. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE EARLIER INDIO ARRESTS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 20, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP release is dated Oct. 20. No clock time on the release. CBP said Indio Station agents ran the operations at the Highway 86 checkpoint throughout August and September, with ICE and the U.S. Department of Transportation. CBP said they inspected commercial drivers and vehicles for immigration, transportation, and transportation-safety violations. CBP said agents and partner agencies inspected at least 196 commercial drivers, issued citations to 57 drivers for English-language proficiency, hours-of-service logbooks, and vehicle equipment, and placed 27 drivers out of service. A citation is not a conviction. An out-of-service order is not a conviction.

CBP said agents identified two commercial drivers who violated the conditions of their visa temporary visitor status by engaging in prohibited shipping activity. CBP said one driver was processed accordingly. CBP said the second was processed for voluntary return and had his Border Crossing Card revoked. CBP did not name either driver. CBP did not give ages. CBP did not say illegal alien on those two lines. CBP said agents arrested a Haitian national following the revocation of Temporary Protected Status and transferred that person to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations. CBP did not name that person. CBP did not call that person an illegal alien. A transfer for processing is not a conviction. CBP said agents also arrested a U.S. citizen semi-truck driver with an active, extraditable Texas warrant for a parole violation, and transferred that driver to the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office for extradition. CBP did not name that driver. A warrant is not a new conviction in this release. No YouTube video with the release. This is not the unnamed Indio felon already on this page. This is not the Sept. 30 Indio work-visa overstay already on this page.

Source: CBP — Indio Station joint operations at the Highway 86 checkpoint (Oct. 20, 2026) | KESQ, restating the release (Oct. 20, 2026, 12:54 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/20: DHS POSTS SECRETARY MULLIN ON THE FRANCE RIOTS. THE CAPTION SAYS YOU CANNOT HAVE A SECURE NATION IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SECURE BORDER, AND THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO IS IN YOUR COUNTRY. NO NEW ARREST. NO NEW NAME. A 78-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 16 CLIP ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 20, 2026. DHS.

DHS posted at 1:41 p.m. Pacific. The caption quotes Secretary Markwayne Mullin on the France riots: “You cannot have a secure nation if you don’t have a secure border. You have to know who is in your country.” Those are the words in the DHS caption. This page does not have a transcript of the 78-second video. The video is on X. It is not a YouTube video. No new arrest. No new name. No new count. This is not the Oct. 16 DHS video already on this page. That earlier post was 36 seconds, at 6:28 a.m. Pacific, and the caption used a similar border sentence. Fox’s Will Cain account posted the same appearance at 1:53 p.m. Pacific and said Mullin compared unrest in France to past riots in Portland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., and said France’s demonstrations had escalated beyond student protests. Those details are that account’s description. They are not a transcript on this page.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 20, 2026, 1:41 p.m. Pacific) | Will Cain account on X (Oct. 20, 2026, 1:53 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/20: NORFOLK — CBP SAYS OFFICERS SEIZED 2,772 CERAMIC SINKS WITH A COUNTERFEIT CERTIFICATION MARK AND 543 AUTOMOTIVE RADIATORS IMPORTED WITH A STOLEN IDENTITY. BOTH SHIPMENTS CAME FROM CHINA ON OCT. 6. THE SINKS WERE HEADED TO IRVINE. THE RADIATORS WERE HEADED TO LOS ANGELES. NO ARREST. NO NAME. NO IMMIGRATION STATUS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THIS SEIZURE. OCTOBER 20, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP release is dated Oct. 20. No clock time on the release. CBP said the seizures were Oct. 6 in Norfolk and that the goods originated from China. CBP said trade experts verified that the UPC shield and design mark on the sinks was used without authorization. CBP said the sink shipment, destined for an address in Irvine, California, was appraised at $462,501 manufacturer’s suggested retail price if the sinks were authentic. CBP said the 543 radiators were fraudulently imported using a victim’s stolen identity and were destined for an address in Los Angeles, appraised at $120,296. CBP did not name the importer, the victim, or a driver. CBP did not state an immigration status. CBP did not state an arrest or a charge. A seizure is not a conviction. Area Port Director Keri Brady said officers are seizing high-risk and fraudulent shipments and depriving bad actors of illicit revenue. Those are her words. CBP said this is not the first Norfolk seizure of ceramic sinks with counterfeit UPC markings or of fraudulently imported automotive radiators. Those earlier seizures are not on this page. No YouTube video of this seizure. CBP links a general counterfeit-goods short. That short is not this seizure.

Source: CBP — Norfolk sinks and radiators (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/20: DHS SAYS ICE YESTERDAY ARRESTED FIVE PEOPLE IT CALLS CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, INCLUDING A FRESNO CONVICTION FOR CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD UNDER 16 AND A LONG BRANCH CONVICTION FOR ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION WRITTEN ON EVERY NAME. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 20, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 20. DHS posted the thread on X at 1:06 p.m. Pacific. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. DHS said the arrests were yesterday. That is Oct. 19. DHS did not give a clock time for any arrest. DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name a court or a docket. An arrest is not a new conviction. DHS said each person was convicted of the crime it lists. Illegal alien on these five names is DHS’s label.

Vong Vongviset, a criminal illegal alien from Laos. DHS said a conviction for continuous sexual abuse of a child under 16 years old in Fresno, California. Jhostin Richard Abreu-Concepcion, a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. DHS said a conviction for aggravated assault in Rich County, Utah. Bayron David Oviedo-Diaz, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras. DHS said a conviction for second-degree assault in Ocean City, Maryland. Juan Hernandez-Ortiz, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for possession of a controlled substance in Garden Grove, California. Mario Mondragon, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said a conviction for endangering the welfare of a child in Long Branch, New Jersey. DHS did not say child pornography on Mondragon’s line.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that just yesterday ICE arrested pedophiles, violent assailants, and other public safety threats. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every name. Hernandez-Ortiz’s line is a drug-possession conviction. Oviedo-Diaz’s line is second-degree assault. Abreu-Concepcion’s line is aggravated assault. This is not the Oct. 20 North Carolina list already on this page. This is not the Oct. 19 weekend list already on this page. No YouTube video with the release.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: pedophiles, violent assailants, and other public safety threats (Oct. 20, 2026) | DHS on X (Oct. 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/20: JACKSONVILLE — DHS SAYS JENNIFER SUSAN CRUZ, A U.S. CITIZEN, WAS SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS AFTER ASSAULTING AN ICE OFFICER, A CBP OFFICER, AND A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER DURING A JANUARY IMMIGRATION STOP. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS SHE IS 41 AND THAT SENIOR JUDGE HARVEY E. SCHLESINGER IMPOSED THE SENTENCE. DOJ ANNOUNCED IT OCT. 14. THE DHS RELEASE IS DATED OCT. 20. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. OCTOBER 20, 2026. DHS.

ICE posted at 12:41 p.m. Pacific. A still photo. Not a YouTube video from ICE or DHS. The Florida Times-Union posted a clip on Oct. 15. DHS said the incident was Jan. 13 in Jacksonville during a joint operation with ICE, CBP, and the Florida Highway Patrol. DHS said, citing local reporting, that a traffic stop involved two illegal aliens, that Cruz got out of her car and punched an FHP trooper in the face, and that in a law enforcement vehicle she kicked an ICE officer and a CBP officer. DHS said the sentence also includes two years of supervised release and $5,592 in restitution. DHS called her a U.S. citizen. She is not one of the two people in the stopped car.

The Justice Department account is the court-documents account, dated Oct. 14. DOJ said Cruz, 41, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to 15 months by Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger. DOJ said federal immigration officers and FHP were looking for aliens illegally present in the United States. DOJ said Cruz was recording as a trooper pulled a vehicle over, and that officers then determined the two occupants were illegally present. DOJ said another trooper stopped her over cellphone use while driving, that her license was suspended as of June 17, 2025, that she drove away, and that troopers boxed her in. DOJ said she said she was ready to fight, struck a trooper in the face with a closed fist, and struck a CBP agent and an ICE officer. DOJ said the ICE officer’s left hand was injured and that a taser did not subdue her. DOJ said the punched trooper was injured in the face, ear, nose, and left hand and went to a hospital. DOJ did not state the restitution figure. DHS did. A sentence is not a new arrest.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said she thought she could get away with assaulting officers who were arresting illegal aliens, and that the sentence is a warning. Those are his words. HSI Jacksonville Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Hemker and U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe are quoted in both releases. DOJ said Assistant U.S. Attorney Arnold B. Corsmeier prosecuted the case. HSI, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the Florida Highway Patrol investigated.

Source: DHS — woman sentenced after assaulting DHS officers in Florida (Oct. 20, 2026) | DOJ — Jacksonville woman sentenced (Oct. 14, 2026) | ICE on X (Oct. 20, 2026, 12:41 p.m. Pacific) | Florida Times-Union YouTube

BREAKING 10/20: MURRIETA — BORDER PATROL SAYS AGENTS SEIZED ABOUT 51.9 POUNDS OF SUSPECTED FENTANYL FROM A HONDA CR-V ON INTERSTATE 15. NO DRIVER NAME. NO AGE. NO CITIZENSHIP. PRELIMINARY TESTING. NOT A CONVICTION. THIS IS NOT THE SEPT. 29 MURRIETA 962-POUND LIQUID-METH SEIZURE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 20, 2026. CBP.

The written CBP release is dated Oct. 20. No clock time on the release. CBP said the stop was recently, this month. CBP did not give the day. CBP said San Diego Sector agents were on anti-smuggling operations along Interstate 15. CBP said a northbound Honda CR-V exited at Mission Road, turned around, and stopped on its own in the southbound lanes. CBP said a Border Patrol K-9 alerted during a consensual encounter. CBP said agents found a duffel bag with 22 bundles in the backseat. CBP said the bundles weighed approximately 51.9 pounds and that preliminary testing indicated fentanyl. CBP said the driver and the suspected fentanyl were taken to the Newton-Azrak Border Patrol Station, then transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration for criminal prosecution. A transfer for prosecution is not a conviction. Chief Patrol Agent Justin M. De La Torre said fentanyl poses a serious threat and that agents are committed to keeping the drugs off the streets. Those are his words. No YouTube video with the release.

Source: CBP — Border Patrol seizes over 51 pounds of fentanyl along I-15 (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/20: NORTH CAROLINA — DHS NAMES FIVE PEOPLE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED, INCLUDING SIXTEEN COUNTS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR AND A ROBBERY-WITH-A-DANGEROUS-WEAPON CONVICTION. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION ON EVERY NAME. ONE OF THE FIVE WAS DEPORTED OCT. 16. THESE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. OCTOBER 20, 2026. DHS.

The written DHS release is dated Oct. 20. DHS posted the thread on X at 11:33 a.m. Pacific. Still photos. Not a YouTube video. None of these five names are already on this page. This is not the Oct. 16 indictment of 10 noncitizens for voting in North Carolina already on this page. This is not Eliceo Santizo-Velasquez or Angel Paguada-Banegas already on this page. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that in recent weeks ICE arrested illegal aliens convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor, felony child abuse, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and driving while intoxicated. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every name. DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name a court or a docket. An arrest is not a conviction.

Nelson Alexander Chay, an alien from Guatemala and a registered sex offender. DHS said ICE arrested him in Siler City on Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for sixteen counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor — obscene material, and for driving while intoxicated. DHS said he was lawfully admitted through California in May 2002, and that he has been placed in proceedings to terminate his lawful status. DHS did not call him an illegal alien. Gustavo Cardenas Arreola, an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said ICE arrested him in Graham on Oct. 5. DHS said convictions for ten counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown date and location, and that DHS issued a final order of removal on Oct. 19, 2026. Isidro Flores Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Mexico. DHS said ICE arrested him in Oxford on Oct. 13. DHS said a conviction for felony child abuse inflicting serious injury. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown date and location.

Thong Vilaiphone, an illegal alien from Laos. DHS said ICE arrested him in China Grove on Oct. 1. DHS said convictions for possessing weapons of mass destruction, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and felony probation violation. The release does not describe the weapon. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown date and location, and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Feb. 24, 1997. Francis Martinez Alvarez, an illegal alien from Honduras. DHS said ICE arrested him in New Hanover County on Sept. 30. DHS said convictions for robbery with a dangerous weapon and illegal re-entry. DHS said arrests, not convictions, for first-degree kidnapping, discharging a weapon at an occupied property, assault, and second-degree trespass. DHS said he was deported in June 2007, re-entered illegally, and that the Trump administration deported him on Oct. 16. Illegal alien on those four names is DHS’s label. No YouTube video with the release.

Source: DHS — Highlights worst illegal aliens arrested in North Carolina (Oct. 20, 2026) | DHS on X (Oct. 20, 2026, 11:33 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/20: NEW YORK — ICE SAYS IT LODGED DETAINERS FOR DANGELO RAFAEL JEAN CARABALLO AND SNEIDER MEJIA BAUTISTA AFTER LOCAL POLICE ARRESTED THEM OCT. 8. ICE SAYS THEY ARE THE TWO MEN IN THE OCT. 2 STABBING OF AN OFF-DUTY NYPD DETECTIVE IN THE BRONX. THESE NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 6 ITEM, WHEN DHS SAID THEY WERE AT LARGE. THE NEW FACT IS THE DETAINER. THE CRIMINAL LINES IN THIS RELEASE ARE ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH THIS RELEASE. ICE.

The written ICE release is dated Oct. 20. No clock time on the release. A still photo of both men. Not a YouTube video. The Oct. 7 Fox video of the arrests is already on this page. This item does not re-embed it. ICE New York City Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo said New York City’s refusal to honor ICE detainers has grave consequences, including for law enforcement officers. Those are his words. ICE said that, according to ICE intelligence, the two approached the off-duty detective in Norwood on Oct. 2, tried to rob him, stabbed him seven times when he defended himself, and fled on an e-bike. ICE said the detective is recovering. This release does not name the detective. The page already has the name Jose Mercedes from the Oct. 6 local reports. ICE said local authorities arrested both men on Oct. 8, and that ICE has lodged detainers for their transfer. A detainer is a request. It is not a conviction. It is not a transfer.

ICE called both men criminal illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic. That is ICE’s label. Jean Caraballo: ICE said Border Patrol encountered him near San Luis, Arizona, in February 2023, after he tried to enter without authorization, served him a notice to appear, and released him on his own recognizance. ICE said his New York record includes arrests for reckless endangerment, unlawful fleeing from a police officer, reckless driving, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon involving a loaded firearm, and menacing involving a weapon. ICE said arrest. It did not say convicted on those counts. Mejia Bautista: ICE said Border Patrol encountered him near San Luis, Arizona, in December 2022, paroled him, and served him a notice to appear. ICE said an immigration judge ordered him removed to the Dominican Republic in absentia on May 8, 2025. ICE said it lodged a detainer with Bronx Central Booking after an October 2025 NYPD arrest for fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and that New York City declined that detainer. ICE said his record includes arrests for criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar’s tools, grand larceny, and criminal possession of a weapon. Those are arrests in this release, not convictions. This is not Oscar Bergal, also spelled Belgal, already on this page. No YouTube video with this release.

Source: ICE — detainers for two Dominican nationals in the off-duty NYPD detective stabbing (Oct. 20, 2026)

BREAKING 10/20: SAN ANTONIO — THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS RIGOBERTO RAMON MIRANDA-OROZCO, 39, A GUATEMALAN MAN EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES, WAS SENTENCED TUESDAY TO 30 YEARS IN THE 2022 TRACTOR-TRAILER ALIEN-SMUGGLING DEATHS. 53 DEAD. 11 INJURED. OCTOBER 20, 2026. DOJ. HSI.

DOJ said the sentence was imposed today. DOJ said the tractor trailer was found in San Antonio on June 27, 2022, loaded with 64 aliens. DOJ said it traveled about 156 miles from Laredo in about 90-degree heat with no working air conditioning. DOJ said first responders pronounced 48 dead at the scene and five more died at a hospital. DOJ said six of the dead were juveniles and at least one was a pregnant woman. DOJ said two of Miranda-Orozco’s clients, both illegal aliens from Guatemala, died, and another of his clients was seriously injured and survived a long hospital stay. DOJ said he admitted he arranged transportation and lodging through Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States. U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons said 21 of the dead were from Guatemala. A July 2 plea release had set sentencing for Oct. 8. The sentence was imposed Oct. 20.

DOJ said he pleaded guilty July 2 to conspiracy to bring an alien into the United States resulting in death, aiding and abetting bringing an alien into the United States resulting in death, and aiding and abetting bringing an alien into the United States resulting in serious bodily injury. The plea is not the sentence. The sentence is 30 years. Simmons said Miranda-Orozco will spend the rest of his life in a federal prison. Those are his words. The term in the release is 30 years. DOJ said he is 39. News 4 San Antonio’s YouTube description says 49. This page is using the Justice Department age. DOJ said he was arrested in Guatemala in August 2024 and extradited in March 2025. HSI San Antonio led the U.S. case, with HSI Guatemala and the HSI Human Smuggling Unit. DOJ said help came from CBP’s National Targeting Center and Operation Sentinel, the Border Patrol, ATF, San Antonio police, San Antonio fire, and the Palestine Police Department. HSI posted video on X at 10:29 a.m. Pacific. That clip is not a YouTube URL. HSI San Antonio spelled the first name Rigorberto. The Justice Department spelling is Rigoberto. This name is not already on this page. This is not the Oct. 15 five-year sentence of Edgar Sanchez-Solis already on this page.

Source: DOJ — Guatemalan national sentenced to 30 years in the 2022 San Antonio mass-casualty alien smuggling (Oct. 20, 2026) | News 4 San Antonio YouTube | HSI on X | DOJ — July 2, 2026 guilty plea

BREAKING 10/20: LONG BEACH — ICE AND DHS SAY SATURDAY’S OPERATION WAS A TARGETED ARREST OF AN AT-LARGE CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN, AND THAT OFFICERS DID NOT HIT A PERSON ON A BIKE. THEY SAY A PERSON WAS ARRESTED AFTER SMASHING A GOVERNMENT-VEHICLE MIRROR. THE MAYOR AND CNN NAME RICARDO GONZALEZ AND SAY HE TOLD OFFICIALS HE IS A U.S. CITIZEN. ICE DID NOT NAME HIM. OCTOBER 20, 2026. ICE. DHS.

DHS posted the statement Tuesday at 6:19 a.m. Pacific. ICE posted the same statement at 7:48 a.m. Pacific. Both say that on Oct. 17, ICE ran a targeted enforcement operation in Long Beach, California, to arrest an at-large criminal illegal alien. Both say anti-ICE agitators tried to impede the operation, threaten officers, and damage government vehicles after officers gave lawful commands. Both say officers used the minimum force in their training. Both say ICE did not hit an individual on a bike. Both say an individual was arrested after he smashed the mirror of a government vehicle, that resisting arrest can cause injury, and that the person was turned over to local police. Both say ICE is investigating potential charges for damage to the vehicle. A charge is not a conviction. The posts do not name the at-large target. They do not say whether that arrest was completed. They do not name the person accused of smashing the mirror. They do not give that person’s citizenship. ICE added that it has recorded more than a 1,600 percent increase in assaults on officers, a 3,300 percent increase in vehicular attacks, and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats. Those figures are ICE’s. The post does not link a tally.

CNN, the mayor, and local stations describe a different account of the same Saturday scene. CNN said Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson identified the injured man as Ricardo Gonzalez, a former city employee, and said Gonzalez told officials he is a U.S. citizen. CNN said Gonzalez and other residents called 911 about unmarked vehicles. CNN said surveillance video obtained by KTLA shows an unmarked SUV driving the wrong way on a one-way street as a man on an e-bike turns onto that street, and that the camera angle does not show whether the SUV and the e-bike collide. CNN said two witnesses reported the SUV going the wrong way. CNN said city police reported that ICE asked for help with vehicle vandalism and a person who needed medical aid, and that officers arrived to find a man handcuffed and bleeding during a large group disturbance. CNN said an ICE spokesperson gave the same denial carried in Tuesday’s posts, and that ICE did not answer whether Gonzalez is a U.S. citizen. This page does not have a charging document, a medical record, or a court finding on the mirror, the injury, or citizenship. This is not Ricardo Gonzalez of the Dominican Republic already on this page. This is not Ricardo Gonzalez Espinoza of Mexico already on this page.

BREAKING 10/20: LAREDO — ICE SAYS A 56-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN MAN DIED IN CUSTODY AT THE RIO GRANDE PROCESSING CENTER, OCTOBER 20, 2026. ICE.

ICE said Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias passed away Oct. 17, 2026. ICE said staff found him unresponsive in his assigned bed at about 9:48 a.m. Central time, started life-saving measures, and called Laredo Fire Department EMS. ICE said he was declared dead at 10:10 a.m. ICE said the cause of death is unknown and an autopsy will decide it. ICE said that while in custody he received medical care and had a documented history of diabetes, hypertension, and anxiety. ICE’s criminal-history line is an arrest for theft of property on July 27, 2004. The release does not state a conviction. An arrest is not a conviction. ICE said CBP arrested him June 26, 2026, while he was attempting to enter at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo. ICE said he was a lawful permanent resident who obtained that status through fraud by failing to disclose the 2004 arrest, and that he was in ICE custody pending removal proceedings before an immigration judge. ICE said he was receiving due process. ICE said it notified DHS, the ICE Office of Inspector General, the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility, and the Consulate of Mexico. No YouTube video with the release.

ICE BOSTON SAYS A THREE-DAY OPERATION IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ENDED WITH 82 ARRESTS, OCTOBER 19, 2026. ICE.

The release is dated Oct. 19 and marked updated Oct. 20. ICE said the operation ran during the week of Sept. 21. ICE said several of the people arrested had been released from jail by sanctuary jurisdictions that refused immigration detainers. ICE did not say which of the named people were those releases. ICE did not give a town, a date, an age, or a docket for any name. Still photos on the release. No YouTube video. This is not the Oct. 15 arrest of Juan Carlos Izaguirre Membreno already on this page. This is not the August arrest of Heriton Da Silva Aredes already on this page.

ICE said these seven were among the 82. Convictions, where ICE uses that word: Robson Martins Da Silva of Brazil, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. ICE also said Da Silva has been arrested for possession of child sexual abuse material, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault on a family or household member. Those lines are arrests, not convictions stated on the release. Joao Manuel Matos Ferreira of Portugal, two counts of assault with a motor vehicle. ICE called him a criminal alien, not an illegal alien, and said he was also arrested for two counts of indecent exposure and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Cristopher Paul Augui Cajas of Ecuador, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery. ICE said he was also arrested for two counts of assault, disorderly conduct, leaving the scene of property damage, and indecent exposure. Marlon Alexis Portillo-Garcia of Honduras, driving under the influence.

Arrests ICE did not describe as convictions: Ronan Rodrigues Dos Santos of Brazil, assault with a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct, threat to commit a crime, and disturbing the peace. Raphael De Oliveira Batista of Brazil, previously removed, assault and battery on a family or household member, threat to commit a crime, and strangulation or suffocation. Ricardo Faustin of Haiti, five counts of extortion by threat of injury, six counts of larceny over $1,200 by false pretense, larceny under $1,200, larceny by single scheme, and conspiracy. Acting ICE Boston Field Office Director Joseph Sher blamed Massachusetts sanctuary politicians and named the Protect Act. ICE thanked the Coast Guard for help on the operation. The release does not say what the Coast Guard did.

USCIS SAYS A QUINCY MAN IS CHARGED IN A SHAM-MARRIAGE GREEN CARD CASE, OCTOBER 19, 2026. USCIS.

USCIS said a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio indicted Jingming Chen, 31, of Quincy, Massachusetts, a U.S. citizen, for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and immigration document fraud. An indictment is a charge. It is not a conviction. USCIS said court documents allege a Chinese national living in Aurora, Ohio, paid Chen to enter a sham marriage and to fabricate evidence so the co-conspirator could get a green card. The release does not name the co-conspirator. USCIS said the two filed a notice of intention of marriage in Quincy, and that after the wedding Chen directed a preparer to file a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. USCIS said HSI Cleveland and the USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate in Boston investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian M. McDonough is the prosecutor. USCIS said the maximum prison term if convicted is five years. No YouTube video with the release. Justice Department announcement: USAO Northern District of Ohio.

COAST GUARD REPATRIATES 63 OF 66 MIGRANTS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AFTER A MONA PASSAGE INTERDICTION, OCTOBER 20, 2026. USCG.

The Coast Guard said cutter Winslow Griesser handed 63 of 66 people to Dominican Republic Navy vessels Bellatrix and Acrux on Saturday, after a Friday interdiction in the Mona Passage. An HC-144 Ocean Sentry spotted a 30-foot overloaded makeshift boat about 70 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Sector San Juan sent the cutter. An MH-60T Jayhawk from Air Station Borinquen flew overhead. The Coast Guard said 55 men and four women claimed to be Dominican and six men and one woman claimed to be Haitian. Three remain in federal custody facing investigation and charges of illegal attempted reentry under 8 U.S.C. 1326. A charge is not a conviction. This is not the Oct. 5 Winslow Griesser rescue of 61 off Cabo Cabron already on this page, and it is not the Sept. 29 Mona Passage capsizing already on this page. No YouTube video with the release.

SECRETARY MULLIN AND CBP COMMISSIONER RODNEY SCOTT TOUR THE PHOENIX SKY HARBOR CARGO FACILITY, OCTOBER 19, 2026. DHS.

DHS said the Friday tour was at the cargo inspection facility at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where CBP looks for illegal drugs, fraudulent labeling, and other national-security threats. DHS said personnel showed baseball jerseys labeled as made in Mexico that were made in China. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said CBP looks at almost every package so dangerous drugs and counterfeit products do not come in. The Friday Phoenix deportation flights mentioned in this release are already on this page. This is not the Oct. 16 Arizona border-wall tour already on this page.

DHS LISTS KANSAS ARRESTS IT SAYS INCLUDE MURDER, CHILD-SEX, RAPE, DRUG, AND ROBBERY CONVICTIONS, OCTOBER 19, 2026. DHS.

DHS said the Kansas cases are Omar Israel Hernandez of Mexico, arrested in July, with a first-degree murder conviction in Wyandotte County; Alberto Estrada of Mexico, arrested in October, with aggravated indecent liberties with a child and rape convictions in Ellsworth; Greg Chukwuka Orji of Nigeria, arrested in September, with dangerous-drugs and fentanyl-distribution convictions in Hutchinson; Oscar Sanchez-Corona of Mexico, arrested in Shawnee in August and deported Sept. 4, with convictions for drug paraphernalia, property damage, and driving without a license, plus arrests for driving under the influence and illegal entry; and Jose Luis Rauda-Diaz of El Salvador, arrested in July, with an aggravated-robbery conviction and two weapon-possession convictions in Emporia. Arrests are not convictions. Estrada and Orji were already named on earlier arrest lists on this page. Hernandez, Sanchez-Corona, and Rauda-Diaz were not. Still photos on the release. No YouTube video.

ICE ARRESTS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS OVER THE WEEKEND, OCTOBER 19, 2026. DHS.

ICE ARRESTS MORE THAN 100 GANG MEMBERS IN LESS THAN A WEEK, INCLUDING MS-13 AND TREN DE ARAGUA, OCTOBER 19, 2026. DHS.

DHS ANNOUNCES THE LOWEST FISCAL YEAR BORDER CROSSINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE FIRST YEAR WITH ZERO BORDER PATROL RELEASES, OCTOBER 16, 2026. DHS.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REPORT MOLD AND FILTHY KITCHENWARE DURING AN UNANNOUNCED ADELANTO ICE FACILITY VISIT, OCTOBER 16, 2026. DAILY NEWS.

BREAKING 10/16: OTAY MESA — CBP’S WRITTEN RELEASE SAYS OFFICERS THIS WEEK SEIZED NEARLY 1,600 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN A COMMERCIAL TOMATILLO SHIPMENT, STREET VALUE NEARLY $2.5 MILLION. NO DRIVER. NO NAME. NO CITIZENSHIP. THIS IS THE WEIGHT THE 1:09 P.M. AND 11:01 A.M. ITEMS SAID CBP HAD NOT PUBLISHED. SAME CBP YOUTUBE BRIEFING ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

THE WRITTEN CBP LOCAL MEDIA RELEASE IS DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. STILL PHOTOS ON THE RELEASE. THE YOUTUBE ADDRESS IS THE SAME OTAY MESA BRIEFING ALREADY EMBEDDED LOWER ON THIS PAGE. THIS ITEM DOES NOT QUOTE LINES FROM THE VIDEO THAT ARE NOT IN THE WRITTEN RELEASE. THE RELEASE DOES NOT NAME A DRIVER, A DEFENDANT, A CITIZENSHIP, AN IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR A COURT CASE. CBP said officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry this week seized nearly 1,600 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in a commercial shipment of tomatillos, with an estimated street value of nearly $2.5 million. CBP said the seizure was announced earlier today at a news conference hosted by CBP’s Office of Field Operations, U.S. Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and Homeland Security Investigations. The release says “this week.” It does not give a calendar date for the stop.

CBP San Diego Director of Field Operations Sidney Aki said the nation’s borders are the safest and most secure in history, and that this seizure shows drug cartels are not going away. Those are his words in the release. U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre said San Diego Sector has significantly reduced attempts to enter the United States illegally, and that agents are more effectively stopping dangerous drugs from reaching communities. San Diego Air and Marine Branch Director Daniel Jonas said that in fiscal year 2026 his personnel seized more than 302,000 pounds of drugs and more than $4.5 million in illicit currency. Those fiscal-year figures are the branch totals in this release. They are not the weight of this tomatillo load.

This is not the 1:09 p.m. Pacific location-update item already on this page. That item said no weight and no value. This is not the 11:01 a.m. Pacific San Ysidro notice already on this page. This is not the Oct. 12 Laredo World Trade Bridge meth seizure already on this page. This is not the Oct. 7 San Ysidro commercial-bus cocaine seizure already on this page. This is not the Sept. 8 Pharr International Bridge meth load manifested as cabbage, tomatillo, and cilantro already on this page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584phni0kvE

Source: CBP — officers seize nearly 1,600 pounds of meth at Otay Mesa port of entry worth $2.5 million (Oct. 16, 2026) | CBP YouTube — Otay Mesa Press Conference

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BREAKING 10/16: PHOENIX — DHS SAYS SECRETARY MULLIN OVERSAW DEPORTATION FLIGHTS TO MEXICO. THE RELEASE NAMES EIGHT PEOPLE IT SAYS WERE AMONG THOSE REMOVED, INCLUDING CHILD-SEX CONVICTIONS. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION ON EVERY NAME. NO FLIGHT COUNT. NO PASSENGER COUNT. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 5 ALEXANDRIA FLIGHT. THIS IS NOT TODAY’S SIX-NAME ICE REMOVAL LIST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE WRITTEN DHS RELEASE IS DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. STILL PHOTOS ON THE RELEASE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ALL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE FLIGHTS WERE FROM MEXICO, THE RELEASE SAYS. THESE EIGHT NAMES ARE THE ONES DHS LISTED AS AMONG THOSE DEPORTED. THAT IS NOT A FULL MANIFEST. DHS said Secretary Markwayne Mullin oversaw several deportation flights out of Phoenix that removed dangerous illegal aliens back to Mexico, including pedophiles, violent assailants, drug traffickers, drunk drivers, burglars, and gang members. Those words are the lead. They are not a conviction written on every named card. DHS did not give a number of flights. DHS did not give a number of people on the planes. This is not the Oct. 5 Alexandria flight to El Salvador already on this page. This is not ICE’s six-name “yesterday’s removals” list posted at 2:04 p.m. Pacific already on this page.

Mullin said today they oversaw more deportation flights in Phoenix, removing dangerous illegal aliens and sending them back to Mexico, and that among those deported were pedophiles, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and gang members. He said the American people voted for mass deportations. Those are his words in the release. DHS did not name a carrier, a tail number, or a Mexican airport.

• Jaime Velasquez Orozco, Mexico. DHS said convictions for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, assault with intent to rape, inflict corporal injury: spouse/cohabitant, first-degree burglary, battery, driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, hit-and-run with property damage, and possession of a controlled substance in California. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown date and location, and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Oct. 6, 2026. He is already on this page from the Sept. 18 arrest list, as Jaime Velasquez-Orozco. That item was not this removal.
• Jiovany Baray-Acosta, Mexico. DHS said convictions for aggravated driving under the influence — passenger under 15, possession of narcotic drugs for sale (cocaine), and possession of weapon by prohibited person, and an arrest for kidnapping-seize vehicle/other transportation in Arizona. An arrest is not a conviction. DHS said he was deported in 2016, illegally re-entered in August 2021, which the release calls a felony, and that DHS reinstated his prior removal order on Oct. 9, 2026.
• Noe Ochoa Torres, Mexico. DHS said convictions for child abuse — negligently causing serious bodily injury, sex assault — child, and possession of marijuana — over 50 pounds, and arrests for sex assault on a child in a position of trust — victim under 15 and sex assault on a child — pattern of abuse. Those arrests are not convictions in this release. DHS said he was lawfully admitted in 1990, deported in April 2001, deported a second time after an immigration-judge order on April 5, 2006, and then illegally entered a third time.
• Luis Antonio Vasquez Encinas, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for attempted sexual exploitation of a minor under 15 in Arizona. DHS said he was lawfully admitted in March 2023, overstayed after April 2023, and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on July 8, 2026. He is not Luis Antonio Alejandro-Ramos. He is not Clemente Vasquez.
• German Garcia-Ordonez, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for assault and battery in the presence of a minor in Oklahoma. DHS said he has been deported four times: 1997, 1998, and twice in 1999, then illegally re-entered, and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on June 24, 1999.
• Filiberto Preciado-Gamboa, Mexico. DHS called him an 18th Street gang member. That label is the release’s. DHS said a conviction for battery on spouse/ex-spouse/relationship and arrests for inflict corporal injury on spouse/cohabitant, possession of a controlled substance, and shoplifting in California. Those arrests are not convictions in this release. DHS said Border Patrol arrested and deported him after an illegal entry through California in December 2005, that he then illegally re-entered, which the release calls a felony, and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on March 27, 2025.
• Jose Cruz Estrada, Mexico. DHS said convictions for assault causing bodily injury — family, terroristic threats, driving while intoxicated, and evading arrest in Texas. DHS said he was deported in April 2001, deported again after an immigration-judge order on Jan. 13, 2004, and then illegally entered a third time. He is not Jose Morales Hernandez.
• Rolando Carbajal Villegas, Mexico. DHS listed this card twice in the same release. The two cards carry the same convictions: two counts of driving while intoxicated and assault in Texas. DHS said he illegally entered through Texas in February 2009, was deported the following month, illegally re-entered, and that an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Sept. 30, 2026.
• Octavio Felipe-Olivera, Mexico. DHS said convictions for driving under the influence and disturbing the peace in Idaho. DHS said he was deported three times in 2007, then illegally re-entered.

DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name courts on the cards. No YouTube video.

Source: DHS — Secretary Mullin oversees deportation flights out of Arizona (Oct. 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: GEORGIA — DHS HIGHLIGHTS SEVEN PEOPLE IT CALLS ILLEGAL ALIEN TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED IN APRIL AND MAY. ONE HAS AN ARMED-ROBBERY CONVICTION. THE OTHERS ARE LISTED WITH ARRESTS OR WITH NO CRIMINAL HISTORY IN THIS RELEASE. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 15 1,296 NATIONAL COUNT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE WRITTEN DHS RELEASE IS DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. STILL PHOTOS ON THE RELEASE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE ARRESTS ARE FROM APRIL AND MAY. THEY ARE NOT TODAY’S ARRESTS. THE RELEASE LISTS EIGHT CARDS. WUILIANS BRUNO TEJADA VILLEDA APPEARS TWICE. THAT IS SEVEN NAMES. NONE OF THESE SEVEN NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said it was highlighting the worst arrests of illegal alien Tren de Aragua gang members in Georgia in recent months. The TdA label is the department’s. Mullin said ICE has arrested Tren de Aragua gang members in Georgia whose criminal histories include armed robbery, aggravated assault, and drug possession. Those words are not a charge written on every named card. This is not the Oct. 15 post that said 1,296 Tren de Aragua arrests nationwide already on this page. That post named no one.

• Jared Adonay Cruz Rivera, Honduras. DHS said ICE arrested him in April. DHS said a conviction for armed robbery, and arrests for aggravated assault, possession of a firearm or knife in commission of a felony, and possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. Those arrests are not convictions in this release.
• Rudy Gabriel Sauceda Ramos, Honduras. DHS said ICE arrested him in May. DHS said arrests for aggravated assault, armed robbery, possession of firearm or knife during commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies, and possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. The release does not list a conviction for him.
• Jonathan Homez Gonzalez, El Salvador. DHS said ICE arrested him in May. DHS said arrests for aggravated assault, armed robbery, possession of a firearm or knife in commission of a felony, and possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. The release does not list a conviction for him. He is not Jeremias Alexander Gomez Gonzalez.
• Jeremias Alexander Gomez Gonzalez, El Salvador. DHS said ICE arrested him in May. DHS said arrests for aggravated assault, armed robbery, possession of a firearm or knife during commission of felonies, and possession of a Schedule I controlled substance. The release does not list a conviction for him.
• Henrri Enrique Cortez Vargas, Venezuela. The spelling Henrri is the release’s spelling. DHS said ICE arrested him in April. DHS said arrests for theft of movable property and marijuana possession. Those are arrests, not convictions in this release. He is not Hugo Ivan Ramirez Bellozo.
• Robin Acosta Gonzalez, Cuba. DHS said ICE arrested him in May. The release does not list a conviction or an arrest charge for him. He is not Jonathan Homez Gonzalez. He is not Jeremias Alexander Gomez Gonzalez.
• Wuilians Bruno Tejada Villeda, Guatemala. The spelling Wuilians is the release’s spelling. DHS listed this card twice. DHS said ICE arrested him in April. The release does not list a conviction or an arrest charge for him.

DHS did not give ages. DHS did not name courts or cities in Georgia. No YouTube video.

Source: DHS — highlights worst Tren de Aragua gang members arrested in Georgia (Oct. 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: ICE SAYS YESTERDAY’S REMOVALS INCLUDED SIX PEOPLE IT CALLS ILLEGAL ALIENS. THE CARDS LIST CONVICTIONS INCLUDING ATTEMPTED STATUTORY RAPE, FENTANYL, COCAINE ON A VESSEL, AND DWI. ICE SAID THEY WERE AMONG THOSE REMOVED. THAT IS NOT A FULL COUNT. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED FRIDAY AT 2:04 P.M. PACIFIC. STILL PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NONE OF THESE SIX NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THURSDAY’S 11-NAME REMOVAL LIST. ICE said President Trump and Secretary Mullin’s message is that anyone in the country illegally will be arrested and deported, that ICE is delivering on that mandate every day, and that these criminal illegal aliens were among those removed yesterday. Each card says “illegal alien” and “convicted.” ICE did not name a court. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not give a city. ICE did not give a removal date beyond “yesterday.” ICE did not name a destination. The parent post does not say these six were the full count. Jose Morales Hernandez’s card says DWI.

• Jarson Guerrera-Munez, Colombia. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel. Card.
• Luis Alfredo Rodriguez-Castillo, Mexico. ICE said convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. This is not Jose Rodriguez-Eraso. This is not Jose Rodriguez-Gomez. This is not Juan Jose Rodriguez-Maldonado. This is not Rubel Rafael Rodriguez-Lista. Card.
• Mario Hernandez Sanchez, Mexico. ICE said convicted of attempted statutory rape. This is not Juan Benito Sanchez Hernandez. This is not Bryan Alexander Colindres-Sanchez. Card.
• Hugo Ivan Ramirez Bellozo, Mexico. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. This is not Jose Balmory Ramirez Rodriguez. Card.
• Frowen Antonio Alcivar Muentes, Ecuador. ICE said convicted of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine while on board a vessel. That wording is ICE’s. Card.
• Jose Morales Hernandez, Mexico. ICE said convicted of DWI. This is not Juan Jose Morales-Colindres. Card.

Source: ICE on X — yesterday’s removals (Oct. 16, 2026, 2:04 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: OTAY MESA — CBP MOVES TODAY’S FY26 METH BRIEFING FROM SAN YSIDRO TO THE OTAY MESA PORT OF ENTRY. THE HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS A SIGNIFICANT METHAMPHETAMINE SEIZURE AT OTAY MESA AND END-OF-YEAR SUCCESSES IN SAN DIEGO. NO WEIGHT. NO VALUE. NO NAME. THE YOUTUBE WATCH PAGE IS NOW PUBLIC ON THE CBP CHANNEL. THIS IS NOT THE 11:01 A.M. SAN YSIDRO NOTICE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

CBP POSTED THE LOCATION UPDATE FRIDAY AT 1:09 P.M. PACIFIC. ONE LINE. NO PHOTO ON THAT REPLY. NO NEW WEIGHT. NO NEW NAME. THE YOUTUBE ADDRESS IS THE SAME LIVE LINK ALREADY EMBEDDED LOWER ON THIS PAGE FROM THE 11:01 A.M. SAN YSIDRO NOTICE. CBP’s reply says: Location Update: Otay Mesa, CA Port of Entry. That reply sits on CBP’s 12:44 p.m. Pacific post, which still said the briefing would stream from the San Ysidro Port of Entry at 1 p.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. Eastern. The Homeland Security Task Force posted at 12:16 p.m. Pacific that it would announce a recent significant methamphetamine seizure at the Otay Mesa port of entry and end-of-year successes in San Diego at 1 p.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. Eastern. ICE posted at 1:00 p.m. Pacific that HSI San Diego and CBP would reveal details about a huge methamphetamine seizure in San Diego. None of those posts gives a pound figure, a dollar value, a defendant, a citizenship, or an arrest.

A public check of the YouTube watch page now returns a title on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection channel: Otay Mesa Press Conference – Meth Seizure and End of Year Successes. The earlier item on this page said a public check before the 1 p.m. start returned a private, login-required status. This item does not quote lines from the briefing. It does not say the briefing is over. This is not the Oct. 7 San Ysidro commercial-bus cocaine seizure already on this page. This is not the Oct. 12 Laredo World Trade Bridge meth seizure already on this page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584phni0kvE

Sources: CBP on X — location update, Otay Mesa (Oct. 16, 2026, 1:09 p.m. Pacific) | CBP on X — earlier San Ysidro notice, 4 p.m. Eastern (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:44 p.m. Pacific) | Homeland Security Task Force on X — Otay Mesa meth announcement (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:16 p.m. Pacific) | ICE on X — HSI San Diego and CBP (Oct. 16, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific) | CBP YouTube — Otay Mesa Press Conference

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BREAKING 10/15: BALTIMORE — THE U.S. ATTORNEY FOR MARYLAND SAYS ICE CASES BROUGHT ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY CHARGES AGAINST 11 ILLEGAL ALIENS AND GUILTY PLEAS FROM TWO MORE. ONE MAN FACING A RE-ENTRY INDICTMENT IS SERVING A SENTENCE FOR THIRD-DEGREE SEXUAL OFFENSE CONVICTIONS. INDICTMENTS ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. THESE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE IS DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. ELEVEN ARE CHARGED OR FACING INDICTMENT. TWO PLED GUILTY. DO NOT READ THE LEAD AS 13 CONVICTIONS. Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the cases with Field Office Director Robert Guadian of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, Washington Field Office. The release says the office recently secured multiple immigration-related prosecutions against illegal aliens, including a sex offender, in connection with Operation Take Back America. “Secured prosecutions” in that sentence is the office’s wording for cases it brought. It is not a statement that every person on this list has been convicted of the new re-entry count.

FACING INDICTMENT. NOT A RE-ENTRY CONVICTION IN THIS RELEASE. Edwin Abel Aplicano-Vargas, 36, an illegal alien from Honduras. The release says he is currently serving a prison sentence for third-degree sexual offense convictions in Prince George’s County. Those sexual-offense convictions are convictions. The re-entry case is an indictment. The release says he unlawfully re-entered after authorities removed him in 2011. This Guadian announcement is this Maryland list. It is not the Falls Church arrest of Luis Antonio Alejandro-Ramos already on this page.

The release says ten additional illegal aliens are facing indictment for re-entry crimes. Juan Cerritos, 47, Guatemala. The release says he unlawfully re-entered after removal in 2014. Dular Antonio Diaz-Diaz, 35, Guatemala. The release says he illegally re-entered after removal in 2019. He is not Salvador Diaz-Diaz, Jerson Diaz-Diaz, or Gustavo Diaz-Diaz. Bryan Francisco Cortez Martinez, 28; Olvin Alexis Duran-Escobar, 29; Juan Benito Sanchez Hernandez, 41; Jose Luis Melara Jandres, 40; Rafael Antionio Melgar, 38; and Santos Sosa-Portillo, 37. The release calls them El Salvadoran illegal aliens charged with illegal re-entry after prior removal. It says Sanchez Hernandez, Cortez Martinez, and Melara Jandres were previously removed in 2018, 2019, and 2021, respectively. It says Duran-Escobar, Melgar, and Sosa-Portillo illegally re-entered in 2015. It does not give a separate removal year for each of those three. The spelling Antionio is the release’s spelling. The spelling El Salvadoran is the release’s spelling.

Quirino Guerrero-Liberato, 36, Mexico. The release says he is charged with illegal re-entry after two prior removals, and that authorities last removed him in 2023. Carlos Alberto Osorio-Suarez, 33, Mexico. The release says he faces the same charges after law enforcement previously removed him in 2023. Those two are charges. They are not convictions in this release.

TWO GUILTY PLEAS. THESE ARE NOT INDICTMENTS STILL PENDING. Juan Carlos Rivas-Montano, an illegal alien from El Salvador. The release does not give an age. It says he pled guilty to illegal re-entry of an alien removed after a felony conviction, including prior felony convictions for illegal re-entry and sexual offense in the third degree. It says authorities deported him in 2006 and 2021, and that law enforcement found him illegally present in Hyattsville in December 2025. Celstino Patishtan, 21, an illegal alien from Mexico. The spelling Celstino is the release’s spelling. The release says he pled guilty to illegal re-entry after prior removal, and that authorities removed him in 2024 after he served a one-year sentence for first-degree burglary in Cecil County. A guilty plea is not a sentence. The release does not give a sentence on either new plea.

The release says the cases are part of Operation Take Back America. It says Hayes commended ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations for the investigations. It does not name a judge, a court date, or a defense lawyer. No YouTube video.

Source: U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland — illegal re-entry prosecutions (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: DHS POSTS SECRETARY MULLIN ON TARGETED ENFORCEMENT. THE CAPTION SAYS TARGETED ENFORCEMENT INCREASES DEPORTATION NUMBERS. NO NEW ARREST. NO NEW NAME. NO NEW COUNT. A 49-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED FRIDAY AT 12:55 P.M. PACIFIC. A 49-SECOND VIDEO ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO NEW NAME. NO NEW ARREST. THIS IS NOT THE ARIZONA BORDER WALL CLIP ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE 8:33 A.M. JOE ABRAHAM CLIP. The caption says Secretary Markwayne Mullin on how targeted enforcement increases deportation numbers. The post does not give a deportation total, a time period, a city, or a name. This item does not quote lines from the video that are not in the caption.

Source: DHS on X — Mullin on targeted enforcement and deportations (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:55 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: DHS POSTS SECRETARY MULLIN ON SANCTUARY POLITICIANS AND MASS MIGRATION. THE CAPTION SAYS THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF AMERICA. NO NEW ARREST. NO NEW NAME. THIS IS NOT THE 8:33 A.M. JOE ABRAHAM CLIP. A 94-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED FRIDAY AT 12:48 P.M. PACIFIC. A 94-SECOND VIDEO ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO NEW NAME. NO NEW ARREST. THIS IS NOT THE JOE ABRAHAM SANCTUARY CLIP AT 8:33 A.M. PACIFIC. THIS IS NOT THE VOICE OFFICE CLIP AT 11:52 A.M. PACIFIC. The caption says Secretary Markwayne Mullin on how sanctuary politicians want to change the demographics of America with mass migration. The post does not name a politician, a city, a victim, or a defendant. This item does not quote lines from the video that are not in the caption.

Source: DHS on X — Mullin on sanctuary politicians and mass migration (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:48 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: RALEIGH — HSI SAYS 10 FROM NORTH CAROLINA WERE INDICTED FOR ILLEGALLY VOTING IN THE 2024 ELECTION. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM EL SALVADOR AND NINE ARE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. INDICTMENTS ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. THESE 10 NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

HSI POSTED FRIDAY AT 12:25 P.M. PACIFIC. A STILL GRAPHIC ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE WRITTEN RELEASE IS DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. THE GRAPHIC DOES NOT NAME THEM. THESE 10 NAMES ARE NOT THE MINNESOTA TEN ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT MUKESHKUMAR SOMABHAI CHAUDHARI, TERRANCE PATRICK EVANS, LIZBETH ALMONTE-ROSA, ANDRES GARCIA, OR PAULO JORGE SILVA. THIS IS NOT THE FLORIDA 16. The HSI caption says 10 individuals were charged with allegedly falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The graphic says 10 from North Carolina were indicted for illegally voting in the 2024 election. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said a federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens, including an illegal alien, for illegally voting in the 2024 elections. The office said an indictment is an accusation and each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The release says all 10 falsely claimed to be United States citizens to register and vote in the 2024 general election. It says falsely claiming citizenship to vote carries up to five years in prison. It does not state a maximum sentence for the voting-by-an-alien count. FBI Director Kash Patel said the announcement covers arrests and indictments of ten individuals, including one illegal alien and nine non-citizens, who illegally voted in the 2024 election in North Carolina, as alleged. U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle said every non-citizen who chooses to illegally vote cancels out the vote of a law-abiding citizen. Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella said the arrests send the message that election laws are not optional. Those are statements. They are not convictions. This Venturella quote is from this release. It is not an older quote already on this page.

ONE DEFENDANT IS CALLED AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. NINE ARE CALLED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. DO NOT READ THE LEAD AS TEN ILLEGAL ALIENS. Eduardd Omar Majano Sosa, 22, a native of El Salvador and an illegal alien living in Cumberland County. The release charges one count of falsely claiming citizenship to vote and one count of voting by an alien. It says he registered in 2024 and voted in the 2024 general election. Gjina Gojcaj McDonald, 60, a native of the former Yugoslavia and a lawful permanent resident in Robeson County. Both counts. The release says she registered in 2008 and voted in the 2024, 2022, 2020, 2016, 2012, 2010, and 2008 general elections, the 2019 special election, and the 2012 primary. James Edward Herrmann, 47, a native of Germany and a lawful permanent resident in Cumberland County. Both counts. Registered in 2018. Voted in the 2024 and 2020 general elections. Karl Fout, 73, a native of Germany and a lawful permanent resident in Cumberland County. Both counts. Registered in 2008. Voted in the 2024, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, and 2008 general elections. Lawton Caswell McKenzie, 46, a native of Jamaica and a lawful permanent resident in Wayne County. Both counts. Registered in 2007 and 2012. Voted in the 2024, 2020, and 2012 general elections.

Lionel Paul, 62, a native of Haiti and a lawful permanent resident in Granville County. Both counts. Registered in 2024. Voted in the 2024 general election. Ludgardys Olena Matthews, 62, a native of Panama and a lawful permanent resident in Cumberland County. Both counts. Registered in 2009. Voted in the 2024, 2020, and 2018 general elections and the 2020 primary. Mervin Sylvester Bogle, 60, a native of Jamaica and a lawful permanent resident in Harnett County. The release charges him with one count of falsely claiming citizenship to vote. It does not charge him with voting by an alien. It says he registered in 2024, completed a ballot in the 2024 general election, and voted in the 2012 and 2008 general elections. Ramona Abreu-Exia, 71, a native of Germany and a lawful permanent resident in Cumberland County. Both counts. Registered in 2004. Voted in the 2024, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2012, 2010, 2008, and 2004 general elections and the 2008 primary. Robert Harold Corbett, 69, a native of Canada and a lawful permanent resident in Wake County. Both counts. The release says he registered in 1998 and voted in 2024, 2016, 2004, 2002, 2000, and 1998. The spelling Eduardd is the release’s spelling.

The release says the office’s 2026 total of illegal voters indicted and convicted in the Eastern District of North Carolina is now 12. That total includes Denis Joseph Bouchard, 70, a Canadian citizen the release says was convicted of falsely claiming to be a United States citizen when he voted. He is not one of these 10. The total also includes James Darius Osborne, 36, of Wilmington. The release says he was charged with falsely claiming he was eligible to vote while he was a convicted felon on supervised release for possessing child pornography. The release does not call Osborne a noncitizen. He is not one of these 10. His case is not an illegal-alien case in this release.

Carolina Journal reported that eight of the 10 appeared Thursday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge James E. Gates in Raleigh, that one appeared later the same morning, and that one appeared in New Bern. It reported that Gates said they would be released on conditions. It reported that Boyle said at a Thursday afternoon press conference that the illegal alien was in possession of a firearm when he was arrested Tuesday and would face additional charges. The written indictment list does not include a firearm count. That press-conference statement is not a charge in the release. Carolina Journal also reported that State Board of Elections Executive Director Sam Hayes said the defendants were identified after an April check of voter rolls against the SAVE database. Those hearing and firearm details are the newspaper’s account. They are not in the written Justice Department release.

Sources: HSI on X — 10 charged with false citizenship claims to register to vote (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:25 p.m. Pacific) | U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina (Oct. 15, 2026) | Carolina Journal

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BREAKING 10/16: BRONX — ICE SAYS MARCOS CONTRERAS-LOPEZ, A TWICE-REMOVED ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM MEXICO, HAS BEEN DEPORTED. ICE SAYS NYPD CHARGED HIM IN JUNE WITH 1ST-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE, FORCIBLE TOUCHING, AND 3RD-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE. THOSE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS IN THIS POST. ICE SAYS A 2008 FINAL REMOVAL ORDER. NO AGE. A STILL PHOTO ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED FRIDAY AT 12:00 P.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT WILLIAMS ALEJANDRO CORTES CONTRERAS, JUAN CONTRERAS BONILLA, ROBERTO CONTRERAS-GONZALEZ, OR RONALD ALBERTO AGUILAR-CONTRERAS. ICE called Marcos Contreras-Lopez a twice previously removed criminal illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said the New York City Police Department arrested him in June and charged him with 1st degree sexual abuse of a person incapable of consent who was physically helpless, forcible touching, and 3rd degree sexual abuse. Those are charges in the post. The post does not say he was convicted of them. ICE said it arrested him in an at-large targeted enforcement action in the Bronx after he was released back onto New York City streets. ICE said he had a 2008 final removal order. ICE said he has been deported. The post does not give an age, a victim’s name, a court, a docket, a deportation date, or a destination.

Source: ICE on X — Marcos Contreras-Lopez deported (Oct. 16, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: ICE POSTS JOE ABRAHAM AS DIRECTOR OF THE VOICE OFFICE. THE CAPTION SAYS MANY POLITICIANS SHOWED MORE EMPATHY FOR CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS THAN FOR THEIR VICTIMS. NO NEW ARREST. NO NEW NAME. NO NEW CHARGE. THIS IS NOT THE 8:33 A.M. SANCTUARY CLIP ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. A 35-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED FRIDAY AT 11:52 A.M. PACIFIC. A 35-SECOND VIDEO ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. JOE ABRAHAM IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE 8:33 A.M. DHS CLIP. The caption says American families have paid the ultimate price while many politicians have shown more empathy for criminal illegal aliens than for their innocent victims. ICE said that as director of the VOICE Office, Joe Abraham is standing up for Angel families nationwide. The post does not name a victim and does not announce an arrest or a charge. This is not the DHS post at 8:33 a.m. Pacific in which he said Katie’s killer, Sheridan Gorman’s killer, and “this guy in the Bronx” were not neighbors.

Source: ICE on X — Joe Abraham, VOICE Office (Oct. 16, 2026, 11:52 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: ARIZONA — DHS SAYS SECRETARY MULLIN AND CBP COMMISSIONER RODNEY SCOTT TOURED THE BORDER WALL THURSDAY AND WATCHED SECONDARY-BARRIER CONSTRUCTION. THE RELEASE SAYS CBP COMPLETED 250 MILES OF NEW BARRIER SINCE JAN. 20, 2025, AND OBLIGATED $34.3 BILLION FOR SMART WALL PROJECTS. NO ARREST. THE RELEASE DOES NOT NAME A CITY. THE FISCAL YEAR CROSSINGS RELEASE IS ALREADY LINKED ON THIS PAGE. VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS TOUR IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. COMMISSIONER SCOTT IS ALREADY QUOTED IN AN OLDER ITEM. THIS IS NOT THAT ITEM. THIS IS NOT THE BROWNSVILLE CHASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE LOCHIEL COTTONWOOD ITEM. DHS said Secretary Markwayne Mullin and CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott visited the southern border in Arizona on Thursday for a tour of the border wall. DHS said they observed ongoing construction on secondary barriers and met with construction crews. DHS said the visit marked 17 months of zero releases of illegal aliens at the southern border. Secretary Mullin said there have been zero illegal aliens released into the country for the past 17 straight months. The release does not name a city, a sector, an arrest, or a person caught at the wall.

The release says that in fiscal year 2026, CBP completed 250 miles of new border barrier along the southwest border since Jan. 20, 2025, including primary and secondary barriers, waterborne barriers, and supporting technology. It says funding from the Working Families Tax Cut Act paid for Smart Wall construction, and that from September 2025 through September 2026 CBP obligated $34.3 billion for Smart Wall projects in all southwest border states. The release points to the fiscal year 2026 crossings announcement. That announcement is already linked on this page. This item does not restate the apprehension counts.

DHS posted a 36-second video on X at 6:28 a.m. Pacific. The caption quotes Secretary Mullin: “You can’t have a secure nation if you don’t have a secure border.” That video is not on YouTube. Secretary Mullin posted photos on X at 8:51 a.m. Pacific and said he met the border wall construction team and CBP leaders at the Arizona border yesterday. He thanked President Trump for 17 straight months of border security. Those posts are not YouTube videos.

Source: DHS release — Mullin and Scott tour the Arizona border wall (Oct. 16, 2026) | DHS on X — Mullin on the border wall (Oct. 16, 2026, 6:28 a.m. Pacific) | Secretary Mullin on X — Arizona border wall (Oct. 16, 2026, 8:51 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: SAN YSIDRO — CBP SAYS IT WILL HOST A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AT 1 P.M. PACIFIC ON FISCAL YEAR 2026 VICTORIES, INCLUDING A LARGE METH SEIZURE. THE POST DOES NOT GIVE A WEIGHT, A VALUE, OR A NAME. THE BRIEFING HAD NOT STARTED. THE YOUTUBE WATCH PAGE WAS PRIVATE ON A PUBLIC CHECK. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 7 SAN YSIDRO BUS COCAINE SEIZURE

CBP POSTED FRIDAY AT 11:01 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO ON THE X POST. THE YOUTUBE ADDRESS IS THE STREAM CBP POSTED. IT IS NOT A FINISHED BRIEFING. CBP said it will host a press conference to discuss FY26 victories, including a large meth seizure, streaming live from the San Ysidro, California, Port of Entry. CBP said to tune in at 1 p.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. Eastern. The post does not give a drug weight, a dollar value, a defendant, a citizenship, or an immigration status. This is not the Oct. 7 San Ysidro commercial-bus cocaine seizure already on this page. This is not the Oct. 12 Laredo World Trade Bridge meth seizure already on this page.

A public check of the YouTube watch page before the 1 p.m. Pacific start returned a private, login-required status. This item does not report remarks from a briefing that had not started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584phni0kvE

Source: CBP on X — San Ysidro FY26 press conference (Oct. 16, 2026, 11:01 a.m. Pacific) | YouTube live link posted by CBP

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BREAKING 10/16: DHS, TRANSPORTATION, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR SAY A DRONE FLIGHT RESTRICTION TAKES EFFECT TODAY ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. UNAUTHORIZED DRONES ARE BARRED UP TO 400 FEET AND ONE NAUTICAL MILE NORTH OF THE U.S.-MEXICO LINE. NO ARREST. NO NAME. NO DRONE SHOT DOWN IN THIS RELEASE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS RESTRICTION IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of War said a temporary flight restriction bars unauthorized drone activity from the surface to 400 feet above ground level and extends one nautical mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border. DHS said the restriction is effective today. DHS said the FAA will publish a NOTAM. The release says the move is meant to counter cartel drone threats, protect federal personnel and facilities, and reduce risks to border security operations. It does not name a person. It does not report an arrest or a seizure. It does not say a drone was shot down.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the action will help counter cartel drone threats and protect personnel. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the government is protecting the skies from cartel drone threats and other illicit activities. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said restricting unauthorized drone activity gives commanders greater awareness, and that warfighters equipped with technology including directed energy weapons will shoot down any cartel drone that threatens America’s sovereignty. That is his statement. The release does not say a drone was shot down today.

Source: DHS — southern border drone flight restriction (Oct. 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING AN ANCHORAGE CONVICTION FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND A PLAINFIELD CONVICTION FOR ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD — CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 15 LIST. AKOP KANTROZYAN IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE LEAD LABELS ARE NOT A CONVICTION ON EVERY NAME. NO AGES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME. STILL IMAGES ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. FOUR OF THESE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said yesterday ICE arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted for first-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child — child pornography, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The release date is Oct. 16. DHS said the arrests were yesterday. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and other public safety threats. Those words are not a conviction on every person named. DHS did not give ages. DHS did not give a jail.

Korakanh Phornsavanh, a criminal illegal alien from Thailand. DHS says convictions for first-degree murder and second-degree murder in Anchorage, Alaska. Claudius Anglo Ricardo Smith, a criminal illegal alien from the Bahamas. DHS says a conviction for manslaughter with a firearm in Orlando, Florida. The release says manslaughter. It does not say murder. Hernan Marcelo Tamayo-Fernandez, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador. DHS says a conviction for endangering the welfare of a child — child pornography in Plainfield, New Jersey. The secretary’s word pedophile is not the conviction text. Kelvin Alexander Espinal-Marin, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador. DHS says a conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The release does not name a Florida city.

Akop Kantrozyan, a criminal illegal alien from Armenia. DHS says a conviction for conspiracy to defraud in Los Angeles. He is already on this page from the Oct. 14 ICE Los Angeles post. That post says he is an Armenian Power gang member, sentenced to 10-plus years, and ordered removed in 2001. This Oct. 16 release does not say gang member. It states a conspiracy-to-defraud conviction. It does not say that conviction is the same case as the Oct. 14 post.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst arrests (Oct. 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: LINCOLN COUNTY, NEV. — DHS SAYS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN WAS ARRESTED AFTER OFFICERS FOUND ABOUT 30 POUNDS OF SUSPECTED FENTANYL AND MORE THAN 677 POUNDS OF SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE DHS POST DOES NOT NAME HIM. A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IS AN ALLEGATION, NOT A CONVICTION

DHS POSTED FRIDAY AT 10:02 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL GRAPHIC ON THE POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE GRAPHIC NAMES LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. IT DOES NOT NAME THE MAN. THIS IS NOT ALEJANDRO ROJAS GARCIA. THIS IS NOT ANY OTHER GARCIA ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. The graphic says an illegal alien was arrested after law enforcement officers discovered approximately 30 pounds of suspected fentanyl and more than 677 pounds of suspected methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Lincoln County, Nevada. The post credits the Homeland Security Task Force and the Justice Department. An HSI badge is on the table in the photo.

The Justice Department posted Thursday that an illegal alien was arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint alleging possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine after that Lincoln County stop. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said anyone who plans to release a deadly drug like fentanyl onto American streets will be prosecuted, and that the drugs allegedly possessed by this illegal alien are no longer endangering Americans. A complaint is a charge. It is not a conviction.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada posted the written release on Oct. 14 at 5:40 p.m. Pacific and tagged HSI Las Vegas. KLAS and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing the criminal complaint, name the defendant as Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26. They say a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy stopped a pickup he was driving on Oct. 13 on U.S. Highway 93 near Ash Springs after seeing it travel above the speed limit. They say a narcotics-detection dog alerted. They say officers found 13 large storage totes and recovered 187 packages of a white crystalline substance weighing about 307.22 kilograms, reported as 677 pounds, plus 13 brick-shaped packages weighing about 14 kilograms, reported as 30 pounds. They say field tests on selected samples were positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl. Those are field tests reported from the complaint.

The Review-Journal reported the counts as possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of a mixture containing fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine. It reported that if convicted he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life on each count, followed by five years of supervised release. That minimum is what the paper says he faces. It is not a sentence. KLAS quoted First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah saying 14 kilograms of fentanyl represents about seven million potentially lethal two-milligram doses and that, combined with the methamphetamine, the estimated street value is about $2 million. She commended HSI and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The DHS post does not give a country of citizenship beyond the words illegal alien. It does not give an age.

Sources: DHS on X — Lincoln County drug stop (Oct. 16, 2026, 10:02 a.m. Pacific) | Justice Department on X (Oct. 15, 2026) | U.S. Attorney, District of Nevada (Oct. 14, 2026, 5:40 p.m. Pacific) | DOJ release | KLAS | Las Vegas Review-Journal

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BREAKING 10/16: DHS POSTS JOE ABRAHAM ON SANCTUARY POLITICIANS. HE SAYS KATIE’S KILLER, SHERIDAN GORMAN’S KILLER, AND “THIS GUY IN THE BRONX” WERE NOT NEIGHBORS. NO NEW ARREST. NO NEW CHARGE. NO NEW NAME FOR THE BRONX MAN

DHS POSTED FRIDAY AT 8:33 A.M. PACIFIC. A 32-SECOND VIDEO ON THE X POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. KATIE ABRAHAM IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. SHERIDAN GORMAN IS NOT ALREADY NAMED ON THIS PAGE. THE POST DOES NOT IDENTIFY THE BRONX MAN. DHS quoted @angeldadjoe: “Katie’s killer was not our neighbor, Sheridan Gorman’s killer was not our neighbor, this guy in the Bronx was not our neighbor.” DHS said he was speaking on the sanctuary politicians who put criminal illegal aliens before innocent Americans. The post does not give a court, a date, or a docket.

Source: DHS on X — Joe Abraham on sanctuary politicians (Oct. 16, 2026, 8:33 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: DHS SAYS CBP DRUG SEIZURES IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 TOTALED NEARLY 1 MILLION POUNDS. THE GRAPHIC SAYS THAT IS 63 PERCENT HIGHER THAN A 600,000-POUND ANNUAL AVERAGE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. NO NEW LOAD. NO NAMES

DHS POSTED FRIDAY AT 8:17 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL GRAPHIC. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE FALFURRIAS CHECKPOINT COCAINE LOAD ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. The post says “NO HOPE FOR DOPE” and says CBP’s frontline efforts against drug smuggling resulted in nearly 1 million pounds of drugs seized this year, 63 percent higher than the annual average of the last four years. The graphic says CBP’s drug seizures in FY 2026 totaled nearly 1 million pounds, 63 percent higher than the 600,000-pound annual average of the last four years. The graphic does not split that total by drug. It does not name a port or a defendant.

Source: DHS on X — FY 2026 CBP drug-seizure total (Oct. 16, 2026, 8:17 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: THE COAST GUARD MARKS ONE YEAR OF OPERATION RIVER WALL. BOAT CREWS ARE ON THE RIVER WITH BORDER PATROL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. DHS QUOTE-POSTED IT. NO ARREST COUNT. NO NAMES. VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE COAST GUARD POSTED FRIDAY AT 6:17 A.M. PACIFIC. DHS QUOTE-POSTED IT AT 7:34 A.M. PACIFIC. The Coast Guard said one year of Operation River Wall means boat crews running the river alongside U.S. Border Patrol and the Department of War. DHS wrote, “Defending America’s waterways since 1790. Nobody does it better than @USCG.” The posts do not give a new apprehension number.

Sources: U.S. Coast Guard on X — Operation River Wall (Oct. 16, 2026, 6:17 a.m. Pacific) | DHS quote-post (Oct. 16, 2026, 7:34 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/16: INDIANAPOLIS — CBP SAYS OFFICERS SEIZED 300 COUNTERFEIT AUDEMARS PIGUET WATCHES ON OCT. 14. IF GENUINE, THE RELEASE PUTS THE RETAIL PRICE AT $12 MILLION. NO ARREST. NO IMMIGRATION STATUS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

CBP WRITTEN RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME. A STILL PHOTO ON THE CBP PAGE. THIS SEIZURE IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. CBP said officers at the Indianapolis express consignment facility intercepted the shipment on Oct. 14. The shipment came from Hong Kong and was headed for Illinois. CBP said the watches bore the Audemars Piguet trademark, the Centers of Excellence and Expertise deemed them inauthentic, and officers seized them as counterfeit versions of registered trademarks. Acting Director of Field Operations for the Chicago Field Office Michael Pfeiffer said proceeds from counterfeit goods have been found to fund criminal organizations that are often also involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, and other illicit trade. The release does not name a sender, a recipient, or a defendant.

Source: CBP — $12 million in counterfeit watches stopped in Indianapolis (Oct. 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: MIAMI — ICE SAYS 18 FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM COLOMBIA AND HAITI ARRIVED AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO FACE JUSTICE FOR ALLEGED ROLES IN THE 2021 ASSASSINATION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE. ALLEGED. NOT CONVICTIONS IN THIS POST. NO NAMES. VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED THURSDAY AT 6:00 P.M. PACIFIC. ICE EN ESPANOL POSTED THE SAME VIDEO AT 6:05 P.M. PACIFIC. THIS ARRIVAL IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said the arrival follows an extradition and foreign transfer coordinated by HSI Miami and FBI Miami. The post says alleged roles. It does not give the flight date, a docket, or the 18 names. This page does not add names from other outlets.

Source: ICE on X — 18 foreign nationals arrive in Miami (Oct. 15, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific) | ICE en Espanol (Oct. 15, 2026, 6:05 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYS EDGAR SANCHEZ-SOLIS, 27, AN ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM MEXICO, WAS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR A NORTHERN-BORDER ALIEN-SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY. THE SENTENCE FOLLOWS A MAY 7 GUILTY PLEA. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

DOJ WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME. NO PHOTO EMBEDDED HERE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The release says Sanchez-Solis was a leader of an alien smuggling organization that operated between December 2022 and April 2025 and smuggled hundreds of aliens from Mexico and Central and South America across the Canadian border into the United States. It says he pleaded guilty on May 7 to one count of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling and five counts of alien smuggling for commercial advantage and private financial gain. The five-year prison sentence is the sentence. The release says that in one May 2023 event, a van carrying aliens was in a vehicle chase with Border Patrol, agents broke off the pursuit because of risk to the public, and a tire-deflation device stopped the van after it failed to yield.

The release says three other illegal aliens from Mexico were charged. Ignacio Diaz-Perez, 37, and Samuel Diaz-Perez, 27, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and six counts of alien smuggling for financial gain. Salvador Diaz-Diaz, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and five counts of alien smuggling for financial gain. Sentencing for those three is expected Nov. 23. HSI Rouses Point and U.S. Border Patrol Burke Station investigated, with help from HSI’s Human Smuggling Unit and CBP’s National Targeting Center International Interdiction Task Force. This is not the Sept. 23 Ellenburg stop, already on this page, in which Burke Station charged an unnamed U.S. citizen with transporting four Indian nationals. The release says this case is part of Operation Take Back America and Joint Task Force Alpha. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva and HSI Buffalo Acting Special Agent in Charge Anthony J. Patrone gave statements in the release. Trial Attorney Spencer M. Perry and Assistant U.S. Attorney Carling Dunham for the Northern District of New York are prosecuting.

Source: Justice Department — Edgar Sanchez-Solis sentenced for northern-border alien smuggling (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: MINNESOTA — DHS SAYS HSI ARRESTED MUKESHKUMAR SOMABHAI CHAUDHARI, A NON-CITIZEN, FOR A FALSE CLAIM OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE IN THE 2024 ELECTION. A SEPT. 10 INDICTMENT CHARGES TWO COUNTS. THOSE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. DHS DOES NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. DOJ CALLS HIM AN INDIAN NATIONAL. NO AGE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. A STILL PHOTO ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. HE IS NOT BHATOR KONAH BRYANT, JOSHUA FREDERICK KOFI EDZIE, TERRANCE PATRICK EVANS, LIZBETH ALMONTE-ROSA, ANDRES GARCIA, OR PAULO JORGE SILVA. DHS said Homeland Security Investigations arrested Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, a non-citizen, for knowingly making a false claim of United States citizenship to vote in the 2024 general election. DHS did not say illegal alien. DHS did not give an age. DHS did not give a city. DHS did not give the arrest date.

DHS said that on Sept. 10 a federal grand jury in the District of Minnesota returned a two-count indictment. DHS said the indictment charges that on or about Nov. 5, 2024, Chaudhari signed the voter signature certificate Minnesota law requires to vote in the general election. DHS said the certificate required him to swear or affirm that he was a citizen of the United States. DHS said the indictment alleges he was not a U.S. citizen and knowingly made the false citizenship statement in order to vote. An indictment is a charge. It is not a conviction.

DHS said he is charged with one count of false information in voting and one count of making a false claim of citizenship in order to register to vote or vote. DHS said that if convicted he faces a maximum of five years in prison on each count. That maximum is not a sentence.

The Justice Department release dated Sept. 10, which DHS links, calls him an Indian national. That release says Homeland Security Investigations is investigating with assistance from the Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office. That release says an indictment is an allegation and that he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The Sept. 10 release is the indictment. Friday’s DHS release is the arrest statement. Friday’s release does not say citizenship was revoked. DHS did not say he has been ordered removed.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said aliens who vote will be found, arrested, and will face consequences, including criminal charges and deportation. That is his warning. It is not a removal order in this case. HSI St. Paul Special Agent in Charge Travis Pickard said falsely claiming citizenship to cast a ballot is a serious crime.

Source: DHS — HSI arrest of Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari (Oct. 16, 2026). Indictment: DOJ — Indian national charged (Sept. 10, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: MINNESOTA — DHS SAYS A FEDERAL JURY FOUND ALEJANDRO ROJAS GARCIA OF MEXICO GUILTY ON OCT. 8 OF ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE DHS HEADLINE SAYS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE VERDICT DHS QUOTES IS ATTEMPTED PRODUCTION. SENTENCING IS NOT SET. THE 15 YEARS IS A MANDATORY MINIMUM HE FACES. IT IS NOT THE SENTENCE. STATE CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. DHS DOES NOT GIVE AN AGE. HE IS NOT FELIX JERONIMO-ROJAS, JOSE MIGUEL ROJAS-ROSARIO, OR EDWIN YOEL ROJAS-OYUELA. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 16. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. STILL PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations led to an illegal alien being convicted for child pornography in Minnesota. DHS said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota announced that on Oct. 8 a federal jury found Alejandro Rojas Garcia, an illegal alien from Mexico, guilty of attempted production of child pornography. Illegal alien is DHS’s wording. The headline says child pornography. The verdict in the same release is attempted production of child pornography.

DHS said the investigation began in April 2024 after it was alleged that Garcia had sexually assaulted two sisters who were under the age of 13. DHS called that an allegation. DHS did not say he was convicted of that assault. DHS said that upon his arrest on April 5, 2024, officers searched his apartment and found multiple cell phones, cameras, laptop computers, flash drives, and other data storage devices. DHS said they also found multiple hidden cameras in the apartment, including five hidden in the bathroom. DHS said officers found numerous depictions of child sexual abuse material on the storage devices. DHS said one device, a micro-SD card, was hidden inside a crucifix.

DHS said Garcia now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison. DHS said sentencing will be set at a later date. That minimum is what he faces. It is not the sentence. DHS said he is also facing state criminal charges for related conduct. Those state charges are not convictions in this release. DHS did not name the state counts. DHS did not give an age. DHS did not name a city.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said this illegal alien will face justice and that once he finishes his sentence he will be deported. That is the secretary’s statement. The release does not say a removal order has been issued. U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said Garcia is a predator, and that a verdict cannot undo the evil he brought on two innocent girls, but it is justice.

DHS said Garcia obtained a B-2 visa in January 2002. DHS said he entered the United States at an unknown date and location. DHS said the case was investigated by HSI and the Stillwater Police Department, with assistance from Washington County Child Protective Services.

Source: DHS — HSI investigation, Alejandro Rojas Garcia convicted (Oct. 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/16: FRANKLIN, TENN. — ICE SAYS IT LODGED DETAINERS OCT. 10 FOR JOSE ISRAEL PAIZ-GODOY, RUBEL RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ-LISTA, AND IVAN JARED LAGOS-ESPINOZA. ICE CALLS THEM ILLEGAL ALIENS. ICE SAYS FELONY CHARGES AFTER AN ARMED ROBBERY. THOSE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. ICE SAYS THEY ARE NOT IN ICE CUSTODY YET. NO AGES. NO COUNTRIES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED FRIDAY AT 5:01 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL IMAGE ON THE POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THESE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said it lodged detainers with the Williamson County Jail in Tennessee on Oct. 10 against Jose Israel Paiz-Godoy, Rubel Rafael Rodriguez-Lista, and Ivan Jared Lagos-Espinoza. ICE called them illegal aliens. ICE did not name a country for any of the three. ICE did not give ages.

ICE said the trio faces multiple felony charges following an armed robbery at a home in Franklin on Oct. 9. ICE did not name the statutes. Charges are not convictions. ICE said that, according to local authorities, the three fled the scene of an armed robbery involving jewelry advertised on Facebook Marketplace and led police on a vehicle pursuit before officers took them into custody. ICE said that upon release from local custody they will be transferred into ICE custody and will remain detained pending removal proceedings. ICE said they will receive due process. The post does not say they have been transferred.

Source: ICE — Williamson County detainers (Oct. 16, 2026, 5:01 a.m. Pacific)

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DHS SAYS FISCAL YEAR 2026 HAD THE LOWEST BORDER CROSSINGS ON RECORD AND THE FIRST YEAR WITH ZERO BORDER PATROL RELEASES, OCTOBER 16, 2026. DHS.

BREAKING 10/15: BEND — ICE SAYS ERO SEATTLE TRANSFERRED RAJINDER KUMAR, 32, OF INDIA TO OREGON STATE CUSTODY. THE RELEASE SAYS TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER AND THREE COUNTS OF RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING ANOTHER PERSON. THOSE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. THE RELEASE SAYS A NOVEMBER 2025 TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH KILLED TWO NEWLYWED AMERICANS. ICE DOES NOT NAME THEM. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. A STILL PHOTO ON THE ICE PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 3 LOCAL REPORT THAT HE MISSED A HEARING WHILE BELIEVED TO BE IN ICE CUSTODY. THIS RELEASE SAYS ICE TURNED HIM OVER TO THE STATE. ICE said Enforcement and Removal Operations Seattle transferred Rajinder Kumar, a 32-year-old criminal illegal alien from India, to Oregon state custody to face prosecution in connection with the deaths of two newlywed Americans. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s wording. ICE said he has been indicted in Deschutes County on two counts of first-degree manslaughter and three counts of recklessly endangering another person. ICE said the charges stem from a November 2025 tractor-trailer accident and remain pending in Oregon state court. Pending means not convicted. ICE did not name the two Americans. ICE did not name a highway. ICE did not name a court docket.

ICE ERO Seattle acting Field Office Director Julio S. Hernandez said two Americans lost their lives and their families deserve accountability, and that ICE worked with law-enforcement partners so Kumar is returned to state custody to answer for the charges. ICE said that after the state criminal proceedings, ICE will pursue Kumar’s immigration case.

ICE said U.S. Border Patrol apprehended Kumar near Lukeville, Arizona, on Nov. 28, 2022, after he illegally entered the United States from Mexico, and that he was placed in removal proceedings. ICE said a pending application does not confer legal status. ICE did not name the application. ICE said it lodged a detainer with the Deschutes County Jail after the indictment. ICE said Deschutes County released him in April 2026 without honoring the detainer. ICE said officers located and arrested him on April 22, 2026.

Source: ICE — ERO Seattle transfers Rajinder Kumar to Oregon for prosecution (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: ICE SAYS DOJ HAS STARTED PROCEEDINGS TO REVOKE JAVIER MARRERO-PANDO’S CITIZENSHIP AFTER AN ICE ERO OPERATION FALSE HAVEN INVESTIGATION. THE POST SAYS HE CONCEALED A CRIME, SWORE HE HAD NOT FORCED SEXUAL CONTACT, AND LATER PLEADED GUILTY TO AGGRAVATED SODOMY. HE IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 5 DOJ LIST OF 40. THE POST DOES NOT SAY CITIZENSHIP IS REVOKED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED THURSDAY AT 3:35 P.M. PACIFIC. A STILL IMAGE ON THE POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. HE IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE IN THE OCT. 5 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LIST OF 40 DENATURALIZATION COMPLAINTS. THAT BULLET SAYS HE IS 60, FROM CUBA, OF ATHENS, GEORGIA, AND THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED AUG. 31 IN THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. THE ICE POST DOES NOT REPEAT THE AGE, THE CITY, THE COURT, OR THE SENTENCE. PROCEEDINGS ARE NOT A REVOCATION. ICE said the Justice Department has initiated proceedings to revoke Javier Marrero-Pando’s citizenship after an ICE ERO Operation False Haven investigation. ICE said the investigation found he willfully concealed a crime he committed before obtaining citizenship. The Oct. 5 bullet on this page did not use the words Operation False Haven for him.

ICE said that just months before his naturalization interview he sexually assaulted a victim with special needs, and that he swore under oath that he had never forced anyone to have any kind of sexual contact and had never committed a crime for which he had not been arrested. That sexual-contact oath line is the wording of today’s ICE post. ICE said that after he obtained citizenship the prior crime was revealed and he pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy. ICE did not give the plea date. ICE did not give the sentence. The Oct. 5 item on this page already says the Justice Department’s account of the plea, the May 2020 acts, and a life sentence with all but 15 years suspended. This post does not add a new arrest.

Source: ICE on X — Javier Marrero-Pando denaturalization proceedings (Oct. 15, 2026, 3:35 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: CORPUS CHRISTI — THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAYS ROBERT MARTINEZ JR., 51, OF NEEDVILLE, WAS SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS AFTER A GUILTY PLEA. THE RELEASE SAYS HE TRANSPORTED 10 ILLEGAL ALIENS PAST A BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT NEAR SARITA. THE RELEASE DOES NOT CALL MARTINEZ AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. HSI INVESTIGATED WITH BORDER PATROL. NO NAMES FOR THE 10. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME. NO PHOTO EMBEDDED HERE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE RELEASE DOES NOT GIVE A YEAR FOR THE MARCH 9 STOP OR FOR THE MAY 20 PLEA. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said a 51-year-old Needville man, Robert Martinez Jr., will serve federal prison time after authorities discovered 10 illegal aliens concealed inside his tractor-trailer. The release calls the 10 illegal aliens. It does not call Martinez an illegal alien. It says he pleaded guilty May 20. It does not name the statute in the body. The headline says he was sentenced for transporting 10 illegal aliens.

U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ordered 21 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. The release says the court heard additional information on prior felony convictions for possession of a controlled substance, and that the court considered the dangerous conditions. It says two of the illegal aliens were concealed inside a storage compartment beneath four others, making it impossible for them to escape. It says that on March 9, Martinez drove a tractor-trailer to a Border Patrol checkpoint near Sarita, Texas, claimed he was transporting onions, and agreed to a scan. The scan showed anomalies in the tractor cab. Officers then found 10 illegal aliens on the top bunk, beneath a blanket on the lower bunk, and inside a storage compartment. The release says the people in the compartment were sweating and had flushed faces, and that the illegal aliens identified Martinez as the driver. It says he has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a Bureau of Prisons facility.

The release says ICE Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation with the assistance of Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Izaak Bruce prosecuted the case. The release says the case is part of Operation Take Back America. It does not give nationalities for the 10. It does not give their names.

Source: U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas — Needville trucker sentenced for transporting 10 illegal aliens (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: KINGS BEACH — DHS SAYS HSI SACRAMENTO AND ERO RENO ARRESTED MARIO JESUS VALDEZ-FLORES OF MEXICO ON OCT. 7 AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP. THE RELEASE SAYS FIVE PRIOR DEPORTATIONS. IT SAYS CONVICTIONS FOR DUI AND TRANSPORT OR SALE OF NARCOTICS. IT SAYS ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS, FOR FIRST-DEGREE ROBBERY, CONSPIRACY, AND ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. HE IS NOT JOSE VALDEZ-VALLES. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. THE ARREST DATE IN THE RELEASE IS OCT. 7. A STILL PHOTO ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO DHS OR ICE X POST WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said HSI Sacramento and ERO Reno arrested Mario Jesus Valdez-Flores following a traffic stop in Kings Beach, California, on Oct. 7. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Mexico and a convicted felon. DHS said he will remain in ICE custody pending his removal to Mexico.

DHS said he was lawfully admitted to the United States in 2004 and overstayed his authorized period of admission. DHS said he has been deported five times: April 2008, May 2008, July 2008, 2009, and 2016. DHS did not say how he returned after each removal.

The body of the release says convictions for driving under the influence and for transport/sell narcotics/controlled substance. That slash wording is DHS’s. The same paragraph says arrests, not convictions, for first-degree robbery, conspiracy, and assault with a deadly weapon. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Valdez-Flores was convicted for drug trafficking and driving under the influence, and arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree robbery, and conspiracy. “Drug trafficking” is the secretary’s wording. The body does not use those two words. Mullin said he will be deported. DHS did not name a court. DHS did not give an age. DHS did not give a docket. DHS did not give a sentence.

This is not Jose Valdez-Valles, the Fullerton Tokers Town arrest already on this page. This is not Alan Osiel Valdez Araujo. This is not Marco Valdez-Asmal. The rest of the release recites earlier California cases. Those are not new arrests in this release. This page does not re-list them.

Source: DHS — ICE Arrests Five-Time Deported Felon During Traffic Stop in California (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: LAREDO — CBP POSTED A VIDEO ON X OF THE WORLD TRADE BRIDGE METH PRESS CONFERENCE. THE POST SAYS THE SEIZURE IS VALUED AT MORE THAN $30 MILLION. THIS IS THE SAME OCT. 12 SEIZURE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO NEW NAME. NO NEW WEIGHT. NO YOUTUBE URL

CBP POSTED THURSDAY AT 2:40 P.M. PACIFIC. THE VIDEO IS ON THE X POST. THE POST SAYS “WATCH THE FULL PRESS CONFERENCE HERE.” THIS SEARCH DID NOT RETURN A SEPARATE YOUTUBE URL. NOT A YOUTUBE EMBED. THE WRITTEN RELEASE IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE BELOW. THAT ITEM SAID NO CBP X POST WITH THIS SEIZURE HAD BEEN FOUND. CBP said today that CBP and HSI highlighted a major meth seizure in Laredo valued at more than $30 million. The post does not add a driver name, a nationality, a charge, or a new weight. The video file on the post runs about 12 minutes and 49 seconds. This page does not have a transcript of it.

Source: CBP on X — Laredo meth press conference video (Oct. 15, 2026, 2:40 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: ALEXANDRIA — BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN SAYS HE WATCHED AN ICE AIR FLIGHT OF HAITIANS LEAVE THIS MORNING. HE SAYS THE LOAD INCLUDED PEOPLE WITH RECORDS FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, SEX ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING, AND BATTERY. HE DID NOT SAY EVERY PASSENGER HAS THOSE RECORDS. NO NAMES. NO COUNT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

HOMAN POSTED THURSDAY AT 1:16 P.M. PACIFIC. DHS QUOTE-POSTED IT AT 1:53 P.M. PACIFIC WITH THE WORDS “DEPORTATION-MAXXING.” A STILL PHOTO ON HOMAN’S POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 5 ALEXANDRIA FLIGHT OF 100 SALVADORANS. THIS IS NOT THE SEPT. 10 ITEM ON THE 100,000TH FISCAL-2026 REMOVAL OUT OF ALEXANDRIA. THIS IS NOT THE AUG. 21 FLIGHT OF 161 TO HAITI. Border Czar Tom Homan said he was on the ground with the ICE Air Operations team in Alexandria, Louisiana, this morning to observe removal operations. He said the first flight was a plane load of Haitians being sent back home, including those with criminal records for aggravated assault, sex assault, kidnapping, battery, and other crimes. His words are “including those with.” He did not say every person on the plane has a criminal record. He did not say “convicted.” He did not give names. He did not give a head count. He did not give a flight number. He did not name a court.

Homan said temporary protected status that has expired means temporary. He told people whose TPS has expired, or who are otherwise in the country illegally, to use voluntary departure or be arrested and deported. He said ICE hit a record this week for the most deportations in a day since President Trump resumed office. He said fiscal-2026 figures are still being finalized. He said last month ICE alone conducted more removals than any other month, and that since June monthly ICE arrest figures and self-departures recorded by DHS have been higher than any previous months. This page has his post. This page does not have the flight manifest or those monthly tables. DHS did not add facts of its own. The DHS post is the two words “DEPORTATION-MAXXING” over his post.

Source: Tom Homan on X — Alexandria ICE Air flight of Haitians (Oct. 15, 2026, 1:16 p.m. Pacific) | DHS on X — “DEPORTATION-MAXXING” (Oct. 15, 2026, 1:53 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: ICE SAYS YESTERDAY’S REMOVALS INCLUDED 11 PEOPLE IT CALLS ILLEGAL ALIENS. THE CARDS LIST CONVICTIONS INCLUDING CHILD MOLESTATION, RAPE, CHILD MOLESTING, GROSS SEXUAL IMPOSITION, DRUG COUNTS, BURGLARY, ASSAULT, AND DUI. THE LEAD SAYS RAPISTS, PEDOPHILES, DRUG SMUGGLERS, AND OTHER VIOLENT CRIMINALS. THOSE WORDS ARE NOT A CONVICTION ON EVERY CARD. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED THURSDAY AT 1:28 P.M. PACIFIC. STILL PHOTOS. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NONE OF THESE 11 NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said that under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE is unleashed to hunt down, arrest, and deport illegal aliens, and that yesterday’s removals included rapists, pedophiles, drug smugglers, and other violent criminals. Each card says “illegal alien” and “convicted.” ICE did not name a court. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not give a city. ICE did not give a removal date beyond “yesterday.” The lead labels are not the conviction printed on every card. Luis Ernesto Oliva-Lugo’s card says DUI.

• Juan Gutierrez-Garcia, Mexico. ICE said convicted of child molestation. This is not Jose Angel Ramos-Gutierrez. This is not Brayan Policiano Gutierrez Ramirez. This is not Norberto Osornio-Gutierrez. Card.
• William Benjamin Diaz Jacinto, Guatemala. ICE said convicted of manufacturing delivery of controlled substance and alien in possession of a firearm. That wording is ICE’s. Card.
• Rosalio Garcia-Martinez, Mexico. ICE said convicted of criminal attempt to attempt a felony, rape. That wording is ICE’s. This is not Joel Antonio Garcia-Martinez. This is not Nehemias Omar Garcia-Martinez. Card.
• Ernesto Mario Solano Abad, Mexico. ICE said convicted of gross sexual imposition. Card.
• Froylan Dominguez Aguirre, Mexico. ICE said convicted of burglary of habitation with intent to commit felony. That wording is ICE’s. This is not Jose Aguirre Ponce. This is not Anibal Canelon Aguirre. This is not Renzo Yance Dominguez. Card.
• Miguel Angel Saldana, Mexico. ICE said convicted of rape. Card.
• Luis Ramos-De La Cruz, Mexico. ICE said convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Card.
• Luis Hernandez Flores, Mexico. ICE said convicted of child molesting. This is not Ali Omar Flores-Sandino. Card.
• Carmen Urias Velasquez, Mexico. ICE said convicted of importation of methamphetamine. Card.
• Orlin Orlando Limas Herrera, Honduras. ICE said convicted of assault in the third degree with intent to cause physical injury. ICE’s card says “assault 3rd degree w/ intent to cause physical injury.” Card.
• Luis Ernesto Oliva-Lugo, Mexico. ICE said convicted of DUI. Card.

Source: ICE on X — yesterday’s removals (Oct. 15, 2026, 1:28 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONVICTION FOR DUI MANSLAUGHTER AND A MADERA CONVICTION FOR LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 14 WORST OF THE WORST LIST. NO AGES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED THE RELEASE THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. NONE OF THESE FIVE NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. The release says ICE arrested more “worst of the worst” illegal aliens yesterday, including people convicted of DUI manslaughter, lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, assault, and other crimes. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said yesterday ICE arrested killers, pedophiles, and violent assailants. That sentence is not a conviction label on every name below. DHS’s label on each name is “criminal illegal alien.” DHS said “convicted.” DHS did not give ages. DHS did not give docket numbers. DHS did not give an arrest date beyond “yesterday.”

• Ricardo Curbelo-Aguilar, Cuba. DHS said convicted of DUI manslaughter in Hillsborough County, Florida.
• Julio Eduardo Ortega-Diaz, Mexico. DHS said convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old in Madera, California.
• Jaime Marques-Orellana, El Salvador. DHS said convicted of first-degree attempted sexual assault on a child in Douglas County, Nebraska.
• Rafael Calderon-Vierya, Mexico. DHS said convicted of dealing in child pornography in Dover, Delaware. The spelling “Vierya” is DHS’s. This is not Marlon Rolando Calderon-Castellon.
• Antonio Alvarez, Mexico. DHS said convicted of assault in White Plains, New York. This is not Miguel Angel Morales-Alvarez. This is not Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez. This is not Crobdualdo Alvarez Navarro. This is not Guillermo Sergio Alvarez Ramirez. This is not Jesus Ivan Alvarez-Ceteno.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: ICE Arrests Killers, Pedophiles, and Violent Assailants (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: OCEANSIDE — CBP SAYS SAN CLEMENTE BORDER PATROL ARRESTED THREE ROMANIAN NATIONALS ON OCT. 9 AFTER A STOP ON INTERSTATE 5. THE RELEASE SAYS THEY ENTERED ILLEGALLY FROM CANADA. ONE IS CALLED A SUSPECTED MEMBER OF A BALKAN ORGANIZED-CRIME GROUP AND HAS A VIRGINIA CREDIT-CARD WARRANT. NO NAMES. THIS IS NOT THE COAST GUARD PANGA LANDING AT OCEANSIDE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CBP POSTED THE LOCAL RELEASE THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. NO NAMES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT RUDI LACATUSU OR MIRABELA LACATUSU. THIS IS NOT THE COAST GUARD ITEM THAT SAYS 18 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO OCEANSIDE OFF A PANGA. San Diego Sector said that on Oct. 9, 2026, San Clemente Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle on Interstate 5 near Oceanside and arrested all three occupants for illegally entering the United States from Canada between ports of entry. The lead calls them Romanian nationals illegally present in the United States, including a suspected member of a Balkan organized-crime group. A later sentence says record checks identified one of the Romanians as a member of that group. The release says that person also had an active Virginia warrant related to the alleged illicit use of credit cards. A warrant is not a conviction. The release says additional investigative information connected the group to the reported theft of a Rolex watch from a Los Angeles County YMCA locker room in August 2026. “Connected” and “reported” are not a conviction.

Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre said agents remain vigilant in identifying people who may pose a threat, and that the arrest shows border security, intelligence-driven enforcement, and coordination with partners. CBP said the three were transferred to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations for removal proceedings. CBP did not give ages. CBP did not say whether any of the three has been ordered removed.

Source: CBP — Border Patrol arrests Romanian national identified in a transnational organized-crime alert (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: NEW BERN — USCIS POSTS THE WRITTEN RELEASE ON CYRIL DOMAQUIK CLEMENS, 72, OF LIBERIA. THE RELEASE SAYS A SEPT. 17 SENTENCE OF TIME SERVED FOR NATURALIZATION FRAUD, REVOCATION OF CITIZENSHIP, AND A JUDICIAL ORDER TO SELF-DEPORT AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. HE IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 5 ICE POST. NO NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

USCIS DATED THE RELEASE THURSDAY, OCT. 15. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE OCT. 5 ICE POST IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THAT POST SAID CITIZENSHIP WAS REVOKED AND DID NOT ATTACH A JUDGMENT. THE USCIS LINK ALREADY ON THIS PAGE IS THE AUG. 18, 2025 INDICTMENT RELEASE, NOT THIS SENTENCING RELEASE. USCIS said it assisted an investigation that ended in the sentencing of Cyril Domaquik Clemens, 72, a native of Liberia, for naturalization fraud. USCIS said that on Sept. 17 a federal judge sentenced him to time served, revoked his naturalized U.S. citizenship, and judicially ordered him to self-deport at his own expense. USCIS said he pleaded guilty to naturalization fraud on June 18. U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle made the announcement. USCIS did not name the judge in this release.

USCIS said Clemens became a naturalized citizen on Feb. 19, 2021, after false answers on the application and in the interview about sexual contact and about crimes for which he had not been arrested. USCIS said that on April 3, 2023, in Durham County Superior Court, he pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent liberties with a child, was sentenced to a term of 1 year and 4 months to 2 years and 5 months, and was ordered to register as a sex offender. USCIS said he confessed to molesting the child from Nov. 1, 2011, through March 7, 2022, and that the child was 4 when the abuse began. USCIS said those crimes came before the naturalization lies, and that he was not arrested until after he naturalized. USCIS said officials did not know of the offenses when they approved the application. USCIS said HSI, ERO personnel on the Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force, and USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security investigated. USCIS called it part of Operation False Haven. The state plea, the Feb. 19, 2021 naturalization date, and the 2011-2022 abuse dates were already in the 2025 indictment release on this page. The Sept. 17 sentence, the June 18 fraud plea, and the judicial self-deport order are what this release adds.

Source: USCIS — Clemens sentenced, denaturalized, and ordered to self-deport (Oct. 15, 2026) | U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina — announcement

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BREAKING 10/15: REPRESA — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS IT ARRESTED JOSE AGUIRRE PONCE, 32, OF HONDURAS. THE POST SAYS A CONVICTION FOR SECOND-DEGREE ROBBERY. HE IS IN ICE CUSTODY PENDING IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS. HE IS NOT ABRAHAM LEON-AGUIRRE OR ANIBAL CANELON AGUIRRE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED THURSDAY AT 10:16 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO WRITTEN RELEASE ON ICE.GOV WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE San Francisco said officers arrested Jose Aguirre Ponce, 32, of Honduras, in Represa. ICE said his criminal history includes a conviction for second-degree robbery. ICE said he is in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings. ICE said “criminal alien.” ICE did not say “illegal alien.” ICE did not name the court. ICE did not give the sentence. ICE did not give the arrest date.

This is not Abraham Leon-Aguirre. This is not Anibal Canelon Aguirre, also known as Prometheus.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X — arrest of Jose Aguirre Ponce (Oct. 15, 2026, 10:16 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: ARKANSAS — ICE NEW ORLEANS SAYS LEONEL SILVA OF VENEZUELA IS IN CUSTODY. THE POST SAYS HE WAS CHARGED WITH IMPRISONMENT, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR, AND THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT. THOSE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. HE IS NOT PAULO JORGE SILVA. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE NEW ORLEANS POSTED THURSDAY AT 10:11 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO ICE.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said Leonel Silva is an illegal alien from Venezuela. “Illegal alien” is ICE’s label. ICE said he was charged with imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a minor, and third-degree assault in Arkansas. ICE said he is now in ERO New Orleans custody. The post says “charged.” It does not say convicted. ICE did not name the court. ICE did not name a city in Arkansas. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not give an arrest date.

This is not Paulo Jorge Silva.

Source: ICE New Orleans on X — Leonel Silva in custody (Oct. 15, 2026, 10:11 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: FORT HANCOCK — EL PASO SECTOR SAYS A DRONE HELPED AGENTS APPREHEND TWO ALIENS WHO ENTERED ILLEGALLY. NO NAMES. NO NATIONALITIES. THIS IS NOT JAIME FELIPE BATRES. VIDEO ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

EL PASO SECTOR POSTED THURSDAY AT 10:07 A.M. PACIFIC. VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. El Paso Sector said the Mobile Response Team used a drone to locate and track two aliens who entered the United States illegally. The post says the drone supported Fort Hancock Border Patrol agents and the apprehension succeeded. The post does not name them. The post does not give a nationality. The post does not give the date of the crossing. The post does not say criminal history.

This is not Jaime Felipe Batres, the Guatemalan national already on this page from an arrest near Fort Hancock.

Source: El Paso Sector Border Patrol on X — Fort Hancock drone apprehension (Oct. 15, 2026, 10:07 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: ICE HARLINGEN SAYS PEDRO GUZMAN-HERNANDEZ ACCEPTED AN INCENTIVIZED VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE AND HAS BEEN DEPORTED. NO AGE. NO COUNTRY. NO CRIMINAL CHARGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE HARLINGEN POSTED THURSDAY AT 7:05 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said it arrested Pedro Guzman-Hernandez, that he accepted an incentivized voluntary departure, and that he has been deported. The post does not give a country. The post does not give an age. The post does not give a city. The post does not list a criminal charge. The post does not give an arrest date. The lead sentence about illegal aliens is general. It is not a charge on Guzman-Hernandez.

This is not Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez. This is not Norlan Guzman-Fuentes. This is not Carlos Gerardo Brindas-Guzman.

Source: ICE Harlingen on X — Pedro Guzman-Hernandez deported (Oct. 15, 2026, 7:05 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: ICE SAN DIEGO SAYS IT ARRESTED ABEL MARTINEZ OF MEXICO. THE POST SAYS CONVICTIONS FOR VEHICLE THEFT AND PETTY THEFT. HE WILL REMAIN IN ICE CUSTODY PENDING REMOVAL. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN DIEGO POSTED THURSDAY AT 6:54 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO ICE.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE FULL NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said it arrested Abel Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s label. ICE said his criminal history includes convictions for vehicle theft and petty theft. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal. ICE did not name the court. ICE did not give a city. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not give an arrest date.

Source: ICE San Diego on X — arrest of Abel Martinez (Oct. 15, 2026, 6:54 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: BOSTON — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED JUAN CARLOS IZAGUIRRE MEMBRENO OF HONDURAS ON OCT. 13. THE POST SAYS PENDING CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS, FOR INDECENT ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON A CHILD UNDER 14 AND AGGRAVATED RAPE OF A CHILD. ICE SAYS SUFFOLK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT DID NOT HONOR THE DETAINER AND RELEASED HIM. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE BOSTON POSTED THURSDAY AT 4:10 A.M. PACIFIC. A FOLLOW-UP POST AT 4:11 A.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said that on Oct. 13 it arrested Juan Carlos Izaguirre Membreno, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, in Boston. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s label. ICE said his criminal history includes pending charges for indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and aggravated rape of a child ten-year age difference. ICE’s words are “pending charges.” ICE did not say convicted. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not name a docket.

One minute later, ICE Boston said Suffolk County Superior Court did not honor the ICE detainer and released Membreno back into the community. This page has both posts. This page does not have the court order. ICE did not say he is still in ICE custody after that release.

Source: ICE Boston on X — arrest of Juan Carlos Izaguirre Membreno (Oct. 15, 2026, 4:10 a.m. Pacific) | ICE Boston on X — court released him (Oct. 15, 2026, 4:11 a.m. Pacific)

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10/14: LOS ANGELES — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED ARMENIAN AKOP KANTROZYAN. THE POST SAYS HE IS AN ARMENIAN POWER GANG MEMBER, SENTENCED TO 10-PLUS YEARS, AND ORDERED REMOVED IN 2001. HE IS IN ICE CUSTODY. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE LOS ANGELES POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 P.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said it arrested Armenian Akop Kantrozyan. ICE called him an Armenian Power gang member. ICE said he was sentenced to 10-plus years for multiple crimes since 2009: burglary, weapons offenses, fraud, and conspiracy. ICE said an immigration judge ordered him removed in 2001. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody until removed. ICE did not name the sentencing court. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not give the arrest date. ICE did not say “from Armenia” in those words. “Armenian” is ICE’s word.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Armenian Akop Kantrozyan (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific)

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10/14: LOS ANGELES — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED MANUEL CEJA-MELCHOR OF MEXICO. THE POST SAYS HE IS A SURENOS GANG MEMBER, SENTENCED TO 3-PLUS YEARS, INCLUDING DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND REMOVED IN 2017. HE IS NOT JESUS CEJA-BARAJAS. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE LOS ANGELES POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 5:30 P.M. PACIFIC. A STILL PHOTO. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said officers arrested Manuel Ceja-Melchor from Mexico. ICE called him a Surenos gang member. ICE said that since 2012 he was sentenced to 3-plus years for multiple crimes including drug trafficking. ICE said he was previously removed in 2017 and will remain in ICE custody until removed again. ICE did not name the court. ICE did not give an age. ICE did not give the arrest date.

This is not Jesus Ceja-Barajas.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Manuel Ceja-Melchor (Oct. 14, 2026, 5:30 p.m. Pacific)

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10/14: HOUSTON — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED JOSE CEDILLOS UMANA AND DIEGO TUM TAMBRIZ. THE POST SAYS CEDILLOS UMANA WAS CONVICTED TWO TIMES FOR BOTH BURGLARY AND ASSAULT AND WAS REMOVED TWICE. THE POST SAYS TUM TAMBRIZ WAS REMOVED FOUR TIMES. ARRESTS FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND FELONY UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. NO AGES. NO COUNTRIES. VIDEO ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE HOUSTON POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 5:00 P.M. PACIFIC. THREE POSTS. SHORT VIDEOS ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NEITHER NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said that just that day officers arrested Jose Cedillos Umana. ICE called him a twice-deported violent criminal alien and an aggravated felon. ICE said he has been convicted two times for both burglary and assault. ICE did not name the courts. ICE did not give a country. ICE did not give an age.

ICE said officers also arrested Diego Tum Tambriz. ICE called him a four-time-deported violent criminal alien. ICE said he has been convicted of assault with intent to cause injury, illegal reentry, and illegal entry. ICE said he was arrested for sexual misconduct, felony unlawful imprisonment, and illegal entry. “Arrested” is ICE’s word on those three. ICE did not say convicted on those three. ICE did not give a country. ICE did not give an age.

This is not Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos.

Source: ICE Houston on X — Jose Cedillos Umana (Oct. 14, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Pacific) | ICE Houston on X — Diego Tum Tambriz (Oct. 14, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: KEIZER — DHS SAYS HSI AND ERO ARRESTED VICTOR SOSEIA HACHIPAN OF MICRONESIA ON OCT. 7. THE RELEASE SAYS CONVICTIONS FOR TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE SEX ABUSE OF A VICTIM UNDER 14, METHAMPHETAMINE POSSESSION, BURGLARY, AND FAILURE TO REPORT AS A SEX OFFENDER. MARION COUNTY REFUSED A DETAINER AND A SUBPOENA. HE IS NOT KIMER KINTIN. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. THE PAGE SAYS LAST UPDATED 10/15/2026. THE ARREST DATE IN THE RELEASE IS OCT. 7. CONVICTED, AS DHS STATES THE RECORD. NO AGE. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. NO SENTENCE LENGTHS. A STILL PHOTO ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO DHS OR ICE X POST WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said HSI, with assistance from ERO, arrested Victor Soseia Hachipan during a targeted enforcement operation in Keizer, Oregon, on Oct. 7. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Micronesia. DHS said he illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. “Illegal alien” is DHS’s label.

DHS said his record includes convictions for two counts of second-degree sex abuse involving a victim under the age of 14, two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, two counts of second-degree burglary, and failure to report as a sex offender. Those convictions are what the release states. This page does not have the judgments. DHS did not name the courts. DHS did not give the sentence on any count.

DHS said ERO lodged an immigration detainer while Hachipan was in the custody of Marion County, Oregon, after a conviction in 2021. DHS said the county refused to honor the detainer and released him. DHS said that in 2023 he was convicted again of second-degree burglary and was again released under the supervision of Marion County. DHS said HSI issued an administrative subpoena for information that could lead to his whereabouts. DHS said Marion County refused, citing Oregon’s sanctuary law. DHS said HSI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office then obtained a federal court order forcing the county to provide the information that led to the arrest. This page does not have that order. DHS did not name the judge. DHS did not give a case number.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Oregon sanctuary politicians refused an ICE detainer and a subpoena, and that the arrest followed a federal judge’s order to enforce the subpoena. He called Hachipan a convicted sex offender and an illegal alien from Micronesia. Those are the secretary’s words. DHS said this is an HSI-led investigation conducted with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The release does not name the prosecutor.

This is not Kimer Kintin, the Federated States of Micronesia national already on this page from an Iowa neglect conviction. DHS did not post a YouTube video.

Source: DHS — HSI investigation leads to arrest of sex offender illegal alien released by Oregon sanctuary politicians (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: LAREDO WORLD TRADE BRIDGE — CBP SAYS OFFICERS SEIZED 3,395.91 POUNDS OF ALLEGED METHAMPHETAMINE ON OCT. 12. THE RELEASE PUTS THE STREET VALUE AT $30,355,444. THE DRIVER, TRACTOR, AND TRAILER WERE RELEASED. NO NAME. NO ILLEGAL ALIEN. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CBP WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. THE PAGE SAYS LAST MODIFIED OCT. 15, 2026. THE SEIZURE DATE IN THE RELEASE IS OCT. 12. NO ARREST. NO NAME. NO NATIONALITY. A STILL PHOTO ON THE CBP PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO CBP, ICE, OR DHS X POST WITH THIS SEIZURE WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE RELEASE IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized methamphetamine valued at more than $30 million. CBP said the seizure was Oct. 12 at the World Trade Bridge, when an officer referred a 2020 International LT625 tractor hauling a trailer manifested as salt for an enforcement inspection. CBP said a secondary inspection and a nonintrusive inspection found 76 bags containing 3,395.91 pounds of alleged methamphetamine in the commodity. CBP put the street value at $30,355,444.

The photo caption on the CBP page says “methamphetamine” and does not say “alleged.” The body of the release says “alleged methamphetamine.” CBP said it seized the narcotics. CBP said the driver, the tractor, and the trailer were released. CBP said Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating. CBP did not name the driver. CBP did not say illegal alien. CBP did not list a charge. Releasing the driver is not an arrest.

Port Director Alberto Flores said the seizure shows the workforce’s role in border security and the resolve to keep contraband from communities. This release spells the port director Alberto Flores. An Oct. 5 item on this page spelled a Laredo port director Albert Flores.

This is not the Oct. 5 Juarez-Lincoln Bridge cocaine seizure already on this page, the 47.06 pounds CBP valued at $628,458. This is not the Sept. 4 Juarez-Lincoln methamphetamine seizure already on this page. This is not the Oct. 14 Juarez-Lincoln arrest of Juan Elizondo Delgado. This is not the Oct. 14 Del Rio narcotics seizures. CBP did not post a YouTube video.

Source: CBP — CBP officers seize over $30 million in meth at Laredo Port of Entry (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: WEST NEW YORK — DHS SAYS HSI NEWARK AND THE FBI ARRESTED LIZBETH ALMONTE-ROSA OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OCT. 7. THE U.S. ATTORNEY SPELLS THE NAME LIZABETH ALMONTE ROSA, 24. THE COMPLAINT CHARGES VOTING BY AN ALIEN AND UNLAWFULLY PROCURING CITIZENSHIP. SHE IS A NATURALIZED CITIZEN. SHE IS NOT SANATA COULIBALY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED THURSDAY AT 9:48 A.M. PACIFIC. THE WRITTEN RELEASE IS DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. STILL PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO ICE.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS wrote, “HSI ARRESTS NATURALIZED CITIZEN FOR ILLEGALLY VOTING PRIOR TO NATURALIZATION.” DHS said HSI Newark and the FBI arrested Lizbeth Almonte-Rosa on Oct. 7 on charges of voting by an alien. DHS said she is a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic. DHS said she registered to vote in December 2021 and voted in both the primary and general elections in 2022.

The charge DHS names is not a conviction. “Illegally voted” is DHS’s wording. DHS said she was lawfully admitted to the United States in August 2016. DHS said she applied for naturalization in May 2023, that the application was approved in March 2024, and that she was naturalized in April 2024. DHS said she is subject to denaturalization if she is found guilty. That “if” is in the release. She is a naturalized citizen. The DHS release does not say she is an illegal alien. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said she is charged with illegally voting after she voted in the 2022 elections in New Jersey, before she was naturalized. He said the Obama administration let her into the country and the Biden administration approved her naturalization. Those are his words.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ANNOUNCED THE CASE ON OCT. 7. DHS DID NOT RESTATE EVERY FACT IN THAT RELEASE. THE SPELLING IS NOT THE SAME. The office spells the name Lizabeth Almonte Rosa, with no hyphen, and says she is 24 and of West New York. It says she was charged by criminal complaint with voting by an alien in a federal election and with unlawfully procuring citizenship. DHS did not name the second count. The office says she had her initial appearance on Oct. 7 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacey D. Adams in federal court in Newark. It says she was a non-citizen when she registered, and that the voter form falsely certified that she was a United States citizen. It says she voted in person in the June 2022 primary and the November 2022 general election. It says she had entered from the Dominican Republic on an IR2 visa and was not a citizen when she voted. It says that on her N-400 she falsely claimed she had never registered to vote or voted in any federal election. It says the voting count carries a maximum of one year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, and that the citizenship count carries a maximum of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000. Those maximums are not a sentence. The office says the charges are accusations and that she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. This page does not have the complaint. U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced the case. The office credited the FBI, under Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy; HSI, under Special Agent in Charge Michael McCarthy; and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin D. Bleiberg is prosecuting, the release says. The press release number is 26-216.

This is not Sanata Coulibaly, the Senegalese lawful permanent resident already on this page from the Sept. 24 New Jersey voting case. This is not Estarling Nathael Perez Almonte. This is not Terrance Patrick Evans, Andres Garcia, or Paulo Jorge Silva, the other voting cases already on this page. DHS did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: DHS — HSI arrests naturalized citizen for illegally voting in New Jersey prior to naturalization (Oct. 15, 2026) · DHS on X (Oct. 15, 2026, 9:48 a.m. Pacific) · U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: MIAMI — ICE SAYS ERO MIAMI TOOK CUSTODY OF REYNALDO CHAMIZO ZAYAS OF CUBA ON OCT. 3. THE POST SAYS A BOOKING FOR ALLEGED CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE AND CONVICTIONS FOR FELONY DRUG TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. HE IS NOT REYNALDO MORA-ANTONIO. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED THURSDAY AT 8:55 A.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. NO SENTENCE. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE wrote, “CUBAN CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN IN ICE CUSTODY.” ICE said ERO Miami took custody of Reynaldo Chamizo Zayas from Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Oct. 3 after he was booked for allegedly possessing suspected crystal methamphetamine. ICE said his criminal history includes felony drug trafficking and domestic violence convictions.

The methamphetamine booking is an allegation. It is not a conviction. The drug-trafficking and domestic-violence convictions are what ICE states. This page does not have the judgments. ICE did not name the courts. ICE did not give the dates of those convictions. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. This is not Reynaldo Mora-Antonio, already on this page from an earlier DHS arrest list. ICE did not post a YouTube video.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 15, 2026, 8:55 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: NORTH FORT MYERS — DHS SAYS A TRANSGENDER ILLEGAL ALIEN WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A BOY. FOX, WHICH DHS QUOTE-TWEETED, NAMES URIEL SANTIAGO PEREZ, 38, OF MEXICO. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE CHARGE IS SEXUAL BATTERY ON A VICTIM BETWEEN 12 AND 18. HE IS NOT CONVICTED ON THAT CHARGE. HE IS NOT LUDWIG URIEL ESPEJO-CARRILLO. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED THURSDAY AT 7:16 A.M. PACIFIC. THE DHS POST DOES NOT NAME HIM. IT QUOTE-TWEETS FOX. NO DHS.GOV OR ICE.GOV WRITTEN RELEASE WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. A STILL PHOTO ON THE FOX POST. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS wrote, “TRANSGENDER ILLEGAL ALIEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY ASSAULTING BOY.” DHS said no American child should be a victim of illegal alien crime, and that the department is working to get these criminals out of the country. Those are DHS’s words. They are not a conviction. “Illegal alien” and “transgender” are DHS’s labels on that post.

THE NAME, AGE, AND COUNTY ARE ON THE FOX POST DHS QUOTE-TWEETED. FOX ATTRIBUTED THEM TO POLICE AND TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES. Bill Melugin wrote that federal sources told Fox the person arrested in Lee County, Florida, is Uriel Santiago Perez, 38, a Mexican national. Fox said police reported an alleged sexual assault of an underage boy during a house showing in North Fort Myers last week. Fox said Perez is a biological male who presents as a woman. Fox said a federal source reported a 2013 Georgia prostitution conviction, a 2015 arrest in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and no ICE detainer at the Gwinnett County jail at that time. Fox said ICE has now placed a detainer with Lee County. A charge is not a conviction. This page does not have the judgments.

THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CHARGE, AS LOCAL NEWS STATES IT. Gulf Coast News, citing the sheriff’s office, said deputies responded Oct. 6 to a reported sexual battery at a North Fort Myers home that was for sale, identified Uriel Santiago Perez, and charged sexual battery on a victim between the ages of 12 and 18. That report said Perez is on an ICE hold at the Lee County Jail. WFLA reported the same charge and quoted Sheriff Carmine Marceno. A DHS spokesperson told Border Hawk that ICE lodged the detainer Oct. 7, that Perez is a 38-year-old Mexican national who entered at an unknown place and time, and that the history includes a felony first-degree sexual assault of a person 12 or younger, prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, falsifying identification documents, shoplifting, and driving without a license. Those history items are the spokesperson’s list as Border Hawk printed it. This page does not have those judgments. Ali Bradley, citing DHS, reported the same Oct. 7 detainer and said DHS is urging Lee County to honor it. This is not Ludwig Uriel Espejo-Carrillo, already on this page from an El Paso unlawful-voting case. This is not Uriel Perez Lopez of Santa Ana. DHS did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: DHS on X (Oct. 15, 2026, 7:16 a.m. Pacific) · Bill Melugin on X (Oct. 14, 2026) · Gulf Coast News, citing the Lee County Sheriff’s Office · WFLA, citing the Lee County Sheriff’s Office

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BREAKING 10/15: DHS SAYS 1,296 TREN DE ARAGUA ARRESTS. THE EXAMINER SAYS THAT TOTAL RUNS FROM JAN. 20, 2025, THROUGH OCT. 8, 2026. NEARLY 350 CHARGED WITH FEDERAL CRIMES. NO NAMES. THE LEAD’S CRIME LABELS ARE NOT A CHARGE ON EACH PERSON. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED THURSDAY AT 7:09 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO SINGLE ARREST DATE. THE POST QUOTE-TWEETS A WASHINGTON EXAMINER LINK. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS DID NOT POST A MATCHING WRITTEN DHS.GOV RELEASE ON THE DEPARTMENT’S NEWS LIST THIS HOUR. THE 1,296 FIGURE IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS wrote, “1,296 TREN DE ARAGUA ARRESTS!” DHS said murderers, sex traffickers, drug traffickers, thieves, and other criminals associated with the Venezuelan gang have been arrested in unprecedented numbers. Those categories are DHS’s words in the lead. They are not a charge written on each of the 1,296. DHS named the Homeland Security Task Force. DHS did not list the 1,296.

THE WINDOW AND THE FEDERAL-CHARGE COUNT COME FROM THE EXAMINER, NOT FROM THE DHS POST. Washington Examiner reporter Anna Giaritelli wrote that task-force data released to the paper showed 1,296 Tren de Aragua arrests between Jan. 20, 2025, and Oct. 8, 2026, and that nearly 350 members and associates were charged with federal crimes. That is a span of months. It is not one operation on Thursday. Giaritelli quoted an ICE spokesperson: “President Trump’s Homeland Security Task Forces have encountered TdA gang members almost every state.” The spokesperson also said the gang rapes, maims, and murders for sport. Those are the spokesperson’s words. The White House posted an ICYMI page Thursday pointing at the same Examiner story. The White House called the effort the largest federal campaign against transnational crime. That superlative is the White House’s wording. This page does not have a name-by-name list. DHS did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: DHS on X (Oct. 15, 2026, 7:09 a.m. Pacific) · Washington Examiner (Oct. 15, 2026) · White House ICYMI (Oct. 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/15: BROWARD — ICE SAYS IT TOOK CUSTODY OF SALVADOR JAVIQUER SOTOLONGO OF CUBA. THE POST SAYS A 1995 FINAL REMOVAL ORDER AND CONVICTIONS FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, THEFT, AND WEAPONS OFFENSES. THE NEW JAIL CHARGES ARE NOT CONVICTIONS. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED THURSDAY AT 6:05 A.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO CITY INSIDE BROWARD. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURTS. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE wrote, “VIOLENT CUBAN ILLEGAL ALIEN ARRESTED.” ICE spelled the name Salvador Javiquer Sotolongo. ICE said he has a 1995 final removal order and prior convictions for aggravated battery, aggravated assault, theft, and weapons offenses. ICE said it took custody of him from the Broward County Jail after a recent arrest for petit theft, trespassing, providing a false ID to law enforcement, and a violation of release conditions warrant.

The jail charges are allegations. They are not convictions. The four prior convictions and the 1995 removal order are what ICE states. This page does not have the judgments or the removal order. ICE did not say which weapons offenses. “Illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. “Javiquer” is ICE’s spelling. ICE did not post a YouTube video.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 15, 2026, 6:05 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/15: OCALA — ICE POSTS THE WRITTEN RELEASE ON TERRANCE PATRICK EVANS, 37, OF THE BAHAMAS. THE RELEASE SAYS ONE COUNT OF VOTING BY AN ALIEN IN THE 2024 FEDERAL ELECTION. HE IS A LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT. HE IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE OCT. 5 DOJ ITEM. HE IS NOT CRAIG WILLIAM SMITH. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE WRITTEN RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 15. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. THE PAGE SAYS UPDATED 10/15/2026. CHARGED BY INFORMATION. NOT CONVICTED. A STILL PHOTO ON THE ICE PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NO ICE OR DHS X POST WITH THIS RELEASE WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. ICE said Terrance Patrick Evans, 37, a Bahamian national and U.S. lawful permanent resident, has been charged by information with one count of voting by an alien. ICE said the charge followed an investigation by HSI Tampa, the Florida Department of State’s Office of Election Crimes, and the Citrus County Supervisor of Elections. ICE said Evans voted in the 2024 federal general election knowing he was not a citizen. ICE said the maximum penalty if convicted is one year in federal prison. ICE said an information is a formal charge and that a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. ICE said Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry M. Harre is prosecuting the case.

He is a lawful permanent resident. The release does not say he is an illegal alien. The charge is not a conviction. This page does not have the information or a judgment. Evans is already on this page from the Oct. 5 DOJ item on six more lawful permanent residents charged with voting. This item is the ICE written release. It does not add a second charge. He is not Craig William Smith, the other Bahamian lawful permanent resident already on this page. ICE linked the Middle District of Florida release. ICE did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: ICE — Bahamian charged with illegally voting in 2024 election (Oct. 15, 2026) · U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida

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BREAKING 10/14: MINNEAPOLIS — ICE SAYS IT REMOVED NOEL ESCARSEGA-ORQUIZ AFTER A SENTENCE FOR GANG-RELATED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THE POST SAYS SURENOS. HE IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE FROM THE AUG. 21 ARREST LIST. THAT ITEM WAS NOT THIS REMOVAL. NO AGE. NO REMOVAL DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 6:05 P.M. PACIFIC. ICE EN ESPANOL POSTED THE SAME TEXT AT THE SAME MINUTE. NO AGE. NO REMOVAL DATE. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE LENGTH. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS REMOVAL. ICE wrote, “DEPORTED: SURENOS GANG MEMBER, CONVICTED MURDERER.” ICE spelled the gang name SURENOS. ICE said it removed Noel Escarsega-Orquiz after he completed his sentence for gang-related second-degree murder in Minnesota. ICE said its detainer kept him off the streets of Minneapolis. ICE en Espanol used the same facts and wrote the name without a hyphen.

The conviction and the removal are what ICE states. This page does not have the judgment or a travel record. ICE did not give the day he left the country. “Sureños” is the gang name on Wednesday’s post. The Aug. 21 item on this page listed Noel Escarsega-Orquiz, of Mexico, as convicted of second-degree murder in Minneapolis, on a DHS arrest roundup. That August item was an arrest list. It was not this removal. ICE did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: ICE on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:05 p.m. Pacific) · ICE en Espanol on X (same minute)

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SAN ANTONIO SUES TO STOP AN ICE DETENTION CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE, OCTOBER 14, 2026. HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA.

ICE SURGE RATTLES CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY, OCTOBER 14, 2026. LOS ANGELES TIMES.

BREAKING 10/14: DEL RIO PORT OF ENTRY — CBP SAYS OFFICERS SEIZED MORE THAN $657,000 IN NARCOTICS OVER FOUR DAYS. THE RELEASE SAYS TWO UNITED STATES CITIZEN DRIVERS. HSI MADE ONE ARREST. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 2 $595,000 DEL RIO METH LOAD. NO NAMES. NO ILLEGAL ALIEN. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CBP WRITTEN RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. NO CBP, ICE, OR DHS X POST WITH THIS RELEASE WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. STILL PHOTOS ON THE CBP PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE RELEASE IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry recently seized more than $657,000 in narcotics. Acting Port Director Julian DeHoyos said that in just four days, target profiling and inspections led to the seizures. CBP did not say illegal alien. CBP named no drivers. CBP named no charges. An arrest is not a conviction.

THE FIRST SEIZURE, AS CBP STATES IT. OCT. 8 AT THE DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. CBP said a CBP officer referred a 2013 GMC Acadia driven by a 23-year-old male United States citizen for secondary inspection. CBP said officers examined the vehicle with a nonintrusive inspection system, then found 16 packages containing a total of 23.68 pounds of alleged cocaine hidden within the frame. CBP put the estimated street value at $316,142. CBP seized the narcotics. CBP said Homeland Security Investigations special agents made one arrest and have initiated a criminal investigation. CBP did not name the driver. CBP did not list a charge. “United States citizen” is CBP’s label on that driver. It is not a statement that anyone in the vehicle was an illegal alien.

THE SECOND SEIZURE, AS CBP STATES IT. OCT. 11 AT THE DEL RIO INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE. CBP said a CBP officer referred a 2005 Ford Expedition driven by a 54-year-old male United States citizen for inspection. CBP said officers used a nonintrusive inspection system, then found 30 packages containing a total of 37.08 pounds of alleged methamphetamine hidden within the spare tire. CBP put the estimated street value at $316,142. CBP seized the narcotics. CBP said the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested the driver and initiated a criminal investigation. CBP did not name the driver. CBP did not list a charge. “United States citizen” is CBP’s label on that driver. It is not a statement that anyone in the vehicle was an illegal alien.

This is not the Oct. 2 Del Rio Port of Entry methamphetamine seizure already on this page, the 81 packages CBP valued at $595,185 from a 2018 Ford Transit van driven by a 59-year-old male lawful permanent resident. This is not the Sept. 8 Del Rio mixed load of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl already on this page. CBP did not post a YouTube video.

Source: CBP — CBP officers seize more than $657K in narcotics over a four-day period at Del Rio Port of Entry (Oct. 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/14: NORTH MISSISSIPPI — ICE AND HSI SAY A DRUG AND FIREARMS TAKEDOWN ARRESTED 14 PEOPLE. THE POSTS SAY TWO DRUG-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOCK-TYPE CONVERSION DEVICES. ICE DID NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE NAMED THE 14. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 3:00 P.M. PACIFIC. HSI POSTED THE SAME TEXT AT THE SAME MINUTE. NO NAMES ON THE ICE OR HSI POSTS. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO IMMIGRATION STATUS ON THOSE POSTS. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS TAKEDOWN. HSI NEW ORLEANS POSTED THE SAME CASE ON OCT. 8, WITH VIDEO ON X. ICE wrote, “14 ARRESTED IN MISSISSIPPI DRUG AND FIREARMS TAKEDOWN.” ICE said HSI New Orleans special agents and their Homeland Security Task Force partners brought down a major firearm and drug trafficking organization this week. ICE said the coordinated enforcement actions resulted from ongoing investigations into two drug trafficking organizations operating in North Mississippi and an investigation into the importation and distribution of Glock-type conversion devices. HSI posted the same text at the same minute.

ICE and HSI did not say illegal alien. They did not name anyone on today’s posts. They did not give immigration status. “This week” is ICE’s phrasing on a Wednesday post. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced the 14 arrests on Oct. 7. HSI New Orleans posted the takedown on Oct. 8 and linked the U.S. Attorney’s written release. The Oct. 8 HSI New Orleans post includes video on X. That video is not a YouTube video. Today’s ICE and HSI posts are still photos.

THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE POSTED A WRITTEN RELEASE. HSI NEW ORLEANS LINKED THAT PAGE ON OCT. 8. The Oxford Eagle printed the news release on Oct. 7. It says U.S. Attorney Scott Leary, ATF Special Agent in Charge Joshua Jackson, and HSI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matt Reidell made the announcement. It says three separate operations made up the HSTF effort. WTVA, citing the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said the operation happened in late September and that the investigation is not over. A charge is an allegation. It is not a conviction. The photos have no captions with courts, sentences, or immigration status.

THE 14 NAMED IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S NEWS RELEASE. CHARGED, AS THE RELEASE STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS. THE RELEASE DID NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN.

Joshua Alexander, 30, Greenville. Charged with drug distribution.

Craig Baker, 60, Tupelo. Charged with drug distribution.

Trevion Bernard, 20, Leland. Charged with possession of a machine gun.

Jackie Brunson, 54, Tupelo. Charged with drug distribution.

Kabriyen Clark, 23, Tupelo. Charged with illegal possession of a machine gun.

Lucas Davis, 43, Greenville. Charged with drug distribution.

Otheno English, 42, Tupelo. Charged with drug distribution.

George Jefferson, 43, Greenville. Charged with drug distribution.

Raymond Long, 52, Tupelo. Charged with drug distribution.

Floyd Milton, 41, Greenville. Charged with drug distribution.

La’Jayvion Moy, 21, Greenville. Charged with carjacking and felon in possession of a firearm.

Rana Owens, 44, Tupelo. Charged with drug distribution.

Marquez Palmer, 38, Greenville. Charged with drug distribution.

Dajuante Rancifer, 34, Greenville. Charged with drug distribution.

Partners named on the news release are ATF, HSI, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigations, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit, the Greenville Police Department, and the Tupelo Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Chad Doleac, John Herzog, Clyde McGee, Sam Stringfellow, and Feleica Wilson are prosecuting the cases, the release says.

The news release says these arrests are part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. That is the U.S. Attorney’s Office language. It is not a statement that any of the 14 is an illegal alien. ICE and HSI did not give immigration status for any of the 14.

This is not Isaias Camacho-Caballero, already on this page from ICE’s Oct. 8 Mississippi deportation post. This is not Operation Muddy Waters, already on this page. This is not Ruben Ortiz Herrera, already on this page from ICE New Orleans. ICE and HSI did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: ICE on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Pacific) · HSI on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Pacific) · HSI New Orleans on X (Oct. 8, 2026) · U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Mississippi — 14 arrested for drug distribution and firearms charges (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/14: FALLS CHURCH — ICE SAYS WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICERS ARRESTED LUIS ANTONIO ALEJANDRO-RAMOS OF GUATEMALA ON SEPT. 7. THE RELEASE SAYS AN ARLINGTON CIRCUIT COURT CONVICTION FOR POSSESSING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. HE IS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. HE IS NOT LUIS ALFONSO GARCIA-JIMENEZ. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE WRITTEN RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. THE PAGE SAYS UPDATED 10/14/2026. THE ICE ARREST DATE IN THE RELEASE IS SEPT. 7. CONVICTED. THE COURT SUSPENDED THE PRISON TERM. STILL PHOTOS ON THE ICE PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST THIS NAME ON X THIS HOUR. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE Washington, D.C. said officers arrested Luis Antonio Alejandro-Ramos, a criminal illegal alien with a felony conviction for possessing child sexual abuse material, on Sept. 7, 2026. The headline says the Guatemalan illegal alien was convicted of felony possession of child sexual abuse material in Arlington County. ICE said officers arrested him in Falls Church and entered him into removal proceedings. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of those proceedings.

ICE said Alejandro-Ramos illegally entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and without having been inspected or admitted by a U.S. immigration official. ICE said authorities in Arlington arrested him on Feb. 28, 2025, and charged him with felony possession of child pornography. ICE said that on Sept. 12, 2025, the Arlington Circuit Court convicted him and sentenced him to three years in prison. ICE said the court then suspended all three years of that sentence and ordered three years of supervised probation.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian said Alejandro-Ramos has a conviction for possessing child sexual abuse material, which Guadian said makes him a substantial threat to the children of Northern Virginia neighborhoods. Guadian said officers cannot allow such a threat to roam the streets, and that they are identifying, arresting, and removing criminal illegal alien threats. Those are Guadian’s words. They are not an extra charge. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. A conviction is what ICE says the Arlington Circuit Court entered. This page does not have the judgment. Removal proceedings are a case status. They are not a completed deportation on this page. ICE did not give an age, a docket number, or a YouTube video. The photos have no captions with a docket or a sentence date beyond what the release already states.

This is not Luis Alfonso Garcia-Jimenez, the Salvadoran national already on this page from ICE Washington, D.C.’s Oct. 6 written release. That arrest was Sept. 2 in Manassas. ICE said Garcia-Jimenez is charged with four counts of felony aggravated sexual battery. Those counts are charges, not convictions. This is not Luis Antonio Molina. This is not Hector Chavez-Ramos. This is not Teofilo Ramos-Ramos. The release does not tie those names. ICE did not post a YouTube video with this arrest. DHS did not post a written dhs.gov release with this name. ICE Harlingen, ICE Los Angeles, and ICE Washington D.C. on X did not post this name this hour.

Source: ICE — ICE Washington, DC arrests criminal illegal alien convicted of possessing child sex abuse material in Virginia (Oct. 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/14: ICE SAYS IT DEPORTED TEN YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A MURDER CONVICTION AND A CHILD-PORNOGRAPHY TRANSPORTATION CONVICTION. THE LEAD SAYS MURDERERS, GANG MEMBERS, AND DRUG DEALERS. THOSE WORDS ARE NOT A CHARGE ON EVERY CARD. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 1:01 P.M. PACIFIC. THE LEAD SAYS DEPORTED YESTERDAY. ON A WEDNESDAY POST, YESTERDAY IS OCT. 13. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. NO DEPORTATION DATES ON THE NAMED CARDS. STILL PHOTOS ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THESE TEN NAMES. NONE OF THE TEN NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE wrote that murderers, gang members, drug dealers, and other violent criminals were deported yesterday, and that the streets are safer with these criminals out of the country. Those categories are ICE’s words in the lead. They are not a charge written on every card below. “Illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photos have no captions with courts, sentences, or dates.

THE TEN NAMED IN WEDNESDAY’S THREAD. CONVICTIONS, AS ICE STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS.

• Eduardo Castillo Hernandez, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for aggravated sexual assault. This is not Angel Ramirez-Castillo. This is not Francisco Javier Garcia-Castillo.
• Maria Cid Rincon, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance: methamphetamine. The name is not already on this page.
• Denis Sabastian Baca-Lopes, Honduras. ICE spelled the middle name Sabastian. ICE said convictions for aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm during commission of a crime. The name is not already on this page.
• Jose Camilo Hernandez Escobar, Venezuela. ICE said a conviction for smuggling aliens. The name is not already on this page.
• Na Xin Wu, China. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The name is not already on this page.
• Jesus Modesto Sanchez, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for transportation of child pornography. This is not Jesus Barreto Sanchez. This is not Jesus Nicolas Sanchez.
• Gregorio Alberto Rios-Cruz, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for illegal alien in possession of a firearm. The name is not already on this page.
• Eprain Gonzalez Sanchez, Mexico. ICE spelled the first name Eprain. ICE said convictions for hit and run, DUI, and assault with intent to rape. The name is not already on this page.
• Melchor Juarez Nolazco, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for murder. The name is not already on this page.
• Francsico Delfino Martinez Perez, Mexico. ICE spelled the first name Francsico. ICE said convictions for attempted murder – 2nd degree and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. This is not Emiliano Martinez Perez, already on this page from ICE and San Saba County.

ICE did not name the courts. ICE did not give the day each man or woman left the country. ICE did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: ICE on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 1:01 p.m. Pacific) · ICE on X — Melchor Juarez Nolazco · ICE on X — Francsico Delfino Martinez Perez

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BREAKING 10/14: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A SIGNAL HILL CONVICTION FOR SEX WITH A MINOR AND TWO ALEXANDRIA COUNTS OF VIDEOTAPING UNDRESSED PERSONS WITHOUT CONSENT. NO AGES. NO ARREST DATES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14. DHS POSTED THE THREAD ON X AT 12:58 P.M. PACIFIC. THE BODY SAYS YESTERDAY’S ARRESTS. ON AN OCT. 14 RELEASE, YESTERDAY IS OCT. 13. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST TIMES. NO DOCKETS. PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE AND ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NONE OF THE FIVE NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said that yesterday ICE arrested more worst of the worst illegal aliens, including people convicted of sex with a minor, videotaping undressed persons without consent, and assault and battery on a family or household member. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, domestic assailants, and other public safety threats. Those categories are the secretary’s words. They are not an extra charge written on each name below. “Criminal illegal alien” is DHS’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. This is not Tuesday’s twenty-name Columbus Day weekend list already on this page.

THE FIVE NAMED IN WEDNESDAY’S RELEASE. CONVICTIONS, AS DHS STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS.

• Wilver Ever Albayero, El Salvador. DHS said a conviction for sex with a minor three years younger in Signal Hill, California. The name is not already on this page.
• Joshua Gabriel Car Hombrebueno, Philippines. DHS said two counts of videotaping undressed persons without consent in Alexandria, Virginia. The name is not already on this page.
• Julio Alberto Lopez-Carahui, Guatemala. DHS said a conviction for assault and battery on a family/household member in Troy, New Hampshire. The name is not already on this page.
• Roque Calihua-Cruz, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Twin Falls, Idaho. The name is not already on this page.
• Jaime Martins-Olivera, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Dallas, Texas. The name is not already on this page.

DHS did not name the courts. DHS did not give the day of each ICE arrest. DHS did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Sexual Predators, and Domestic Assailants (Oct. 14, 2026) · DHS on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 12:58 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: CASS COUNTY, MO. — DHS SAYS HSI KANSAS CITY ARRESTED ANDRES GARCIA, A LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT FROM CUBA. THE RELEASE SAYS HE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF VOTING BY AN ALIEN IN THE 2022 AND 2024 ELECTIONS. HE IS NOT AN ILLEGAL ALIEN NOW. HE IS NOT PAULO JORGE SILVA. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS WRITTEN RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. NO DHS OR ICE X POST WITH THIS NAME WAS FOUND THIS HOUR. THE ARREST DATE IN THE RELEASE IS OCT. 6. CHARGED, NOT CONVICTED. THE RELEASE SAYS LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT. A STILL PHOTO ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said ICE Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City arrested Andres Garcia, a lawful permanent resident from Cuba, on Oct. 6 after he was charged with two counts of voting by an alien for voting in the November 2022 and November 2024 elections. A charge is an allegation. The court has not ruled.

DHS said that even before receiving lawful-permanent-resident status, Garcia allegedly registered to vote in Cass County, Missouri, in 2004, and that he has voted regularly for the last 20 years in at least 15 elections, including at least 13 federal elections. DHS said that despite knowing he was not a United States citizen, he claimed to be one when registering to vote in 2004, and did so again in 2013. Those are allegations in the DHS release. They are not a verdict on this page.

DHS said Garcia illegally entered the United States through Florida in September 1969, applied for lawful-permanent-resident status in February 2009, and was approved in July 2009 by the Obama Administration, backdated to August 2006. “Illegal alien” is not the status DHS assigns him now. The release calls him a lawful permanent resident. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said this alien from Cuba has been arrested and charged with illegally voting in multiple elections. Those are the secretary’s words. They are not a verdict. HSI Kansas City Acting Special Agent in Charge Rick Sabatini and U.S. Attorney R. Matthew Price for the Western District of Missouri are quoted. DHS said Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Nichols is prosecuting.

The Justice Department’s Oct. 12 election-crimes announcement, not already used for this name on this page, lists Cuban national Andres Garcia, 64, a lawful permanent resident, charged with two counts of illegally voting in federal elections in November 2022 and November 2024. That is the age this page uses. DHS’s Wednesday release does not give an age.

This is not Paulo Jorge Silva, the Portuguese lawful permanent resident already on this page who DHS says is charged with voting by an alien in Philadelphia. This is not Evelyn Novelles Miller, the Filipino lawful permanent resident already on this page who pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to illegally voting in 2024. This is not Alfonso Garcia-Jimenez. ICE and DHS did not post a YouTube video with this arrest.

Sources: DHS — ICE HSI Arrests Cuban Alien for Illegally Voting in Past Elections in Missouri (Oct. 14, 2026) · Justice Department — charges involving 16 individuals for election crimes (Oct. 12, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/14: ICE HARLINGEN SAYS IT ARRESTED AND REMOVED MIGUEL JIMENEZ-SANTEZ OF MEXICO AFTER A VOLUNTARY RETURN. THE POST SAYS SELF-DEPORT. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE HARLINGEN POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 12:19 P.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO REMOVAL DATE. NO COURT. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE Harlingen wrote, “If you are in the U.S. illegally, self-deport now!” ICE said Miguel Jimenez-Santez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested and removed by ICE after accepting a voluntary return. ICE said leave on your own terms, decide now while you still have a choice, and that if you are arrested, ICE will deport you.

“Illegal alien” is ICE Harlingen’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. A voluntary return is ICE Harlingen’s description of how he left. ICE did not name a court, a criminal charge, or a conviction. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Eustate Jimenez. This is not Jesus Jimenez. This is not Ismael Cura Castaneda, already on this page from ICE Harlingen. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE Harlingen on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 12:19 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/13: ICE LOS ANGELES SAYS IT ARRESTED XUERUI ZHAO, 29, OF CHINA, ON OCT. 10. THE POST SAYS ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS, FOR DUI AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. HE IS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE LOS ANGELES POSTED TUESDAY AT 4:43 P.M. PACIFIC. DHS REPOSTED WEDNESDAY AT 6:47 A.M. PACIFIC. THE LOCAL ARREST DATE IN THE POST IS OCT. 10. ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. NO CITY. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE Los Angeles said it arrested criminal illegal alien Xuerui Zhao, 29, of China, on Oct. 10. ICE said Zhao has previous arrests for DUI and disorderly conduct. ICE said he is now in removal proceedings.

An arrest is not a conviction. ICE Los Angeles did not say he was convicted on those counts. ICE did not name the courts, the dates of those arrests, or the dockets. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE Los Angeles’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. Removal proceedings are a case status. They are not a completed deportation on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

The name is not already on this page. ICE and DHS did not post a YouTube video with this arrest.

Sources: ICE Los Angeles on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 4:43 p.m. Pacific) · DHS on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:47 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: LAS CRUCES — ICE AND HSI SAY A NEW MEXICO CRACKDOWN ARRESTED 237 PEOPLE. THE POSTS SAY 12 GANG MEMBERS IDENTIFIED AND 15 PROSECUTED. ICE DID NOT SAY ILLEGAL ALIEN. THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE LED THE OPERATION. NO NAMES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 12:00 P.M. PACIFIC. HSI POSTED THE SAME TEXT AT THE SAME MINUTE. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO IMMIGRATION STATUS ON THE ICE OR HSI POSTS. STILL PHOTOS ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE. ICE said HSI Las Cruces and federal, state, and local partners arrested 237 individuals, identified 12 gang members, prosecuted 15 individuals, and seized 17 firearms, two vehicles, and narcotics in a whole-of-government operation targeting gangs and violent offenders. HSI said it will continue working with law enforcement partners to dismantle criminal gangs and get violent offenders off the streets.

ICE and HSI did not say illegal alien. They did not name anyone. They did not give immigration status. They did not give the dates of the arrests. They did not name the gangs. “Prosecuted 15” is ICE and HSI’s count. It is not a list of convictions on this page. The photos have no captions with names, courts, or charges.

THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE POSTED A WRITTEN RELEASE DATED OCT. 2. That release says the Marshals Service District of New Mexico led Operation Triple Beam-Prolific in Las Cruces and the surrounding area. It says the operation ran from Aug. 24 to Sept. 25. It lists 237 total arrests, 17 firearm seizures, two vehicles recovered, 54 grams of cocaine, 403.4 grams of methamphetamine, and 110 grams of fentanyl. Participating agencies on that release include the Marshals Service, the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, the DEA, the Las Cruces Police Department, the New Mexico State Police, the New Mexico Corrections Department, and the Office of the Third Judicial District Attorney. Acting HSI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Ryan G. McRae is quoted on the Marshals page. The Marshals release does not say illegal alien. It does not name the 237 people.

This is not the Sierra Blanca fentanyl seizure already on this page. This is not the Falfurrias cocaine stop already on this page. ICE and HSI did not post a YouTube video.

Sources: ICE on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Pacific) · HSI on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Pacific) · U.S. Marshals Service — Operation Triple Beam-Prolific results in 237 arrests (Oct. 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/14: ICE HARLINGEN SAYS IT ARRESTED ISMAEL CURA CASTANEDA OF MEXICO. THE POST SAYS A RECENT DWI ARREST AND ONE PRIOR DWI CONVICTION. HE IS NOT ANGIE LOANI HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE HARLINGEN POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 11:58 A.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE Harlingen said it arrested Ismael Cura Castaneda, an illegal alien from Mexico, with no documentation to remain in the U.S. ICE said Cura was recently arrested for driving while intoxicated. ICE said he has one prior conviction for DWI. ICE said criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.

A recent arrest is not a conviction. The prior DWI conviction is as ICE states it. This page does not have the judgment. ICE did not name the courts, the sentences, the date of the recent arrest, or the date of the ICE arrest. “Illegal alien” is ICE Harlingen’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. “No documentation to remain in the U.S.” is ICE Harlingen’s description. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Angie Loani Hernandez-Castaneda, already on this page from ICE San Francisco’s Oakland arrest. This is not Ali Omar Flores-Sandino, already on this page from ICE Harlingen. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE Harlingen on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: EL PASO — ICE EL PASO SAYS IT ENCOUNTERED CLEMENTE VASQUEZ OF MEXICO. THE POST SAYS HE IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, THAT ICE LODGED A DETAINER AT THE COUNTY JAIL, AND THAT HE WAS TRAVELING WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO HAS A FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. HE IS NOT CONVICTED ON THAT CHARGE. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE EL PASO POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 10:41 A.M. PACIFIC. THE POST TAGS CBP’S EL PASO DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS. ENCOUNTERED, NOT AN ICE ARREST ON THIS POST. CHARGED, NOT CONVICTED. NO AGE. NO COUNTY NAMED. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE El Paso said ICE El Paso and CBP’s El Paso Director of Field Operations encountered Clemente Vasquez, an illegal alien of Mexico with possible ties to a Mexican cartel. The post says he is charged with possessing child pornography and is at the county jail, where ICE lodged a detainer. The post says he was traveling with a 14-year-old girl with a final order of removal.

A charge is an allegation. It is not a conviction. ICE El Paso did not name the court, the county jail, the arresting agency on the child-pornography count, or the docket. “Possible ties to a Mexican cartel” is ICE El Paso’s phrasing. It is not a conviction and it is not a named cartel on this page. “Illegal alien” is ICE El Paso’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. A detainer is a hold request. It is not a completed removal. The post does not give the girl’s name. This page does not name her. A final order of removal is ICE El Paso’s description of her status. It is not a completed deportation on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Jose Jacinto Vasquez Arellano, already on this page from ICE Houston’s New Caney arrest. This is not Mauricio Vasquez Arias. This is not Ever Magdiel Mejia-Vasquez. This is not Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE El Paso on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 10:41 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: RANCHO CORDOVA — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS IT ARRESTED DENYS HONCHAROV, 48, OF UKRAINE. THE POST SAYS CONVICTIONS FOR DUI AND CORPORAL INJURY. HE HAS A FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. HE IS NOT VITALIY CHMUKH. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 10:15 A.M. PACIFIC. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE San Francisco said it arrested criminal alien Denys Honcharov, 48, of Ukraine, in Rancho Cordova. ICE said he has convictions for DUI and corporal injury. ICE said he has a final order of removal and will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the United States. Those convictions are as ICE states them. This page does not have the judgments. ICE did not name the courts, the sentences, or the date of the arrest. “Criminal alien” is ICE San Francisco’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. A final order is not a completed deportation on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Vitaliy Chmukh, of Ukraine, already on this page from ICE Seattle. This is not Mykhaylo Kofel. This is not Bogdan Detrovich Gren. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 10:15 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: SAN DIEGO — ICE SAN DIEGO SAYS IT ARRESTED DARWIN CORTES OF HONDURAS. THE POST SAYS CONVICTIONS FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND ILLEGAL ENTRY. HE IS NOT JUAN RUIZ-CORTES. NO AGE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN DIEGO POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 6:45 A.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE San Diego said it arrested Darwin Cortes, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras. ICE said Cortes’s criminal history includes convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia and illegal entry into the United States. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal. Those convictions are as ICE states them. This page does not have the judgments. ICE did not name the courts, the sentences, or the date of the arrest. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE San Diego’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. Pending removal is a statement of intent. It is not a completed deportation on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Juan Ruiz-Cortes. This is not Francisco Gallardo-Cortes. This is not Bernardino Cruz-Cortes. This is not Williams Alejandro Cortes Contreras. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE San Diego on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: ICE NEW ORLEANS SAYS IT ARRESTED RUBEN ORTIZ HERRERA OF MEXICO. THE POST SAYS A CONVICTION FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. HE IS NOT IRVIN ROBLERO-ORTIZ. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE NEW ORLEANS POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 5:39 A.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE New Orleans said it arrested Ruben Ortiz Herrera, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said his criminal history includes a conviction for possession of methamphetamine. ICE said it will continue to remove criminal illegal aliens like Ortiz from the United States. That conviction is as ICE states it. This page does not have the judgment. ICE did not name the court, the sentence, or the date of the arrest. “Illegal alien” is ICE New Orleans’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Irvin Roblero-Ortiz, already on this page. This is not Fortunato Ortiz-Ramirez. This is not Angel Gabriel Ortiz-Hernandez. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE New Orleans on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 5:39 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: DORCHESTER — ICE BOSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED ANDY SABRIEL ALCANTARA BELTRE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OCT. 8. THE POST SAYS ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS, INCLUDING FENTANYL TRAFFICKING IN 100 GRAMS OR MORE. HE IS NOT SANTO RODOLFO GARCIA MENDEZ. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE BOSTON POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 9:26 A.M. PACIFIC. A FOLLOW-UP AT 9:27 A.M. PACIFIC. THE LOCAL ARREST DATE IN THE POST IS OCT. 8. ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE Boston said that on Oct. 8 it arrested Andy Sabriel Alcantara Beltre, a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, during targeted operations in Dorchester, Mass. The thread says his criminal history includes arrests for heroin/morphine/opium/fentanyl trafficking in 100 grams or more, possession of a firearm without an FID card, possession of ammunition without an FID card, possession of a Class A drug, possession to distribute a Class A drug, distribution or dispensing a Class A drug, possession to distribute a Class B drug, possession of a Class B controlled substance (cocaine), operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a marked-lanes violation, and no inspection sticker.

An arrest is not a conviction. ICE Boston did not say he was convicted on those counts. ICE Boston did not name the courts, the dates of those arrests, or the dockets. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE Boston’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

ICE Boston then wrote that another of Maura Healey’s “sanctuary sweethearts” is off the streets thanks to ERO Boston. Those are ICE Boston’s words. “Sanctuary sweethearts” is ICE Boston’s nickname. It is not a charge.

This is not Santo Rodolfo Garcia Mendez, of the Dominican Republic, already on this page from ICE Boston’s Hillsboro, N.H., arrest. This is not Furvio Flete Garcia. This is not Elvin Peguero Pena. The posts do not tie those names.

Sources: ICE Boston on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 9:26 a.m. Pacific) · ICE Boston on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 9:27 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: LAREDO — CBP SAYS OFFICERS AT THE JUAREZ-LINCOLN BRIDGE TOOK JUAN ELIZONDO DELGADO, 34, OF MEXICO, OFF AN OUTBOUND BUS ON SEPT. 29. THE RELEASE SAYS A RENO, NEV., FELONY WARRANT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD UNDER 14 WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. HE IS NOT CONVICTED ON THAT WARRANT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CBP WRITTEN RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. THE ENCOUNTER DATE IN THE RELEASE IS SEPT. 29. WANTED, NOT CONVICTED ON THE RENO WARRANT. THE RELEASE SAYS HE DID NOT POSSESS DOCUMENTS TO ENTER OR REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS TURNED OVER TO WEBB COUNTY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. CBP said officers at the Laredo Port of Entry apprehended a male Mexican citizen wanted for an alleged sexual assault against a child with a deadly weapon. On Sept. 29, CBP said, officers working outbound enforcement at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge encountered Juan Elizondo Delgado, 34, of Mexico, as a passenger on a commercial bus exiting the country into Mexico. The bus and the man were referred for secondary inspection. CBP said he did not possess documents to enter or remain in the United States. CBP said biometric checks then showed an outstanding felony warrant for sexual assault against a child under 14 years of age with a deadly weapon, issued by the Reno Police Department in Reno, Nevada. CBP said officers confirmed the warrant and turned him over to Webb County sheriff’s deputies for transport to the Webb County jail for adjudication of the warrant.

A warrant is an allegation. It is not a conviction. CBP’s own release says criminal charges are merely allegations and that defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. “Illegal alien” is CBP’s label in the title. It is not a judgment on this page. CBP did not say convicted. CBP did not say he was turned over to ICE. CBP did not say he will be deported. The release does not name a court, a docket, or a YouTube video. ICE and DHS did not post a written ice.gov or dhs.gov release with this name.

This is not the Laredo stash-house post already on this page, where the Border Patrol chief said two smugglers were arrested and 11 illegal aliens were apprehended. This is not Ali Omar Flores-Sandino. CBP does not tie those cases.

Source: CBP — Laredo CBP officers arrest illegal alien wanted for sexual assault against a child with a deadly weapon (Oct. 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/14: SIERRA BLANCA CHECKPOINT — BIG BEND SECTOR SAYS A K-9 ALERT LED TO THE SEIZURE OF MORE THAN 14 POUNDS OF FENTANYL. NO NAMES. NO IMMIGRATION STATUS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

BIG BEND SECTOR POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 A.M. PACIFIC. CBP REPOSTED AT 6:45 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO COURTS. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Acting Chief Patrol Agent Josh B. Barrett said a K-9 alert at the Sierra Blanca Checkpoint led to the seizure of more than 14 pounds of fentanyl. He said agents and K-9 teams remain committed to stopping these dangerous drugs before they reach communities. CBP wrote that smugglers tried to move more than 14 pounds of fentanyl through Sierra Blanca, that Border Patrol agents and a K-9 team stopped them, and that this is why checkpoints matter.

The posts do not name a driver. They do not name a passenger. They do not say illegal alien. They do not say arrested. They do not say convicted. They do not give the day of the stop. The photo has no caption with names, courts, or dates. This is not the Sept. 24 Sierra Blanca K-9 Boxy track of four illegal aliens already on this page. This is not the Falfurrias cocaine stop already on this page. This is not the Murrieta 962-pound liquid-meth seizure already on this page. The posts do not tie those cases.

Sources: Big Bend Sector Border Patrol on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:00 a.m. Pacific) · CBP on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: EL PASO SECTOR — THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS A PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM MEXICO WAS APPREHENDED AFTER ALLEGEDLY USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE HUMAN SMUGGLING. NO NAME. PENDING DEPORTATION. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 A.M. PACIFIC. HE TAGGED EL PASO SECTOR. NO NAME. NO AGE. NO COURT. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez posted, “Arrested: Promoting Smuggling on Social Media.” He said a previously deported illegal alien from Mexico was apprehended after allegedly using social media to promote human smuggling. He said the man is now pending deportation. He said the border is not the only place the Border Patrol is watching, and that the agency is tracking illegal activity where it hides, in neighborhoods or on screens.

The post says “allegedly.” An allegation is not a conviction. “Pending deportation” is a statement of intent. It is not a completed removal on this page. The post does not give the man’s name. It does not give his age. It does not give the day of the arrest. It does not name a platform, a court, or a docket. “Illegal alien” is the chief’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a name, a court, or a charge. ICE and DHS did not post a YouTube video with this arrest.

This is not the Laredo stash-house post already on this page. This is not the chase already on this page in which a U.S. citizen driver dropped off three illegal aliens and faces state human-smuggling charges. The chief does not tie those cases.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/14: STORMVILLE, N.Y. — ICE SAYS IT REMOVED RENZO YANCE DOMINGUEZ AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM GREENHAVEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE POST SAYS HE SERVED TIME FOR SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER AND ASSAULT. ICE BUFFALO’S AUGUST ARREST POST, NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE, SAYS HE IS 30 AND FROM PERU. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 5:01 A.M. PACIFIC. THE POST SAYS REMOVED UPON RELEASE FROM GREENHAVEN. IT DOES NOT GIVE THE DAY HE LEFT THE COUNTRY. NO NATIONALITY ON TODAY’S POST. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said it removed Renzo Yance Dominguez upon his release from Greenhaven Correctional Facility in Stormville, N.Y., where he served time for second-degree manslaughter and assault. ICE said his criminal history also includes DUI, dangerous drugs, marijuana possession, and traffic offenses. Those convictions are as ICE states them. This page does not have the judgments. ICE did not name the courts or the sentences on today’s post. ICE did not post a written ice.gov or dhs.gov release with this name.

ICE BUFFALO POSTED THE ARREST ON AUG. 25. THAT POST WAS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE Buffalo said officers arrested Peruvian Renzo Yance-Dominguez, 30. It said Yance was sentenced to six years for manslaughter in 2018. It said he has other convictions for assault, DWI, possession of dangerous drugs, and traffic offenses. It said he would remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. Today’s post lists the removal. It does not add a court, a docket, or a removal date beyond the Greenhaven release.

ICE did not post a YouTube video with this removal. The posts use still photos on X. This is not Bryan David Dominguez Guerrero. The name was not already on this page.

Sources: ICE on X (Oct. 14, 2026, 5:01 a.m. Pacific) · ICE Buffalo on X (Aug. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/13: ICE SAYS IT DEPORTED SERGIO LOPEZ-LEOS TO MEXICO AFTER TIME FOR ILLEGAL REENTRY. THE POST SAYS CONVICTIONS FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE RAPE IN GREENVILLE, N.C., AND DELIVERING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN DALLAS. NO AGE. NO REMOVAL DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED TUESDAY AT 3:05 P.M. PACIFIC. THE POST SAYS DEPORTED TO MEXICO. IT DOES NOT GIVE THE DAY HE LEFT THE COUNTRY. NO AGE. NO CITY OF ARREST. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE DID NOT POST A WRITTEN ICE.GOV OR DHS.GOV RELEASE WITH THIS NAME. ICE said it deported Sergio Lopez-Leos to Mexico after he served time for illegally reentering the country following a prior removal. The post lists convictions for attempted second-degree rape in Greenville, N.C., and delivering a controlled substance in Dallas, Texas. Those convictions are as ICE states them. This page does not have the judgments. ICE did not name the courts, the sentences, or the date of removal. “Sexual predator” and “serial criminal” are ICE’s words in the headline. They are not a charge written on a docket on this page.

This is not Hugo Alexis Montes-Lopez, already on this page. This is not Salvador Parra Lopez. ICE did not post a YouTube video with this removal. The post uses a still photo on X.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 3:05 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/13: NASSAU COUNTY — DHS SAYS ICE TOOK CUSTODY OF RUDI LACATUSU AND MIRABELA LACATUSU OF ROMANIA. NASSAU POLICE CHARGED EACH WITH THREE COUNTS OF GRAND LARCENY AFTER A MULTI-STATE JEWELRY THEFT SPREE. THEY ARE NOT CONVICTED ON THOSE COUNTS. NO AGES. VIDEO ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 13. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN POSTED ON X AT 1:19 P.M. PACIFIC. DHS QUOTED HIM AT 1:22 P.M. PACIFIC WITH A VIDEO. THE LOCAL ARREST DATE IN THE RELEASE IS OCT. 5. CHARGED, NOT CONVICTED. NO AGES. NO DOCKETS. STILL PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE. VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. NEITHER NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said ICE arrested an illegal alien couple from Romania who have been charged with allegedly stealing jewelry across multiple states. DHS said Nassau County, New York, police arrested Rudi Lacatusu and Mirabela Lacatusu on Oct. 5 and charged them each with three counts of grand larceny after a series of jewelry thefts. A charge is an allegation. The court has not ruled.

DHS cites local reporting for the scheme. The release says the pair drove up to a victim and pulled over to ask for directions, then Mirabela Lacatusu would get out to thank the victim with a hug, unclasp the necklace, and the pair would drive away. Police, as DHS states them, say the suspects carried out at least 14 robberies in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland, with stolen necklaces valued between $2,000 and $3,000 each. Those counts and values are from the police account in the DHS release. They are not a verdict.

DHS said Nassau County police turned the suspects over to ICE custody. DHS said both entered the United States illegally at an unknown time and location. “Illegal alien” is DHS’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. “Bonnie and Clyde” is DHS’s nickname in the title and in the secretary’s quote. It is not a charge.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said this couple has been charged with grand larceny after allegedly carrying out more than a dozen jewelry thefts across four states, that thanks to local partners in New York they are in ICE custody and will be removed, and that if it were up to sanctuary politicians like Governor Kathy Hochul these criminals would be back on the streets. Those are the secretary’s words. They are not a verdict. “Will be removed” is a statement of intent. It is not a completed deportation on this page.

The release then recites New York sanctuary cases already on this page, including Aureliano Antonio Melendez Reyes, Roman Ceron Amatitla, Bryan David Tasiguano Leon, Bairon Posada-Hernandez, and the Laken Riley case. This item is the two Romanian names. It is not the Oct. 12 New York detainer release already on this page. It is not Oscar Bergal. ICE and DHS did not post a YouTube video with this arrest. DHS posted a video on X.

Sources: DHS — ILLEGAL ALIEN BONNIE AND CLYDE: ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Couple After Multi-State Jewelry Theft Spree (Oct. 13, 2026) · Secretary Mullin on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 1:19 p.m. Pacific) · DHS on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 1:22 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/13: ICE SAYS IT REMOVED EIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING A SEXUAL-EXPLOITATION-OF-A-MINOR CONVICTION AND A 400-GRAM FENTANYL CONVICTION. SEVEN NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. IRVIN ROBLERO-ORTIZ IS. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED TUESDAY AT 1:37 P.M. PACIFIC. THE PARENT POST SAYS REMOVED OVER THE WEEKEND. IT DOES NOT GIVE THE DAY EACH PERSON LEFT THE COUNTRY. NO AGES. NO CITIES. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. STILL PHOTOS ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE LEAD SAYS GANG MEMBERS AND PEDOPHILES. NONE OF THE EIGHT CARDS SAY GANG. ONE CARD STATES A SEXUAL-EXPLOITATION-OF-A-MINOR CONVICTION. ICE said that over the weekend it removed gang members, pedophiles, and other public safety threats. Those categories are ICE’s words in the parent post. They are not a charge written on each name below. “Illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The name cards state convictions. This page does not have the judgments. ICE did not name the courts, the sentences, or the dates of removal beyond “over the weekend.” This is not Tuesday’s twenty-name Columbus Day weekend arrest list already on this page. Those twenty were arrests. These eight are listed as removals.

THE EIGHT NAMED IN TUESDAY’S THREAD. CONVICTIONS, AS ICE STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS.

• Victor Hugo Rosaldo-Lara, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree. This is not Victor Hugo Casillo-Vallejo, already on this page.
• Miguel Obed Romero-Reyes, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for possession with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. This is not Juan Jose Zavala Romero. This is not Samuel Romero-Landestoy. This is not Obed Pineda-Ordonez, already on this page.
• Dina Zulema Avelar, El Salvador. ICE said convictions for insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. This is not Antonio Dario Osorio-Avelar, already on this page.
• Rocio Basurto-Ayala, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for distribution of methamphetamine. The name is not already on this page.
• Irvin Roblero-Ortiz, Guatemala. ICE said convictions for abduction and strangulation. The name is already on this page from Thursday’s five-name arrest list, where DHS said the same convictions in Accomack, Virginia. Today’s post lists him as a weekend removal. It does not add a court, a sentence, or a removal date.
• Angel Norberto Bautista-Herrera, El Salvador. ICE said a conviction for distribution of a controlled substance. This is not Fernando Josue Herrera-Rivera. This is not Edgar Tranquilino Moran-Bautista. This is not Sneider Mejia Bautista, already on this page.
• Emmanuel Herrera Sanchez, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for distributing 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. This is not Josue Emmanuel Garcia-Ramirez, already on this page. This is not Fernando Josue Herrera-Rivera.
• Juan Contreras Bonilla, El Salvador. ICE said a conviction for malicious wounding. This is not Roberto Contreras-Gonzalez. This is not Ronald Alberto Aguilar-Contreras, already on this page.

ICE did not post a YouTube video with these removals. The thread uses still photos on X.

Source: ICE on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 1:37 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/13: PHILADELPHIA — DHS SAYS HSI ARRESTED PAULO JORGE SILVA, A LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT FROM PORTUGAL. THE RELEASE SAYS HE IS CHARGED WITH VOTING BY AN ALIEN IN THE 2024 ELECTION. HE IS NOT AN ILLEGAL ALIEN. HE IS NOT EVELYN NOVELLES MILLER. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 13. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE WRITTEN RELEASE. DHS POSTED IT ON X AT 12:51 P.M. PACIFIC. THE ARREST DATE IN THE RELEASE IS OCT. 5. CHARGED, NOT CONVICTED. THE RELEASE SAYS LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT. IT DOES NOT SAY HE ENTERED ILLEGALLY. NO AGE. NO DOCKET NUMBER. A STILL PHOTO ON THE DHS PAGE. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said ICE Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia arrested Paulo Jorge Silva, a lawful permanent resident from Portugal, in Philadelphia on Oct. 5. The release says he is charged with voting by an alien after voting records show he is an active registered voter in Philadelphia and voted in the Nov. 5, 2024 election. DHS said he was transferred to the U.S. Marshals Service. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is prosecuting. A charge is an allegation. The court has not ruled.

DHS says Silva was lawfully admitted to the United States through New York in April 1978. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said this alien from Portugal has been charged with illegally voting in the 2024 election in Pennsylvania, that when even one non-citizen votes it steals the vote of an American citizen, and that if they catch an alien illegally voting they will hunt you down and arrest you. Those are the secretary’s words. They are not a verdict.

This is not Evelyn Novelles Miller, the Filipino lawful permanent resident already on this page who pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to illegally voting in 2024. This is not Daniel Noe Lopez Silva, already on this page from ICE. This is not the Oct. 5 Justice Department list of six lawful permanent residents already on this page. This is not the Minnesota ten already on this page. ICE and DHS did not post a YouTube video with this arrest.

Sources: DHS — HSI Arrests Alien Charged with Illegally Voting in Pennsylvania (Oct. 13, 2026) · DHS on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 12:51 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/13: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES TWENTY IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED OVER COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, INCLUDING MURDER, CHILD-SEX, AND HEROIN-DISTRIBUTION CONVICTIONS. NO AGES. NO ARREST DATES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 13. NO CLOCK TIME ON THE RELEASE. THE TITLE SAYS COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND. THE BODY SAYS YESTERDAY’S ARRESTS. ON AN OCT. 13 RELEASE, YESTERDAY IS OCT. 12. COLUMBUS DAY 2026 FALLS ON OCT. 12. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST TIMES. NO DOCKETS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. NONE OF THE TWENTY NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said that over Columbus Day weekend ICE arrested more public safety threats convicted of murder, aggravated indecent liberties with a child, second-degree rape, distribution of heroin, and driving under the influence. Those are the convictions DHS listed. They are not new criminal charges filed Tuesday. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, rapists, drug traffickers, and drunk drivers while Americans enjoyed the weekend, and that ICE will not stop hunting down, arresting, and removing these criminals from America’s streets. Those categories are the secretary’s words. They are not an extra charge written on each name below. “Criminal illegal alien” is DHS’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. This is not Friday’s five-name list already on this page. This is not Monday’s New York detainer release already on this page.

THE TWENTY NAMED IN TUESDAY’S RELEASE. CONVICTIONS, AS DHS STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS.

• Jose Rodriguez-Eraso, Colombia. DHS said a conviction for murder in the course of a drug conspiracy in the Southern District of New York. This is not Jose Rodriguez-Gomez, already on this page. This is not Juan Jose Rodriguez-Maldonado. This is not Juan Rodriguez.
• Ramon Acosta-Diaz, Cuba. DHS said a conviction for homicide – willful kill in South Bay, Florida. The release writes the offense that way. The name is not already on this page.
• Jorge Serrano-Fernandez, Ecuador. DHS said a conviction for aggravated vehicle homicide in Queens, New York. This is not Jesus Garcia-Serrano. This is not William Serrano Domenech.
• Gerado Balcazar-Portillo, Guatemala. DHS spelled the first name Gerado. DHS said convictions for vehicular homicide and leaving an accident in Maricopa County, Arizona. The name is not already on this page.
• Alberto Estrada, Mexico. DHS said convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and rape in Ellsworth, Kansas. The name is not already on this page.
• Henri Antonio Chay-Castro, Guatemala. DHS said a conviction for child molestation sexual assault in Providence, Rhode Island. The release writes it as one phrase. The name is not already on this page.
• Victor Manuel Moralez Diaz, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for attempted sexual intercourse with a minor in Long Beach, California. This is not Victor Manuel Cervantes-Santillanes, already on this page.
• Jesus Villanueva-Carvajal, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for lewd act upon a child in Alameda, California. This is not Luis Ernesto Villanueva, already on this page.
• Wilson Estuardo Suarez-Lesano, Ecuador. DHS said convictions for sexual assault – carnal abuse and attempt to commit – exploitation of a minor in New Haven, Connecticut. The release writes the second offense that way. The name is not already on this page.
• Carlos Sari-Arevalo, Ecuador. DHS said a conviction for first-degree sexual abuse: contact by forcible compulsion in Westchester County, New York. The name is not already on this page.
• Abraham Garcia-Aguilar, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for third-degree sex offense involving a minor in Anne Arundel, Maryland. This is not Abraham Leon-Aguirre, already on this page.
• Jonathan Augustin-Miranda, Guatemala. DHS said a conviction for course of sexual conduct in White Plains, New York. The name is not already on this page.
• Eliceo Santizo-Velasquez, Guatemala. DHS said two counts of second-degree rape in Sampson County, North Carolina. The name is not already on this page.
• Christian Eduardo Lopez-Nava, Mexico. DHS said convictions for domestic violence, distribution of heroin, and alien in possession of a firearm in Bonny Lake, Washington. DHS spelled the city Bonny Lake. The name is not already on this page.
• Roberto Francisco Arcos-Aguilar, Mexico. DHS said convictions for assault causing bodily injury, obstructing police, and driving under the influence in Gallatin County, Montana. The name is not already on this page.
• Oscar Suales-Carrillo, Mexico. DHS said convictions for stalking and drug paraphernalia in Blaine County, Idaho. The name is not already on this page.
• Jose Posada-Ramirez, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for conspiracy to violate RICO in Austin, Texas. This is not Bairon Posada-Hernandez, already on this page. This is not Luis Posada Carriles.
• Londy De Jesus Nuesi-Molina, Dominican Republic. DHS said convictions for robbery, prescription drug distribution, and alien in possession of a firearm in Paterson, New Jersey. The name is not already on this page.
• Daris Rafael Melo-Vittini, Dominican Republic. DHS said a conviction for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances in Boscawen, New Hampshire. The name is not already on this page.
• Moises Gamboa-Javalera, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for possession with intent to distribute 100 kilograms of marijuana in Washington, D.C. The name is not already on this page.

DHS pointed readers to wow.dhs.gov for more names. The release uses still images. ICE and DHS did not post a YouTube video with this list.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst, twenty arrests DHS says were over Columbus Day weekend (Oct. 13, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/13: OAKLAND — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS IT ARRESTED ANGIE LOANI HERNANDEZ-CASTANEDA, 20, OF GUATEMALA. THE POST SAYS A DANGEROUS-DRUGS CONVICTION AND TIME SERVED. SHE IS NOT JOEL HERNANDEZ RAMIREZ. NO COURT. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED TUESDAY AT 10:13 A.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE San Francisco arrested criminal alien Angie Loani Hernandez-Castaneda, 20, of Guatemala, in Oakland. It says Hernandez was convicted of a dangerous-drugs offense and received a sentence of time served. It says she is in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.

The post says “convicted.” It does not name the court, the drug, the year, or the docket. Time served is the sentence the post states. It is not a new criminal sentence from ICE. The post does not give the day of the ICE arrest. “Criminal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Joel Hernandez Ramirez, 48, of Mexico, already on this page from ICE San Francisco in Modesto. This is not Miguel Parra-Hernandez, already on this page from Harris County. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 10:13 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — DHS SAYS THE COAST GUARD, THE NAVY, CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS, AND BORDER PATROL ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO STOP ILLEGAL ALIENS BY LAND, AIR, AND SEA. NO NAMES. NO ARREST COUNT. VIDEO ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED TUESDAY AT 10:19 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO COURTS. A VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The Department of Homeland Security posted, “ONE TEAM, ONE MISSION.” It tagged the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy, CBP Air and Marine Operations, and Border Patrol. It said they are all working together to protect America from illegal aliens by land, air, and sea in Southern California.

The post does not name an operation. It does not give an arrest count. It does not name a sector, a date, or a specific intercept. “Illegal aliens” is DHS’s label. The video has no caption with names, courts, or dates. This is not the Imperial Beach swim-back of 13 already on this page. This is not the Carlsbad panga stop. This is not the Santa Barbara Island Coast Guard interdiction of 24 already on this page. DHS does not tie those cases.

Source: DHS on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 10:19 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: KEY BISCAYNE — CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS SAYS A CUBAN NATIONAL WAS FOUND ALONE ON A SMALL RAFT 16 MILES EAST OF KEY BISCAYNE ON OCT. 12. NO NAME. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CBP AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS POSTED TUESDAY AT 5:16 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAME. NO AGE. NO COURT. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. CBP AMO said a Cuban national is fortunate to be alive after being found alone on a small raft approximately 16 miles east of Key Biscayne, Florida, on October 12. It said a good Samaritan reported the sighting over VHF Channel 16. It said Miami and Fort Lauderdale marine units and the U.S. Coast Guard responded, located the individual, and provided emergency assistance. It said he was evaluated by EMS, medically cleared by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, and transferred to the USCG Cutter Melvin Bell for further processing.

The post calls it illegal maritime migration. It does not give his name. It does not give his age. It does not say arrested. It does not say he will be deported. “Further processing” is CBP AMO’s phrase. The photo has no caption with a name, a court, or a charge. This is not the Sept. 15 Angelfish Creek interdiction already on this page, where CBP AMO and the Coast Guard said they took 23 people off a 27-foot cuddy cabin. This is not the Imperial Beach swim-back of 13. The post does not tie those cases.

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 5:16 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: FALFURRIAS CHECKPOINT — THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AN ELDERLY COUPLE TRIED TO SMUGGLE NEARLY 350 POUNDS OF COCAINE WORTH MORE THAN $11 MILLION. NO NAMES. NO IMMIGRATION STATUS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

RIO GRANDE VALLEY SECTOR CHIEF JARED C. ASHBY POSTED TUESDAY AT 9:01 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO COURTS. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Chief Ashby said an elderly couple attempted to smuggle nearly 350 pounds of cocaine, valued over $11 million, through the Falfurrias Checkpoint. He said that regardless of age, anyone who attempts to smuggle narcotics will be held accountable.

The post does not name the couple. It does not give their ages. It does not give their nationalities. It does not say they are illegal aliens. It does not say convicted. It does not give the day of the stop. The photo has no caption with names, courts, or dates. This is not the San Diego County Jeep-tank meth seizure already on this page, where the Border Patrol chief said the driver is a U.S. citizen. This is not the Aguadilla 562-pound cocaine seizure already on this page. The chief does not tie those cases.

Source: Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 9:01 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: HILLSBORO, N.H. — ICE BOSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED SANTO RODOLFO GARCIA MENDEZ OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE POST SAYS A HEROIN CONSPIRACY CONVICTION. HE IS NOT FURVIO FLETE GARCIA. NO AGE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE BOSTON POSTED TUESDAY AT 4:49 A.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE Boston arrested Santo Rodolfo Garcia Mendez, a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, during ops in Hillsboro, N.H. It says his criminal history includes a conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (heroin).

The post says “conviction.” It does not name the court, the year, the sentence, or the docket. It does not give his age. It does not give the day of the ICE arrest. “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Furvio Flete Garcia, of the Dominican Republic, already on this page from ICE Boston’s Danbury arrest on Sept. 25. This is not Maximo Garcia-Lopez, already on this page from ICE Boston. This is not Luis Alberto Suchite Garcia, already on this page from ICE Boston in Waltham. This is not Santos Porfillo Peres Rodrigues, already on this page from ICE Boston. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE Boston on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 4:49 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: ICE HARLINGEN SAYS IT ARRESTED ALI OMAR FLORES-SANDINO OF NICARAGUA. THE POST SAYS A RECENT ASSAULT ARREST. IT DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED. IT SAYS AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE ORDERED HIM REMOVED ON OCT. 2. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE HARLINGEN POSTED TUESDAY AT 6:30 A.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE Harlingen arrested Ali Omar Flores-Sandino, an illegal alien from Nicaragua, recently arrested for assault causing bodily injury. It says he received due process and that on Oct. 2 an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States. It says ICE will deport him to his home country as soon as possible.

The post says “recently arrested” for assault causing bodily injury. It does not say convicted. An arrest is not a conviction. The Oct. 2 line is an immigration-court removal order. It is not a criminal sentence. The post does not give his age. It does not name the city of the ICE arrest. It does not give the day of the ICE arrest. It does not name the immigration judge or the docket. “Illegal alien” is ICE’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This is not Zenaido Flores-Conteras, of Mexico, already on this page from ICE Houston. This is not Javier Roman Flores, Jose Martinez Flores, or Isaac Martinez-Flores, already on this page. This is not Edy Jose Rivas-Rizo, of Nicaragua, already on this page. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE Harlingen on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 6:30 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: LAREDO — THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS MULTI-AGENCY OPERATIONS DISMANTLED TWO HUMAN SMUGGLING STASH HOUSES. TWO SMUGGLERS ARRESTED. ELEVEN ILLEGAL ALIENS APPREHENDED. NO NAMES. NO DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF POSTED TUESDAY AT 5:00 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO COURTS. TWO STILL PHOTOS ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said recently, in Laredo, Texas, multi-agency operations dismantled two human smuggling stash houses. He said two human smugglers were arrested and 11 illegal aliens were apprehended.

The post says “Recently.” It does not give the day of the raids. It does not name the smugglers or the 11. It does not say convicted. It does not name the partner agencies. It does not say the 11 will be deported. The photos have no captions with names, courts, or dates. This is not the Aug. 14 El Paso stash house already on this page, where ICE said 17 were arrested. This is not the earlier Laredo stash-house posts already on this page. The chief does not tie those cases.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 13, 2026, 5:00 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/13: NEW YORK — ICE POSTS THE WRITTEN RELEASE ON THE MARBLE HILL ARREST. THE TITLE IS “DHS, ICE COMMENT ON DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF SANCTUARY POLICIES.” IT SPELLS THE NAME OSCAR BERGAL. IT ADDS TWO NEW YORK PROTECTION ORDERS DATED JAN. 29, 2026. THE OFFICIAL DHS BRIEFING VIDEO WAS NOT ON THIS PAGE

THE ICE.GOV PAGE IS DATED OCTOBER 13, 2026. THIS URL WAS NOT ON THIS PAGE. THE OCT. 9 DHS.GOV RELEASE AND THE AP LIVE OF THE SAME BRIEFING ARE ALREADY BELOW. ICE DID NOT POST A NEW VIDEO WITH THIS PAGE. NO CLOCK TIME. THE PAGE SAYS UPDATED 10/13/2026. ICE said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Marcos Charles commented on sanctuary policies after the Oct. 8 arrest and shooting of a criminal alien offender in New York City. Those comments are from the Oct. 9 briefing already on this page. The written ICE.gov page is new.

ICE said that on Oct. 8, officers arrested Oscar Bergal, a criminal illegal alien and documented associate of the Trinitario street gang, in the Bronx. The court caption already on this page uses Bergal. NYPD and earlier DHS posts used Belgal. The Oct. 9 DHS release used Bengal. This ICE page uses Bergal in the photo caption and in most of the text. It also uses Bengal twice, including in the first protection-order sentence. “Documented associate” is ICE’s label. It is not a gang conviction on this page.

THE PROTECTION ORDERS ARE NOT IN THE OCT. 9 DHS RELEASE AND WERE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said Bergal’s criminal history includes a conviction for grand larceny as well as charges for multiple counts of robbery, assault, larceny, weapons possession, possession of stolen property, and dangerous drugs. Charges are not convictions. ICE then wrote that twice in January 2026 “Bengal” had protection orders lodged against him, and that both remain active. Later on the same page ICE wrote that the state of New York issued two protection orders against Bergal on Jan. 29, 2026, and that both remain active. This page does not have those orders.

THE PLEA LINE MATCHES THE OCT. 9 DHS RELEASE. THIS ICE PAGE DOES NOT GIVE THE APRIL 2025 DATE. ICE said NYPD arrested Bergal on Dec. 7, 2023, for Robbery-1st: Forcible Theft Armed with A Deadly Weapon. It said he pled guilty to the lesser charge of Grand Larceny 4th: Property Taken From Person and was sentenced to five years’ probation. The Oct. 9 DHS release already had fourth-degree grand larceny, property taken from person, and five years of probation in April 2025.

THE DRIVING ACCOUNT IS THE SAME BRIEFING. THIS ICE PAGE DOES NOT MENTION A CHILD IN THE VEHICLE. THE ITEMS BELOW DO. ICE said ERO New York City officers identified Bergal driving, used their vehicles to conduct a vehicle stop, and approached on foot. It said Bergal rammed the ICE vehicles and appeared that he intended to strike officers on foot. Charles is quoted saying Bergal refused lawful orders to exit his “vehice,” then accelerated, smashing into two ICE vehicles, then weaponized his vehicle toward other officers. ICE said one officer discharged a firearm in self-defense, striking Bergal in the neck with a superficial injury. Officers rendered first aid. EMS took him to a hospital. ICE arrested him on release from the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. ICE said he remains in ICE custody. The Oct. 9 items below already carry the ramming, the neck wound, and the hospital. ICE said he illegally entered the United States on an unknown date, at an unknown location, without inspection, admission, or parole.

THE DETAINER FIGURES ON THIS ICE PAGE ARE THE OLDER SPOKEN TOTALS. THE 8,000% VEHICULAR-ASSAULT FIGURE WAS NOT ON THIS PAGE. Mullin is quoted saying that from January 2025 to September of this year ICE lodged 14,766 immigration detainers in New York for people locked up with criminal backgrounds, that those detainers represent 47,750 felony charges, and that New York’s answer was “silence — absolute silence.” The Oct. 9 DHS release already used 14,916 detainers not honored and 47,750. Monday’s DHS release already on this page uses 16,070 not honored and 52,503 through Oct. 8. This ICE page does not explain the gaps. ICE also wrote that officers and agents are facing a 1,600% increase in physical assaults and an 8,000% increase in vehicular assaults. The 1,600% figure is already on this page. ICE gives no dates and no methodology for the 8,000% vehicular figure. The page also repeats the Oct. 2 Bronx stabbing of off-duty NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes, already on this page.

Sources: ICE — DHS, ICE comment on dangerous consequences of sanctuary policies (Oct. 13, 2026) | DHS official YouTube — Oct. 9 briefing

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NEWSWEEK SAYS ICE HAS DETAINED AT LEAST 65 PASTORS, PRIESTS, RABBIS AND IMAMS SINCE JANUARY 2025, OCTOBER 11, 2026. NEWSWEEK.

CHICAGO CLERGY SET TO VISIT POPE LEO TO ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANT DETAINEES, OCTOBER 12, 2026. CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

BREAKING 10/12: INDIANAPOLIS — THE SHERIFF SAYS A JAIL SUPERVISOR LISTED FRANCK ANDERSON BAZIL AS A U.S. CITIZEN. ICE SAYS THE HAITIAN NATIONAL ENTERED ILLEGALLY ON JAN. 7, 2024, AND WAS LATER RELEASED. HE IS CHARGED WITH LEAVING THE SCENE. HE IS NOT CONVICTED. HE IS NOT EDWIN ALEXANDER SOSA-GONZALEZ. WTHR’S 5 P.M. NEWSCAST LEADS WITH THE JAIL LISTING

WTHR REPORTER ASHTON HACKMAN POSTED THE SHERIFF’S STATEMENT MONDAY AT 8:25 A.M. PACIFIC. THAT STATEMENT WAS NOT ON THIS PAGE. THE ICE DETAINER STATEMENT IS FROM OCT. 9. IT WAS NOT ON THIS PAGE. NO ICE.GOV RELEASE. NO ICE POST ON X. WTHR’S 5 P.M. NEWSCAST IS THE VIDEO. IT IS A STATION NEWSCAST. IT IS NOT AN ICE VIDEO. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said a supervisor changed the jail record for Franck Bazil to United States citizenship and a United States birthplace. The sheriff said the supervisor later acknowledged the mistake. Bazil remains in the Marion County Jail on an ICE hold.

WISH-TV reported that Bazil, 31, pleaded not guilty Thursday, Oct. 8, to one count of failure to remain at the scene of a crash resulting in death and one count of failure to remain at the scene of a crash resulting in moderate or serious bodily injury. Hackman reported the counts as a Level 4 felony and a Level 6 felony. WISH-TV reported a $50,000 bond. A plea of not guilty is not a conviction. This page does not have the charging document or the plea transcript. WISH-TV said the crash was Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4, in the 6700 block of Eagle Pointe Drive North, and that his SUV struck two children. WISH-TV said 9-year-old Roland McLain III, known as RJ, later died, and that a 6-year-old brother was injured and has since been released. Hackman’s post names the dead child Roland Jerome McLain III and says the 6-year-old was hospitalized with critical injuries. WISH-TV said Lawrence police arrested Bazil at a car wash about two hours after the crash. His attorney told the court he is not a U.S. citizen. That is the station’s report of the hearing. FOX59 reported a pretrial conference on Dec. 2 and a jury trial on Dec. 14. This page does not have the court calendar.

On Oct. 9, FOX59 reporter Angela Ganote posted a statement she said came from an ICE spokesperson: “On October 4, ICE lodged a detainer for Franck Anderson Bazil, a criminal illegal alien from Haiti, with the Marion County Jail. Earlier that day, local law enforcement arrested Bazil on charges of leaving the scene of an accident-causing death or catastrophic injury and leaving the scene of an accident causing moderate or serious bodily injury. Bazil illegally entered the United States on January 7, 2024. He was later released into our country under the Biden administration.” The spokesperson also said, “The safest way to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our streets is by lodging arrest detainers. 7 of the top 10 safest cities in the United States cooperate with ICE. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, our message is clear: criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in our country.” “Criminal illegal alien” is ICE’s label. The statement says charged. It does not say convicted. The Oct. 9 statement says “later released.” It does not give the release date. WTHR’s 5 p.m. newscast says ICE officials said he entered illegally in January 2024 and was released the following month. “The following month” is the newscast’s wording. The spoken newscast says “Frank Basel” and “RJ McClain.” The written name in the ICE statement Ganote posted is Franck Anderson Bazil. The written name of the dead child in Hackman’s post is Roland Jerome McLain III.

The sheriff’s Oct. 12 statement, as Hackman posted it, says jail staff found a valid Indiana driver’s license and a valid Social Security card. The sheriff said: “Believing the information had been entered incorrectly, the supervisor changed the citizenship and country-of-birth fields to ‘United States’ in an attempt to correct what he believed was an error.” The sheriff said that, according to its review, Customs and Border Protection arrested Bazil in January 2024 for “Alien Inadmissibility,” and that the Social Security Administration issued him a Social Security card on February 29, 2024. Those two claims are the sheriff’s. This page does not have a CBP release or a Social Security record. The sheriff said: “MCSO cannot independently confirm Bazil’s immigration status or explain the circumstances surrounding the issuance of his Indiana Driver’s license or Social Security card.” The sheriff said the active ICE hold means Bazil has not been released. February 29, 2024, was a real calendar day. 2024 was a leap year.

This is not Edwin Alexander Sosa-Gonzalez, the Honduran national already on this page. DHS said ICE lodged a detainer for Sosa-Gonzalez at the Marion County Jail on Sept. 27 after a Sept. 26 crash that killed Tamara Renee Thomas. This is not Sukhdev Singh, the Indianapolis name in Monday’s DHS victims release. The sheriff’s statement does not tie those names.

Sources: Ashton Hackman, WTHR, on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 8:25 a.m. Pacific) | Angela Ganote, FOX59, on X — ICE statement (Oct. 9, 2026) | WISH-TV — not guilty plea, $50,000 bond (Oct. 8, 2026) | FOX59 — court dates (updated Oct. 9, 2026) | WTHR 5 p.m. newscast (Oct. 12, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/12: WASHINGTON — DHS POSTS THE WRITTEN RELEASE ON THE 16,070 NEW YORK DETAINERS. THE TOTALS MATCH THE MORNING POST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE RELEASE NAMES SIX CASES THAT ARE NOT IN THE VICTIMS ITEM. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE RELEASE IS DATED OCTOBER 12, 2026. THE TITLE IS “DHS RELEASES NEW DATA REVEALING THAT NEW YORK HAS REFUSED TO HONOR MORE THAN 16,000 ICE DETAINERS.” THIS PAGE ALREADY HAD THE 16,070 AND THE 52,503 FROM THE 6:29 A.M. PACIFIC DHS POST AND THE NEW YORK POST. THIS PAGE DID NOT HAVE THIS URL. THE RELEASE PAGE GIVES NO CLOCK TIME. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said that from January 20, 2025, to October 8, 2026, New York did not honor 16,070 ICE detainers. DHS said there are 52,503 total criminal charges and convictions associated with those detainers. The release lists the same category counts the New York Post printed this morning: 131 homicides, 132 kidnappings, 1,017 sexual offenses, 1,561 DUIs, 1,631 burglaries, 1,776 robberies, 2,198 weapons offenses, 4,324 dangerous drugs, and 9,502 assaults. Added as printed, those nine lines total 22,272. The release does not say those categories are the whole 52,503. This page does not have the spreadsheet.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in the release: “While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again. Illegal aliens have no sanctuary in America.” He also said, “We enforce these laws with no help from Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul.” The morning X post already carried that second sentence. The release says the figures follow last week’s New York City shooting, in which DHS says an illegal alien weaponized his vehicle against ICE officers. That shooting is already on this page. The release again names the two Dominican nationals in the off-duty NYPD detective stabbing. Those names are already on this page.

The release repeats four cases already in Monday’s victims item: Laken Riley and Jose Antonio Ibarra; Richard Williams and Bairon Posada-Hernandez; Aureliano Antonio Melendez Reyes in Huntington; and Sukhdev Singh in Indianapolis. It does not add ages, dockets, or judgments for those four.

SIX NAMES IN THIS RELEASE ARE NOT IN THE VICTIMS ITEM AND WERE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS does not give ages. This page does not have the charging documents or the judgments.

• Roman Ceron Amatitla, Mexico. DHS said that in April the New York City Department of Corrections refused to honor an ICE detainer. DHS said he was charged with murder and arson in Queens County. The release says charged. It does not say convicted.
• Bryan David Tasiguano Leon, Ecuador. DHS called him a Latin Kings gang member. DHS said that in March ICE arrested him after New York released him, and that he had been charged with assault. The gang label is the release’s. Charged is not convicted.
• Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, Venezuela. DHS said that in January ICE arrested him, that he was working as a New York City Council employee, and that his history includes an arrest for assault. An arrest is not a conviction.
• Gerardo Miguel-Mora, Mexico. DHS said that in January ICE arrested him after New York released him. DHS said his history includes arrests for strangulation, rape, sexual assault, burglary, grand larceny, and drug possession. The release says arrests. It does not say convicted.
• Felix Jeronimo-Rojas, Mexico. DHS said that in April 2025 ICE lodged a detainer after he was arrested for raping and robbing a corpse on a New York City subway. DHS said he was sentenced in June 2026 to five years in prison. The sentence is the release’s statement. This page does not have the judgment.
• Anmol Anmol, India. DHS said that in October 2025 ICE arrested him in Oklahoma, and that New York had issued him a commercial driver’s license listing him as “No Name Given Anmol.” The release does not state a criminal charge for him.

DHS said Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order that the department describes as turning New York City into a shield for violent criminal illegal aliens. That description is DHS’s. DHS said then-Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons sent a letter in December 2025 to New York Attorney General Letitia James, and to the attorneys general of California and Illinois, about detainers that were not honored. DHS said that in response Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law in May 2026 barring local police from partnering with ICE, and that the law took effect August 25, 2026. Those dates and that “in response” claim are the release’s. This page does not have the statute or the executive order.

Source: DHS — written release, New York refused more than 16,000 ICE detainers (Oct. 12, 2026)

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10/12: HSI MIAMI SAYS ALVARO PULIDO VARGAS IS IN CUSTODY. DOJ SAYS THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL, 62, WILL APPEAR TUESDAY IN MIAMI. THE RELEASE SAYS TWO INDICTMENTS ALLEGE LAUNDERING OF MORE THAN $2 BILLION. HE IS NOT ANGEL DE JESUS PULIDO OR JOSE CERVANTES-PULIDO. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

HSI MIAMI POSTED MONDAY AT 9:39 A.M. PACIFIC. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE IS DATED SUNDAY. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO ARREST CITY. NO ARREST COUNTRY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. HSI Miami said that seven years after his indictment, Alvaro Pulido Vargas is in custody facing federal charges for money laundering through corrupt schemes exploiting the Venezuelan people and the U.S. financial system. The post does not give his age. It does not say where agents took him.

The Justice Department said Sunday that Pulido Vargas, also known as German Enrique Rubio Salas, is 62 and of Colombia. It said he was indicted in 2019 and again in 2021. It said he will make his initial appearance on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 13, in the Southern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones said Pulido Vargas is in that district to face the charges. The release calls him a Colombian national and says he is no longer a fugitive. It does not say he was arrested inside the United States. It does not give his immigration status.

The release says the two indictments involve the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion tied to Venezuelan government bribery schemes. It says an October 2021 indictment charges him and four co-defendants in an alleged bribery scheme involving approximately $1.6 billion in food and medicine contracts through the Comité Local de Abastecimiento y Producción. It says they allegedly received approximately $1.6 billion and transferred approximately $180 million through or to the United States. It says that case charges conspiracy to commit money laundering and four counts of money laundering, each with a maximum of 20 years. It says a July 2019 indictment charges him and Alex Nain Saab Moran with allegedly laundering approximately $350 million tied to a low-income housing contract and Venezuela’s government-controlled currency exchange. It says that case charges conspiracy and seven counts of money laundering. The release says an indictment is an allegation and that he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The release says that before these alleged offenses he had a history of drug trafficking, including a 1997 conviction in Italy under the alias German Enrique Rubio Salas. That conviction is the department’s statement. This page does not have the Italian judgment. HSI Acting Executive Associate Director John A. Condon said the arrest shows HSI and Homeland Security Task Force partners will pursue illicit financial networks. The release says DEA Miami, FBI Miami, and HSI Miami are investigating. It says the case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative under Executive Order 14159.

This is not Angel De Jesus Pulido, of Mexico, already on this page for burglary and DUI convictions. This is not Jose Cervantes-Pulido, of Mexico, already on this page for a vehicular homicide conviction in Atlanta. The release does not tie those names.

Sources: HSI Miami on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 9:39 a.m. Pacific) · Justice Department — Alvaro Pulido Vargas (Oct. 11, 2026)

10/11: COACHELLA VALLEY — EL CENTRO SECTOR SAYS INDIO AGENTS ARRESTED A MEXICAN NATIONAL AND ARE SENDING HIM TO MEXICO. THE POST SAYS THE HISTORY INCLUDES ASSAULT WITH A FIREARM, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND CHILD ABUSE. IT DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED. NO NAME. HE IS NOT THE SEPT. 30 INDIO FELON. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

EL CENTRO SECTOR POSTED SUNDAY AT 11:12 A.M. PACIFIC. THE POST DOES NOT GIVE A NAME. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. NO ARREST DATE. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says El Centro Sector is sending this illegal alien felon back to Mexico. It says Indio agents arrested the Mexican national in the Coachella Valley. It says his criminal history includes assault with a firearm, false imprisonment, and child abuse. It says the latest encounter ended in handcuffs and a one-way ticket back to his home country.

The post says “criminal history includes.” It does not say convicted. It does not say those three items are the whole history. It does not give the day of the arrest or the day of the flight. “Illegal Alien Felon” is the sector’s label. It is not a judgment on this page. The photo has no caption with a name, a court, or a date.

This is not the unnamed felon already on this page from the Sept. 30 Indio arrest. That earlier post said a work-visa overstay, more than 850 days sentenced to prison, and a freight-train theft ring. Sunday’s post does not use those facts. It does not tie the two men. This page does not have a name for either one.

Source: El Centro Sector Border Patrol on X (Oct. 11, 2026, 11:12 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/12: WASHINGTON — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED JOSE RICBERTO MACHADO-BATRES OF EL SALVADOR. THE POST SAYS THE HISTORY INCLUDES HUMAN SLAVERY OR TRAFFICKING. IT DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED. HE IS NOT LUIS BATRES. NO AGE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE WASHINGTON POSTED MONDAY AT 10:45 A.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL GRAPHIC ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Jose Ricberto Machado-Batres, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, in Washington, D.C. It says his criminal history includes human slavery or trafficking. It says he will remain in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings.

The graphic lists “CRIMES:” and then “Human Slavery or Trafficking.” It lists “ARRESTED:” and then “WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.” It spells the name JOSE RICBERTO MACHADO-BATRES under “NAME:”. It does not say convicted. It does not name a court, a year, or a docket. “Criminal history includes” is the post’s line. It is not a judgment on this page.

This is not Luis Batres, of El Salvador, already on this page for drug and forgery counts in Bentonville, Arkansas. This is not Jaime Felipe Batres, of Guatemala. This is not Norberto Machada-Rodriguez, of Cuba, in the Syracuse release. This is not Balmore Vladimir Hernandez-Lopez, already on this page with arrests for human slavery/trafficking and a removal on Aug. 25. The post does not tie those names.

Source: ICE Washington on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 10:45 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/12: MODESTO — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS IT ARRESTED JULIO CESAR OJEDA, 44, OF MEXICO. THE POST SAYS ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. HE IS NOT JOEL HERNANDEZ RAMIREZ. THE POST SAYS HE LEFT ON VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED MONDAY AT 10:20 A.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE San Francisco arrested Julio Cesar Ojeda, 44, of Mexico, in Modesto. It says he has arrests for theft, domestic violence, assault w/ deadly weapon, criminal threats, DUI, and resisting law enforcement. It says he was granted voluntary departure and has left the United States.

The post says “arrests.” It does not say convicted. Voluntary departure is the office’s statement. It is not a criminal sentence. The post does not name the port or the day he left. The photo has no caption with a court, a date, or a charge.

This page already has Joel Hernandez Ramirez, 48, of Mexico, arrested in Modesto. That earlier post listed pending charges and also said he was granted voluntary departure. The new post does not tie the two names.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 10:20 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/12: ICE QUOTES VOICE DIRECTOR JOE ABRAHAM. THE POST SAYS “THE KATIES OF THIS COUNTRY.” IT NAMES NO NEW ARREST. IT NAMES NO DRIVER. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED MONDAY AT 9:59 A.M. PACIFIC. THE POST DOES NOT SPELL THE NAME KATIE ABRAHAM. NO AGE. NO DATE. NO CITY. NO DOCKET. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quoted @angeldadjoe: “The Katies of this country should not become collateral damage in a political argument over whose humanity deserves the most attention.” ICE said that as director of ICE’s VOICE office, Joe Abraham stands with Angel Families. The post links his Oct. 11 RealClearPolitics column, “The Pen and the Gun: The Moral Inversion of Accountability.”

Fox News reported on Aug. 21, 2026, that Abraham’s daughter Katie was killed in Illinois in January 2025 by Guatemalan national Julio Cucul-Bol. Fox said he was driving drunk, later pleaded guilty to charges that included aggravated driving under the influence resulting in death and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, and was sentenced to 30 years. That account is Fox’s. It is not in Monday’s ICE post. This page did not have Katie Abraham before this item.

Sources: ICE on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 9:59 a.m. Pacific) · RealClearPolitics column ICE linked (Oct. 11, 2026) · Fox News — Katie Abraham and Julio Cucul-Bol (Aug. 21, 2026)

BREAKING 10/12: ICE NEW ORLEANS SAYS IT ARRESTED MIGUEL ANGEL MORALES-ALVAREZ OF MEXICO. THE POST LISTS CONVICTIONS. NO AGE. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE NEW ORLEANS POSTED MONDAY AT 7:28 A.M. PACIFIC. THE FULL NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE New Orleans arrested Miguel Angel Morales-Alvarez, an illegal alien from Mexico. It says his criminal history includes convictions for possession of a controlled substance, evading arrest, DWI three times, assault causing bodily injury family member, failure to provide ID with fugitive intent to give false information, and illegal re-entry three times. The post spells the surname “Morales- Alvarez,” with a space after the hyphen, and spells one count “llegal re-entry.”

Source: ICE New Orleans on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 7:28 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/12: DANBURY — ICE BOSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED FURVIO FLETE GARCIA ON SEPT. 25. THE NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE NEW POST ADDS THE CITY, THE DATE, AND COUNTS. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE BOSTON POSTED MONDAY AT 4:30 A.M. PACIFIC. THIS PAGE ALREADY HAD FURVIO FLETE-GARCIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FOR FRAUD AND ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY IN BOSTON. NO COURTS IN THE NEW POST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The new post spells the name Furvio Flete Garcia, without the hyphen. It says he is a previously deported criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic and that ICE Boston arrested him Sept. 25 during targeted operations in Danbury, Connecticut.

The thread says his criminal history includes a 2002 conviction for false application for a passport, then an ellipsis. It says a 2016 conviction for illegal re-entry into the United States, misuse of a Social Security number, and aggravated identity theft. It says a 2017 conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States government, then an ellipsis. The next post lists two counts of access device fraud, seventeen counts of conversion of government property, seventeen counts of aggravated identity theft, and the post’s words “and of eleven counts of money laundering.” The post does not name a court.

Source: ICE Boston on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 4:30 a.m. Pacific)

10/11: ICE SEATTLE SAYS IT ARRESTED SANJAY KAUSHIK, 59, OF INDIA. THE POST SAYS A FEDERAL CONSPIRACY CONVICTION AND A 30-MONTH SENTENCE. NO COURT. NO CITY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SEATTLE POSTED SUNDAY AT 2:00 P.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says Kaushik was convicted federally early this year for conspiracy to export products and sentenced to 30 months in prison. It says he will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. It does not name the court, the products, or the city of arrest.

Source: ICE Seattle on X (Oct. 11, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

10/11: ICE NEW ORLEANS SAYS IT ARRESTED DENIS UVALDO CAAL-XOL OF GUATEMALA. THE POST SAYS A FELONY ASSAULT CONVICTION IN NASHVILLE. HE IS NOT MARIO HUMBERTO CAAL-CHOP. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE NEW ORLEANS POSTED SUNDAY AT 9:19 A.M. PACIFIC. NO SENTENCE. NO ARREST DATE. NO DOCKET. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says Denis Uvaldo Caal-Xol is an illegal alien from Guatemala and that his criminal history includes a felony conviction for assault in Nashville, Tennessee. This page already has Mario Humberto Caal-Chop, a different Guatemalan national, as a removal. The post does not tie the two names.

Source: ICE New Orleans on X (Oct. 11, 2026, 9:19 a.m. Pacific)

10/11: BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AGENTS ARRESTED A MEXICAN NATIONAL. NO NAME. THE POST SAYS THE HISTORY INCLUDES ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER, EVADING ARREST, AND DWI. IT DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CHIEF ROSARIO VASQUEZ POSTED SUNDAY AT 8:00 A.M. PACIFIC. NO SECTOR. NO CITY. NO INCIDENT DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says U.S. Border Patrol agents tracked down and apprehended a Mexican national with a criminal history including assault on a peace officer, evading arrest, and DWI. It says he is slated for deportation. It does not say those three items are convictions. It does not say they are the whole history.

Source: Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 11, 2026, 8:00 a.m. Pacific)

10/11: LAWRENCE — ICE BOSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED ELVIN PEGUERO PENA ON SEPT. 10 AND REMOVED HIM ON OCT. 6. THE POST SAYS AN ARREST, NOT A CONVICTION. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE BOSTON POSTED SUNDAY AT 4:25 A.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE Boston arrested Elvin Peguero Pena, a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, on Sept. 10 during targeted operations in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It says his criminal history includes an arrest for possession of drugs with intent to sell or distribute, and it names cocaine. It does not say he was convicted. The next post says Pena was removed from the United States on Oct. 6.

Source: ICE Boston on X (Oct. 11, 2026, 4:25 a.m. Pacific)

10/10: VACAVILLE — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS IT ARRESTED FRANKLIN ALEXANDER ALARENGA-MEJIA, 29, OF EL SALVADOR. THE POST LISTS CONVICTIONS AND THEN SAYS “ETC.” NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED SATURDAY AT 3:47 P.M. PACIFIC. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO COURTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says he has convictions for assault with great bodily injury, a controlled substance while in jail, and second-degree burglary, and then it says “etc.” It says he is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. It does not list the rest of the convictions in the text.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X (Oct. 10, 2026, 3:47 p.m. Pacific)

10/10: ICE SEATTLE SAYS IT ARRESTED WILFREDO SANCHEZ, 49, OF HONDURAS. THE POST SAYS A 2019 DUI ARREST AND TWO YEARS OF PROBATION. IT DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED. HE IS NOT EYGNER WILFREDO HUEZO-MORAN. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE SEATTLE POSTED SATURDAY AT 2:00 P.M. PACIFIC. NO CITY. NO ARREST DATE FOR THE ICE ARREST. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says Washington State Patrol arrested Sanchez for DUI in 2019 and that he served two years of probation and other restrictions. It says he will remain in ICE custody pending return to Honduras. This page already has Eygner Wilfredo Huezo-Moran, of El Salvador. The post does not tie the two names.

Source: ICE Seattle on X (Oct. 10, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

10/10: ICE NEW ORLEANS SAYS JOEL VELAZCO-CARRIZOSA WAS SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS. THE NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE NEW ORLEANS POSTED SATURDAY AT 8:17 A.M. PACIFIC. THIS PAGE ALREADY HAD THE CONVICTION. THE NEW FACT IS THE SENTENCE. NO COURT IN THE POST. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says ICE New Orleans arrested Joel Velazco-Carrizosa, an illegal alien from Mexico, and that his criminal history includes a conviction for second-degree sexual assault of a child. It says he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The earlier item on this page stated the conviction and did not state the 14 years.

Source: ICE New Orleans on X (Oct. 10, 2026, 8:17 a.m. Pacific)

10/10: SAN DIEGO COUNTY — BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AGENTS AND THE SHERIFF FOUND 62 POUNDS OF METH IN A JEEP FUEL TANK. THE DRIVER IS A U.S. CITIZEN. NO NAME. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CHIEF ROSARIO VASQUEZ POSTED SATURDAY AT 7:00 A.M. PACIFIC. THIS IS NOT THE MURRIETA 962-POUND LIQUID-METH SEIZURE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO STOP DATE. NO CITY INSIDE THE COUNTY. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The post says U.S. Border Patrol agents and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office found 62 pounds of unpackaged meth stuffed inside the fuel tank of a Jeep. It says the driver, a U.S. citizen, faces state drug charges. It does not say the driver is an illegal alien.

Source: Border Patrol Chief on X (Oct. 10, 2026, 7:00 a.m. Pacific)

10/10: ICE BOSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED JUAN LEONARDO PARRA ALTAMIRANO AFTER A MASSACHUSETTS DOC RELEASE. THE NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE POST ADDS VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. NO ARREST DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE BOSTON POSTED SATURDAY AT 4:22 A.M. PACIFIC. THIS PAGE ALREADY HAS HIM AS DEPORTED SEPT. 24 FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF PERSONAL INJURY AND DEATH. NO AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The new post says ICE Boston arrested Juan Leonardo Parra Altamirano, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador, following his release from Massachusetts Department of Correction custody. It says his criminal history includes convictions for vehicular homicide-negligent manslaughter and leaving the scene of an injured person. It does not give the arrest date. It does not say he came back after the Sept. 24 removal.

Source: ICE Boston on X (Oct. 10, 2026, 4:22 a.m. Pacific)

BREAKING 10/12: NEW YORK — DHS SAYS THE STATE FAILED TO HONOR 16,070 ICE DETAINERS FROM JANUARY 20, 2025, THROUGH OCTOBER 8, 2026. DHS SAYS THOSE DETAINERS CARRY 52,503 CRIMINAL CHARGES AND CONVICTIONS. THE SEPTEMBER COUNT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE IS LOWER. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

DHS POSTED MONDAY AT 6:29 A.M. PACIFIC. THE WINDOW IS JANUARY 20, 2025, THROUGH OCTOBER 8, 2026. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE DETAINER LIST. NO NAMES OF THE 16,070. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. Homeland Security said New York has failed to honor 16,070 ICE detainers in that window. DHS said there are 52,503 total criminal charges and convictions associated with the detainers that were not honored. DHS said, “We enforce these laws with no help from Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul.”

This page already has two earlier figures. On Oct. 9, Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on camera that DHS had “leveled 14,766 detainers” for New York. The same day’s DHS release said that from January 20, 2025, to September 14, 2026, 14,916 detainers were not honored, and it put a 47,750 figure in the statement. Monday’s post does not explain the gap between 14,916 and 16,070. It does not explain the gap between 47,750 and 52,503. It does not say every detainer in the state was refused. It says 16,070 were not honored.

The New York Post published the count at 3:30 a.m. Pacific, before the DHS post. The Post says DHS told it that municipalities across New York refused the requests 16,070 times. The Post says the associated charges or convictions include, according to DHS: 131 homicides, 132 kidnappings, 1,017 sexual offenses, 1,561 counts of driving under the influence, 1,631 burglaries, 1,776 robberies, 2,198 weapons infractions, 9,502 assaults, and 4,324 counts related to dangerous drugs. The Post uses “allegedly committed” for that list. The Post does not say those categories are the whole 52,503. Added as printed, they total 22,272. This page does not have the spreadsheet.

Mullin told the Post: “While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again. Illegal aliens have no sanctuary in America.”

Hochul spokeswoman Alexia Nizhny told the Post: “Governor Hochul has been clear: New York State is not and never will be a sanctuary for violent criminals.” She said that by law the state always notifies federal immigration enforcement of any non-citizen serving a state prison sentence, and that “any assertion otherwise is a blatant mischaracterization.” The governor’s office told the Post an estimated 2,000 people held in New York state facilities have been turned over to federal immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. That figure is the governor’s office. It is not a count of municipal detainers honored. It is not the DHS number.

Sources: DHS on X — 16,070 detainers not honored (Oct. 12, 2026, 6:29 a.m. Pacific) · New York Post — category counts DHS gave the paper (Oct. 12, 2026, 3:30 a.m. Pacific) · Secretary Mullin on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 6:24 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/12: DHS NAMES VICTIMS IT TIES TO NEW YORK SANCTUARY POLICY. FIVE OF THE CASES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE NYPD DETECTIVE STABBING IS. NO AGES ON EVERY NAME. NO DOCKETS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

THE RELEASE IS DATED OCTOBER 12, 2026. THE TITLE IS “DHS HIGHLIGHTS VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIME IN SANCTUARY NEW YORK.” THE CASES ARE NOT ALL NEW. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS. Secretary Mullin said Governor Hochul’s sanctuary policies “have been a disaster for New York and the rest of the country,” and that illegal aliens “have been allowed to roam the streets freely, and have even been released from custody despite ICE detainers.” DHS said innocent Americans have been murdered, shot, stabbed, and raped. Those are the secretary’s words for the group of cases. They are not a charge written on each name below.

• Laken Riley, 22, a nursing student at Augusta University in Georgia. DHS said Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela, sexually assaulted and murdered her in February 2024 while she was jogging. DHS called Ibarra a Tren de Aragua gang member. That label is the release’s. DHS said the NYPD arrested him in August 2023 for recklessly driving a motorcycle with a 2-year-old child who was not wearing a helmet, that he was released, and that he murdered Riley six months later. This name is not already on this page. This page does not have the judgment.
• Richard Williams, 83, a U.S. Air Force veteran. DHS said that on March 8, 2026, Bairon Posada-Hernandez, an illegal alien from Honduras, shoved Williams and another bystander onto New York City subway tracks. DHS said Posada-Hernandez had been deported four times. DHS said Williams died of his injuries nine days later, and that ICE lodged a detainer after the arrest. This is not Luis Posada Carriles, already on this page. This page does not have the judgment.
• Off-duty NYPD detective, October 2. DHS again names Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo and Sneider Mejia Bautista, both illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic, in the attempted-robbery stabbing in the Bronx. DHS said both had been arrested by the NYPD and released before ICE could lodge detainers. Both names are already on this page from the Oct. 6 DHS item.
• Off-duty CBP officer, July 19, 2025. DHS said Cristian Aybar Berroa and Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic, shot the officer. DHS said both had been repeatedly arrested by the NYPD and released before the shooting. These names are not already on this page. This page does not have the judgments.
• Huntington, New York, June 6, 2026. DHS said a 16-year-old girl walking home was sexually assaulted by Aureliano Antonio Melendez Reyes, an illegal alien from El Salvador. DHS said she broke free, called 911 while he was still pursuing her, and police took him into custody. DHS said ICE lodged a detainer. This name is not already on this page. This page does not have the charge document.
• Indianapolis, March 6, 2026. DHS said a pedestrian was struck by a semi-truck and hospitalized in critical condition. DHS said ICE arrested the driver, Sukhdev Singh, an illegal alien from India, and that New York under Hochul had issued him a commercial driver’s license. This name is not already on this page. The release does not say he was arrested in New York. It says Indianapolis. This page does not have the judgment.

The release does not attach a YouTube video. It does not say any of the six cases happened on October 12.

Source: DHS — victims of illegal alien crime in sanctuary New York (Oct. 12, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/12: HARRIS COUNTY — ICE SAYS MIGUEL PARRA-HERNANDEZ RAN IN FRONT OF AN ICE VEHICLE AND WAS STRUCK ON SATURDAY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS AN AGENT WAS TRYING TO BOX HIM IN. HE IS NOT SALVADOR PARRA LOPEZ OR LEONARDO PARRA ALTAMIRANO

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, ON CLAY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 6 IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY. AGE 48 COMES FROM THE FAMILY, VIA KPRC. ICE DID NOT GIVE THE AGE IN THE STATEMENT CNN QUOTED. THE SATURDAY SHERIFF ACCOUNT SAID A BROKEN LEG. THE FAMILY AND A LAWYER LATER SAID BOTH LEGS. NO AGENT’S NAME. NO BODY-CAMERA RELEASE ON THIS PAGE. An ICE spokesperson told CNN that Miguel Parra-Hernandez “ran in front of an ICE vehicle” after he and Jose Mendoza-Cervantes got out of a vehicle and fled on foot while agents tried to make a vehicle stop. ICE said Mendoza-Cervantes was the target. ICE said Parra-Hernandez is an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said it immediately contacted EMS and gave aid, and that the injuries were not life-threatening and he was in stable condition.

Harris County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Anthony McConnell said he believed Parra-Hernandez had a broken leg. McConnell said one of the ICE agents was trying to box in the passenger when Parra-Hernandez was struck. The sheriff’s office said he was taken to a hospital with lower-body injuries and was in ICE custody. The sheriff’s office is leading the investigation, with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. CNN said the surveillance angle does not clearly show the moment of impact. CNN said the footage appears to show the two men jumping from a white pickup and running as a black vehicle, described as unmarked, accelerated before hitting Parra-Hernandez. KPRC 2 said the unmarked vehicle was a black Jeep that crossed a median. This page does not treat those descriptions as one settled fact.

Attorney Kim Bruno told CNN that Parra-Hernandez has two broken legs and was expected to undergo surgery Sunday. KPRC 2 said the family gives his age as 48, disputes ICE’s account, and wants him released. This page does not have the medical chart.

ICE told CNN that Mendoza-Cervantes is a public safety threat with several prior arrests for driving under the influence and unlawful possession of a firearm, that a judge issued a final order of removal, that he was previously deported twice, and that he entered the United States illegally five times. CNN reported he was still unaccounted for, and that ICE was asking the public for information after what it called his “dangerous attempt to evade arrest.” That is the status in CNN’s account. This page does not have a later arrest notice. He is not any other Mendoza already on this page.

Miguel Parra-Hernandez is not Salvador Parra Lopez, of Mexico, already on this page for a drug conviction. He is not Leonardo Parra Altamirano, of Ecuador, already on this page for leaving the scene of personal injury and death.

Sources: CNN — ICE and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (Oct. 11, 2026) · KPRC 2 — family account and surveillance description (Oct. 11-12, 2026) · KPRC 2 on YouTube

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10/12: BORDER PATROL CHIEF REPOSTS A CHASE. A U.S. CITIZEN DRIVER. THREE ILLEGAL ALIENS DROPPED OFF. STATE HUMAN SMUGGLING CHARGES. NO NAMES. NO CITY. NO INCIDENT DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

CHIEF ROSARIO “PETE” VASQUEZ POSTED THE SAME CHASE ON OCTOBER 9 AND AGAIN MONDAY AT 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC. CBP QUOTE-POSTED THE OCTOBER 9 VERSION ON OCTOBER 11. IT IS NOT THE BROWNSVILLE MARIJUANA ROLLOVER ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. IT IS NOT THE PADRE ISLAND CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. Vasquez said a U.S. citizen driver refused to stop for U.S. Border Patrol agents. He said USBP, Texas DPS, and CBP air support closed in. He said the driver made a quick stop, dropped off three illegal aliens, and kept running. He said the chase ended moments later and the driver was taken into custody. The Oct. 9 post said “she” now faces state human smuggling charges. Monday’s post says “the driver.” Both say the three will be processed for deportation. The posts do not give the driver’s name, the three names, a city, or the day the chase happened. Monday’s post has a still image. It does not have a YouTube video.

Sources: Border Patrol Chief Vasquez on X (Oct. 12, 2026, 9:00 a.m. Pacific) · The Oct. 9 post of the same chase · CBP on X, quote-post (Oct. 11, 2026)

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ICE AGENTS USE TEAR GAS AFTER ABOUT 30 PEOPLE BLOCK THEIR VEHICLES IN SALEM, OREGON, OCTOBER 10, 2026. FOX 12.

OFF-DUTY ICE AGENT DAVID GONZALEZ IS SHOT AND ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING A FRESNO FATHER AND DAUGHTER, OCTOBER 9, 2026. ABC NEWS.

BREAKING 10/9: NEW YORK — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED ELEVEN CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS THERE. ONE CARD STATES A KIDNAPPING CONVICTION. ONE CARD STATES A RAPE CONVICTION. SEVERAL STATE CHILD-SEX CONVICTIONS. THE LEAD SAYS KIDNAPPERS, PEDOPHILES, AND RAPISTS. THOSE WORDS ARE NOT A CHARGE ON EVERY CARD. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO ARREST DATES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO

ICE POSTED FRIDAY AT 3:33 P.M. PACIFIC. ELEVEN NAMES IN THE REPLIES. NONE OF THE ELEVEN NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO DOCKET NUMBERS. NO ARREST DATES. NO SENTENCES. NO REMOVAL DATES. STILL PHOTOS ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE said officers arrested these criminal illegal aliens in New York. The lead names Mayor Zohran Mamdani and says sanctuary politicians release criminal illegal aliens back onto the streets. ICE said the eleven include kidnappers, pedophiles, rapists, and other violent criminals. Those categories are the lead’s words. They are not a charge written on each card. One card states a kidnapping conviction. One card states a rape conviction. ICE does not use the word pedophile on any card. Several cards state convictions for sex offenses against children. A pending charge is not a conviction. The murder count on one card is pending. This page does not have the judgments. ICE does not say the arrests were in New York City. It says New York.

THE ELEVEN, IN THE ORDER ICE POSTED THEM. CONVICTIONS AND PENDING CHARGES, AS THE CARDS STATE THEM.

• Anderson Smith Sisalima Gualan, Ecuador. ICE called him a Latin Kings gang member. ICE said he was convicted of felony assault, and has pending charges for cruelty toward a child and contempt of court.
• Marcos Antonio Pandy-Castillo, Honduras. ICE called him a Crips gang member. ICE said he was convicted of criminal mischief: intent to damage property. ICE said pending charges for murder – intention, assault with intent to cause serious injury with a weapon, assault with intent to cause disfigurement or dismemberment, gang assault in the first degree, two counts of assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon, assault while confined in a correctional facility, and criminal possession of a weapon. The murder count is pending. It is not stated as a conviction.
• Francis Omar Ramirez Lopez, Guatemala. ICE called him a Tren de Aragua terrorist group member. That label is the card’s. ICE said convictions for sexual assault and illegal reentry, and pending charges for DUI and illegal reentry. The card lists illegal reentry once as a conviction and again as pending.
• Dimeir Cruz-Velasquez, Venezuela. ICE called him a Tren de Aragua terrorist group member. That label is the card’s. ICE spells the first name Dimeir. ICE said he was convicted of attempted criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree, sale to an unauthorized person, and criminal possession of a firearm. The card’s words for the second conviction are “possessing a firearm.” The same card lists pending charges including felony weapon possession, menacing, harassment, aggravated harassment, communicating a threat, forcible touching, sexual abuse, and driving without a license. The card writes the forcible-touching count as “touch sexual/intimate part of another person.” Those pending counts are not stated as convictions.
• Yung Ho Lo, China. ICE said convictions for kidnapping and attempted robbery. This is the kidnapping conviction in the lead’s category. The card does not name a victim, a court, or a year.
• Jefferson Avimael Mendoza-Sifuentes, Guatemala. ICE spells the middle name Avimael. ICE said he was convicted of sexual misconduct, “having intercourse with another without consent.”
• Wilson Omar Santos Paz, Honduras. ICE said convictions for indecent assault on a person less than 13 years of age, “unlawful contact with a minor sexual offenses,” and felony illegal reentry. The middle phrase is the card’s wording.
• Juan Jose Morales-Colindres, Guatemala. ICE said he was convicted of assault in the third degree, with intent to cause physical injury, and rape in the third degree. This is the rape conviction in the lead’s category. ICE said pending charges for “rape 3rd degree-act in manner injure child less than 17,” criminal contempt in the second degree, “criminal possession controlled,” and multiple criminal possessions of a controlled substance. The pending child-injury phrase is the card’s wording. It is not labeled a conviction. This is not Bryan Alexander Colindres-Sanchez, already on this page.
• Germis Arquimides Santos Santos, El Salvador. ICE spells the name with Santos twice, and spells the middle name Arquimides. ICE said he was convicted of attempted course of sexual conduct in the second degree: actor over 17, two or more acts on a child under 13. That is the card’s wording.
• Angel Agusto De Leon, Belize. ICE spells the middle name Agusto, not Augusto. ICE said he was convicted of “act in manner injure child less than 17” and sexual abuse in the first degree, “sexual contact with individual less than 11 years old.” Those phrases are the card’s.
• Anthony Alfredo Moreno, El Salvador. ICE said convictions for two DUIs and disorderly conduct, “create hazardous or physically offensive condition,” plus pending charges for criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, “apply pressure,” multiple criminal possessions of a controlled substance, criminal contempt, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. This is not Hugo Rivera-Moreno, Victor Moreno-Jimenez, Emanuel Nehemias Moreno-Diaz, Yovani Moreno-Gachuz, or Jonathan Moreno Hernandez, already on this page.

ICE does not say any of the eleven has been deported. ICE does not say any of them is in ICE custody. The post does not attach a YouTube video.

Source: ICE on X — eleven arrests ICE says were in New York (Oct. 9, 2026, 3:33 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/9: SAN QUENTIN — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS IT ARRESTED ALFONSO MEJIA PRECIADO, 58, OF MEXICO. THE POST ADDS A ROBBERY CONVICTION AND A SENTENCE OF 17 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. THE NAME IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED FRIDAY AT 2:56 P.M. PACIFIC. AGE 58. SAN QUENTIN. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. NO SENTENCE DATE. NO REMOVAL DATE. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE San Francisco said it arrested Alfonso Mejia Preciado, 58, of Mexico, in San Quentin. The post calls him a criminal alien. ICE said he was convicted of human trafficking, sexual battery, and robbery, and was sentenced to 17 years and 6 months. ICE said he has been deported from the United States.

The Oct. 2 removal list already on this page names Alfonso Mejia Preciado, of Mexico, with convictions for human trafficking and sexual battery by restraint. It does not give an age, a sentence, a robbery conviction, or San Quentin. The Sept. 24 list already on this page names Alfonso Mejia-Preciado, of Mexico, convicted of human trafficking / forced labor in Oakland. Friday’s post does not say Oakland. It does not say forced labor. It does not say “by restraint.” It adds robbery and the sentence of 17 years and 6 months. This page does not have the judgment. It does not treat the three write-ups as proven to be one person.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X — Alfonso Mejia Preciado (Oct. 9, 2026, 2:56 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/9: MARYSVILLE — ICE SEATTLE SAYS IT ARRESTED RONALD ZACARIAS-GREGORIO, 36, OF GUATEMALA. THE POST SAYS HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF METH. IT DOES NOT SAY CONVICTED

ICE SEATTLE POSTED FRIDAY AT 2:00 P.M. PACIFIC. AGE 36. MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE NAME IS NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE Seattle said it arrested Ronald Zacarias-Gregorio, 36, of Guatemala. The post says he was arrested in Marysville, Washington, for “mfr/deliver of amphetamine/meth.” Those are the post’s abbreviations. The post does not spell them out, and it does not say convicted. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings. The post does not say he has been deported.

Source: ICE Seattle on X — Ronald Zacarias-Gregorio (Oct. 9, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/9: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A BRONX MURDER CONVICTION AND A COOK COUNTY CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD UNDER 13

DHS RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 9. NO TIME OF DAY ON THE RELEASE. THE RELEASE SAYS YESTERDAY. ON AN OCT. 9 RELEASE, YESTERDAY IS OCT. 8. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST TIMES. NO DOCKETS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THURSDAY’S FIVE-NAME LIST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. FOUR OF THE FIVE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said ICE yesterday arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder, child sexual abuse, and rape. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, and rapists, and that the department will not apologize for putting the safety of the American people first. Those categories are the secretary’s words. They are not an extra charge written on each name below.

THE FIVE NAMED IN FRIDAY’S RELEASE. CONVICTIONS, AS DHS STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS.

• Ricardo Gonzalez, Dominican Republic. DHS said a conviction for murder in the Bronx, New York. This page already has a Ricardo Gonzalez, Dominican Republic, from an ICE Buffalo post on Oct. 7. That post said a 1991 sentence of 25 years for a Bronx murder, other charges including burglary and assault, and a 1987 final order of removal. Friday’s release does not give a year, an age, or those other charges. This page cannot tell from the release whether the two write-ups are the same man. This is not Ricardo Gonzalez Espinoza, the Mexican national already on this page.
• Maykel Ramos-De La Torre, Cuba. DHS said a conviction for vehicular homicide in Key West, Florida. The release spells the name Maykel Ramos-De La Torre. The name is not already on this page.
• Amador Rodriguez-Garcia, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim under the age of 13 in Cook County, Illinois. The name is not already on this page.
• Angel Paguada-Banegas, Honduras. DHS said a conviction for statutory rape/sex offense in Wake County, North Carolina. The release writes it as one phrase. This is not Celso Espinoza-Paguada, already on this page.
• Jose Lemus, El Salvador. DHS said convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and hit-and-run with injury in Long Beach, California. This is not Abner Geovani Del Valle-Lemus, already on this page.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst, five arrests DHS says were yesterday (Oct. 9, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/9: MANHATTAN — THE 3:30 P.M. HEARING WAS HELD. INNER CITY PRESS’S NOTES SAY HE WAS IN NEW JERSEY WHEN THE PETITION WAS FILED, AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT STILL INTENDS TO HOLD HIM AT MDC BROOKLYN. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE A WRITTEN ORDER FROM THE HEARING

THE ITEM BELOW WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE HEARING AND SAYS THIS PAGE DID NOT HAVE A RESULT. THESE ARE LIVE NOTES FROM THE COURTROOM. THEY ARE NOT A TRANSCRIPT. THEY ARE NOT A MINUTE ENTRY. THEY ARE NOT A SIGNED ORDER. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE HEARING. Inner City Press live-tweeted the 3:30 p.m. Eastern appearance in Bergal v. Genalo, No. 26-cv-8928 (JPC), before Judge John P. Cronan. The thread starts at 12:41 p.m. Pacific. The reporter wrote “Adjourned” at 12:56 p.m. Pacific. This page does not have a recording.

THE GOVERNMENT RESTATED THE JAIL IN THE LETTER ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. Cronan, as the notes render it, said that around 1 p.m. the government wrote that it intends to detain the petitioner at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, and asked if that was still the position. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon M. Waterman said yes. A restatement in open court is the reporter’s note. It is not a new docket entry on this page.

THE NEW LOCATION SENTENCE IS THE GOVERNMENT’S, AS THE NOTES QUOTE IT. Cronan asked whether the petitioner was in the Southern District of New York when the petition was filed. Waterman said no. He was in New Jersey. Waterman said he was driven over the George Washington Bridge toward Newark. Those are statements in court, as Inner City Press wrote them down. They are not a finding. The Oetken order already on this page does not name a jail and does not find where he was when the petition was filed.

ON THE TRANSFER LIMIT, WATERMAN’S ANSWER IN THE NOTES IS ONE SENTENCE. Cronan asked, assuming jurisdiction, whether Judge Oetken’s order remains in effect so the petitioner is not moved out of the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, or the District of New Jersey. Waterman said, “That is how we do it.” The note does not give a longer answer.

“I’LL DO THAT” IS AN ORAL REMARK IN A LIVE NOTE. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE A WRITTEN ORDER DENYING THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER. Cronan, as the notes render it: “What if I deny the TRO since Judge Oetken’s may last longer [than 14 days]? I’ll do that.” The brackets are in the live note. The same note has Cronan asking whether he lacks jurisdiction if the petitioner was not in the district. The petitioner’s lawyer said they may not contest venue and asked whether the case would be transferred. That exchange is not a venue ruling.

THE BASIS OF DETENTION WAS NOT STATED IN THE NOTES. THE NEXT WRITING IS A TUESDAY LETTER. Cronan asked the basis of the detention. Waterman said, “ICE is getting back to me.” The petitioner’s lawyer asked for time and said the next step would be a letter on Tuesday. Cronan asked whether the challenge is only to detention or also to removal. The lawyer said only detention, and that they will seek to amend. Cronan said he looks forward to the Tuesday letter. Inner City Press then wrote “Adjourned.”

Source: Inner City Press — live notes from the Cronan hearing, through adjournment (Oct. 9, 2026, 12:41–12:56 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/9: SYRACUSE — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED THERE. THE RELEASE SAYS “CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDES.” IT DOES NOT SAY “CONVICTED.” NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO ARREST DATES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE

DHS RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 9. FIVE NAMES. NONE OF THEM ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE SECRETARY’S LIST OF OFFENSES IS NOT A CONVICTION COUNT. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE has arrested illegal aliens in Syracuse, New York, whose criminal histories include sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual assault, cocaine possession, driving under the influence of liquor, and burglary. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the histories include sexual exploitation of a minor, cocaine possession, driving under the influence, and burglary. Those categories are the secretary’s words. The release gives no ages, no courts, no docket numbers, no arrest dates, and no sentence lengths. It does not say any of the five was deported. It does not use the word convicted. It does not use the word accused. Each entry says “whose criminal history includes.”

• Hsa Mu Na, Burma. DHS said his criminal history includes sexual exploitation of a minor – material – transport and sex offense.
• Norberto Machada-Rodriguez, Cuba. DHS said his criminal history includes sexual assault and cocaine possession. The New York Post, writing the same day, spelled the name Norberto Machado-Rodriguez and described entries on this list as accusations. That spelling and the word accused are the Post’s. They are not in the DHS release.
• Said Ibrahim, Somalia. DHS said his criminal history includes cruelty toward a child. The secretary’s quote in the release does not name that offense. This is not Zaynab Ibrahim, the Togolese woman already on this page.
• Haikham Phimasone, Laos. DHS said his criminal history includes assault, driving under the influence of liquor, and dangerous drugs.
• Mohammed Al Nassar, Iraq. DHS said his criminal history includes burglary.

This is not the September roof standoff in Syracuse already on this page. It is not Lisa Marie Lopez Perdomo of Syracuse, Kansas, already on this page. No YouTube video is attached to the release. The DHS page carries still photos.

Sources: DHS — five illegal aliens DHS says ICE arrested in Syracuse (Oct. 9, 2026) | New York Post — Machado spelling and “accused” wording (Oct. 9, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/9: WASHINGTON — DHS NAMES TEN IT SAYS ICE DEPORTED LAST WEEK. NONE OF THE TEN NAMES ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

DHS RELEASE DATED FRIDAY, OCT. 9. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. NO SENTENCE LENGTHS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THURSDAY’S DEPORTATION LIST, ALREADY BELOW. THE HEADLINE SAYS ATTEMPTED MURDERERS, ROBBERS, AND DRUNK DRIVERS. ONE NAMED ENTRY STATES AN ATTEMPTED-MURDER CONVICTION. ONE NAMED ENTRY STATES AN AGGRAVATED-ROBBERY CONVICTION. ONE NAMED ENTRY STATES DRUNK-DRIVING CONVICTIONS. A SECOND LISTS THREE DRUNK-DRIVING COUNTS AS ARRESTS. DHS said ICE deported more illegal alien gang members in the last week, including people convicted of attempted murder, aggravated assault, aggravated robbery, and driving under the influence. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said last week’s removals included attempted murderers, violent assailants, robbers, and drunk drivers. Those categories are the secretary’s words and the release headline. They are not a count of how many of the ten named entries carry each conviction.

The ten names below are not already on this page. Deportation dates, gang labels, and convictions are DHS’s account. DHS does not name the courts. Several removal dates fall on Sept. 29, Sept. 30, and Oct. 2, the same days named in Thursday’s list. The names are different.

• Arturo Moises Urzua Yanez, Mexico. DHS said he is a Surenos gang member, deported Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for attempted murder, vehicle theft, and possession of a firearm by a felon. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place and was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Sept. 18, 2026.
• Juan Jose Zavala Romero, Honduras. DHS said he is a Tango Blast gang member, deported Oct. 3. DHS said convictions for felony deadly conduct by discharging a firearm, assault causing bodily injury on a family member, two counts of improper entry by an alien aiding and abetting, and illegal re-entry. DHS said he first entered illegally in August 1995 near Eagle Pass, Texas, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Dec. 5, 1995, and voluntarily left in 2005. DHS said he has since re-entered illegally and been deported seven times. This is not Miguel Ulises Robles-Zavala, Daniel Omar Zavala-Castro, or Carlos Angel Zavala, already on this page.
• Yair de Jesus Trejo-Mendoza, Mexico. DHS said he is a Surenos gang member, deported Sept. 30. DHS said convictions for two counts of driving under the influence of liquor, aggravated assault and battery on a police officer, resisting an officer, speeding, and illegal entry. DHS said he first entered illegally in June 2006 near Hidalgo, Texas, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Dec. 9, 2008, has re-entered illegally, and has been deported five times.
• Everardo Hernandez-Huizar, Mexico. DHS said he is a Tango Blast gang member, deported Sept. 30. DHS said convictions for aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, felon in possession of a weapon, theft, and unlawful re-entry. DHS said he claims he first entered illegally through Texas in March 1999. DHS said an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on April 16, 2008, he was deported, and he re-entered illegally at an unknown time and place.
• Antonio de Jesus Jimenez Martinez, Mexico. DHS said he is a Paisas gang member, deported Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for assault causing bodily injury on a family member, failure to identify a fugitive with intent to give false information, and illegal re-entry. DHS said he first entered illegally at an unknown time and place, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Oct. 19, 2007, and has been deported four times.
• Wosbely Everildo Puac Elias (DHS also writes Wosbeli Elias), Guatemala. DHS said he is a Paisas gang member, deported Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for battery in a domestic-violence case, obstructing justice, felony third-degree aggravated stalking, and petty theft. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Oct. 13, 2017, has re-entered illegally, and has been deported twice.
• Josue Emmanuel Garcia-Ramirez, Mexico. DHS said he is a Surenos gang member, deported Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for first-degree burglary, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, personating another to make that person liable, and reckless driving. DHS said he first entered illegally at an unknown time and place, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Jan. 7, 2008, was deported, and re-entered illegally at an unknown time and place.
• Juan Carlos Munoz-Aguilera, Mexico. DHS said he is a La Sierra Brown Knights gang member, deported Sept. 29. DHS said convictions for second-degree burglary, grand theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, threatening a crime with intent to terrorize, carrying a concealed dirk or dagger, trespass that injures property, and possession of a controlled substance. DHS separately lists arrests, not convictions, for battery with serious bodily injury, fourth-degree assault, a domestic-violence death threat, three counts of driving under the influence, possession of a stolen vehicle, trespassing, possession of burglary tools, petty theft, vandalism, and driving with a suspended license. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place and was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on Sept. 17, 2026.
• Pedro Barajas-Garcia, Mexico. DHS said he is a Surenos gang member, deported Sept. 29. The entry says his criminal history includes second-degree burglary, possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana, conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, resisting arrest, trespass, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, driving with excessive blood alcohol content, unlawful use of a weapon, possessing, manufacturing, or selling an illegal weapon, and tampering with a motor vehicle. That sentence does not say “convictions for.” The next sentence does: DHS said that following his criminal convictions, an immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Sept. 23, 2026. DHS also said he was lawfully admitted in March 1999. The same release calls him a criminal illegal alien.
• Fidel Espinoza-Olvera, Mexico. DHS said he is a Paisas gang member, deported Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for aggravated robbery and illegal re-entry. DHS said he first entered illegally through Texas in August 2012, was issued a final order of removal by DHS on Aug. 26, 2012, and has been deported five times. The release does not say an immigration judge issued that 2012 order.

Source: DHS — Make America Safe Again, ten gang members DHS says ICE deported last week (Oct. 9, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/9: MANHATTAN — THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S LETTER SAYS ICE INTENDS TO HOLD THE PETITIONER AT THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER IN BROOKLYN. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT OPPOSE THE TRANSFER LIMIT FOR NOW

THE COURT ITEM FURTHER DOWN SET A 3:30 P.M. EASTERN HEARING ON WHERE HE IS. THIS UPDATE DOES NOT HAVE A RESULT FROM THAT HEARING. THIS LETTER IS THE GOVERNMENT’S WRITTEN WORD ON WHERE IT INTENDS TO HOLD HIM. IT IS A PHOTOGRAPH INNER CITY PRESS POSTED. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE ECF FILE. Inner City Press posted a photograph of a letter dated October 9, 2026, on the letterhead of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 86 Chambers Street. The letter is addressed to Judge John P. Cronan. The subject line reads Bergal v. Genalo, No. 26-cv-8928 (JPC). It is signed for United States Attorney James M. McDonald by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon M. Waterman.

The letter says the habeas action was filed last night, and that at 12:46 a.m. this morning the petitioner filed a motion for a temporary restraining order, ECF No. 4. It says the Part I judge then entered an order staying removal from the United States and enjoining a transfer out of the Southern or Eastern Districts of New York or the District of New Jersey, ECF No. 5. It says the case was later assigned to Cronan, who directed any written response by 1:00 p.m. today, ECF No. 6. Those docket numbers are the same orders already on this page. The item below dates the petition to October 9. The letter says the action was filed last night. This page does not have the ECF timestamp.

THE OPERATIVE SENTENCE IS ABOUT AN INTENTION, AND ABOUT THE TRANSFER LIMIT. IT IS NOT A STATEMENT OF WHERE HE IS THIS HOUR. The photograph reads: “I write respectfully to inform the Court that the government does not oppose continuation of the injunction on transfer at this time, as ICE intends to detain Petitioner at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. However, the government reserves the right to seek modification of such order should circumstances arise that require Petitioner’s transfer to a different facility.” The letter does not say the petitioner is in Brooklyn now. It says ICE intends to detain him there. It says the government does not oppose continuation of the injunction on transfer. It does not say the government is dropping removal. Brooklyn is in the Eastern District of New York. That district is one of the three the Oetken order already names.

THREE LOCATION LINES ARE NOW ON THE TABLE. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME LINE. The DHS release directly below says ICE placed him in a detention facility outside the state of New York. The items further down already quote Marcos Charles on a facility outside New York state, and Secretary Mullin on a facility outside New York City. A past-tense account of a jail outside the state, a statement limited to outside the city, and a letter that states an intention to use a Brooklyn jail are three different statements. This page does not have a booking record at the Metropolitan Detention Center. This page does not have the 3:30 p.m. result.

Source: Inner City Press — photograph of the U.S. Attorney’s October 9 letter to Judge Cronan

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BREAKING 10/9: WASHINGTON — DHS POSTS THE WRITTEN RELEASE. IT SPELLS THE NAME OSCAR BENGAL. IT SAYS HE WAS THE HSI TARGET IN THE CBP-OFFICER SHOOTING. THE DETAINER COUNT IN THE RELEASE IS 14,916

THE ITEMS BELOW SAID THERE WAS NO DHS.GOV RELEASE DATED OCT. 9. THERE IS ONE NOW. THE COURT CAPTION SAYS OSCAR BERGAL. NYPD AND THE EARLIER DHS POSTS SAY BELGAL. POLITICO SPELLED IT BREGAL. THIS RELEASE SAYS OSCAR BENGAL. THAT IS A FOURTH SPELLING. THIS PAGE STILL DOES NOT HAVE A FILING THAT SETTLES THE NAME. The Department of Homeland Security posted a release dated October 9, 2026: “DHS Debunks New York Sanctuary Politicians’ Lies About ICE Shooting of Illegal Alien Gang Member, Condemns Sanctuary New York for Refusing to Honor Nearly 15,000 ICE Detainers.” It is the department’s written account of Thursday’s Bronx operation. It is not a charging document. It is not the use-of-force report. The briefing video is already embedded below. This release does not add a new recording.

THE RELEASE NOW SAYS HE WAS THE TARGET OF THE HSI CASE ON THE CBP OFFICER. IT DOES NOT SAY HE SHOT THAT OFFICER. DHS wrote that on October 8, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Eastern, ICE officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx to arrest Oscar Bengal, a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. It says he has associations with the Trinitarios gang, “the same gang that brutally shot a CBP officer last year,” and that “He was the target of an investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) into the shooting of the CBP officer.” Thursday’s ICE post, already below, said associations to that gang. It did not say he was a subject of that investigation. Being named as a target of an investigation is not a charge that he fired at the CBP officer. The release says he illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. It says he was arrested by the NYPD on December 7, 2023, and released a few days later.

THE CRIMINAL-HISTORY PARAGRAPH IS MORE SPECIFIC THAN THURSDAY’S POST, AND IT IS NOT THE SAME LIST. The release says the conviction is “fourth-degree grand larceny: property taken from person,” and that after the conviction he was sentenced in April 2025 to five years of probation. amNewYork, in the item below, already reported Commissioner Tisch on a guilty plea to fourth-degree grand larceny and five years’ probation. April 2025 and the words “property taken from person” are in this release. The release lists prior arrests for “first-degree robbery: forcible theft armed with a deadly weapon, criminal sale of a controlled substance: narcotic drug, possession of stolen property, and assault.” Thursday’s ICE post said a grand larceny conviction and arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession. This release’s history paragraph does not use the words “weapons possession.” The robbery line says “armed with a deadly weapon.” An arrest is not a conviction. This page does not have the rap sheet.

THE WRITTEN DRIVING ACCOUNT SAYS TWO GOVERNMENT VEHICLES, AND IT SAYS ONE BULLET OR A FRAGMENT. The release says officers used their vehicles to block him in, he refused lawful orders to exit, then accelerated and smashed into two government vehicles, then weaponized his vehicle and accelerated toward other officers. It says the officers, believing their lives and the lives of their partners and the public were in danger, fired. It says he “was superficially struck by one of the bullets or fragments in the neck,” stopped, and was arrested. Officers rendered first aid and took him to the hospital. The release does not give a round count. The items below already carry the NYPD account of seven rounds. Earlier DHS posts below said he rammed “two different vehicles.” This release says “two government vehicles.” It says that because of his criminal history and history of fleeing, ICE placed him in a detention facility outside the state of New York. That outside-the-state sentence is the department’s account. The letter above it is the U.S. Attorney’s statement of an intention to use the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. This release does not mention that jail.

Marcos Charles, in the release, says Oscar Bengal “is the target of an HSI investigation, is associated with a gang in New York, and has evaded law enforcement before when we attempted to arrest him in September.” The items below already carry news organizations’ accounts of a September attempt. Charles also says, “We will continue to prosecute this individual to the fullest. We will continue to place him in removal proceedings. And we will continue trying to remove him from this country as quickly as possible following his charges.” “Prosecute” and “following his charges” are the release’s words. This page does not have a criminal complaint from Thursday’s shooting. Secretary Mullin, in the same release, says he will never apologize for the officers doing their job. That is the secretary’s line in the statement.

THE 14,916 FIGURE AND THE 47,750 FIGURE ARE IN THE RELEASE. THE SPOKEN CLIP BELOW IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER. The release says that from January 20, 2025, to September 14, 2026, 14,916 detainers were not honored by the state of New York, and that 47,750 total criminal charges and convictions are associated with those detainers. The categories it lists are 96 homicides, 114 kidnappings, 448 sexual assaults, 1,407 DUIs, 1,438 burglaries, 1,586 robberies, 1,987 weapons offenses, 3,842 dangerous-drug counts, and 8,673 assaults. Those listed counts add to 19,591. The release says the crimes “include” those categories. It does not say the list is the whole 47,750. The clip already on this page has Mullin saying DHS “leveled 14,766 detainers,” and the New York Post’s 47,750 figure. The words under that clip did not include 47,750, and they did not say the number honored was zero. This release uses 14,916, says those detainers were not honored, and puts 47,750 in the statement. It does not explain the gap between 14,766 and 14,916.

The release also answers four lines it attributes to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. On the claim that a New Yorker was shot in Marble Hill, DHS says this “New Yorker” is a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. On the claim that construction vests and masks left no reasonable way to identify the officers as ICE, the release’s answer does not say how the officers identified themselves. It says he was the subject of a targeted enforcement action because he is in the United States illegally. On the claim that ICE sows chaos, the release cites Operation Rotten Apple, 2,197 arrests in New York from July 27 to August 29. That operation is already on this page. On the claim that ICE makes the city less safe, the release says 7 of the 10 safest cities in the United States cooperate with ICE, that ICE has arrested nearly 12,000 gang members since the start of the second term, and that it has arrested over 2,236 known or suspected terrorists in that same period. Those two totals are in this release. The rest of the statement repeats the October 6 account of two Dominican nationals in the off-duty detective stabbing, and a list of older New York cases. Those are not new facts about Thursday.

Source: DHS — written release, October 9, 2026

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BREAKING 10/9: MANHATTAN — JUDGE OETKEN BARS REMOVAL OF THE MARBLE HILL PETITIONER. THE CAPTION SAYS OSCAR BERGAL. JUDGE CRONAN SETS A 3:30 P.M. HEARING ON WHERE HE IS

FRIDAY COURT ORDERS. THE ITEMS BELOW ALREADY CARRY THE DHS ACCOUNTS THAT PUT HIM IN A DETENTION FACILITY OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE. THESE ORDERS DO NOT SAY WHERE HE IS. THEY LIMIT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY DO NEXT. On October 9, 2026, a habeas petition was filed in the Southern District of New York, case 1:26-cv-08928. Judge John P. Cronan’s order, Document 6, filed the same day, says petitioner Oscar Bergal initiated the case under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and, at the same time, requested a temporary restraining order. The caption names Kenneth Genalo, acting field office director of ICE in New York, and others, as respondents. NYPD, DHS, and the items below use the name Oscar Belgal. Politico has spelled it Bregal. NBC New York reported that officials say he may have used aliases, including Bergal, and that this is the man ICE shot Thursday in Marble Hill. This page does not have a government filing that settles the spelling.

THE PART I ORDER BARS REMOVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES, AND IT BARS A TRANSFER EXCEPT TO THREE DISTRICTS. Judge J. Paul Oetken, sitting as the Part I judge, issued Document 5 earlier Friday. He wrote that an immediate order was necessary to preserve the court’s jurisdiction pending assignment. The order states: “Petitioner shall not be removed from the United States absent further order of this Court.” It also states that respondents “shall not transfer Petitioner except to a facility within this District, the Eastern District of New York, or the District of New Jersey absent further order of this Court.” Oetken wrote that the order stays in effect unless the assigned judge vacates or modifies it. The order does not name a jail. It does not find that Bergal is inside those districts now.

CRONAN SET THE HEARING FOR 3:30 P.M. EASTERN AND TOLD THE PARTIES TO COME READY TO SAY WHERE HE IS. The case is now assigned to Cronan. His order says respondents may file a written response to the restraining-order request by 1:00 p.m. today. It orders the parties to appear at 3:30 p.m. today in Courtroom 14C of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York. They are to be prepared to discuss the petitioner’s current location, his location when the petition was filed, and any circumstances justifying the requested order. This page does not have the government’s written response. This page does not have a result from the 3:30 p.m. hearing. That hearing is this afternoon.

CHARLES’S FRIDAY SENTENCE AND THE ORDER ARE NOT THE SAME FACT. Courthouse News quoted Marcos Charles, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations executive associate director, at Friday morning’s news conference: “Because of Mr. Belgal’s lengthy criminal history and known fleeing, we placed him in a detention facility outside of the state of New York.” The items below already report CBS and UPI on a facility outside New York state, according to DHS, and ABC7 on a move out of New York state. NBC reported that Mullin said Friday that Belgal was being held in a facility outside New York City and declined to say where. Outside New York City is not the phrase outside the state of New York. An order that limits a future transfer is not a finding about where he was when the petition was filed. That is what Cronan put on the 3:30 p.m. agenda.

THE LAWYERS SAY THEY CANNOT FIND HIM. THAT IS THEIR FILING, AS COURTHOUSE NEWS REPORTED IT. Courthouse News reported that it reviewed the habeas petition, and that Make the Road New York wrote that Belgal was initially hospitalized and that “it appears that ICE moved quickly to transfer him out of the hospital to an unknown location.” Courthouse News reported that Bronx Defenders attorney Karla Ostolaza said in a separate filing that she requested an urgent call and information about his whereabouts just before midnight and did not hear back, and that his name returned no results on ICE’s online detainee locator. Courthouse News reported that his lawyers say he has a 1-year-old son in addition to the 5-year-old who was in the car Thursday. This page does not have the petition. A lawyer’s filing is not a court finding.

Sources: Oetken order, Document 5, 1:26-cv-08928 (Oct. 9, 2026) | Cronan order, Document 6 (Oct. 9, 2026) | NBC New York — the hearing, the alias, Mullin on a facility outside New York City | Courthouse News — the Charles quote, the lawyers’ filings, the second child

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BREAKING 10/9: MARBLE HILL — WIRED NAMES THE MAN IN THE VEST WITH THE RIFLE AS ICE SUPERVISOR BRENDEN CUNI. THE STORY DOES NOT SAY HE FIRED. DHS HAS NOT NAMED THE SHOOTER

THE ITEM BELOW ALREADY SAYS CBS DESCRIBED A MAN IN A REFLECTIVE VEST CARRYING A LONG GUN IN THE NYPD VIDEO. WIRED PUTS A NAME ON THAT MAN. A NAME ON SCENE IS NOT THE NAME OF THE SHOOTER. WIRED reported Friday that court documents, social media, and public records it reviewed identify the man in the high-visibility yellow construction vest, holding a modified AR-15-style rifle, as Brenden Cuni, a supervisory detention and deportation officer on ICE’s National Fugitive Operations team. WIRED reported that a law enforcement source said Cuni identified himself to NYPD officers as an ICE agent, and that he was the only federal agent captured on video brandishing a weapon on scene. Brandishing a weapon after the shots is not a finding that he fired. Thursday’s ICE post says an ICE officer discharged his weapon. It names no officer. This page does not have a DHS statement that names Cuni. Cuni did not immediately respond to WIRED, the magazine reported.

Source: WIRED — identification of Brenden Cuni on scene (Oct. 9, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/9: MARBLE HILL — NYPD POSTS BODY-CAMERA OF THE RESPONSE. MULLIN SAYS TRUMP OFFERED TO GIVE THE MAN TO THE NYPD. HE SAYS THE MAYOR REFUSED TO DETAIN HIM

FRIDAY FOLLOW-UP. THE MORNING BRIEFING IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE, DIRECTLY BELOW. NYPD NEWS POSTED BODY-WORN CAMERA AT 7:36 A.M. PACIFIC. THE DEPARTMENT’S CAPTION SAYS THE FIRST OFFICERS ANSWERED A 911 CALL FOR A MALE SHOT AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT VIDEO IS THE RESPONSE. IT IS NOT THE SHOOTING. NO ICE BODY-CAMERA OF THE GUNFIRE IS PUBLIC. NO ICE.GOV RELEASE ON THE SHOOTING AS OF THIS UPDATE. NO DHS.GOV RELEASE DATED OCT. 9. THURSDAY’S ICE POST STILL SAYS HE IS ALIVE AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. NYPD News wrote: “This is the body-worn camera footage from the first NYPD officers on scene in Marble Hill last night. They responded to a 911 call for a male shot and transported the individual who was shot to the hospital to get medical care.” The post’s video runs about 3 minutes and 33 seconds. CBS News reported the footage shows two officers driving up, pedestrians talking about ICE, Oscar Belgal sitting on the ground, and a man in a reflective vest carrying a long gun. CBS reported the officers call for an ambulance, then do not wait, place him in a police vehicle, and carry him into the emergency room. ABC7 reported he was conscious and handcuffed, surrounded by plainclothes ICE agents, that the officers were on scene about a minute, and that they reached the emergency room about 90 seconds after putting him in the patrol car. ABC7 reported an apparent graze just below his left ear. Those are the news organizations’ descriptions of the NYPD video. They are not the NYPD caption.

MULLIN’S ACCOUNT OF A CUSTODY OFFER IS NOT IN THE ITEM BELOW. CBS News quoted Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “President Trump actually got involved and said that we would release him to New York’s Finest. If NYPD wants to take the charges and pursue the charges, we’ll be happy to release him into the custody of NYPD. I shared that with the mayor. The mayor once again said we will not be detaining him.” CBS reported it asked City Hall for comment on that claim and had not heard back. That is Mullin’s account of the mayor. It is not a City Hall statement on this page. amNewYork quoted Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday night: “For the past two hours, I have been on the phone with President Trump and Secretary Mullin, negotiating the release of the man ICE agents shot. Those negotiations were unsuccessful. Just moments ago, ICE put the man in an unmarked vehicle and whisked him away.” amNewYork reported it was not clear that night where agents took him after NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital.

FRIDAY ACCOUNTS SAY HE IS NO LONGER AT THAT HOSPITAL. THURSDAY’S ICE POST HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO SAY THAT. CBS News reported he has been taken to a detention facility outside New York state, “according to DHS.” UPI reported the same, a detention facility outside the state of New York. ABC7 reported officials said he was hospitalized in stable condition and has since been moved out of New York state to a “more secured facility.” UPI quoted Marcos Charles, the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations executive associate director: “He’s now in custody after the actions that were taken yesterday by our ICE officers.” UPI reported DHS will pursue removal proceedings. This page does not have the removal paperwork.

THE SEPTEMBER ACCOUNT IS NOT ONE ACCOUNT. ABC7 reported Mullin said agents originally attempted to detain Belgal in September, he fled, and they decided not to pursue him until Thursday. The Bronx Times reported Mullin claimed they had been tracking Belgal since September, when they arrested him and ultimately let him go, and that an unmarked vehicle is standard for an active investigation. The Bronx Times quoted Mullin: “He knew when he fled that officers weren’t going to give up on him.” CBS News wrote that DHS claims they tried to detain Belgal in September unsuccessfully, then pursued him Thursday when they claim he refused to get out of the car. Arrested and released is not the same sentence as fled and was not pursued. This page does not have the briefing transcript line that settles it. ABC7 quoted Mullin on Thursday’s approach: “We identified ourselves and gave lawful orders as we approached the vehicle. There was no question who was approaching the vehicle. Not to mention, he knew he was wanted. He fled once he knew he was wanted. It wasn’t like it was unexpected to him. When you flee, especially for a criminal like him, he knows that officers aren’t going to give up on him.”

CBS NOW QUOTES CHARLES SAYING THE VEHICLES WERE ICE VEHICLES. The item below notes that Fox News paraphrased Charles on two government ICE vehicles, and that the DHS posts say “two different vehicles” and do not say those vehicles belonged to ICE. CBS News quoted Charles: “He then accelerated his vehicle, smashing into two of our government ICE vehicles, and then weaponized his vehicle and proceeded to accelerate going toward other officers.” UPI also reported that Charles said Belgal “weaponized his vehicle,” and that Charles called the neck wound “superficial.” UPI wrote that Charles said officers were looking for a man named Oscar Belgal. UPI wrote that Charles alleged Belgal was a subject in the shooting of a CBP agent in 2024, and that Mullin later said Belgal was believed to have information related to that shooting. Those are UPI’s sentences. This page does not have a transcript of them. “A subject” and “information” are not the same claim. Thursday’s ICE post says associations to the Trinitarios, “the same gang who brutally shot a CBP officer.” It does not say this man shot that officer, and it does not say he is a subject of that case.

THE PROBATION SENTENCE AND THE 2025 DRUG CASE ARE NOT IN THURSDAY’S ICE POST. amNewYork reported Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Belgal had two prior arrests in New York City, including a 2023 robbery arrest that resulted in a guilty plea to fourth-degree grand larceny and five years’ probation, and that a 2025 criminal sale of a controlled substance case remains pending. CBS News reported court documents show an August 2025 arrest for selling cocaine and fentanyl in Manhattan, and that the special narcotics prosecutor’s office says it appears he had been let out on supervised release. This page does not have those court documents. An arrest is not a conviction. A pending case is not a conviction. “It appears” is the prosecutor’s office as CBS reported it. ICE’s Thursday post says a grand larceny conviction and arrests for assault, robbery, drugs, and weapons. It does not state the degree, the probation, or a 2025 drug case.

TISCH’S SCENE ACCOUNT, AS AMNEWYORK REPORTED IT, GOES PAST THE NAME, THE AGE, AND THE SEVEN ROUNDS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. amNewYork reported Tisch said NYPD surveillance showed Belgal backing a gray Honda CR-V into a parking space near a fire hydrant, one plainclothes federal officer at the driver’s window with a gun drawn, and a second officer near the driver’s-side headlight. The car then moved forward and out of camera view. Tisch said the cameras did not capture the shooting. amNewYork reported investigators determined at least one ICE agent fired seven rounds, police recovered at least seven shell casings, and the vehicle had ballistic damage to the front windshield and a shattered rear window. amNewYork reported the NYPD got two 911 calls at 4:04 p.m. for a shooting near 2 Marble Hill Ave., and that a federal agent separately called 911, first for the fire department and then for police. Officers from the 50th Precinct Conditions Team were on an unrelated call nearby, heard the shots, and responded. Tisch said they found several men in mixed clothing, including construction-style vests and face masks, at least one with a long gun, and the wounded man handcuffed on the ground. amNewYork reported NYPD officers put him in a police vehicle and took him to Allen Hospital, where he arrived in stable condition. Tisch said the 5-year-old, believed to be his son, was unharmed and with a family member. ABC7 reported two agents were also injured and treated, including one whose vehicle may have collided with the suspect. “May have” is ABC7’s wording. Thursday’s ICE post does not say an agent was injured.

THE PROTEST ARREST COUNT IS NOT ONE COUNT. ABC7 reported four protesters were arrested outside the hospital for obstructing governmental administration and received desk appearance tickets. CBS News reported five people were taken into custody amid Thursday night’s protests. This page is not treating those as the same number. amNewYork quoted Gov. Kathy Hochul: “I also asked that any body camera footage of the shooting be released to the public so we can establish the facts and get to the truth.” The video NYPD released Friday is the police response. It is not ICE’s recording of the gunfire.

Sources: NYPD News on X — body-worn camera of the response (Oct. 9, 2026, 7:36 a.m. Pacific) | ABC7 on YouTube — the NYPD release | ABC7 — September attempt, the Mullin quote, two agents hurt, four protest arrests, facility outside New York | CBS News New York — the video, the Trump custody quote, Charles on the ICE vehicles, the August 2025 drug arrest, five people in custody, detention outside the state | UPI — superficial wound, custody, removal proceedings, and UPI’s account of the 2024 CBP shooting | Bronx Times — September arrest-and-release version | amNewYork — Tisch on the Honda, the cameras, probation, the pending 2025 case, and Hochul on body-camera release | ICE on X — Thursday post, still says a local hospital

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BREAKING 10/9: WASHINGTON — MULLIN SAYS ICE WILL NOT PAUSE NEW YORK ENFORCEMENT AFTER THURSDAY’S BRONX SHOOTING. HE USES THE NAME OSCAR. THURSDAY’S ICE POST DID NOT

FRIDAY MORNING BRIEFING IN WASHINGTON. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YOUTUBE OF THE BRIEFING WAS POSTED AT 6:46 A.M. PACIFIC. NO ICE.GOV RELEASE ON THE SHOOTING AS OF THIS UPDATE. NO DHS.GOV RELEASE DATED OCT. 9. THURSDAY’S ICE POST GIVES NO NAME, NO AGE, NO STREET, NO ROUND COUNT, AND NO CHILD. FRIDAY’S DHS POSTS ADD THE FIRST NAME OSCAR, A CHILD IN THE CAR, AND A CLAIM THAT HE RAMMED TWO VEHICLES. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE USE-OF-FORCE REPORT, THE NYPD PAPERWORK, OR A CHARGING DOCUMENT. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE officials briefed reporters Friday morning on Thursday’s shooting during an ICE arrest operation in the Bronx. CNBC reported that Mullin said, “We’re not putting a pause on enforcement.” UPI reported that he said ICE will not stop its operations in New York City. CNBC reported that Gov. Kathy Hochul said she asked Mullin and President Trump to halt ICE operations in the state.

ICE’s written account of the shooting is still Thursday night’s post. ICE said that on Oct. 8, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Eastern, officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation in the Bronx to arrest a criminal illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE said he has a prior criminal conviction for grand larceny, and multiple prior arrests for assault, robbery, possession of drugs, and weapons possession. An arrest is not a conviction. ICE said he has associations to the Trinitarios gang, “the same gang who brutally shot a CBP officer last year.” An earlier ICE post the same night said that gang “brutally killed” a CBP officer. The later post says “shot.” ICE said the man was arrested by the NYPD on Dec. 7, 2023, and released a few days later. ICE said an ICE officer discharged his weapon, the man was injured, officers rendered aid, and he is alive at a local hospital. ICE said the FBI and HSI are on the scene and the incident remains under investigation. The Thursday post does not say why the officer fired.

FRIDAY’S CLIPS DO NOT USE THURSDAY’S WORDING. Marcos Charles, the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations executive associate director, said the man “decided to not comply with lawful orders” and “has charges in New York for robbery, grand larceny, theft armed with a deadly weapon.” Thursday’s post said a conviction for grand larceny and arrests for the other offenses. Friday’s clip says “charges” for robbery, grand larceny, and theft armed with a deadly weapon. This page is not treating the two wordings as one court record. Fox News reported that Charles said the man refused lawful orders to exit his vehicle, accelerated, smashed into two government ICE vehicles, and then accelerated toward other officers. The DHS posts say he rammed “two different vehicles.” They do not say those vehicles belonged to ICE.

Secretary Mullin said, “We weren’t aware the child was in the car.” He used the first name Oscar. He said Oscar knew a child was in the car, and that Oscar “chose to accelerate at a high rate of speed and ram two different vehicles as it appears he was going towards officers.” Mullin also called him “this criminal, this thug, this gangbanger, this possible murderer.” “Possible murderer” is the secretary’s phrase at the briefing. Thursday’s ICE post does not list a murder charge or a murder conviction. A later DHS post said he “has charges in New York for robbery, grand larceny, and armed theft with a deadly weapon,” and that he “put his child in danger by choosing to accelerate at a high speed and ram two different vehicles in what appears to be an attempt to harm ICE officers.” That post says “appears.” It is the department’s account of the driving. It is not a filed charge on this page.

Mullin said DHS has “leveled 14,766 detainers for the state of New York,” for people he described as locked up with extensive criminal backgrounds and in the state’s custody, and that New York’s answer was “silence, absolute silence.” The New York Post reported that Mullin put the underlying accusations at 47,750 felony charges and that New York had not honored the detainers. The DHS clip states 14,766 detainers and “absolute silence.” The words DHS posted do not include 47,750, and they do not say the number honored was zero. ICE posted Friday that Mullin said the job is to get “the worst of the worst” off the streets when sanctuary politicians will not, and that the mayor “speaks with a political tone” and his words “are dangerous and incite hostility.” Fox News reported that Mayor Zohran Mamdani said ICE has killed far more neighbors than it could claim to have saved, and that Mullin answered, “if you abolish ICE, who’s going to take criminals off the streets of your own town?”

THE SURNAME, THE AGE, THE STREET, AND THE ROUND COUNT COME FROM THE NYPD, AS NEWS ORGANIZATIONS REPORTED THEM. THEY ARE NOT IN THE ICE POST. The New York Post reported that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified the man as Oscar Belgal, 28, and said at least one ICE agent fired seven rounds. The Post reported the shooting was outside 2 Marble Hill Ave. at about 4:20 p.m., with a 5-year-old boy in the back of the car. The Daily News reported Marble Hill Ave. near West 225th Street, at about 4 p.m., and the same seven rounds. ICE’s time is approximately 4:00 p.m. Eastern. Politico spelled the surname Bregal. This page does not have a document that settles the spelling. The Post reported that Tisch said the NYPD had no involvement in the federal operation before the shooting. UPI reported the neck wound was not considered life-threatening. The Independent reported that Hochul said the child appears to have escaped without physical injury. A CBS News video of Thursday’s shooting is already on this page, directly below this item.

Sources: ICE on X — Thursday statement, “shot” (Oct. 8, 2026, 5:32 p.m. Pacific) | ICE on X — earlier Thursday post, “killed” (Oct. 8, 2026, 5:04 p.m. Pacific) | DHS on X — Mullin on Oscar, the child, and the two vehicles (Oct. 9, 2026, 7:21 a.m. Pacific) | ICE on X — Charles on the charges (Oct. 9, 2026, 7:21 a.m. Pacific) | DHS on X — charges, the child, and the ramming (Oct. 9, 2026, 8:39 a.m. Pacific) | ICE repost of DHS — 14,766 New York detainers (Oct. 9, 2026, 6:40 a.m. Pacific) | Associated Press on YouTube — the briefing | CNBC — no pause, and Hochul’s halt request | UPI — will not stop New York City operations | Fox News — Charles on the ICE vehicles, and Mamdani | New York Post — Tisch, Belgal, seven rounds, Marble Hill | New York Daily News — West 225th Street and seven rounds | New York Post — 14,766 detainers and the Post’s 47,750 figure | Politico — surname spelled Bregal | The Independent — Hochul on the child | CBS News video — already embedded below

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BREAKING 10/8: LAS VEGAS — THE REVIEW-JOURNAL ADDS SEIZURE TOTALS FOR OPERATION LOADED DICE. IT SAYS 123 OF THE 144 ARRESTS WERE STATE CASES

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, UPDATED THURSDAY AT 2:53 P.M. PACIFIC. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE TWO LOADED DICE ITEMS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE PAPER ADDS SEIZURE TOTALS, A CARTEL LINK, AND A STATE-FEDERAL SPLIT. NO NAMES OF THE 144. NO AGES. NO CASE NUMBERS. THE PAPER DOES NOT SAY HOW MANY OF THE 144 ARE IMMIGRATION ARRESTS. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE A TRANSCRIPT. THE DHS YOUTUBE OF THE BRIEFING IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. The Review-Journal reported that officials said the arrests have connections to the Jalisco New Generation cartel and the Sinaloa cartel, and that the operation seized more than $1 million in assets, 290 firearms, and more than 2,400 pounds of narcotics, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. The paper quoted Erin Burke, the HSI Los Angeles special agent in charge, saying those figures are dangerous drugs and illegal firearms taken off the street, and criminal organizations disrupted. That is her description of the totals. It is not a charge.

The paper said federal officials put 123 of the 144 arrests at the state level. It said some arrests were local and many were outside the area but tied to people or organizations in Las Vegas. It did not give a category for the other 21. It said officials described many of the arrests as being at the sergeant and lieutenant levels of the organizations. An arrest is not a conviction. This page does not have the charging documents.

A later paragraph in the same story gives a breakdown the paper attributed to officials: 265 firearms, 2 ghost guns, 18 machine gun conversion devices, and five other weapons. Those four counts add to 290, the firearms figure in the paper’s lead. The drug breakdown in that paragraph is more than 540 pounds of cocaine, 189 pounds of fentanyl, 397 pounds of methamphetamine, 865 pounds of marijuana, and 458 pounds of other narcotics. Those five figures add to 2,449 pounds, which is the paper’s “more than 2,400 pounds.”

The paper said Sigal Chattah, the first assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Nevada, said her office secured an indictment yesterday against Tamya Norwood, accused of attempting to transport 50 pounds of methamphetamine through Harry Reid International Airport. On an Oct. 8 story, yesterday is Oct. 7. The paper did not give Norwood’s age, nationality, or immigration status, and it did not say that indictment is one of the 144. This page does not have the indictment. Chattah’s remark about 30,000 fentanyl pills was about earlier Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force takedowns. The paper did not assign that pill count to Operation Loaded Dice. She also said many top leaders live outside the United States, and that the office uses extradition and asset forfeiture against them. The paper did not name a person extradited in this operation.

Sources: Las Vegas Review-Journal — Loaded Dice seizure totals (updated Oct. 8, 2026, 2:53 p.m. Pacific) | DHS YouTube — the press conference, already embedded below

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BREAKING 10/8: SEATTLE — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED ZOULIN CAI, 35, OF CHINA. THE POST GIVES A 60-MONTH FEDERAL FRAUD SENTENCE AND NO COURT

ICE SEATTLE POSTED THURSDAY AT 2:00 P.M. PACIFIC. AGE 35. NO ARREST CITY. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. NO SENTENCE DATE. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE SEATTLE FIELD OFFICE COVERS WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND ALASKA. THE POST DOES NOT SAY WHICH OF THE THREE. ICE Seattle said officers arrested Zoulin Cai, 35, of China. ICE said he was convicted federally of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, and sentenced to 60 months in prison. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings. The post does not say he has been deported.

A 2021 ICE release matches the name, the 60-month sentence, and those convictions. It does not say today’s arrest is that case. The Thursday post does not cite it. The Oct. 4, 2021, release said U.S. District Judge John F. Walter sentenced Zoulin “Allen” Cai, then 30, of La Puente, California, to 60 months that day, and ordered $9,227,543 in restitution and a $25,000 fine. ICE said he had pleaded guilty on June 29 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, after an HSI Los Angeles investigation. ICE called him a Chinese national and said the scheme imported counterfeit laptop batteries and other electronics from China and sold them on eBay and Amazon under counterfeit brand and safety marks. ICE said a December 2019 search of a La Puente warehouse found about 44,000 batteries and about 175,000 counterfeit labels, and that the judge put the loss above $9.5 million. He was 30 on Oct. 4, 2021. Thursday’s post lists him as 35. Five years later, 35 fits a birthday after Oct. 8. This page does not have the judgment, and it does not treat the two write-ups as proven to be one person.

Sources: ICE Seattle on X — Zoulin Cai (Oct. 8, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific) | ICE archive — 60-month sentence for Zoulin “Allen” Cai (Oct. 4, 2021)

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BREAKING 10/8: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A MURDER CONVICTION AND A STATUTORY-RAPE CONVICTION

DHS RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 8. DHS POSTED THE SAME FIVE NAMES ON X AT 2:10 P.M. PACIFIC, WITH A STILL PHOTO FOR EACH NAME. THE RELEASE SAYS YESTERDAY. ON AN OCT. 8 RELEASE, YESTERDAY IS OCT. 7. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST TIMES. NO DOCKETS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT WEDNESDAY’S FIVE-NAME LIST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. DHS said ICE yesterday arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder, statutory rape, and abduction. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested murderers, sexual predators, and kidnappers, and that if a person is in the country illegally, the department will find, arrest, and remove that person. Those categories are the secretary’s words. They are not an extra charge written on each name below.

THE FIVE NAMED IN THURSDAY’S RELEASE. CONVICTIONS, AS DHS STATES THEM. THIS PAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE JUDGMENTS.

• Ian Clive Burton, Jamaica. DHS said convictions for murder, assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, and possession of a firearm in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
• Angel Ramirez-Castillo, Cuba. DHS said convictions for attempted murder and aggravated assault in Miami, Florida. This is not Jaime Ramirez-Diaz or Alberto Ramirez-Diaz, already on this page.
• Cesar Funes-Oliva, El Salvador. DHS said convictions for statutory rape and larceny in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
• Irvin Roblero-Ortiz, Guatemala. DHS said convictions for abduction and strangulation in Accomack, Virginia. The release writes Accomack. It does not write Accomack County.
• Josue Fuentes-Argueta, El Salvador. DHS said a conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in the Northern District of Texas. The release does not name the drug.

The X lead post says the same thing in shorter form: yesterday ICE arrested illegal alien murderers, sexual predators, and kidnappers, and there will be no sanctuary for illegal aliens. The lead post does not name Secretary Mullin. The five reply posts match the five names in the release. An arrest reported Thursday is not a new conviction entered Thursday. DHS does not say any of the five has been deported.

Sources: DHS — five arrests DHS says were yesterday (Oct. 8, 2026) | DHS on X — the five names (Oct. 8, 2026, 2:10 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: LAS VEGAS — DHS QUOTES HSI LOS ANGELES ON OPERATION LOADED DICE. THE 1:35 P.M. POST NAMES NO CHARGE

DHS POSTED THURSDAY AT 1:35 P.M. PACIFIC. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE 1:00 P.M. ITEM ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. A CLIP OF ABOUT 74 SECONDS ON X. THE DHS YOUTUBE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE RUNS ABOUT 18 MINUTES. STILL NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO CHARGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO CASE NUMBERS. THE POST DOES NOT SAY HOW MANY OF THE 144 ARE IMMIGRATION ARRESTS. THIS UPDATE DID NOT FIND AN ICE.GOV NEWS RELEASE ON THE OPERATION. DHS quoted Erin Burke, identified in the post as the HSI Los Angeles special agent in charge. Burke said Operation Loaded Dice focuses on criminal organizations involved in the trafficking of narcotics, illegal firearms, bulk currency, and other contraband throughout the region, and that these threats are connected.

That sentence is the operation’s focus, as DHS quoted it. It is not a charge for any of the 144. DHS did not say Burke was the Las Vegas speaker. The 1:00 p.m. item on this page said HSI Las Vegas and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada were expected to speak. The DHS YouTube description says the Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force, with federal, state, and local partners, held the press conference on an operation that led to the arrest of 144 suspects. Suspects is the YouTube description’s word. The ICE post said arrests. An arrest is not a conviction. This page does not have the charging documents.

DHS added that, under President Trump, the Homeland Security Task Force will keep hunting, arresting, and removing these criminals. That is the department’s line. The post does not name a person removed.

Sources: DHS on X — Burke on Operation Loaded Dice (Oct. 8, 2026, 1:35 p.m. Pacific) | DHS YouTube — the press conference

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BREAKING 10/8: LAS VEGAS — ICE SAYS OPERATION LOADED DICE PRODUCED 144 ARRESTS. THE POSTS DO NOT NAME A CHARGE

ICE AND HSI POSTED THURSDAY AT 1:00 P.M. PACIFIC. DHS POSTED A LIVE LINK AT 12:57 P.M. PACIFIC. 144 ARRESTS. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO CHARGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO CASE NUMBERS. THE ICE POST DOES NOT SAY HOW MANY OF THE 144 ARE IMMIGRATION ARRESTS. NEWS 3 LAS VEGAS IS CARRYING THE BRIEFING ON YOUTUBE. THERE IS NO ICE.GOV RELEASE ON THIS OPERATION AS OF THIS UPDATE. ICE said HSI and the Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force are announcing details about Operation Loaded Dice, including 144 arrests. HSI posted the same sentence at the same minute. DHS posted a watch line for a Homeland Security Task Force press conference on the operation.

KTNV reported that a spokesperson told the station by email that the multi-agency operation led to the arrests of 144 people, and that the email did not add details. KTNV said officials from HSI Las Vegas and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada were expected to speak at a 1 p.m. Pacific briefing. The DHS website banner put the same briefing at 4:00 p.m. Eastern, which is 1:00 p.m. Pacific. The 144 figure is ICE’s number. An arrest is not a conviction. This page does not have the charging documents.

Sources: ICE on X — Operation Loaded Dice, 144 arrests (Oct. 8, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific) | HSI on X, same minute | DHS on X — live briefing (Oct. 8, 2026, 12:57 p.m. Pacific) | DHS live page | KTNV — spokesperson email and the 1 p.m. briefing | News 3 Las Vegas on YouTube

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BREAKING 10/8: WASHINGTON — DHS NAMES TEN IT SAYS ICE DEPORTED LAST WEEK. SEVEN OF THE NAMES ARE NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

DHS RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 8. NO AGES. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. NO SENTENCE LENGTHS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. PHOTOS ON THE DHS PAGE. THE RELEASE HEADLINE SAYS PEDOPHILES AND DRUNK DRIVERS. NONE OF THE TEN NAMED ENTRIES STATES A CHILD-SEX CONVICTION OR A DRUNK-DRIVING CONVICTION. DHS said ICE deported more criminal illegal aliens last week, including people convicted of murder, aggravated assault, sexual assault of a minor, burglary, and drunk driving. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the department will not allow the country to become a sanctuary for illegal aliens, and that last week’s removals included gang members, murderers, pedophiles, violent assailants, burglars, and drunk drivers. Those categories are the secretary’s words. They are not a charge listed on each name below.

The seven names below are not already on this page. Deportation dates, gang labels, and convictions are DHS’s account. DHS does not name the courts.

• Manuel Barahona-Rivera, Honduras. DHS said he is an MS-13 gang member, deported Sept. 30. DHS said convictions for second-degree murder and possession of marijuana. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place and was issued a final order of removal on Oct. 14, 2005.
• Jose Refugio Rangel Machuca, Mexico. DHS said he is a member of the Compton Varrio 70’s gang, deported Oct. 2. DHS said convictions for two counts of attempted murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, and receiving stolen property. DHS said he was issued a final order of removal on Sept. 22, 2026. The release does not give an entry date.
• Jaime Ramirez-Diaz, Mexico. DHS said he is a suspected Sinaloa Cartel member, deported Sept. 29. DHS said convictions for felony armed robbery and shoplifting. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place and was issued a final order of removal on Aug. 21, 2014. This is not Alberto Ramirez-Diaz, the Guatemalan national already on this page.
• Pedro Ruiz-Cisneros, Mexico. DHS said he is a Barrio Azteca gang member, deported Oct. 2, 2026. DHS said convictions for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, larceny/theft, robbery, and illegal re-entry. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place and was previously deported five times, in 1994, 2003, 2009, 2014, and 2018. DHS said he was issued a final order of removal on March 18, 2003.
• Maria Solis-Iriqui, Mexico. DHS said she is a suspected Crips gang member, deported Oct. 1. DHS said convictions for felony assault, felony property damage, shoplifting, theft, possession of marijuana, and possession of narcotics equipment. DHS said she claims she entered illegally in June 1991. DHS said she was issued a final order of removal on Sept. 17, 2026.
• Marvin Ernesto Leon-Ceron, El Salvador. DHS said he is an MS-13 gang member, deported Sept. 29. DHS said a conviction for second-degree assault, and arrests for disorderly conduct, assault, disturbing the peace, and failure to obey a lawful order. An arrest is not a conviction. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown time and place and was issued a final order of removal on April 22, 2026.
• Isidro Cruz-Estefina, Mexico. DHS said he is a Latin Kings member, deported Sept. 30. DHS said convictions for burglary, resisting a peace officer, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. DHS said he entered illegally at an unknown date and place, was previously deported in 2004 and 2009, and was issued a final order of removal on March 10, 2004.

Three other names in the same release are already on this page. This item does not reprint their records. Jose Balmory Ramirez Rodriguez is in Monday’s Alexandria flight item. The Thursday release says he was deported Oct. 2 and adds a conviction for knowingly making or possessing dangerous contraband in prison, a February 2001 illegal entry through Texas, a final order on Feb. 6, 2007, a deportation that month, and a later illegal reentry. Jorge Andres Chirinos is in the Oct. 1 removal list, which stated a second-degree murder conviction. The Thursday release says he was deported Sept. 30, calls him a suspected 116 gang member, adds a terroristic-threats conviction, says he claims he entered in 2002, and says a final order was issued Sept. 23, 2026. Ever Magdiel Mejia-Vasquez is in Monday’s weekend-removal list. The Thursday release says he was deported Oct. 2, calls him a suspected Maravilla Salva Trucha gang member, and says a final order was issued Aug. 19, 2026. “116” and “Maravilla Salva Trucha” are the labels DHS used.

Source: DHS — ten deportations from last week (Oct. 8, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/8: HARLINGEN — ICE SAYS HUGO ALEXIS MONTES-LOPEZ IS IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY AND HAS A MARIJUANA CONVICTION

ICE HARLINGEN POSTED THURSDAY AT 11:46 A.M. PACIFIC. NO AGE. NO ARREST DATE. NO CITY. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE. THE POST DOES NOT SAY HE HAS BEEN DEPORTED OR WHERE HE IS HELD. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT BILLY MONTES-RUIZ, ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE Harlingen said Hugo Alexis Montes-Lopez, a Mexican national, is in the United States illegally and has a conviction for possession of marijuana. The office said ICE prioritizes criminal illegal aliens, especially those with drug offenses. That is the office’s framing. Possession of marijuana, as ICE states it, is the conviction. The post does not name a second offense.

Source: ICE Harlingen on X — Hugo Alexis Montes-Lopez (Oct. 8, 2026, 11:46 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: MODESTO — ICE SAN FRANCISCO SAYS A 48-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN NATIONAL LEFT ON VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE. THE CHARGES ARE PENDING

ICE SAN FRANCISCO POSTED THURSDAY AT 10:12 A.M. PACIFIC. TWO PENDING DUI CHARGES. ONE PENDING FELONY CHARGE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. PENDING IS NOT CONVICTED. NO ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO DEPARTURE DATE. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE San Francisco said officers arrested Joel Hernandez Ramirez, 48, of Mexico, in Modesto. ICE said he has two separate pending DUI charges and a pending felony charge for domestic violence. ICE said he was granted voluntary departure and has left the United States.

Voluntary departure is ICE’s statement. It is not a criminal sentence. The post does not say a judge ordered him removed, and it does not say the criminal charges were dropped. “Has left the United States” is the office’s line. The post does not name the port or the day.

Source: ICE San Francisco on X — Joel Hernandez Ramirez (Oct. 8, 2026, 10:12 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: NEW CANEY — ICE HOUSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED A THREE-TIME DEPORTED PAISAS GANG MEMBER

ICE HOUSTON POSTED THURSDAY AT 11:32 A.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THE ARREST WAS OCT. 7. ICE SAYS HE WAS DEPORTED THREE TIMES AND THAT HE ADMITTED PAISAS MEMBERSHIP. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE LENGTH. NO DOCKET. A FIVE-SECOND VIDEO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE LOS PAISAS ARREST NEAR SAN LUIS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE UNNAMED PAISA GANG MEMBER THE BORDER PATROL CHIEF POSTED FROM MISSION, TEXAS. ICE Houston said officers arrested Jose Jacinto Vasquez Arellano in New Caney, Texas. ICE called him a criminal illegal alien and a self-admitted Paisas gang member. ICE said he has been convicted of felony deadly conduct by discharging a firearm, indecent exposure, and illegal reentry.

The post does not name the courts, the years of the convictions, or the years of the three deportations. The post does not say where he is being held. A conviction, as ICE states it, is not a new criminal charge filed Thursday.

Source: ICE Houston on X — arrest of Jose Jacinto Vasquez Arellano (Oct. 8, 2026, 11:32 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: SMYRNA — ICE NEW ORLEANS SAYS IT ARRESTED A HONDURAN WITH ASSAULT AND KIDNAPPING CONVICTIONS

ICE NEW ORLEANS POSTED THURSDAY AT 10:10 A.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THE ARREST WAS LAST WEEK. NO DATE. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT PO LAY OH, THE BURMESE NATIONAL ICE NEW ORLEANS SAID IT ARRESTED IN SMYRNA. THAT ITEM IS ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE New Orleans said officers arrested Marlon Romero Medina, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, in Smyrna, Tennessee. ICE said his record includes felony convictions for aggravated assault, assault, and kidnapping.

The post does not name the courts or the years of those convictions. The post does not say whether he has a final order of removal or where he is being held. The line that ICE is targeting the worst of the worst is the office’s framing. It is not a charge.

Source: ICE New Orleans on X — arrest of Marlon Romero Medina (Oct. 8, 2026, 10:10 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: SAN DIEGO — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED A MEXICAN NATIONAL WITH DRUG-SALE AND DUI CONVICTIONS

ICE SAN DIEGO POSTED THURSDAY AT 6:47 A.M. PACIFIC. NO ARREST DATE. NO AGE. NO CITY INSIDE THE SAN DIEGO AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE SPELLED THE LAST NAME CARRILO. ICE San Diego said officers arrested Pedro Carrilo, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said he has convictions for possession or purchase for sale of a controlled substance, and for DUI. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal.

The post does not name the drug, the court, or the year of either conviction. Pending removal is ICE’s statement. The post does not say a final order has been issued.

Source: ICE San Diego on X — arrest of Pedro Carrilo (Oct. 8, 2026, 6:47 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: MANCHESTER — ICE BOSTON SAYS IT ARRESTED A TOGOLESE WOMAN DURING OPERATION BALLOT SHIELD. THE POST DOES NOT SAY SHE VOTED

ICE BOSTON POSTED THURSDAY AT 2:53 A.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THE ARREST WAS OCT. 1 IN MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT. NO AGE. NO CHARGE. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT VOTING CASES ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE Boston said officers arrested Zaynab Ibrahim, an illegal alien from Togo, during Operation Ballot Shield. ICE said she entered the United States legally in January 2001 with permission to remain for six months, that she violated the terms of that admission, and that she remained in the country for more than 25 years.

A later post in the same thread says ICE Boston will keep identifying, arresting, and removing illegal aliens who have illegally voted or illegally registered to vote. That sentence does not name Ibrahim. ICE did not say she voted. ICE did not say she registered. ICE did not say she was charged with a crime. A third post says Operation Ballot Shield shows Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s commitment to arresting and deporting criminal illegal aliens. That is the office’s description of the operation. It is not a conviction for Ibrahim.

Sources: ICE Boston on X — arrest of Zaynab Ibrahim (Oct. 8, 2026, 2:53 a.m. Pacific) | overstay and the office’s voting line | Operation Ballot Shield

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BREAKING 10/7: NEW YORK — ICE BUFFALO NAMES THREE ARRESTS, INCLUDING A 1991 BRONX MURDER SENTENCE

THREE SEPARATE ICE BUFFALO POSTS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, PACIFIC. NO AGES. NO ARREST DATES. NO COURTS. NO DOCKETS. STILL PHOTOS ON X. NOT YOUTUBE VIDEOS. A FOURTH POST THE SAME EVENING NAMES JUAN RODRIGUEZ OF MEXICO AND A MURDER IN KINGSTON. THAT NAME AND THAT MURDER CONVICTION ARE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE IN MONDAY’S DHS LIST OF FIFTEEN. THIS ITEM DOES NOT REPEAT HIM. ICE Buffalo posted three other arrests. ICE said each person will remain in custody until removed.

• Ricardo Gonzalez, Dominican Republic. Posted at 6:32 p.m. Pacific. ICE said that in 1991 he was sentenced to 25 years for a Bronx murder, and that he has been charged with other crimes including burglary and assault. Charged is not the same word as convicted. ICE said he has a final order of removal from 1987. This is not Ricardo Gonzalez Espinoza, the Mexican national already on this page.
• Diones Aquino de la Cruz, Dominican Republic. Posted at 6:00 p.m. Pacific. ICE said he entered legally in 2019 and never left, that he was sentenced to 2 years for possession with intent to sell narcotics, and that he has a final order of removal.
• Moussa Diarrassouba, Mali. Posted at 5:00 p.m. Pacific. ICE said upstate New York officers made the arrest, that he entered legally in 2001 and never left, and that his convictions include weapons violations, assault, counterfeiting, and fraud. ICE said he has a final order of removal. ICE did not list every conviction it called a long list.

Sources: ICE Buffalo on X — Ricardo Gonzalez (Oct. 7, 2026, 6:32 p.m. Pacific) | Diones Aquino de la Cruz (Oct. 7, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific) | Moussa Diarrassouba (Oct. 7, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: ST. LOUIS — DHS SAYS A TWICE-DEPORTED MEXICAN NATIONAL WAS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS ON COCAINE, FIREARM, AND ILLEGAL-REENTRY CONVICTIONS

DHS RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 8. DHS SAYS THE SENTENCE WAS OCT. 1. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI POSTED SEPT. 30 THAT HE WAS SENTENCED WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 30, 2026, WAS A WEDNESDAY. OCT. 1 WAS A THURSDAY. THE TWO OFFICES DO NOT AGREE ON THE CALENDAR DAY. DHS DOES NOT NAME THE COURT, THE CASE NUMBER, OR HIS AGE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. A STILL PHOTO ON THE DHS PAGE. DHS said Jose Luis Mata-Cedillo, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. DHS said the convictions were cocaine trafficking, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and illegal re-entry after deportation as an aggravated felon.

DHS said the HSI St. Louis investigation began when an HSI task force officer intercepted a courier transporting 27 kilograms of cocaine bound for St. Louis, Missouri. DHS said that led to a later seizure of about 13 kilograms of cocaine, $121,280 in cash, and a loaded 9-millimeter Glock handgun. DHS did not say the 13 kilograms and the 27 kilograms were the same load. DHS said Mata-Cedillo was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service and will face deportation proceedings when he is released.

DHS said his record includes prior convictions in Washington for two counts of selling, distributing, or dispensing a controlled substance, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and unlawfully transporting firearms. DHS said he first entered illegally through Texas in 2008 and was deported the same day, re-entered at an unknown date and place, was deported a second time in August 2020 after a prison sentence, and entered illegally a third time at an unknown date and place. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Mata-Cedillo will spend 20 years in prison and will be removed after the sentence.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office posted that he distributed cocaine in St. Louis for a Mexican cartel. That cartel claim is the U.S. Attorney’s post. The DHS release does not use the word cartel. This page does not have the judgment.

Sources: DHS — Mata-Cedillo sentenced to 20 years (Oct. 8, 2026) | DHS on X (Oct. 8, 2026, 11:09 a.m. Pacific) | U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri on X (Sept. 30, 2026) | U.S. Attorney release linked from that post

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BREAKING 10/8: HEBBRONVILLE — CBP SAYS BORDER PATROL FOUND 21 ILLEGAL ALIENS IN A BOX TRUCK’S FALSE COMPARTMENT

CBP POSTED THURSDAY AT 11:00 A.M. PACIFIC. HSI SAN ANTONIO POSTED THE ARREST ON OCT. 7. BOTH SAY THE STOP WAS OCT. 4. A U.S. CITIZEN WAS ARRESTED. THE 21 ARE DESCRIBED AS ILLEGAL ALIENS. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES FOR THE 21. NO CHARGE. NO CASE NUMBER. A STILL PHOTO ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE 2016 HEBBRONVILLE ENCOUNTER ALREADY LOWER ON THIS PAGE. HSI San Antonio said that on Oct. 4, HSI Laredo, working with the U.S. Border Patrol, arrested a U.S. citizen after agents found 21 illegal aliens concealed in a false compartment of a box truck at the FM 1017 checkpoint south of Hebbronville, Texas. HSI said it is a joint HSI and Border Patrol investigation.

CBP’s Thursday post said the temperature inside the compartment was above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. That figure is in the CBP post. It is not in the HSI post. Neither post names the driver. Neither post says a complaint has been filed.

Sources: CBP on X — Hebbronville box truck (Oct. 8, 2026, 11:00 a.m. Pacific) | HSI San Antonio on X — the Oct. 4 arrest (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/8: AGUADILLA — BORDER PATROL SAYS IT SEIZED ABOUT 562 POUNDS OF COCAINE AND ARRESTED TWO U.S. CITIZENS

CBP NATIONAL RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 8. CBP SAYS THE STOP WAS EARLY MONDAY, OCT. 5. THE TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED ARE U.S. CITIZENS, NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THE RELEASE TEXT SAYS ABOUT 562 POUNDS AND 231 PACKAGES. THE PHOTO TITLE ON THE SAME PAGE SAYS 597 KILOS. CBP DOES NOT EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE. U.S. Border Patrol agents in Ramey Sector, working with the Puerto Rico Police Department’s Fuerzas Unidas de Rápida Acción, seized about 562 pounds of suspected cocaine near Aguadilla. CBP said that on Oct. 5, personnel intercepted a suspicious vessel in waters west of Aguadilla and found 231 packages that field-tested positive for cocaine.

CBP said the vessel, the suspected narcotics, and the two U.S. citizens were taken to the Ramey Border Patrol Station. CBP said the Drug Enforcement Administration has the investigation and the prosecution. Ramey Sector Chief Patrol Agent Reggie Johnson said the seizure kept a significant quantity of narcotics from the community. CBP said the investigation is ongoing. The release does not name a smuggling organization and does not say the load was bound for the mainland.

Source: CBP — Aguadilla cocaine seizure (Oct. 8, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/7: LOS ANGELES — ICE SAYS OFFICERS ARRESTED FOUR GANG MEMBERS, INCLUDING TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS REMOVED AT LEAST TWICE

ICE LOS ANGELES POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 5:18 P.M. PACIFIC. FOUR ARRESTS IN ONE THREAD. ICE CALLS EACH MAN A GANG MEMBER. ICE DOES NOT NAME THE GANG. NO ARREST DATE. NO CASE NUMBER. NO COURT, EXCEPT A 2014 NEW MEXICO SENTENCE FOR ONE MAN. STILL PHOTOS ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS PAGE IS NOT ADDING CONVICTIONS THE POSTS DO NOT STATE. ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested four men it called gang members. ICE did not say where in the Los Angeles area each arrest happened.

• Fredy Alberto Hernandez, 47, El Salvador. ICE said he was sentenced to more than 4 years for crimes since 2010, including vandalism, threats to terrorize, and domestic violence. ICE said he will remain in custody pending immigration proceedings.
• Jorge Luis Molina Vides, 31, Venezuela. ICE said he was sentenced in 2014 in New Mexico to 2.5 years for cyberstalking and interstate domestic violence and that he has a final order of removal. ICE said he will remain in custody pending removal.
• Pedro Lara-Torrez, 40, Mexico. ICE said he was removed at least twice and served more than 14 years for crimes including carrying a prohibited weapon and firing a weapon. ICE said he will remain in custody pending removal.
• Luis Alberto Rivera Pena, 44, Mexico. ICE said he was removed at least twice and served more than 7 years, and listed burglary, unauthorized vehicle use, assault, DUI, and reentry. ICE said he will remain in custody pending removal.

Sources: ICE Los Angeles on X — four arrests (Oct. 7, 2026, 5:18 p.m. Pacific) | Hernandez | Molina Vides | Lara-Torrez | Rivera Pena

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BREAKING 10/8: IMPERIAL BEACH — CBP SAYS BORDER PATROL AND THE COAST GUARD TURNED BACK 13 PEOPLE SWIMMING NORTH FROM MEXICO

CBP LOCAL RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 8. CBP SAYS SUNDAY EVENING. ON AN OCT. 8 RELEASE, THE PREVIOUS SUNDAY IS OCT. 4. CBP DOES NOT PRINT THAT CALENDAR DATE. NO ARRESTS IN THE RELEASE. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE CARLSBAD PANGA STOP OR THE POINT LOMA STOP ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. San Diego Sector Border Patrol and Coast Guard Sector San Diego said they deterred 13 people from a maritime crossing near Imperial Beach. CBP said that at 8:40 p.m. a Coast Guard drone team detected nine people swimming north across the international maritime boundary. CBP said the drone illuminated them and the group turned south and returned to Mexico.

CBP said that minutes later personnel detected four more suspected illegal aliens swimming north in the same area, and that those swimmers also turned south. CBP said that by 9:22 p.m. all 13 had returned to Mexico without incident. The release does not say anyone was taken into custody. Chief Patrol Agent Justin M. De La Torre said illegal maritime crossings are dangerous and told people not to enter the United States illegally. His warning about smugglers is a general warning. The release does not say a smuggler was present at this crossing. CBP posted no YouTube video.

Source: CBP — Imperial Beach maritime turnback (Oct. 8, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/8: SAN LUIS — YUMA SECTOR SAYS AGENTS ARRESTED A LOS PAISAS GANG MEMBER FOR ILLEGAL REENTRY

YUMA SECTOR POSTED THURSDAY AT 9:10 A.M. PACIFIC. AN ARREST. THE SECTOR SAYS HE FACES FEDERAL ILLEGAL-REENTRY PROSECUTION. THE POST DOES NOT GIVE A CASE NUMBER OR SAY A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO NAME. NO AGE. NO NATIONALITY STATED. NO ARREST TIME. A STILL GRAPHIC ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Yuma Station Border Patrol said agents arrested a Los Paisas gang member who was attempting to enter the country illegally near San Luis, Arizona. The sector said he has an extensive history of immigration crimes dating back to 1989. The sector said he now faces felony criminal charges and will be prosecuted federally under 8 USC 1326 for illegal reentry. That prosecution claim is the sector’s. This page does not have a court docket.

The sector’s graphic labels him a Paisa gang member. It does not print his name. This is not the Paisas gang members already listed in the August deportation posts on this page. San Luis in this post is San Luis, Arizona, not San Luis Potosi.

Source: Yuma Sector Border Patrol — San Luis arrest (Oct. 8, 2026, 9:10 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: DATELAND — BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AGENTS SEIZED 36 PACKAGES OF METH WORTH MORE THAN $91,000

CHIEF’S POST DATED THURSDAY AT 7:00 A.M. PACIFIC. A DRUG SEIZURE. THE CAPTION SAYS ARIZONA. THE GRAPHIC SAYS DATELAND. NO WEIGHT. NO NAMES. NO NATIONALITY. NO TIME OF THE STOP. NO COURT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT TUESDAY’S DATELAND POST ON THIS PAGE, WHICH DESCRIBED 18 BUNDLES OF COCAINE AND SUSPECTED FENTANYL IN A SEDAN. THIS PAGE IS NOT MERGING THE TWO. THIS IS NOT THE 962-POUND LIQUID-METH SEIZURE ON INTERSTATE 15. Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said agents in Arizona seized 36 packages of meth valued at over $91,000. He said the driver is now facing federal drug charges. Facing charges is not a conviction. The post does not name a judicial district or a docket.

The chief’s graphic is labeled “meth seizure” and “dateland, az.” The caption text says Arizona and does not name the town. The post does not say whether the driver is a U.S. citizen, a lawful resident, or an illegal alien.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief — 36 packages of meth (Oct. 8, 2026, 7:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: MURRIETA — CBP SAYS BORDER PATROL SEIZED 962 POUNDS OF LIQUID METH FROM A SEMI-TRUCK FUEL TANK ON INTERSTATE 15

CBP NATIONAL RELEASE DATED THURSDAY, OCT. 8. THE STOP WAS SEPT. 29 AT 11 A.M. A DRUG SEIZURE. THE DRIVER IS A MEXICAN NATIONAL. CBP DOES NOT NAME HIM AND DOES NOT GIVE AN AGE. STREET VALUE OF $1 MILLION IS CBP’S ESTIMATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. CBP SPELLED THE DATELINE MURRIETTA. San Diego Sector Border Patrol said agents stopped a northbound semi-truck, traveling without a trailer, on Interstate 15 about a quarter mile north of the California Highway Patrol scales. CBP said a Newton-Azrak station agent and his K-9 partner, Loki, found signs of liquid methamphetamine concealed in at least one fuel tank. Hazardous-response specialists extracted the liquid. CBP said it tested positive for methamphetamine: 962 pounds, about 115 gallons.

CBP said agents turned the driver over to Homeland Security Investigations and local authorities for state prosecution, and that Border Patrol seized the truck. That handoff is not a conviction. Chief Patrol Agent Justin M. De La Torre called it a seizure of liquid methamphetamine and credited the agents, the K-9 unit, and partner agencies. CBP posted still photos. It did not post a YouTube video. This is not the Sept. 22 San Ysidro bus seizure already on this page.

Source: CBP — 962 pounds of liquid meth on Interstate 15 (Oct. 8, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/8: MISSISSIPPI — ICE SAYS IT DEPORTED ISAIAS CAMACHO-CABALLERO TO MEXICO AFTER A JOINT OPERATION

ICE POSTED THURSDAY AT 9:05 A.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THE REMOVAL IS DONE. ICE SAYS HE WAS PREVIOUSLY REMOVED IN 2014 AND THEN REENTERED ILLEGALLY. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE. NO REMOVAL DATE. NO FLIGHT. A STILL IMAGE ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE said it deported Isaias Camacho-Caballero to Mexico after his arrest during a joint operation in Mississippi. ICE said his criminal history includes battery in Tampa, Florida, and a DUI-related hit and run in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ICE did not say whether those entries are convictions or arrests. This page is not adding charges the post does not list.

Source: ICE on X — Camacho-Caballero deported to Mexico (Oct. 8, 2026, 9:05 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/8: OCALA — DHS SAYS A BRAZILIAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY IN A FAKE-AGENCY CASE WILL BE DEPORTED AFTER HIS SENTENCE

DHS POSTED THURSDAY AT 8:22 A.M. PACIFIC. THE GUILTY PLEA IS A SEPT. 28 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE. A PLEA IS NOT A SENTENCE. SENTENCING IS SET FOR DEC. 18. DOJ SAYS HE IS IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS. DHS SAYS HE WILL BE DEPORTED AFTER THE SENTENCE. NO REMOVAL DATE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said Mario Cesar Dos Santos, Jr., 50, of Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of fraudulent use of government seals. DOJ said he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. DOJ said he is a Brazilian national who came to the United States in 2016, overstayed his visa, and is undergoing deportation proceedings.

DOJ said Dos Santos was president of Chaplain Emergency Management Agency, Inc., which he falsely claimed was a government agency endorsed by FEMA. DOJ said he used the seals of FEMA, DHS, and the FBI, charged people to attend courses, and told them identification cards and badges would give them immunity from immigration enforcement and keep them safe from deportation. DHS on Thursday called him an illegal alien and said that once his sentence is served, he will be deported. DHS did not post a removal order. This page is not treating the DHS sentence as a judge’s order.

Source: DHS on X — Dos Santos will be deported after his sentence (Oct. 8, 2026, 8:22 a.m. Pacific) | DOJ — guilty plea (Sept. 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/7: EAST PENNSBORO — DHS SAYS ICE ARRESTED A NIGERIAN NATIONAL WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT

DHS RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7. THE LOCAL ARREST WAS SEPT. 27. THE ICE ARREST WAS OCT. 1. DHS SAYS THE GUILTY PLEA IS TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT. DHS DOES NOT SAY HE WAS CONVICTED OF INDECENT EXPOSURE. NO AGE. NO DOCKET. NO SENTENCE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe, an illegal alien from Nigeria, was arrested in East Pennsboro Township, Pennsylvania, for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct, and that he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. DHS said ICE arrested him Oct. 1 after that conviction. DHS said he was lawfully admitted in June 2017, that his authorized stay expired in November 2019, that he remained illegally, and that the Biden administration granted him deferred action in September 2021.

DHS, citing local reporting, said he was working as a canvasser for Janelle Stelson, the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, and that he was caught in public with his pants off in a residential neighborhood near a park, with residents, including children, in the area. ICE Deputy Director Charles Wall said Stelson employed him on a congressional campaign. That employment claim is Wall’s. DHS points to local reporting for the canvasser description. This page is not treating “employ” as a campaign payroll record.

Source: DHS — East Pennsboro arrest (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/7: ICE NAMES SEVEN AND THEIR CONVICTIONS. THE POST DOES NOT GIVE A REMOVAL DATE.

ICE POSTED WEDNESDAY AT 2:36 P.M. PACIFIC. CONVICTIONS, AS ICE STATES THEM. ICE SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO REMOVE CRIMINALS LIKE THESE. ICE DOES NOT SAY THESE SEVEN WERE REMOVED ON A STATED DAY. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO COURTS. NO DESTINATIONS. STILL IMAGES ON X. NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT TUESDAY’S SEVEN-NAME REMOVAL LIST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. ICE said illegal aliens have no place in the country. The headquarters thread names seven people and a conviction for each. It does not give ages, sentences, courts, or the country each person was sent to.

• Jhonny David Aries-Martinez, Venezuela. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine while on board a vessel.
• Jorge Luis Urribarri Vento, Venezuela. ICE said a conviction for transactional money laundering.
• Daniel Noe Lopez Silva, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for importation of fentanyl.
• Gildardo Jasso Medina, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for child molestation.
• Angel De Jesus Pulido, Mexico. ICE said convictions for second-degree burglary and DUI.
• Fernando Josue Herrera-Rivera, Honduras. ICE said convictions for dangerous weapon-conceal and second-degree arson.
• Javier Roman Flores, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for two counts of lewd or lascivious acts upon a child. This is not Luis Alfonso Garcia-Jimenez, already on this page.

Source: ICE on X — seven named with convictions (Oct. 7, 2026, 2:36 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/7: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE IT SAYS ICE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A CHILD-SEX CONVICTION AND A CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE OF AN ANIMAL

DHS RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7. CONVICTIONS, AS DHS STATES THEM. THE RELEASE SAYS YESTERDAY. ON AN OCT. 7 RELEASE, YESTERDAY IS OCT. 6. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST TIMES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT TUESDAY’S FIVE-NAME LIST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE, AND IT IS NOT MONDAY’S FIFTEEN-NAME WEEKEND LIST. DHS said ICE yesterday arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted for sexual conduct against a child, sexual abuse of an animal, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, and other crimes. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested pedophiles, animal abusers, and drug traffickers, and that illegal aliens are not welcome. That is his statement.

THE FIVE NAMED IN WEDNESDAY’S RELEASE:

• Edis Canales-Montoya, Honduras. DHS said a conviction for course of sexual conduct against a child in Riverhead, New York.
• Gonzalo Sanchez, Mexico. DHS said convictions for possession of child pornography and driving under the influence in Chicago, Illinois.
• Carlos Arturo Zelaya-Argueta, El Salvador. DHS said convictions for sexual abuse of an animal and distribution of Schedule I or II drugs in Arlington, Virginia.
• Manuel Gomez-Lopez, Guatemala. DHS said a conviction for manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in San Antonio, Texas. This is not the San Antonio highlight below.
• Jesus Garcia-Serrano, Mexico. DHS said convictions for obstructing a criminal investigation and unlawful possession of handguns in Mercer County, New Jersey.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst arrests (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/7: SAN ANTONIO — DHS HIGHLIGHTS FIVE ILLEGAL ALIENS, INCLUDING TWO VENEZUELANS SENTENCED IN JUNE ON CHILD-TRAFFICKING CONVICTIONS

DHS RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7. THIS IS A HIGHLIGHT OF OLDER CASES, NOT A LIST OF ARRESTS MADE YESTERDAY. THE VENEZUELAN SENTENCES ARE FROM JUNE. THE OTHER ARRESTS DHS DATES ARE JUNE AND JULY 2026. CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES, AS DHS STATES THEM. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS highlighted illegal aliens arrested by ICE or convicted of crimes in San Antonio, including child sex traffickers, drug traffickers, and thieves. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said San Antonio had been plagued by those crimes and that DHS is getting them off the streets. That is his statement.

• Giannys Alexandra Ramirez-Fernandez, Venezuela. DHS said convictions for conspiracy to traffic a child and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. DHS said the sentence was 12 and a half years.
• Nelson Adrian Perez-Martinez, Venezuela. DHS said those two convictions plus benefiting from sex trafficking of children and aiding and abetting coercion and enticement. DHS said the sentence was 20 years.
• Victor Gonzalez-Ibarra, Mexico. DHS said convictions for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and for possessing or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. DHS said ICE arrested him in July 2026.
• Miguel Cadena-Gomez, Mexico. DHS said convictions for indecency with a child — sexual contact, and for possession of a controlled substance. DHS said ICE arrested him in June 2026.
• Naun Martinez-Zuniga, Mexico. DHS said convictions for four counts of illegal re-entry, making a terrorist threat, theft of property, two counts of possession of marijuana, and possession of a controlled substance. “Terrorist threat” is the conviction label DHS used. DHS said ICE arrested him in June 2026.

Source: DHS — San Antonio highlight (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/7: BRONX — FOX NEWS SAYS TWO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED AFTER THE STABBING OF AN OFF-DUTY NYPD DETECTIVE

FOX NEWS VIDEO DATED OCTOBER 7, 2026. ARRESTS, AS FOX STATES THEM. THIS PAGE’S OCT. 6 DHS ITEM SAID BOTH SUSPECTS REMAINED AT LARGE. DHS ON OCT. 6 NAMED DANGELO RAFAEL JEAN CARABALLO AND SNEIDER MEJIA BAUTISTA, BOTH FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. FOX’S TITLE DOES NOT REPEAT THOSE NAMES. Fox News reported two illegal immigrants were arrested after the stabbing of an off-duty NYPD detective. This page is not treating the Fox headline as a charging document. The Oct. 6 DHS release already on this page said the men were suspects and at large after an Oct. 2 Bronx stabbing.

Source: Fox News — illegal immigrants arrested after NYPD detective stabbing (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/7: SAN YSIDRO — CBP SAYS OFFICERS SEIZED 262 POUNDS OF COCAINE FROM A COMMERCIAL BUS GAS TANK

CBP RELEASE DATED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7. CBP SAYS THE SEIZURE WAS SEPT. 22. STREET VALUE IS CBP’S ESTIMATE OF $5 MILLION. NO AGE FOR THE DRIVER. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. CBP SAYS A MEXICAN NATIONAL DROVE A 2004 MCI DINA COMMERCIAL BUS. CBP said officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry referred the bus for secondary inspection after the driver applied for entry. CBP said a nonintrusive inspection system detected anomalies in the gas tank and a canine team alerted. Officers found signs of tampering and a nonfactory compartment. CBP said they seized 110 packages containing 262.21 pounds of cocaine. CBP said the driver faces state prosecution for the importation of narcotics and that officers canceled his visa.

Source: CBP — San Ysidro commercial-bus cocaine seizure (Oct. 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: PUERTO RICO — ICE SAYS IT DEPORTED A DOMINICAN WOMAN WITH A CHILD-ABUSE RECORD AFTER HER RELEASE FROM BAYAMON WOMEN’S JAIL

ICE POSTED TUESDAY AT 3:45 P.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THE REMOVAL IS DONE. “CHILD ABUSE” IS ICE’S PHRASE FOR HER CRIMINAL HISTORY. ICE DOES NOT SAY CONVICTION OR ARREST. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE. NO STATUTE. NO DATE OF THE JAIL RELEASE. NO FLIGHT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. A STILL IMAGE ON X. THIS IS NOT DETECTIVE JOSE MERCEDES, THE OFF-DUTY NYPD VICTIM ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THIS IS NOT THE TWO DOMINICAN STABBING SUSPECTS. ICE said it arrested Damil Emilia Mercedes-Silven when she was released from the Bayamon Women’s Jail in Puerto Rico and deported her to the Dominican Republic. ICE said her criminal history includes child abuse. ICE called her a violent criminal illegal alien. That label is ICE’s. The Spanish-language ICE account posted the same item at the same minute. It spelled the surname Mercedes Silven, without the hyphen, and it translated the jail as the Cárcel de Mujeres de Bayamón.

Source: ICE on X — deportation from Bayamon (Oct. 6, 2026, 3:45 p.m. Pacific) | ICE en Español (same minute)

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BREAKING 10/6: REMOVED — ICE NAMES SEVEN IT SAYS WERE REMOVED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING CHILD-SEX, RAPE, AND COCAINE-IMPORTATION CONVICTIONS

ICE POSTED TUESDAY AT 1:22 P.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THESE ARE YESTERDAY’S REMOVALS, SO MONDAY, OCT. 5. CONVICTIONS, AS ICE STATES THEM. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO COURTS. NO DESTINATIONS. NO REMOVAL TIMES. THE POSTS ARE STILL IMAGES ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT MONDAY’S ELEVEN-NAME WEEKEND LIST. THIS IS NOT TUESDAY’S DHS ARREST LIST OF FIVE. ICE said yesterday’s removals included rapists, gang members, child predators, and other public safety threats. The headquarters thread names seven people and a conviction for each. It does not give ages, sentences, courts, the time of each removal, or the country each person was sent to. None of the seven posts names a gang member. That word is in the introduction only. ICE said the removals included these cases. It did not say these seven were the full count.

• Alexander Duran-Garcia, El Salvador. ICE said a conviction for lewd act upon child age 14 or 15 and conspiring to dissuade witness.
• Ignacio Abraham Vazquez Hernandez, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
• Jesus Nicolas Sanchez Ramirez, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
• Miguel Angel Guerrero, El Salvador. ICE said a conviction for attempted 1st degree statutory sex offense.
• Isidro Zarate-Valente, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for malicious assault in secret.
• Saul Vazquez Mora, Mexico. ICE said convictions for rape and domestic battery. ICE did not give a victim’s age.
• Jonathan Gomez Rangel, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for importation of cocaine. This is not Jose Humberto Guerrero Hernandez, already on this page for an importation-of-cocaine conviction.

Source: ICE on X — seven named in yesterday’s removals (Oct. 6, 2026, 1:22 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/6: MANASSAS — ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED A SALVADORAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY

ICE RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 6. THE SEXUAL-BATTERY COUNTS ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. ICE DOES NOT GIVE AN AGE, A DOCKET, A VICTIM’S AGE, OR A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE Washington, D.C. said it arrested Luis Alfonso Garcia-Jimenez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, on Sept. 2 in Manassas, Virginia. ICE said he is charged with four counts of felony aggravated sexual battery. ICE said he also has a driving-while-intoxicated conviction.

ICE said Garcia-Jimenez entered illegally on an unknown date, at an unknown location, and that he was not inspected, admitted, or paroled. ICE said Manassas police arrested him Dec. 24, 2016, and charged him with DWI. ICE said the Prince William General District Court convicted him of DWI on March 20, 2017, sentenced him to 30 days in prison, and imposed a fine. ICE said the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office arrested him again on March 6, 2026, and charged him with four counts of felony aggravated sexual battery.

ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian called him a suspected sexual predator. Guadian said the sexual-battery counts are in addition to convictions for DWI and public-order crimes. The release spells out the DWI conviction. It does not list the public-order convictions. That phrase is Guadian’s. ICE said officers placed Garcia-Jimenez in removal proceedings, that he will receive due process, and that he will remain in ICE custody while those proceedings are pending.

Source: ICE — Washington, D.C. arrest in Manassas (Oct. 6, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE ARRESTED YESTERDAY, INCLUDING A CHILD-SEX CONVICTION, A MONEY-LAUNDERING CONVICTION, AND A HEROIN CONVICTION

DHS RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 6. CONVICTIONS, AS DHS STATES THEM. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST TIMES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT MONDAY’S FIFTEEN-NAME WEEKEND LIST ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE yesterday arrested more criminal illegal aliens. DHS said the convictions include lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, money laundering, and trafficking heroin or morphine. The release is dated Oct. 6, so “yesterday” is Oct. 5. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested pedophiles, money launderers, and drug traffickers, and that illegal aliens are not welcome. That is his statement.

THE FIVE NAMED IN TUESDAY’S RELEASE:

• Francisco Luperico-Jimenez, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Willows, California.
• Han Lee, South Korea. DHS said convictions for money laundering and for conspiracy to persuade, induce, entice, and coerce one or more individuals, in Boston, Massachusetts. DHS did not say who those individuals were.
• Samuel Romero-Landestoy, Dominican Republic. DHS said a conviction for trafficking a controlled substance, heroin/morphine, in Shirley, Massachusetts. This is not Richard Vieira, the Brazilian already on this page from an arrest in Shirley.
• Juan Gonzalez-Ruiz, Colombia. DHS said a conviction for manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in Harris County, Texas. This is not Luis Adrian Gonzalez-Ruiz, the Mexican national already on this page.
• Juan Carlos Galeana-Flores, Mexico. DHS said a burglary conviction in Bonneville County, Idaho.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst arrests (Oct. 6, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: HIDALGO — CBP SAYS OFFICERS SEIZED 59.78 POUNDS OF COCAINE AT THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE

CBP LOCAL RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 6. THE STOP WAS SEPT. 27. A DRUG SEIZURE. NO NAMES. NO NATIONALITY. THE RELEASE DOES NOT SAY ANYONE WAS ARRESTED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE OCT. 5 LAREDO JUAREZ-LINCOLN SEIZURE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. Customs and Border Protection said officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted alleged cocaine hidden in a vehicle and valued it at $798,000. CBP said the vehicle was a black Chevrolet pickup coming from Reynosa, Mexico, on Sept. 27. CBP said officers sent it to secondary. CBP said nonintrusive inspection showed anomalies and a canine alerted to the odor of narcotics. CBP said a physical search found 22 packages of alleged cocaine weighing 59.78 pounds (27.12 kilograms).

CBP said officers seized the narcotics and the vehicle, and that Homeland Security Investigations special agents opened a criminal investigation. Port Director Carlos Rodriguez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry, said officers use the tools they have to stop smuggling attempts. CBP spelled the dateline Hildago once and Hidalgo in the body. CBP posted a still photo. It did not post a YouTube video.

Source: CBP — $798,000 in cocaine at Hidalgo International Bridge (Oct. 6, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: NEWPORT BEACH — CBP POSTS THE BOARDING VIDEO FROM SATURDAY’S STOP; THE NEW YORK POST REPORTS A FEDERAL CHARGE

VIDEO POSTED TUESDAY, OCT. 6, AT 6:34 A.M. PACIFIC. THE CHARGE IS A NEWSPAPER REPORT, NOT A JUSTICE.GOV RELEASE FOUND ON THIS UPDATE. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO DOCKET NUMBER. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. CBP Air and Marine Operations posted video of the Oct. 3 stop already on this page as the Long Beach Marine Unit intercept. The agency said the vessel was south of Newport Beach, California, and that it was carrying 14 undocumented noncitizens. It said the crew took all 14 to the U.S. Coast Guard dock in Newport Beach, that one person was evaluated and cleared by EMS, that Border Patrol took custody for processing, and that the vessel was seized. The video is on X. It runs about one minute. It is not on YouTube.

Monday’s official posts, already on this page, said 14 Mexican nationals and did not name Newport Beach, the dock, the medical check, or a seizure. They did not name anyone. This video post still does not name anyone. Monday’s post called them Mexican nationals. Tuesday’s post called them undocumented noncitizens. This page is not treating those phrases as two groups. This is the same Oct. 3 stop.

Hunter Robinson, executive director of Air and Marine Operations for the Southwest, reposted the video at 7:57 a.m. Pacific. He called it exclusive video of the Oct. 3 interdiction and the apprehension of 14 illegal aliens.

The New York Post reported at 3:04 p.m. Eastern (12:04 p.m. Pacific) that the Department of Justice said Jose Miguel Castro-Duenas, 44, a Mexican national, was charged Tuesday with attempted transportation of illegal aliens and illegal reentry. The Post said he was previously deported and also uses the name Luis Enrique Santoyo-Orozco. The Post said he made an initial appearance on Oct. 5 and that arraignment is set for Nov. 9. The Post quoted First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli calling him a previously deported illegal alien smuggler who reentered and resumed smuggling in a coastal community. That is the Post’s account of what the Justice Department said. This page did not find a justice.gov press release or a public case number for that charge. The Post also said an agent on the video is heard saying he had eight people below, and that people came out from under the deck. The Post said one passenger was evaluated for dehydration and seasickness and cleared. CBP’s own post says one person was evaluated and cleared by EMS. It does not give the medical reason. The Post does not report a conviction.

Sources: CBP Air and Marine Operations — Newport Beach boarding video (Oct. 6, 2026, 6:34 a.m. Pacific) | Hunter Robinson repost (Oct. 6, 2026, 7:57 a.m. Pacific) | New York Post — reported charge (Oct. 6, 2026, 12:04 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/6: BRONX — DHS SAYS TWO DOMINICAN NATIONALS ARE SUSPECTS IN THE STABBING OF AN OFF-DUTY NYPD DETECTIVE; BOTH REMAIN AT LARGE

DHS RELEASE DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 6. SUSPECTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. DHS DOES NOT NAME THE DETECTIVE, GIVE AGES, OR SAY EITHER MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THIS ATTACK. DHS POSTED STILL PHOTOS. DHS DID NOT POST A YOUTUBE VIDEO. The Department of Homeland Security said two illegal aliens are accused of stabbing an off-duty New York Police Department detective, and that both suspects remain at large. DHS said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York City identified them as Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo and Sneider Mejia Bautista, both from the Dominican Republic.

DHS, citing local reporting, said the incident was Oct. 2 in the Bronx. DHS said the two approached the detective, attempted to rob him, and stabbed him seven times when he defended himself. DHS said he was taken to a local hospital and is reportedly recovering. DHS said the suspects fled on an e-bike. DHS did not name the hospital or the street.

DHS said Caraballo’s prior arrests include reckless endangerment, reckless driving, unlawful fleeing from a police officer in a motor vehicle, possession of burglar’s tools, criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon involving a loaded firearm, and second-degree menacing involving a weapon. DHS said that after a December 2024 arrest for possession of burglar’s tools, local law enforcement released him before ICE could lodge a detainer. DHS said Bautista’s prior arrests include criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar’s tools, grand larceny, and criminal possession of a weapon. DHS said that after an October 2025 arrest for criminal possession of a weapon, ICE lodged a detainer and the NYPD declined it. DHS said his other arrests ended with release before ICE could lodge a detainer. DHS did not say which of those arrests produced a conviction. An arrest is not a conviction.

DHS said Caraballo entered illegally through Arizona in February 2023, Border Patrol arrested him, and the Biden administration released him. DHS said Bautista entered illegally through Arizona in December 2022, Border Patrol encountered him, and the Biden administration released him. DHS said an immigration judge issued Bautista a final order of removal on May 8, 2025. DHS did not say Caraballo has a final order.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said both men were released into the country by the Biden administration and that, after multiple prior arrests in New York, sanctuary politicians refused to cooperate with ICE and released them. He said the suspects remain at large and called on New York authorities to cooperate. That is his statement. No court has ruled on this attack.

The NBC New York story DHS linked was published Oct. 2, before any names. It said the detective was 33, that he was stabbed seven times in the torso and leg, and that it happened around 2 p.m. Friday near East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood. It said police believed the suspects tried to snatch a gold chain, that a gold chain was still on the floor at the scene, and that the two fled on an e-bike. It said he was rushed to Jacobi Hospital and was recovering. It did not name him.

amNewYork said Commissioner Jessica Tisch, at One Police Plaza on Oct. 6, identified 25-year-old D’Angelo Caraballo, with two prior arrests, and 24-year-old Sneider Mejia. It said they attacked Detective Jose Mercedes of the 44th Precinct at about 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 2 near 3174 Rochambeau Ave. It said sources said the two rode up on a moped, stabbed him seven times, took a chain from his neck, and fled, and that he was released from Jacobi Hospital on Monday evening. Tisch said he stood up from his wheelchair and walked out. DHS spells the names Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo and Sneider Mejia Bautista. The names Tisch used, as reported, drop the middle names and the Bautista surname. Those reports do not say either man is Dominican or in the country illegally. DHS did.

The local arrest counts do not match DHS or each other. Gothamist said Tisch named the two as wanted on charges of attempted murder, robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon, and that she did it at an unrelated press conference. DHS did not list those charges. ABC7 said police say Caraballo has five prior arrests. The New York Post said sources told it Caraballo has two prior arrests and that Mejia has one arrest from last year in a sealed case. DHS listed more prior arrests for both men. This page is not choosing one count. No outlet reported an arrest for Friday’s attack. Both men were still being sought.

CBS New York, Oct. 4: Kristie Keleshian on the search and the photographs. This report is from before DHS named the suspects. It is not a conviction, and it does not state an immigration status.

Sources: DHS — two suspects in the stabbing of an off-duty NYPD detective remain at large (Oct. 6, 2026) | NBC New York — the local report DHS cited (Oct. 2, 2026) | amNewYork — Tisch identifies the two (Oct. 6, 2026) | Gothamist — Tisch on the charges (Oct. 6, 2026) | ABC7 New York (Oct. 6, 2026) | New York Post (Oct. 6, 2026) | CBS New York on YouTube (Oct. 4, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: DATELAND — BORDER PATROL CHIEF SAYS AGENTS SEIZED COCAINE AND SUSPECTED FENTANYL FROM A SEDAN

CHIEF’S POST DATED TUESDAY, OCT. 6. A DRUG SEIZURE. NO WEIGHT. NO STREET VALUE. NO NAMES. NO NATIONALITY. NO TIME OF THE STOP. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said agents on highway operations in Dateland, Arizona, intercepted 18 cellophane-wrapped bundles of narcotics concealed in a sedan. He said six of the packages were cocaine and 12 were suspected fentanyl. He said the driver is now in DEA custody, pending drug charges.

The post does not say whether the driver is a U.S. citizen, a lawful resident, or an illegal alien. It does not name a highway, a checkpoint, or a sector. Dateland is on Interstate 8 in the Yuma Sector corridor. That location is context. It is not in the chief’s post.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief — Dateland seizure (Oct. 6, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: LOCHIEL — CBP SAYS FOUR COTTONWOODS ON FEDERAL LAND ARE DOWN FOR THE BORDER WALL; THE AGENCY DID NOT PUBLISH AN ARREST COUNT

STATEMENTS REPORTED MONDAY, OCT. 5. NOT A CBP.GOV PRESS RELEASE. ARREST NUMBERS COME FROM PROTESTERS AND LOCAL NEWS, NOT FROM CBP. NO NAMES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. A CBP spokesperson told KVOA that the agency had cleared four cottonwoods from federal property in Lochiel, Arizona, as of Monday. Arizona Luminaria reported a CBP statement the same day that all four cottonwood trees on federal land in Lochiel marked for removal were down. The trees stood in the path of border wall construction in the San Rafael Valley.

CBP spokesperson Jessica Turner told the Tucson Sentinel the agency found no migratory bird nests in the trees during pre-construction review. She said CBP recognizes the importance of protecting the environment, wildlife, and cultural resources during border wall construction. She wrote that high volumes of unauthorized crossings often leave trash, pollution, and damage to habitats and agriculture, and that before construction CBP conducts environmental and cultural reviews, seeks public input, and works with state and federal agencies. Turner did not mention arrests in that statement.

Protesters told the Tucson Sentinel that Border Patrol agents cleared the camp Monday morning, that the last tree fell around 8:30 a.m., and that agents arrested 10 people and cited 10 more. They said six of those arrested were later released in Nogales and four in Tucson. The Arizona Republic also reported 10 arrests and said DHS had not answered its questions about a warrant or how the arrests were made. Other accounts put the number higher. This page is not using those figures as a CBP count.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, quoted by the Tucson Sentinel, called the arrests what militarization of the borderlands looks like and called the wall reckless. That is her statement.

Sources: KVOA — CBP removes cottonwoods in Lochiel (Oct. 5, 2026) | Tucson Sentinel — Lochiel camp cleared (Oct. 5, 2026) | Arizona Luminaria via Inside Climate News — CBP statement on the four trees (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: CABO CABRON — COAST GUARD AND THE DOMINICAN NAVY RESCUE 61 FROM A SINKING BOAT; NATIONALITIES NOT YET DETERMINED

COAST GUARD RELEASE DATED MONDAY, OCT. 5. FILED HERE TUESDAY. A RESCUE, NOT A CRIMINAL CONVICTION. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO INJURY COUNT. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The Coast Guard said the cutter Winslow Griesser and two Dominican Republic Navy vessels rescued 61 people Monday morning from a grossly overloaded, sinking vessel off the Dominican Republic. The Coast Guard called them alien migrants. It said all 61 were rescued and transferred to Dominican Republic Navy boats on scene. It said their nationalities are not yet determined.

The release says that at about 5:50 a.m. the Winslow Griesser detected a 30-foot makeshift vessel taking on water, about 12 nautical miles northwest of Cabo Cabron. A photo caption on the same release says Cayo Cabron. The release does not give a time zone. It says the cutter was in Dominican territorial waters under what it called a joint bilateral agreement to help deter unlawful maritime migration. It says a boarding confirmed the boat was rapidly taking on water, and the crew began taking the passengers off. It says an MH-60T Jayhawk from Air Station Borinquen and a Dominican Air Force aircraft responded, and that Dominican Navy patrol boats Capella CG-108 and Algenib Ll-169 arrived and helped. It says the crews embarked all 61.

Cmdr. Matthew Romano, Sector San Juan chief of response, said 61 lives were saved from an overloaded, sinking vessel, and that these voyages are increasing. He said people who take them risk prosecution or immediate repatriation. That is the Coast Guard’s statement. The release does not name a smuggler, a flag, or a court case.

The same release points back to last week’s Mona Passage capsizing, already on this page from Sept. 29. It says a similar venture dumped more than 60 people into the water, that responders rescued 49 and recovered three dead, and that several remain unaccounted for. Monday’s release did not publish a new name list or a new missing-person count. This page’s Sept. 29 item reported 10 missing.

The Coast Guard posted still photos with the release. It did not post a YouTube video.

Source: U.S. Coast Guard — 61 rescued off Cabo Cabron (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: CARLSBAD — COAST GUARD SAYS IT STOPPED 18 SUSPECTED ALIENS ON A PANGA ABOUT 20 MILES OFFSHORE

COAST GUARD RELEASE DATED MONDAY, OCT. 5. THE INTERDICTION WAS SUNDAY. SUSPECTED ALIENS, NOT NAMED DEFENDANTS. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. NO USE-OF-FORCE LINE. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The Coast Guard said the crew of the cutter Forrest Rednour (WPC 1129) interdicted 18 suspected aliens about 20 miles west of Carlsbad on Sunday. It said that at about 4:25 a.m. the crew detected a 25-foot panga-style vessel transiting north of the maritime boundary line and launched a small boat. It said that at about 5:45 a.m. a boarding team embarked the vessel and detained 18 suspected aliens. It said the cutter took all 18 to Oceanside and transferred them to Border Patrol agents.

The release does not give names, ages, nationalities, injuries, or a time zone. The dateline is San Diego. The Coast Guard posted still photos. It did not post a YouTube video. This is not the Point Loma interdiction below.

Source: U.S. Coast Guard — 18 suspected aliens west of Carlsbad (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/6: POINT LOMA — COAST GUARD SAYS CBP AIR AND MARINE SPOTTED THE BOAT; 10 SUSPECTED ALIENS WERE TURNED OVER TO ICE

COAST GUARD RELEASE DATED MONDAY, OCT. 5. THE INTERDICTION WAS SATURDAY. SUSPECTED ALIENS. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO NATIONALITIES. DETAINED WITHOUT FORCE, THE COAST GUARD SAID. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. The Coast Guard said cutter Florence Finch (WPC 1157) interdicted 10 suspected aliens about 24 miles west of Point Loma on Saturday. It said that at about 10 a.m. a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine asset detected a 23-foot cuddy cabin heading north toward the maritime boundary line and notified the cutter. It said the cutter intercepted the vessel as it crossed the line. It said that at 10:40 a.m. a boarding team detained 10 suspected aliens without the use of force. It said all 10 were taken to Ballast Point and turned over to ICE agents.

The release does not give names, ages, nationalities, or a time zone. The dateline is San Diego. U.S. Coast Guard Southwest posted the same account on X on Monday at 1:26 p.m. Pacific. That post is a still image and a link, not a YouTube video.

Source: U.S. Coast Guard — 10 suspected aliens west of Point Loma (Oct. 5, 2026) | USCG Southwest on X (Oct. 5, 2026, 1:26 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: SOMERSET — ICE SAYS A SALVADORAN REMOVED THREE TIMES WAS ARRESTED ON A CHILD-SEX CHARGE; THE SHERIFF SAYS THE 14-YEAR-OLD WAS A DECOY

POSTED MONDAY AT 3:25 P.M. PACIFIC. A DETAINER, NOT A CONVICTION. ICE AND THE SHERIFF DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME, THE SAME CHARGE, OR THE SAME ACCOUNT OF THE 14-YEAR-OLD. NO DOCKET. NO REMOVAL DATES. THE ICE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE headquarters said its Chicago field office, Louisville suboffice, placed a detainer on Jose Omar Sanchez Castro. ICE called him a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador. ICE said Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies and ICE officers from Bowling Green arrested him in Somerset, Kentucky, after he allegedly traveled there attempting to sexually abuse a 14-year-old child. ICE said removal records show he had been deported from the United States three times. ICE said that, besides what it called a child sex abuse charge, he also faces charges for illegally reentering after removal. ICE did not give an age, a court, a docket number, or the dates of the three removals. A charge is not a conviction.

ICE Chicago posted the same detainer on Oct. 1 and added an alias ICE headquarters did not use on Monday: Josue Omar Preza-Sanchez. The Oct. 1 post said deputies arrested him for unlawful transaction with a minor after he allegedly attempted to engage in sexual activity with a 14-year-old. That post did not say the other person was a decoy, and it did not mention three prior removals.

The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office account, published Sept. 25 and carried again Monday by Z93, names Jose Omar Preza Sanchez, 48, of Lexington. The sheriff said the online contact began Sept. 21 with a decoy, that he was told more than once the person was 14, and that KyPredoPursuit brought the case to investigators. The sheriff said that on Sept. 25, at about 11:00 a.m., he arrived at a Comfort Inn in Somerset, reserved a room, and had a 7-year-old girl in the vehicle whom he described as autistic. The sheriff said detectives, deputies, and ICE arrested him at about 11:12 a.m. at a Family Dollar. The sheriff said the state charges are attempted first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, an illegal sex act, under 18, and first-offense distribution of obscene matter to minors, plus a federal immigration detainer. The sheriff did not say he is from El Salvador and did not say he was removed three times. Monday’s ICE post did not use the name Preza, did not give the age 48, and did not say the 14-year-old was a decoy.

This is not the Louisville landlord case, and it is not the Free Gendemeh arrest in Louisville, both already on this page.

Sources: ICE on X — detainer on Jose Omar Sanchez Castro (Oct. 5, 2026, 3:25 p.m. Pacific). ICE Chicago on X — same detainer, with the Preza-Sanchez alias (Oct. 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m. Pacific). Z93 — sheriff’s account (Oct. 5, 2026). WYMT — sheriff’s account (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: DOJ CHARGES SIX MORE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS WITH VOTING, ON TOP OF THE MINNESOTA TEN ALREADY ON THIS PAGE

ANNOUNCED MONDAY. CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. DOJ SAYS EVERY DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT. ALL SIX NEW NAMES ARE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN THIS RELEASE. DOJ DID NOT SAY ANY OF THE SIX ENTERED ILLEGALLY. NO SENTENCES. NO NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO. The Justice Department said it was announcing charges involving 16 aliens for illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and related election crimes. Ten of the 16 are the Minnesota lawful permanent residents already filed on this page from the Sept. 30 indictment announcement. Monday’s release adds six people in Florida, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. DHS later posted that aliens who vote will be found, arrested, and will face criminal charges and deportation. That is DHS’s message. The court has not ruled.

THE SIX NOT ALREADY ON THIS PAGE:

• Andrea Catanese, 60, Italy, lawful permanent resident. Middle District of Florida. DOJ said a federal indictment charges voting by an alien, attempting to procure naturalization unlawfully, and making a false statement related to naturalization. DOJ said he allegedly voted in the 2024 general election, stated on a naturalization application that he had never voted in a federal election, and made the same statement to an immigration official reviewing the application.
• Terrance Patrick Evans, 37, Bahamas, lawful permanent resident. Middle District of Florida. DOJ said an information charges one count of voting by an alien. DOJ said he voted in the 2024 federal general election knowing he was not a citizen. This is not Craig William Smith, the other Bahamian lawful permanent resident already on this page.
• Pedro Pablo Ruiz, 68, Cuba, lawful permanent resident. Eastern District of Louisiana. DOJ said he was indicted for illegal voting in a federal election and that the indictment says he cast a ballot in the 2024 general election.
• Zianya Yllaly Zamorano, 34, Mexico, lawful permanent resident. Eastern District of Louisiana. DOJ said she was indicted for illegal voting and that the indictment says she cast a ballot in the 2024 general election.
• Dudley Francisco Zeledon, 56, Nicaragua, lawful permanent resident. Eastern District of Louisiana. DOJ said a two-count indictment charges illegal voting. DOJ spells him Zeledon and, in the next sentence, Zeldon. DOJ said the indictment says he cast a ballot in the 2024 primary and the 2024 general election.
• Sara Luma, 30, North Macedonia, lawful permanent resident. Eastern District of Wisconsin. DOJ said she is charged with unlawfully voting as a non-citizen and allegedly voted in the 2024 general election. DOJ said the criminal complaint alleges she registered the same day as the election and signed a Wisconsin voter registration form certifying she was a citizen. DOJ said she told a federal agent she registered and voted on Nov. 5, 2024. That is DOJ’s account of the complaint.

Source: Justice Department — charges involving 16 aliens for election crimes (Oct. 5, 2026). DHS on X — aliens who vote will be found and charged (Oct. 5, 2026, 1:30 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: CBP SAYS FACIAL BIOMETRICS HAVE IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 600,000 OVERSTAYS AND MORE THAN 2,300 IMPOSTORS SINCE 2018

RELEASED MONDAY. A MILESTONE COUNT, NOT AN ARREST LIST. NO NAMES. NO YEAR-BY-YEAR BREAKDOWN. CBP DID NOT SAY HOW MANY OF THE 600,000 WERE ARRESTED OR REMOVED. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH THE RELEASE. Customs and Border Protection said it has verified the identity of more than 1 billion travelers with facial biometrics at air, land, and sea. Diane J. Sabatino, executive assistant commissioner of the Office of Field Operations, called the count a historic achievement and tied it to the biometric entry-exit mandate. CBP said that since 2018 it has biometrically identified more than 600,000 overstays and more than 2,300 impostors. CBP said facial comparison is in the entry process at every U.S. airport with international arrivals, including Preclearance locations, at exit from 66 airports, at 42 seaports, and in every pedestrian lane at southwest and northern border ports of entry, with vehicle lanes at select land ports. CBP said the match accuracy is over 98 percent.

CBP said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed in July 2025, provided $673 million to expand biometric entry-exit across U.S. ports of entry. CBP said it is extending facial biometrics to vehicle entry and to crew and passenger embarkation, and that it has started pedestrian-exit camera tests at a southwest port. CBP said it discards U.S. citizen photos within 12 hours and enrolls non-U.S. citizens in the DHS biometric system as confirmation of entry or exit. CBP said a U.S. citizen or eligible traveler who does not want the photo can tell an officer and get a manual document check. This is not the inspector general overstay report already on this page. That report was about higher-priority leads the prior administration did not work. This release is CBP’s own count of biometric overstay and impostor identifications since 2018.

Source: CBP — more than 1 billion travelers verified with facial biometrics (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: REMOVED — ICE LISTS ELEVEN CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS IT SAYS WERE REMOVED OVER THE WEEKEND

POSTED MONDAY AT 2:15 P.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAYS THEY WERE REMOVED OVER THE WEEKEND. THESE ARE CONVICTIONS ICE LISTED, NOT NEW CHARGES. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO COURTS. NO DESTINATIONS. NO REMOVAL DATES. THE POSTS ARE STILL IMAGES ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE said that over the weekend its officers kept arresting and deporting illegal aliens, and that pedophiles, gang members, drug smugglers, and other violent criminals were removed. The headquarters thread names eleven people and a conviction for each. It does not give ages, sentences, courts, docket numbers, the day of each removal, or the country each person was sent to.

• Salvador Parra Lopez, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
• Jairo Rafael Suazo-Padilla, Nicaragua. ICE said a conviction for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, person under thirteen.
• Jesus Munguia Aguilar, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
• Henry Leandro Cheme Moreano, Colombia. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to import 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and to manufacture and distribute a controlled substance.
• Ever Orozco Ibarra, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
• David Ortega-Castillo, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for smuggling goods from the United States.
• Otilio Hernandez Ochoa, Mexico. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. A man by this name is already on this page. On Sunday, ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested Otilio Hernandez Ochoa, 33, and that he would remain in ICE custody pending removal after a 2023 sentence of more than eight years for possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture or distribute. Monday’s headquarters post lists the name among people removed over the weekend and uses a conspiracy conviction. ICE did not say the two posts are the same man, and it did not withdraw the Sunday “pending removal” line.
• Alfonso Manuel Triana-Urango, Colombia. ICE said a conviction for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, intending, knowing, and with reasonable cause to believe the cocaine would be unlawfully imported into the United States.
• Jose Steven Estupinan Cuero, Colombia. ICE said a conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute on board a vessel. A man by this name is already on this page. On Sept. 22, ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested Jose Steven Estupinan Cuero, 42, and that he would remain in custody pending removal proceedings after a 2021 sentence of more than eight years on that vessel case. Monday’s headquarters post lists the name among people removed over the weekend. ICE did not give a removal date or a destination.
• Ever Magdiel Mejia-Vasquez, Honduras. ICE said convictions for possession for sale of cocaine base, assault with a firearm, first-degree robbery, and criminal threats.
• Ronal Noel Rodas Reyes, Guatemala. ICE said a conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under fourteen.

Source: ICE on X — eleven criminal illegal aliens removed over the weekend (Oct. 5, 2026, 2:15 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: NEBRASKA — DHS NAMES FIVE, INCLUDING AN ALLEGED UFC PLOT RINGLEADER AND AN MS-13 MEMBER WANTED FOR A QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE

RELEASED MONDAY. NOT FIVE NEW ARRESTS FROM TODAY. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO DOCKETS. THE RELEASE USES STILL IMAGES, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said it was highlighting illegal aliens arrested or convicted in Nebraska. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the Biden administration turned every state into a border state, including Nebraska, and that ICE has gone after people he called alleged terrorist ringleaders, MS-13 assassins, and child molesters there. Those labels are his. DHS listed five people. It did not give ages or sentences. This is not the Anibal Canelon Aguirre case in the District of Nebraska already on this page.

• Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, Mexico. DHS said he is the alleged ringleader of the failed terrorist plot against UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. DHS said the FBI arrested him on June 14 in Omaha. DHS said he and his co-conspirators face federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit violence on White House grounds. A charge is not a conviction. DHS said ICE lodged a detainer after the arrest. He is already named on this page in the known-or-suspected-terrorist count. This release adds the June 14 Omaha arrest, the two conspiracy charges, and the detainer.
• Gerson Emir Cuadra Soto, alias Fantasma, Honduras. DHS said he is an MS-13 gang member. DHS said ICE arrested him in Grand Island on Dec. 8, 2025. DHS said he is wanted in Honduras for a quadruple homicide and is allegedly a member of an assassination squad there. DHS did not say a U.S. court has convicted him of homicide.
• Aung Lwin, Burma. DHS said he was convicted of sexual assault on a child in Omaha. DHS said ICE arrested him in August 2026.
• Carlos Tino-Garcia, Guatemala. DHS said he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault in Lincoln. DHS said ICE arrested him in August 2026.
• Dennis Nyagesuka, Kenya. DHS said ICE arrested him in Lincoln. DHS said his record includes terroristic threats, concealing stolen property, and assault. DHS did not say which of those are convictions and which are arrests.

Source: DHS — worst illegal aliens arrested or convicted in Nebraska (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: ALEXANDRIA — DHS SAYS FRIDAY’S FLIGHT TOOK 100 SALVADORANS, INCLUDING A HOMICIDE CONVICTION AND A CHILD-SEX CONVICTION

RELEASED MONDAY ABOUT A FRIDAY FLIGHT. THIS IS THE LOUISIANA LOADING ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THE MONDAY RELEASE ADDS A COUNT, A DESTINATION, AND FIVE NAMES. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO DOCKETS. THE RELEASE USES STILL IMAGES, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said Secretary Markwayne Mullin observed a deportation flight Friday out of Alexandria, Louisiana, that removed 100 illegal aliens to El Salvador. DHS said every person on the flight was from El Salvador. DHS said the group included people convicted of murder, sexual assault, and driving while intoxicated. Mullin said mass deportations are underway and that the flight included convicted murderers, sexual assailants, and drunk drivers. On Friday this page reported his posts that planes were loaded in Louisiana. Those posts did not give a count, an airport, or a destination. The Monday release names Alexandria and El Salvador and says the flight carried 100 people. It names five of them.

• Carlos Ovidio Culgua-Alas. DHS said convictions for homicide and alien in possession of a firearm, and arrests for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, in Texas. An arrest is not a conviction.
• Jose Balmory Ramirez Rodriguez. DHS said he is an MS-13 gang member with convictions for first-degree manslaughter with intent to cause serious physical injury and third-degree assault in New York.
• Jose Martinez Flores. DHS said convictions for indecency with a child by sexual contact and two counts of driving while intoxicated in Texas.
• Jose Angel Ramos-Gutierrez. DHS said convictions for driving under the influence and gross child neglect creating a risk of serious injury or death in West Virginia, and an arrest for possession of cocaine in Maryland.
• Paulino Barahona. DHS said a conviction for aggravated assault on a police officer and an arrest for driving under the influence in West Virginia.

DHS did not give a separate citizenship line for each named person. The release says everyone on the flight was from El Salvador.

Source: DHS — Mullin observes deportation flight to El Salvador (Oct. 5, 2026). The release points at Mullin’s Friday ramp photos, already on this page: Secretary Mullin on X (Oct. 2, 2026, 12:48 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: DOJ FILES DENATURALIZATION CASES AGAINST 40 PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN ESPIONAGE CONVICTION AND CHILD-SEX CONVICTIONS

ANNOUNCED MONDAY. CIVIL COMPLAINTS, NOT REVOCATION ORDERS. DOJ SAYS THERE HAS BEEN NO DETERMINATION OF LIABILITY. THE LEAD SAYS THE COMPLAINTS WERE FILED FROM AUG. 21 THROUGH OCT. 2. ONE ENTRY IN THE SAME RELEASE IS DATED AUG. 10. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. THIS IS NOT THE CYRIL DOMAQUIK CLEMENS CASE ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. The Justice Department said it has filed denaturalization actions in multiple U.S. district courts against 40 people. DOJ’s headline calls them criminals. The same release says the claims in the complaints are allegations only. A filed complaint does not revoke citizenship. Attorney General Todd Blanche called the announcement the largest denaturalization effort in modern history. He said the group runs from a person convicted of espionage to others convicted of sexual offenses against minors, and that they concealed facts from the government. Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said every one of them lied to get U.S. citizenship. Those two sentences are their characterizations. DOJ said a naturalized citizen’s citizenship may be revoked under the Immigration and Nationality Act if naturalization was illegally procured, or procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation.

DOJ said the complaints were filed in the Central District of California, the District of Arizona, the District of Colorado, the District of Columbia, the District of Connecticut, the District of Maryland, the Eastern District of California, the Eastern District of New York, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Eastern District of Virginia, the Middle District of Florida, the Middle District of Georgia, the Northern District of Georgia, the Northern District of Texas, the Southern District of California, the Southern District of Florida, the Southern District of Indiana, the Southern District of Ohio, and the Southern District of Texas. Where DOJ describes a guilty plea, a jury verdict, or a sentence below, that is a criminal case DOJ says already happened. The denaturalization case on top of it is a civil complaint. DOJ did not give docket numbers.

THE FORTY, AS DOJ LISTED THEM:

• Yusmary Shirley Duran Mejia, 47, Colombia. Southern District of Florida. Filed Aug. 31. DOJ says she naturalized in 2018 and was convicted in 2020 of conspiracy to commit money laundering for conduct that began before she became a citizen. Hialeah, Florida.
• Iain Lumsden, 50, United Kingdom. District of Colorado. Filed Aug. 31. DOJ says he pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography and was sentenced to 108 months. DOJ says he admitted he searched for it before he naturalized and denied that on his application.
• Gume Roberto Garza, 59, Mexico. Also Gumercindo Garza Perez, Gerardo Vasquez, and Gerardo Vazquez. Southern District of Texas. Filed Aug. 28. DOJ says he entered illegally, used a Texas license in a U.S. citizen’s identity, and pleaded guilty in 2013 to a false statement under oath in a naturalization matter.
• Ramiro Escot Esparza, 60, Mexico. Central District of California. Filed Aug. 27. DOJ says he concealed sexual abuse of a minor on his 2008 application and in his 2009 interview, then pleaded guilty to two counts months after he was naturalized.
• Javier Marrero-Pando, 60, Cuba. Middle District of Georgia. Filed Aug. 31. Athens, Georgia. DOJ says he pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy against a man with special needs, admitted the acts happened in May 2020, and was sentenced to life with all but 15 years suspended. DOJ says he denied any uncharged crime at his October 2020 interview.
• Ahmad Bahar Khattak, 69, Pakistan. Also Bahar Ahmad and Said Umar Khan. Eastern District of Virginia. Filed Aug. 21. DOJ says an immigration judge ordered him excluded in 1994 under Said Umar Khan, and that he naturalized on March 20, 2008, as Bahar Ahmad without disclosing that order. Seven counts.
• Ahmed Khan, 73, Pakistan. Southern District of Ohio. Filed Sept. 4. DOJ says he used a bogus death certificate for a wife who was still alive in Pakistan, married a U.S. citizen, got permanent residence in 2002, and naturalized in 2008.
• Balwinder Singh, 55, India. Eastern District of California. Filed Sept. 8. DOJ says fingerprints show he used two identities, got permanent residence in 2003 under the second one, and naturalized in 2009 under that second identity. Seven counts.
• Jose Ramiro Montiel Carrasco, 57, Mexico. Middle District of Florida. Filed Sept. 14. DOJ says he sexually abused a minor and committed incest before he naturalized, then was convicted of sexual battery and incest and sentenced to concurrent terms of 8 and 5 years. DOJ spells his name Motiel Carrasco once in the same paragraph.
• Arnel Dacumos Tabafunda, 47, Philippines. Central District of California. Filed Sept. 15. DOJ says a jury convicted him of two counts of lewd or lascivious acts on a child under 14 and he was sentenced to 8 years. DOJ says the abuse ran from February 2005 through November 2005 and he naturalized in September 2005.
• Syed Mashood Ul Haque, 66, Pakistan. Southern District of Florida. Filed Sept. 16. DOJ says he entered on a tourist visa in 1993, overstayed, applied for asylum in 1994 as Mashud Ahmad, missed his hearing, and later naturalized under his current name without disclosing a deportation order.
• Douglas Chukwuka Eze, age not given, citizenship listed as unknown. Also Anthony Chux Ezehez. District of Maryland. DOJ dates this complaint Aug. 10, before the Aug. 21 start date in the lead. DOJ says he was convicted in 2023 of two counts of false swearing in an immigration matter and admitted he used a stolen birth certificate in the name Spencer Douglas Callaghan.
• Gilberto Barraza, 58, Mexico. District of Arizona. Filed Sept. 18. DOJ says he entered illegally in 1987, applied for a passport in 1992 with a forged California birth certificate, and naturalized in 2008.
• Ifeolu Samuel Akingbemisilu, 58, Sierra Leone. Also John Samuel, Sylvester Akingbemisilu, and Anthony Davies. Northern District of Georgia. Filed Sept. 18. DOJ says he was ordered removed as Anthony Davies, reentered on a fraudulent British passport as John Samuel, and naturalized in 2008. DOJ also spells the naturalized name Ifelou in the same entry.
• Norma Patricia Esparza, 52, Mexico. Central District of California. Filed Sept. 22. DOJ says she committed voluntary manslaughter before she naturalized, did not disclose it, and was later sentenced to six years in California state court. The release says “his naturalization” in that sentence. Esparza is named as a woman.
• Johyce Martinez, 52, Venezuela. Also Johyce Noreidis Sanchez, Raida Martinez, and Raida Martinez Riveron. District of Columbia. Filed Sept. 22. DOJ says she entered in 2006 on a fraudulent Cuban birth registration, got permanent residence under the Cuban Adjustment Act, and naturalized in 2013.
• Varis Jan Safi, 55, Afghanistan. Also Tariq Mehmood. Eastern District of New York. Filed Sept. 24. Valley Stream, New York. DOJ says he entered in 1995 on a forged Pakistani passport, was ordered excluded in 1995, and naturalized under a new identity without disclosing it.
• Walid Abdelnabbi Hassan Osman, 62, Egypt. Eastern District of Virginia. Filed Sept. 23. DOJ says he used a fraudulent H-1B job at a family company, worked as a taxi driver, became a permanent resident in 2009 through his spouse’s diversity visa, and later naturalized.
• Nadia Hassan Mohamed Ali, 58, Egypt. Eastern District of Virginia. Filed Sept. 23. DOJ says she filed H-1B petitions in 2001 and 2004 for a family member at a company that conducted no business.
• Beatrice Chioma Nwaoha Ashamole, 54, Nigeria. District of Maryland. Filed Sept. 25. DOJ says she did not disclose prior aliases, prior arrests, a prior immigration application, or prior exclusions and deportations. The release says the United States “is charging her.” The footer still says these are civil complaints.
• Anita Moanjeh Atem, 48, Cameroon. District of Maryland. Filed Sept. 25. DOJ says she naturalized in 2009 and was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor under Maryland Criminal Code 3-602 for conduct from 2004 to 2007. Three counts in the civil complaint.
• Dibya Bhattarai, 40, Nepal. Northern District of Texas. Filed Sept. 25. DOJ says she naturalized in September 2008 after denying any crime she had not been arrested for, then pleaded guilty in March 2016 to a conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with immigration documents that DOJ says began in June 2007.
• Syed Furqan Ali, 74, Pakistan. Southern District of Texas. Filed Sept. 28. DOJ says he sought naturalization in 1993 through a marriage to a U.S. citizen while still married to a wife in Pakistan, and that he fabricated a divorce and that wife’s death. Five counts.
• Raul Cisneros, 76, Mexico. Southern District of California. Filed Sept. 28. DOJ says he denied any crime he had not been arrested for, then pleaded guilty to two felony counts of lewd acts on a minor and was sentenced to six years in San Diego County.
• Juan Jose Egusquiza-Vasquez, 36, Peru. Southern District of Indiana. Filed Sept. 28. DOJ says he naturalized in May 2011 and pleaded guilty in November 2013 to sexual battery of a minor for conduct in March and April 2008. DOJ says he was sentenced to three years.
• Arnouse Merlien, 48, Haiti. Southern District of Florida. Filed Sept. 28. West Palm Beach. DOJ says she naturalized in 2016 and was convicted in the Northern District of Georgia of conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims, for tax-refund claims in the years before she naturalized. Three counts.
• Francis Darko Asamoah, 56, Ghana. Eastern District of Virginia. Filed Sept. 30. Woodbridge, Virginia. DOJ says he naturalized in 2013, testified he had no children, and that a Virginia birth certificate lists him as the father of a child born in July 2011 to a woman who was not his U.S.-citizen wife.
• Ralph Nabavi, 69, Iran. Southern District of Florida. Filed Sept. 30. Miami. DOJ printed his age line as “Ager 69.” DOJ says he naturalized in 2014 and later pleaded guilty to tax evasion for underreporting at least $12.5 million and underpaying $3.5 million, with the conduct beginning before he naturalized.
• Consuela Gracia de Rodriguez, 52, Mexico. The entry heading says Gracia de Rodriguez. District of Arizona. Filed Sept. 30. DOJ says she pleaded guilty to passport fraud on June 24, 2019, and admitted her husband was a Mexican citizen who used a stolen U.S. identity.
• Jinchao Wei, 26, China. Southern District of California. Filed Sept. 30. DOJ says he enlisted in the Navy in 2021, began conspiring by February 2022 to sell military secrets to China, naturalized in May 2022, and was convicted in August 2025 of conspiracy to commit espionage, espionage, and unlawful export of defense technical data. DOJ says he was sentenced to 200 months and discharged from the Navy.
• Jose Villarreal Ortiz, 49, Mexico. Southern District of Florida. Filed Oct. 1. DOJ says he got permanent residence by falsely claiming his aunt was his mother and that he had stayed in Mexico until 1996, when DOJ says he had already been in the United States illegally for nearly a decade.
• Sorsamkhan Som, 67, Cambodia. Southern District of Texas. Filed Oct. 1. DOJ says he sought naturalization in 2009 through a U.S.-citizen spouse while still married to a wife in Cambodia, and that he fabricated a divorce. Five counts.
• Lazaro Eduardo Trujillo Viton, 40, Cuba. The heading says Lazaro Trujillo Viton. District of Columbia. Filed Oct. 1. DOJ says he concealed a healthcare-fraud conspiracy and fraudulent Medicare claims, and that he was convicted after he naturalized.
• Dexter Anson, 72, Ghana. District of Connecticut. Filed Oct. 1. DOJ says he did not disclose a deportation order under the name George Opoku. DOJ says he was ineligible for the diversity visa he used.
• Andrew Coldicutt, 46, Canada. Southern District of California. Filed Oct. 1. DOJ says a jury convicted him, after he naturalized, of securities fraud, false securities registration statements, and wire fraud. DOJ says the schemes were underway before he applied.
• Ping Li, 61, China. Filed Oct. 1. The paragraph says the Middle District of Florida. The release’s closing parenthetical on this entry says “People’s Republic of China,” not a court. DOJ says that from at least 2012 he acted at the direction of China’s Ministry of State Security and that on Aug. 19, 2024, he pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China without notice to the Attorney General. One count in the civil complaint.
• Hernan Garcia Toledo, 52, Mexico. Eastern District of California. Filed Oct. 2. DOJ says he concealed convictions for carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a loaded firearm, then concealed two more firearms arrests before he took the oath. DOJ says he was convicted of a firearms offense after he naturalized.
• Semiu Olaiye Ijelu, 58, Nigeria. Also Samiu O. Ijelu and Olaiya S. Ijely. Northern District of Georgia. Filed Oct. 2. DOJ says he used two identities, was ordered removed, did not leave, and naturalized in 2009 without disclosing the other identities or the removal order.
• Ramon Navarro, 68, Philippines. Eastern District of California. Filed Oct. 2. DOJ says he used a fraudulent marriage to get permanent residence and then citizenship. Four counts. The release says “Department of Justice of Justice” in this entry.
• Assad Jhon Ramim, 57 or 58, Afghanistan. The heading spells the last name Ramin. The body spells it Ramim. Also given as Ahmad Shah Kohistany and Ahmed Shah Kohistani. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Filed Oct. 2. DOJ says he used another Afghan national’s identity for almost thirty years and changed the name to Assad Jhon Ramim during naturalization. Four counts.

Source: Justice Department — denaturalization complaints against 40 people (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: OMAHA — ICE SAYS HSI REPORTED THE ARREST OF AN FBI TOP-10 FUGITIVE ACCUSED OF ATM JACKPOTTING FOR TREN DE ARAGUA

ICE AND HSI POSTED MONDAY AT 1:00 P.M. PACIFIC. THE INDICTMENT IS FROM DECEMBER 2025. HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY ON OCT. 2. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO ARREST COUNTRY. NO DOCKET NUMBER. THE POSTS ARE VIDEOS ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE and Homeland Security Investigations said that on Sept. 30, HSI reported the federal arrest of Anibal Canelon-Aguirre, also known as Prometheus. ICE called him one of the FBI 10 Most Wanted, a high-ranking Tren de Aragua member, and the alleged developer of malware used to conduct ATM jackpotting schemes across the Midwest. ICE said he faces a federal indictment alleging conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to launder money, bank fraud, and bank burglary. ICE said this is an FBI-led investigation conducted with HSI Omaha. The Monday posts do not name a court, a plea, a judge, an age, or where he was arrested.

The Justice Department announced on Friday, Oct. 2, that Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre, also known as Prometheus and The Engineer, 50, of Venezuela, had been apprehended and had appeared in federal court in Nebraska. DOJ said the FBI added him to the Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list in March 2026. DOJ said he was the first person added to that list for cyber crime and the 540th person placed on it. DOJ said a federal grand jury in the District of Nebraska indicted him in December 2025. DOJ listed four counts and the maximum penalties: conspiracy to commit bank fraud, 30 years in prison; conspiracy to commit bank burglary and fraud in connection with computers, five years; conspiracy to commit money laundering, 20 years; and conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, 15 years. DOJ also listed fines and supervised-release terms on each count. DOJ said he made his initial appearance on Oct. 2 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson and pleaded not guilty. DOJ said he will remain detained in the District of Nebraska pending trial. DOJ said Chief U.S. District Judge Brian C. Buescher and U.S. Magistrate Judge Ryan C. Carson are presiding. DOJ said an indictment is an allegation and that he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

DOJ said Canelon Aguirre is alleged to be the developer of Ploutus malware and one of the principal leaders of an ATM jackpotting conspiracy tied to Tren de Aragua, which the United States has designated a foreign terrorist organization. DOJ described jackpotting as malware that forces an ATM to dispense cash without debiting an account. DOJ said 120 defendants have been charged in the District of Nebraska in the conspiracy. DOJ said three of them have been sentenced there: Oddry Arnoldo Cabrera Torrealba, 78 months; Carlos Javier Padron, 78 months; and Juan Manuel Gouveia Aguilera, 96 months. DOJ said the conspiracy has targeted or carried out jackpotting attacks in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and several foreign nations. DOJ said the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Canelon Aguirre on Sept. 30. FBI Director Kash Patel said Canelon Aguirre is the 10th Ten Most Wanted fugitive captured by the FBI since the start of the Trump administration, the first cyber fugitive on that list, and is back in the United States to face justice. The DOJ release does not name the country where he was taken into custody. HSI Acting Executive Associate Director John A. Condon said Canelon Aguirre is alleged to have developed technology used to target American financial institutions and generate proceeds for a violent transnational organization.

Source: ICE on X — HSI reported the Canelon-Aguirre arrest (Oct. 5, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific) and HSI on X — same announcement (Oct. 5, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific) | Justice Department — Nebraska court appearance (Oct. 2, 2026) | Treasury — OFAC sanction (Sept. 30, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: FORT WORTH — ICE SAYS AN AFGHAN NATIONAL PAROLED IN 2021 GOT 35 YEARS IN A CHILD-EXPLOITATION CASE

ICE RELEASE DATED MONDAY. GUILTY PLEA AND A FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE. NO JUDGE. NO SENTENCE DATE. NO DOCKET. NO EXACT COUNTS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE Homeland Security Investigations Dallas said Badshah Sahi, a 21-year-old alien from Afghanistan, pleaded guilty on April 1 and has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. ICE said an investigation with the Arlington and Forney police departments and sheriff’s offices in Green and Hays Counties found he was producing child sexual abuse material and was in possession of it. ICE did not name the judge, the day of the sentencing, the docket number, or the exact counts in the plea.

ICE said authorities arrested Sahi for sexual assault of a child on Feb. 28, 2025. That line in the release is an arrest. ICE did not say a state court had convicted him of sexual assault. ICE said law enforcement believed he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl from his residence in Arlington, and that he would pick her up outside her home in Forney and take her to various locations to sexually assault her. ICE said a search of his phone at the arrest found numerous images and videos of a prepubescent girl and communication with other children online. ICE said that on at least one occasion he used an online gaming platform to coerce a child in Indiana to create and send him sexually explicit videos at his direction. ICE said the child was 10 years old, and that her age was revealed to him during those communications. ICE said forensic records showed he communicated with a 15-year-old girl in San Marcos, drove to her location, and recorded himself sexually assaulting her.

ICE said Sahi was paroled into the United States on Sept. 5, 2021, during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, under Operation Allies Welcome. ICE said that effort and related programs resettled roughly 190,000 Afghan nationals. HSI Dallas acting Special Agent in Charge Antwoine Jones said Sahi was released without proper vetting in 2021. U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said child predators will find no safe harbor in the Northern District of Texas. ICE said Assistant U.S. Attorney Allyson Monte of the Fort Worth Division prosecuted the case.

Source: ICE — Afghan national sentenced to 35 years in a child-exploitation case (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: NASHVILLE — ICE LODGES A DETAINER ON A 22-YEAR-OLD HONDURAN CHARGED WITH STATUTORY RAPE

CHARGED SEPT. 23. DETAINER THE SAME DAY. A CHARGE IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO COURT. NO BOND. NO HOLDING LOCATION. THE RELEASE USES A STILL IMAGE, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said ICE lodged a detainer asking officials in Tennessee not to release an illegal alien charged with sexually assaulting and exploiting a teenager in Nashville. DHS, citing local reporting, named him as Jerson Diaz-Diaz, 22, from Honduras. DHS said he was arrested and charged on Sept. 23 with statutory rape and sexual exploitation of a minor. DHS said he allegedly admitted in police interviews that he lied about his age to a 15-year-old girl, claiming he was 16. DHS said police found a sexually exploitative video of the girl on his phone after he denied having such images. DHS did not say he was convicted.

DHS said Diaz-Diaz illegally entered through Texas in March 2021, Border Patrol arrested him, and he was released into the country. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE lodged the detainer with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department the day of the arrest and asked the county to keep him off the street. DHS did not give a court, a bond, a hearing date, or where he is being held. This is not Gustavo Diaz-Diaz, a Mexican national already listed on this page for a second-degree sex offense in Franklin County, North Carolina.

Source: DHS — ICE detainer for Jerson Diaz-Diaz in Nashville (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: LONG BEACH — CBP SAYS A MARINE UNIT INTERCEPTED 14 MEXICAN NATIONALS ON A VESSEL

INTERCEPT DATED OCT. 3. POSTED MONDAY. NO NAMES. NO AGES. NO CHARGES. NO HOLDING LOCATION. THE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. CBP Air and Marine Operations Southwest said that on Oct. 3 the Long Beach Marine Unit intercepted a vessel carrying 14 Mexican nationals who were attempting to enter the United States illegally. Executive Director Hunter Robinson posted that account at 7:17 a.m. Pacific. The official CBP account reposted it at 12:00 p.m. Pacific and wrote: “14 intercepted. 14 more headed for removal.” The posts describe one vessel and 14 people. They do not name a second group. They do not name the people, give ages, name the vessel, say whether anyone was charged, or say where they are being held. The warning that people who try to enter illegally will be caught, prosecuted, and deported is a general line on the post. It is not a charging announcement for these 14.

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations Southwest on X — Long Beach intercept (Oct. 5, 2026, 7:17 a.m. Pacific) and CBP on X — repost (Oct. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIFTEEN ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING MURDER AND CHILD-SEX CONVICTIONS

RELEASED MONDAY. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO ARREST DATES. NO DOCKETS. NO HOLDING LOCATIONS. THE RELEASE USES STILL IMAGES, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said that over the weekend ICE arrested more criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder, rape of a child, criminal sexual assault by force, and possession of a controlled substance for sale. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE worked through the weekend to remove murderers, pedophiles, sexual assailants, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens. He again cited a rise of more than 1,600 percent in assaults on ICE officers. DHS did not give ages, sentences, the day of each immigration arrest, docket numbers, or where anyone is being held. These are convictions DHS listed. They are not new criminal charges filed Monday. This is not Friday’s five-person child-sex arrest list already on this page.

Juan Rodriguez, Mexico. DHS said a murder conviction in Kingston, New York. Herma Perez-Caballero, Cuba. DHS said convictions for homicide, aggravated assault with a gun, and robbery in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eris Ramon Arguera, El Salvador. DHS said convictions for homicide and conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and extortion in Alexandria, Virginia. Jose Cervantes-Pulido, Mexico. DHS said a vehicular homicide conviction in Atlanta, Georgia. This is not Saul Ivan Tejada Cervantes and it is not Carlos Isael Cervantes-Barrientos, both already on this page.

Jose Luis Arias-Guevara, El Salvador. DHS said convictions for rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Juan Jose Rodriguez-Maldonado, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim under 13 in Chicago, Illinois. Alejandro Hernandez-Miguel, Mexico. DHS said a child-molestation conviction in Frankfurt, Kentucky. DHS spelled the city Frankfurt. Edwin Aroldo Curruchich-Quisque, Guatemala. DHS said a conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 in San Mateo, California. Jose Cartagena-Ortega, Honduras. DHS said a conviction for indecent liberties with a child in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Jesus Sosa-Flores, El Salvador. DHS said a conviction for third-degree sexual abuse of a minor in Montgomery County, Maryland. Zouhair Boudaz, Morocco. DHS said a conviction for criminal sexual assault by force in Cook County, Illinois.

Abraham Leon-Aguirre, Mexico. DHS said convictions for aggravated assault, transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, and illegal re-entry in Maricopa County, Arizona. Joel Antonio Garcia-Martinez, Honduras. DHS said a conviction for smuggling illegal aliens for profit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. This is not Nehemias Omar Garcia-Martinez, already on this page. Sergio Valencia-Uribe, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for possession of a controlled substance for sale in Riverside, California. Cecilia Betzabet Velazquez-Moran, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for possession of a controlled substance in Yuba City, California. DHS pointed readers to wow.dhs.gov for more names.

Source: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST: fifteen weekend arrests (Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: OVERSTAYS — DHS SAYS AN INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT FOUND EIGHT ARRESTS FROM THE HIGHER-PRIORITY LEADS

OIG REPORT DATED SEPT. 29. DHS STATEMENT RELEASED MONDAY. THE THREE EXAMPLES ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO. DHS said inspector general report OIG-26-38, covering fiscal years 2021 through 2024, found ICE received 3,145,375 leads on possible nonimmigrant overstays. DHS said 104,049 of those leads, about 3.3 percent, were categorized as potential national security and public safety concerns. DHS said that group produced 496 investigations and eight arrests. DHS said the other 3,041,326 leads, 96.7 percent, were labeled Non-Priority. DHS said that of 2,837,188 Non-Priority leads sent to Enforcement and Removal Operations, the agency investigated five that it treated as possible public safety threats and made two arrests.

The OIG highlights say ICE deemed 21,885 of the 104,049 leads viable for investigation, and that those viable leads produced the 496 investigations and eight arrests. The report says a September 2021 policy told Homeland Security Investigations to investigate Priority 1 leads, the ones treated as the highest national-security or public-safety threat. Of 1,769 viable Priority 1 leads, HSI opened 84 investigations and made two arrests. The report also says missing or unverifiable addresses kept officers from locating people when they did pursue a lead. The eight arrests are the lead-driven arrests tied to that higher-priority set. The same report says ERO separately arrested 16,458 foreign nationals later identified as overstays during other enforcement from fiscal 2021 through fiscal 2024. Those arrests were not opened from the overstay-lead list. DHS did not put the viable-lead count, the Priority 1 split, the address problem, or the 16,458 other arrests in Monday’s statement.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin called the record a dereliction of duty. He said Biden-era ICE failed to act on more than 3 million overstay leads, including more than 100,000 labeled potential national security threats, and that this administration will target and remove illegal aliens. The 104,049 figure in the report is potential national security and public safety concerns. Mullin called them potential national security threats.

DHS then named three examples. Each item below is a charge in this release, not a conviction. Shaqiuel Sheldon Williams, Jamaica. DHS said he was lawfully admitted in December 2023 and overstayed after his authorized stay expired in January 2024. DHS said he was arrested in Florida in August 2026 and charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after he allegedly stabbed two people at a Burger King. This page already has that Panama City Beach case under the spelling Shaquiel Sheldon Williams. Monday’s release adds the admission month and the overstay month. It does not say he was convicted. John Young Cotter Johnstone, United Kingdom. DHS said he entered in 2021 under the Visa Waiver Program and overstayed after February 2022. DHS said he was arrested in Nevada in May 2026 and charged with four felony counts of willfully torturing, maiming, or mutilating animals after he allegedly tortured dogs at a shelter where he worked. DHS did not give a court, a plea, or a sentence. Sameh Mohamad Chami. DHS did not give a country. DHS said he was lawfully admitted in December 2021 and overstayed after December 2022. DHS said he was arrested in Texas in August 2025 and charged with aggravated kidnapping after he allegedly sexually assaulted an Uber passenger. DHS did not give a court, a plea, or a sentence.

Source: DHS — OIG overstay report statement (Oct. 5, 2026) and DHS OIG report OIG-26-38 (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: PORTLAND — ICE BOSTON ARRESTS A CONGOLESE MAN AFTER A DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE ASSAULT ARREST

ARRESTED OCT. 1. POSTED MONDAY AT 3:39 A.M. PACIFIC. AN ARREST IS NOT A CONVICTION. NO AGE. NO COURT. NO HOLDING LOCATION. THE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE Boston said officers arrested Emmanuel Lumingu, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, on Oct. 1 during targeted operations in Portland, Maine. ICE called him a criminal illegal alien. ICE said his criminal history includes an arrest for domestic violence assault. ICE did not say he was convicted of that charge. ICE did not give his age, the police department, the court, the date of the assault arrest, a sentence, or where he is being held. ICE did not say he has a final order of removal.

Source: ICE Boston on X — arrest of Emmanuel Lumingu (Oct. 5, 2026, 3:39 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/4: LOS ANGELES — ICE ARRESTS A 33-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS ON A METH CHARGE

POSTED SUNDAY AT 5:59 P.M. PACIFIC. NO ICE ARREST DATE. NO COURT. NO EXACT TERM. THE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested Otilio Hernandez Ochoa, 33, of Mexico. ICE said that in 2023 he was sentenced to 8+ years for possession of methamphetamines with intent to manufacture or distribute. ICE said he entered the United States illegally at an unknown date and place. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal. ICE did not name the court, the exact sentence, or the day officers took him into immigration custody. ICE said pending removal. ICE did not say an immigration judge has issued a final order. This is not the Edgar Tranquilino Moran-Bautista case already on this page.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Otilio Hernandez Ochoa (Oct. 4, 2026, 5:59 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/4: MIAMI — ICE ARRESTS A CUBAN WITH A FINAL ORDER AND CONVICTIONS FOR COCAINE, A CONCEALED WEAPON, AND THEFT

POSTED SUNDAY AT 6:00 A.M. PACIFIC. FINAL ORDER. NO AGE. NO COURTS. NO DATES. THE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE Miami said officers arrested Yulier Cazanas Borrajo, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba. ICE said he has a final order of removal. ICE said his convictions include cocaine possession, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, and theft. ICE said he remains in ICE custody pending removal. ICE did not give his age, the courts, the dates of those convictions, or the day of the immigration arrest. This is not Friday’s arrest of Jean Marcell Perez Garcia, already on this page.

Source: ICE Miami on X — arrest of Yulier Cazanas Borrajo (Oct. 4, 2026, 6:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/4: BROCKTON — ICE BOSTON ARRESTS A GUATEMALAN WITH 28 ARRAIGNMENTS, INCLUDING STRANGULATION AND A MACHETE

POSTED SUNDAY AT 3:36 A.M. PACIFIC. ARRAIGNMENTS AND ARRESTS. NOT CONVICTIONS. NO AGE. NO IMMIGRATION ARREST DATE. THE FIRST POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. ICE Boston said officers arrested Santos Porfillo Peres Rodrigues, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, during targeted operations in Brockton, Massachusetts. ICE said his criminal history consists of 28 adult arraignments. ICE listed arrests, not convictions, for assault and battery on a family or household member, more than once; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a stick or tree branch; assault and battery on a person over 60 or disabled; assault and battery with a blunt object; assault with a dangerous weapon, a knife; assault with a dangerous weapon, a machete; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a stick; strangulation; witness intimidation; assault and battery; and trespassing. An arraignment is not a conviction. An arrest is not a conviction. ICE did not give his age, the courts, the dates, a sentence, or where he is being held. In the same thread, ICE called him one of Gov. Healey’s sanctuary sweethearts.

Source: ICE Boston on X — arrest of Santos Porfillo Peres Rodrigues (Oct. 4, 2026, 3:36 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: LAKE WORTH — BORDER PATROL SAYS A GUATEMALAN NATIONAL WITH CHILD-SEX ARRESTS NOW FACES FELONY ILLEGAL REENTRY

POSTED MONDAY AT 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAME. NO ARREST DATE. THE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Border Patrol Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said a Guatemalan national with a criminal record is no longer on the streets of Lake Worth, Florida. Vasquez said the arrests include lewd or lascivious molestation, sexual battery, battery of a child, and resisting arrest. He said the man is now facing prosecution for felony illegal reentry and is headed for deportation. The chief did not give the man’s name, age, the court, or the date agents took him into immigration custody. This is not the July Lake Worth Beach bakery arrest of Jacob Zapeta Castro, and it is not the February sentencing of Fredy Aureliano Morales-Ramirez for assaulting ICE officers in Lake Worth Beach.

Source: Border Patrol Chief Vasquez on X — Lake Worth Guatemalan national (Oct. 5, 2026, 9:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/5: LAREDO — CBP SEIZES 47 POUNDS OF COCAINE AT JUAREZ-LINCOLN; DRIVER AND PASSENGER ARRESTED

RELEASED MONDAY. THE SEIZURE WAS SEPT. 30. NO NAMES. NO YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH THE RELEASE. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo seized 18 packages containing 47.06 pounds of alleged cocaine from a 2017 Nissan Rogue. CBP put the street value at $628,458. The release says the stop was Tuesday, Sept. 30, when an officer referred a 35-year-old Mexican citizen woman, the driver, and a 30-year-old U.S. citizen man, the passenger, for a secondary inspection. A canine and a nonintrusive inspection led officers to the packages. CBP said it seized the cocaine and the vehicle, arrested the driver and the passenger, and that Homeland Security Investigations is investigating. Port Director Albert Flores said the seizure shows the vigilance of officers at the Laredo port. This is not the Sept. 4 methamphetamine seizure at the same bridge, already on this page, and it is not Friday’s Del Rio methamphetamine seizure.

Source: CBP — $628,458 cocaine seizure at Laredo (released Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: LAKE CHARLES — HONDURAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS FOR ILLEGAL REENTRY AFTER A CHILD-SEX FELONY

RELEASED MONDAY AT 6:49 A.M. PACIFIC. THE SENTENCE WAS SEPT. 24. CASE 2:26-CR-00162. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana said U.S. District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. sentenced David Joel Hernandez-Sanchez, 42, of Honduras, to 30 months in federal prison for illegal reentry of a removed alien. The office said he pleaded guilty on June 17, 2026. Court documents say law enforcement found him in the district on March 30, 2026, after he had been removed from the United States multiple times. The office said he had a prior conviction for felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and that he admitted he reentered without legal authorization. It did not name the court or the date of that earlier conviction. U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Keller announced the sentence. The release says the case was investigated by the Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol and the Lake Charles Police Department, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney LaDonte A. Murphy. The office called it part of Operation Take Back America.

Source: Justice Department, Western District of Louisiana — Hernandez-Sanchez sentenced (released Oct. 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/5: NORTH CAROLINA — ICE SAYS A LIBERIAN CHILD-SEX OFFENDER’S CITIZENSHIP WAS REVOKED

POSTED MONDAY AT 4:00 A.M. PACIFIC. NO COURT. NO DOCKET. NO JUDGMENT DATE. THE VIDEO IS ON X, NOT YOUTUBE. IT RUNS ABOUT FIVE SECONDS. ICE said the U.S. citizenship of Cyril Domaquik Clemens, a Liberian native, was revoked after a naturalization fraud conviction. ICE said he was convicted of three counts of indecent liberties with a child after confessing to sexually molesting a young child, that the abuse began before he naturalized, and that he concealed it and obtained citizenship by fraud. ICE pointed readers to Operation False Haven. A USCIS release on Aug. 18, 2025 said a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina had charged Clemens with naturalization fraud. That release said he naturalized on Feb. 19, 2021, and that on April 3, 2023 he pleaded guilty in Durham County Superior Court to three counts of indecent liberties with a child. USCIS said he confessed to molesting the child from Nov. 1, 2011, through March 7, 2022, and that the child was four when the abuse began. The 2025 release said a fraud conviction would revoke his citizenship. It announced a charge. It did not announce a conviction on that charge or a revocation. Monday’s ICE post is the statement that the citizenship was revoked. ICE did not attach the judgment.

Source: ICE on X — Clemens citizenship revoked (Oct. 5, 2026, 4:00 a.m. Pacific) | USCIS — naturalization-fraud indictment (Aug. 18, 2025)

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BREAKING 10/4: BROWNSVILLE — BORDER PATROL SAYS A MEXICAN NATIONAL ROLLED A PICKUP LOADED WITH 154 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA

POSTED SUNDAY AT 7:00 A.M. PACIFIC. NO NAME. NO DATE OF THE CHASE. THE POST IS A STILL IMAGE ON X, NOT A YOUTUBE VIDEO. Border Patrol Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said a Mexican national in Brownsville, Texas, refused to stop, led agents on a chase, lost control of his pickup, and rolled it. Vasquez said the truck held 154 pounds of marijuana. He said the driver walked away with no injuries and is in custody facing federal drug charges. The chief did not name the driver, the station, or the day of the pursuit. This is not the June Brownsville seizure of about 80 pounds of marijuana carried by three Mexican nationals.

Source: Border Patrol Chief Vasquez on X — Brownsville rollover, 154 pounds of marijuana (Oct. 4, 2026, 7:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: HSI TOP 5 — A 25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR A FIREARMS TRAFFICKER SENDING WEAPONS TOWARD CJNG LEADERS

POSTED FRIDAY AT 3:30 P.M. PACIFIC. NO DEFENDANT NAMES. THE VIDEO IS ON X, NOT YOUTUBE. ICE and Homeland Security Investigations each posted a new HSI Top 5 episode Friday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific. The posts say special agents and their partners scored a 25-year sentence for a firearms trafficker who conspired to send weapons to leaders of Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the posts call CJNG. The posts also say agents arrested a previously convicted child sex predator, and they add “and much more.” ICE did not name the defendants, the courts, the statutes, or the dates of the sentence and the arrest. Each post includes a video that runs about 2 minutes 24 seconds. The official ICE YouTube channel’s latest HSI Top 5 was still Episode 11 when this item was filed. This is not Episode 11, already on this page. This is not the Sept. 25 episode about 51 kilos in a fake news van and a 127-year sentence.

Source: ICE on X — HSI Top 5 (Oct. 2, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Pacific) | HSI on X — same episode (Oct. 2, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: EL PASO — JUDGE HALTS BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION IN THE BIG BEND SECTOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. ISSUED FROM THE BENCH FRIDAY. THIS IS NOT THE SEPT. 24 SIERRA BLANCA ARREST. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso on Friday blocked further border barrier construction in the Big Bend Sector. The Texas Tribune, Border Report, and the New York Times reported that the order says the government shall not build a border barrier or related infrastructure, and shall not do construction or ground-disturbing work, in the Big Bend Sector until it complies with all applicable laws. Border Report named the defendants as the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Center for Biological Diversity said it, Friends of the Ruidosa Church, and river guide Danny William Miller are the plaintiffs. The center said a CBP construction pause announced Aug. 17 lapsed Sept. 30. This order is about the Big Bend Sector in Texas. It is not the New Mexico water-law waiver below.

Source: Texas Tribune — judge halts Big Bend barrier construction (Oct. 2, 2026) | Border Report — preliminary injunction (Oct. 2, 2026) | New York Times — order read from the bench (Oct. 2, 2026) | Center for Biological Diversity — plaintiffs and the Aug. 17 pause (Oct. 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/2: WORST OF THE WORST — DHS NAMES FIVE ON CHILD-SEX AND SEXUAL-ABUSE CONVICTIONS

DHS SAID THE ARRESTS WERE YESTERDAY. NO AGES. NO SENTENCES. NO HOLDING LOCATIONS. DHS said Friday that ICE arrested more criminal illegal aliens convicted of statutory aggravated rape of a child, sexual battery of a minor, and sexual abuse. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, and other criminals across the country yesterday. DHS did not give arrest times, docket numbers, or where anyone is being held. This is not Friday’s ten-person deportation list already on this page.

Diony Edith Ramirez-Patino, Colombia. DHS said convictions for statutory aggravated rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in Boston, Massachusetts. This name is already on this page. ICE Boston said Friday that an appeals court vacated that conviction, that she may be retried, and that ICE arrested her after Suffolk Superior Court did not honor a detainer. DHS on Friday still called it a conviction. A vacated conviction is not a standing conviction. Magdilio Diaz-Vazquez, Guatemala. DHS said convictions for rape of a child and statutory sexual assault in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jose Mendoza, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for sexual battery of a minor in Red Bluff, California. This page already has an ICE Los Angeles post about a Jose Mendoza, 42, of Mexico, arrested Sept. 29, whom ICE called a convicted sex offender. That post listed arrests that include sexual battery. It did not say Red Bluff, and it did not say the victim was a minor. DHS did not say these are the same man. Paul Brown, Jamaica. DHS said convictions for unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of a minor, and endangering welfare of children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sabas Hernandez-Gomez, Mexico. DHS said a conviction for sexual abuse in Riverhead, New York.

These are convictions DHS listed. They are not new charges filed Friday. Four of the five names were not on this page before this item.

Source: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST: five arrests, child-sex and sexual-abuse convictions (Oct. 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/2: NEW MEXICO — MULLIN WAIVES WATER LAWS FOR BORDER BARRIERS IN THE EL PASO SECTOR

EFFECTIVE TODAY. WATER STATUTES ONLY. EARLIER WAIVERS STAY IN PLACE. Secretary Markwayne Mullin signed a notice that takes effect Oct. 2, 2026. It waives specified water laws so DHS can build barriers and roads in a New Mexico project area inside the U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector. The notice does not waive the National Environmental Policy Act or the Endangered Species Act. It says this waiver does not revoke or supersede any other waiver under section 102(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. This is not the Big Bend court order above.

The project area starts at Border Monument 71 and runs east to Border Monument 53, then north to Border Monument 40, then east to Border Monument 1. The notice says that from fiscal year 2021 through Aug. 30, 2026, Border Patrol apprehended over 1,248,000 illegal aliens between ports of entry in the El Paso Sector. In that same period it says Border Patrol seized over 1,580 pounds of marijuana, over 2,890 pounds of cocaine, over 3,450 pounds of methamphetamine, over 40 pounds of heroin, and over 285 pounds of fentanyl.

Laws waived in full, for barrier and road construction in the project area, including wells, lighting, cameras, and sensors: Public Law 82-495, section 208 (43 U.S.C. 666); the New Mexico Water Code, NMSA 1978 sections 72-1-1 through 72-20-103; and New Mexico Administrative Code Title 19, Chapter 27, Part 1 (19.27.1.1 through 19.27.1.39) and Part 4 (19.27.4.1 through 19.27.4.39). The notice is 91 FR 62739, document 2026-20233. It was filed Oct. 1, 2026, at 8:45 a.m.

Source: Federal Register — section 102 waiver, New Mexico, El Paso Sector (91 FR 62739, effective Oct. 2, 2026) | Official PDF on govinfo

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BREAKING 10/2: DEPORTED – DHS NAMES TEN REMOVED LAST WEEK, INCLUDING A MURDERER AND CHILD-SEX CONVICTIONS

REMOVED SEPT. 22-27. POSTED FRIDAY AT 3:09 P.M. PACIFIC. THIS IS NOT A NEW ARREST. DHS said Friday that ICE deported ten criminal illegal aliens last week. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said officers are removing criminals from communities, and he named murderers, human traffickers, pedophiles, rapists, and arsonists. DHS did not name the cities of the convictions or the countries they were sent to. This is not the eleven-person Thursday removal list already on this page. None of those eleven names appear on this list.

Marco Antonio Marcias-Fernandez, Mexico, suspected gang member, deported Sept. 25. Convictions for first-degree murder and armed carjacking. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Oct. 27, 2016. DHS said suspected gang member. It did not list a gang conviction. Jose Manchame-Morales, Guatemala, deported Sept. 26. Conviction for involuntary manslaughter. DHS said he entered illegally in March 2005, was released into the country, and an immigration judge issued a removal order on Oct. 5, 2005. Leonardo Parra Altamirano, Ecuador, deported Sept. 24. Conviction for leaving the scene of personal injury and death. DHS said he entered illegally in August 2022, was released into the country by the Biden administration, and received a final order of removal on May 8, 2023. Ramon Antonio Bonifacio, Dominican Republic, deported Sept. 22. Convictions for attempted murder, third-degree assault, criminal possession of cocaine, and attempted criminal sale of narcotic drugs. DHS said an immigration judge issued a final order. A Sept. 14 DHS arrest list already on this page names a Ramon Bonifacio of the Dominican Republic for murder and cocaine possession in Mineola, New York. DHS did not say these are the same man, and today’s release does not name a city. Luis Alfredo Macario Pol, Guatemala, deported Sept. 23. Conviction for first-degree sexual assault of a minor. DHS said he had a final order of removal. Phi Van Tran, Vietnam, deported Sept. 27. Conviction for touching a child for lustful purposes. DHS also listed arrests, not convictions, for aggravated assault and aggravated battery. An immigration judge issued a final order on Dec. 9, 2014. Pekings Aziwung, Cameroon, deported Sept. 22. Conviction for rape. Final order of removal on June 11, 2026. Nehemias Omar Garcia-Martinez, Honduras, deported Sept. 23. Convictions for second-degree rape and second-degree assault. DHS said he entered illegally and an immigration judge issued a final order on May 20, 2025. He is already on this page from an earlier DHS arrest list, which named those same convictions in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Today’s release adds the deportation date and the order date. It does not name the county. Hoang Nhan Truong, Vietnam, deported Sept. 24. Convictions for trafficking — forced labor, conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs for sale, vehicle theft, shoplifting, possession of narcotics, solicitation to possess marijuana for sale, and possession of marijuana. Final order of removal on Sept. 1, 2010. Nestor Alexander Galvis Ayala, Colombia, deported Sept. 27. Convictions for second-degree arson and possession of explosives or an incendiary with intent. Final order of removal on Nov. 18, 2025.

These are convictions and deportation dates DHS listed. They are not new charges filed Friday.

Source: DHS — DEPORTED: ICE removes ten criminal illegal aliens (Oct. 2, 2026). DHS on X — same list (Oct. 2, 2026, 3:09 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A 20-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER

ARRESTED SEPT. 29. POSTED FRIDAY AT 2:51 P.M. PACIFIC. ICE SAID CONVICTED. ICE ALSO SAID ARRESTED. NO COURT. NO SENTENCE. NO HOLDING LOCATION. ICE Los Angeles said Friday that officers arrested Junior Valera Aguilar, 20, of Mexico, on Sept. 29. ICE said he is a convicted sex offender who was arrested for having sex with a minor. An arrest is not a conviction. ICE did not name the court, the statute, the sentence, or where he is being held. ICE said he is now in removal proceedings. ICE did not say he has a final order of removal. This is not the Tung Huy Nguyen arrest already on this page.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Junior Valera Aguilar (Oct. 2, 2026, 2:51 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: REMOVED – ICE POSTS ELEVEN FROM THURSDAY, INCLUDING TWO MURDER CONVICTIONS

REMOVED THURSDAY. ICE POSTED THE ROLL CALL FRIDAY AT 1:22 P.M. PACIFIC. THIS IS NOT A NEW ARREST. ICE said Friday that yesterday’s removals included murderers, drug smugglers, gang members, and other dangerous criminals. None of the eleven posts names a gang. ICE did not name the cities of the convictions or the countries they were sent to. This is not the eight-person removal list ICE posted Thursday.

Nocasse Lucas Orelus, Haiti, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel, and of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel. Atina Riklon, the Marshall Islands, convicted of shoplifting, delivery of meth, possession of a controlled substance (meth or cocaine, less than 2 grams), possession and delivery of drug paraphernalia, and obstructing governmental operations. ICE’s post repeats several of those convictions. Simon Montemar Herrera Maliano, Costa Rica, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while aboard a vessel. Arturo Hernandez Tercero, Mexico, convicted of second-degree murder. Ulises Carlos Saltos-Posligua, Ecuador, convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine while aboard a vessel. Jose Fajardo Hernandez, Mexico, convicted of aggravated battery, false imprisonment, stalking, probation violations, and multiple convictions for providing false information to a law enforcement officer. Noel Ayona-Arellanes, Mexico, convicted of a second-degree forcible sex offense and DWI. He is already on this page from the Sept. 21 DHS arrest list, which named a second-degree forcible sex offense in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Ruben Villa Quezada, Mexico, convicted of second-degree robbery and resisting executive officer. Jose Efrain Jaramillo Martinez, Mexico, convicted of murder, multiple DWIs, and resisting arrest. Vinothkaan Selvarajah, Sri Lanka, convicted of possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Alfonso Mejia Preciado, Mexico, convicted of human trafficking and sexual battery by restraint.

These are convictions ICE listed with the removals. They are not new charges filed Friday.

Source: ICE on X — eleven criminal illegal aliens removed Thursday (Oct. 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: MULLIN POSTS PHOTOS OF SHACKLED PEOPLE ON A JET RAMP

NO AIRPORT. NO FLIGHT COUNT. NO DESTINATION. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin posted four photos Friday afternoon of people in restraints on an airport ramp beside a white jet. The jet shows the word GLOBAL and a blue X on the fuselage. People in the photos are in light-colored clothing. Some have chains on their wrists and ankles. Piles of restraints are on the pavement. The caption does not name the airport, say how many people were loaded, or list a destination. Mullin did not say whether these photos are from the Louisiana loading he described earlier Friday. His caption said the department will never give up the fight for the homeland, and he blessed the men and women of ICE.

Source: Secretary Mullin on X — four ramp photos (Oct. 2, 2026, 12:48 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A VIETNAMESE REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER

ARRESTED SEPT. 29. ANNOUNCED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FINAL ORDER. ICE LISTED ARRESTS, NOT CONVICTIONS. ICE Los Angeles said Friday that officers arrested Tung Huy Nguyen, 52, a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, on Sept. 29. ICE said he is a registered sex offender. ICE said his previous arrests include sexual battery, robbery, and driving without a license. ICE said he has a final order of removal. An arrest is not a conviction. ICE did not list a sentence or say where he is being held. This is not the Thanh Nguyen Huu, Minh Duc Ngo Nguyen, or Minh H. Nguyen cases already filed below.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Tung Huy Nguyen (Oct. 2, 2026, 12:33 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: LOUISIANA – MULLIN SAYS DEPORTATION PLANES WERE LOADED THIS MORNING

VIDEO POSTED AT 11:32 A.M. PACIFIC. NO FLIGHT COUNT. NO AIRPORT NAMED. NO DESTINATION LIST. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday that deportation planes were loaded this morning in Louisiana to send illegal aliens home. He said the department will not rest until the people he called criminal invaders are removed. The post includes a video. DHS has not posted a press release on dhs.gov or ice.gov giving a flight count, an airport name, or destination countries.

Earlier Friday, Mullin posted that mass deportations were underway. At 10:23 a.m. Pacific, the DHS account posted a separate video and said the deportation planes were ready.

Source: Secretary Mullin on X — Louisiana deportation planes loaded (Oct. 2, 2026, 11:32 a.m. Pacific) | DHS on X — deportation planes are ready (Oct. 2, 2026, 10:23 a.m. Pacific) | Secretary Mullin on X — mass deportations underway (Oct. 2, 2026, 6:02 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: NEW ORLEANS – ICE ARRESTS A HONDURAN CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN NASHVILLE

FELONY CONVICTION. ICE HAS NOT LISTED AN ARREST DATE OR A SENTENCE. ICE New Orleans said Friday that officers arrested Bryan Alexander Colindres-Sanchez, an illegal alien from Honduras. ICE said his criminal history includes a felony conviction for aggravated assault in Nashville, Tennessee.

Source: ICE New Orleans on X — arrest of Bryan Alexander Colindres-Sanchez (Oct. 2, 2026, 11:08 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A FULLERTON GANG MEMBER FROM MEXICO

ARRESTED SEPT. 29. VEHICLE THEFT. FINAL ORDER REINSTATED. ICE PUT A SPACE IN THE LAST NAME. ICE Los Angeles said Friday that officers arrested Jose Valdez-Valles, 37, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, on Sept. 29. ICE said he is a member of the Fullerton Tokers Town gang and was arrested for vehicle theft. ICE said his final order of removal was reinstated.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Jose Valdez-Valles (Oct. 2, 2026, 10:31 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS – 289 NEW IMMIGRATION CASES IN ONE WEEK

FILED FRIDAY. THESE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons said federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 289 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from Sept. 25 through Oct. 1. The office said the charges are against alien smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for child sex crimes, driving while intoxicated, violent crimes, and prior removals. The cases are part of Operation Take Back America. An indictment or complaint is an allegation. The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

The week’s list includes Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, the Venezuelan illegal alien charged in Austin with assaulting a federal officer. That case is already filed below. The other defendants the office named are new to this page.

Near Del Rio, Border Patrol arrested Diego Armando Victorio-Adame, an illegal alien from Mexico. The office said he has been deported four times and is charged with illegal re-entry. He was convicted of a felony in 2022 for possession of a controlled substance. He also has prior convictions for two DWIs and assault causing bodily injury.

In El Paso, Jaime Felipe Batres, an illegal alien from Guatemala the office called a convicted sex offender, was charged with illegal re-entry. He was arrested near Fort Hancock after being removed from the United States in August. In September 2025 he was convicted of indecent assault and corruption of minors in Philadelphia.

Javier Nicolas Francisco-Francisco, also from Guatemala, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 1, just over three miles west of the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry. The office said he was deported for the second time in 2023 through Phoenix and has been convicted of three felonies since 2014, including operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and aggravated assault with a weapon.

In San Antonio, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers encountered Roberto Guerrero-Cano, an illegal alien from Mexico, at the Bexar County Jail after he was convicted of DWI on Sept. 25. He was removed in 2014 after an illegal re-entry conviction. In 2010 he was convicted of assault causing bodily injury and possession of prohibited weapons. He now faces another illegal re-entry charge.

Source: U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas — 289 new immigration cases (Oct. 2, 2026) | USAO WDTX on X (Oct. 2, 2026, 9:37 a.m. Pacific) | Odessa American — reprint of the release (Oct. 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/2: MIAMI – ICE ARRESTS A CUBAN WITH DRUG CONVICTIONS AND A FINAL ORDER

IN CUSTODY. PENDING REMOVAL. A FINAL ORDER IS ALREADY IN PLACE. ICE Miami said Friday that officers arrested Jean Marcell Perez Garcia, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba. ICE said his convictions include drug trafficking, selling cocaine, fraud, resisting arrest, and theft. ICE said he has a final order of removal and remains in ICE custody pending removal.

Source: ICE Miami on X — arrest of Jean Marcell Perez Garcia (Oct. 2, 2026, 9:12 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: HOUSTON – ICE ARRESTS A MEXICAN NATIONAL ON HIS SEVENTH ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY

ARRESTED THURSDAY. SEVEN PRIOR ILLEGAL RE-ENTRIES. ICE SPELLED THE NAME CONTERAS. ICE Houston said Friday that officers arrested Zenaido Flores-Conteras, an illegal alien from Mexico, on Oct. 1. ICE said he has illegally re-entered the United States seven times. ICE said repeat immigration offenders are being deported.

Source: ICE Houston on X — arrest of Zenaido Flores-Conteras (Oct. 2, 2026, 8:52 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: HOUSTON – ICE ARRESTS A GUATEMALAN CONVICTED OF ASSAULT

ARRESTED THURSDAY. ASSAULT CONVICTION. ICE HAS NOT LISTED A SENTENCE. ICE Houston said Friday that officers arrested Luis Carrasco Torres, a criminal alien from Guatemala, on Oct. 1. ICE said he has been convicted of assault that caused bodily injury.

Source: ICE Houston on X — arrest of Luis Carrasco Torres (Oct. 2, 2026, 8:51 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A MEXICAN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER

ARRESTED SEPT. 29. ANNOUNCED FRIDAY. IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. ICE Los Angeles said Friday that officers arrested Jose Mendoza, 42, of Mexico, on Sept. 29. ICE said he is a convicted sex offender. ICE said his previous arrests include sexual battery, attempting to prevent a victim from making a report, and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize. An arrest is not a conviction. ICE said he is now in removal proceedings. This is not the Alberto Jose Mendoza case already filed below.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Jose Mendoza (Oct. 2, 2026, 8:22 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: BOSTON – ICE ARRESTS A COLOMBIAN AFTER THE COURT VACATED HER CHILD-SEX CONVICTION

THE CONVICTION WAS VACATED. SHE MAY BE RETRIED. SHE IS IN ICE CUSTODY NOW. ICE Boston said Friday that officers arrested Diony Edith Ramirez Patino, a criminal illegal alien from Colombia, after she was released from Massachusetts Department of Correction custody. ICE said she had been convicted of statutory aggravated rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, and sentenced to 10 years. ICE said an appeals court vacated that conviction and she was released from prison. ICE said she may be retried in Massachusetts.

ICE said Suffolk Superior Court did not honor an ICE detainer because of the state’s Protect Act, and Patino walked free. ICE then arrested her. ICE said she is currently in ICE custody. A vacated conviction is not a standing conviction. A future retrial would again be an allegation until a court enters a judgment.

Source: ICE Boston on X — arrest of Diony Edith Ramirez Patino (Oct. 2, 2026, 3:42 a.m. Pacific) | ICE Boston on X — Suffolk did not honor the detainer (Oct. 2, 2026)

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10/1: BUFFALO – ICE SAYS IT WILL TAKE AN ECUADORIAN SENTENCED FOR SEX ACTS AGAINST A CHILD

ICE SAYS IT ARRESTED HIM. A JUDGE ORDERED HIM REMOVED IN MAY. ICE SAYS IT WILL TAKE CUSTODY WHEN HE GETS OUT. Upstate New York ICE said Thursday evening that it arrested Saul Armijos-Chonillo. ICE said the 26-year-old Ecuadorian was sentenced in 2024 to three years for two or more sex acts against a child under 11 in Mineola. ICE said a judge ordered him removed in May 2026, and that when he gets out, ICE will take custody and remove him.

Source: ICE Buffalo on X — Saul Armijos-Chonillo (Oct. 1, 2026, 5:30 p.m. Pacific)

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10/1: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A MEXICAN SENTENCED FOR BRINGING ALIENS INTO THE UNITED STATES

ONE YEAR FOR BRINGING ALIENS IN. PRIOR ILLEGAL-ENTRY CONVICTIONS. EXPEDITED REMOVAL. ICE Los Angeles said Thursday evening that officers arrested Adan Salmeron-Juarez, 36, a Mexican national. ICE said he was sentenced to one year for bringing aliens to the United States and convicted more than once of entering the United States illegally. ICE said he will remain in ICE custody pending expedited removal. This is not the Yarlee Freddy Acosta Salmeron case already filed below.

Source: ICE Los Angeles on X — arrest of Adan Salmeron-Juarez (Oct. 1, 2026, 5:02 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/2: DEL RIO – CBP SEIZES 81 PACKAGES OF METH AT THE PORT

RELEASED FRIDAY. SEIZURE WAS MONDAY. THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED. CBP HAS NOT NAMED HIM OR LISTED CHARGES. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday that officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry seized 81 packages of alleged methamphetamine weighing 64.73 pounds. The release puts the estimated street value at $595,185. In that same sentence the release uses the word cocaine. The packages are described as alleged methamphetamine.

The seizure was Sept. 28 at the Del Rio International Bridge import facility. A CBP officer referred a 2018 Ford Transit van driven by a 59-year-old male lawful permanent resident for a secondary inspection. Officers used a nonintrusive inspection system, then searched the van. They found the packages hidden in the driver-side quarter panel.

Port Director Liliana Flores said stopping hard narcotics at the ports is a top priority and that this methamphetamine interception shows the layered checks are working. CBP seized the narcotics. Homeland Security Investigations special agents arrested the driver and opened a criminal investigation. An arrest is not a conviction.

This is a separate seizure from the Sept. 8 Del Rio load of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl that CBP valued at more than $550,000.

Source: CBP — more than $595,000 in methamphetamine at the Del Rio Port of Entry (Oct. 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/2: OSWEGO – CBP SAYS FOUR WERE ARRESTED; TWO FROM THE ROOF ARE STILL SOUGHT

CBP SPOKE FRIDAY. NAMES NOT RELEASED. THE TWO ON THE ROOF WERE NOT ARRESTED. U.S. Customs and Border Protection told CNY Central that Border Patrol agents arrested four people Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Oswego, New York, and are still looking for two others. CBP said the operation involved a vehicle registered to a person who was subject to a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge. Agents encountered six people associated with that vehicle. All six fled. Four were apprehended. CBP said all four were confirmed to be subject to final orders of removal. They were processed and turned over to ICE for deportation proceedings.

CBP said the other two fled onto the roof of a nearby home without the owner’s permission. Agents tried to take them into custody safely. CBP said it will seek them at a later date because of public safety concerns. A CBP spokesperson said Border Patrol agents did not conduct operations at an elementary school. The incident prompted a lockout at Charles E. Riley Elementary School as students were being dismissed. CBP has not released the names or ages of the four people who were arrested.

The Oct. 1 item below covers the rooftop standoff from local police and news reports. Those reports said CBP had not yet given this account. This is that later CBP account. It does not name the two people who remain at large.

Source: CNY Central — CBP: four arrested, two still sought (Oct. 2, 2026, 5:53 a.m.)

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BREAKING 10/1: YORK – BELIZE NATIONAL INDICTED ON CRACK CHARGES AND ILLEGAL REENTRY

INDICTED. ANNOUNCED THURSDAY. THESE ARE CHARGES, NOT A CONVICTION. The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Thursday that a federal grand jury indicted Kennon Kelly, 42, a native of Belize who lives in York, Pennsylvania, on drug trafficking and illegal reentry charges. An indictment is an allegation. Kelly is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

U.S. Attorney Brian D. Miller said the indictment alleges that between March 24, 2025, and Nov. 5, 2025, Kelly distributed cocaine or crack cocaine on six occasions and possessed with intent to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of cocaine in York County. The indictment also alleges that Kelly was removed from the United States through Houston, Texas, in 2016, and came back without legal permission. The office said the maximum penalty under federal law for these offenses is life in prison, a term of supervised release, and a fine. A judge sets any sentence only after a finding of guilt.

The Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, and the York City Police Department investigated. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Monroe is prosecuting. The office said the case is part of Operation Take Back America.

Source: Justice Department, Middle District of Pennsylvania — Kennon Kelly indicted on drug trafficking and illegal reentry (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: DELAWARE – DOJ SUES THE UNIVERSITY OVER IN-STATE TUITION FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS

COMPLAINT FILED THURSDAY. THIS IS NOT A RULING. The Justice Department sued the University of Delaware on Thursday. The complaint says the university gives in-state tuition to aliens who live in Delaware, including illegal aliens, and does not give that rate to U.S. citizens from other states. The court has not ruled. The United States asks a judge to block the university from enforcing that policy and from adopting any new tuition rule that favors illegal aliens over U.S. citizens.

Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. said the department will keep challenging state laws and university policies that give illegal aliens a benefit not available to all Americans. He said Congress barred reduced tuition for illegal aliens when that rate is not available to all Americans. Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said colleges cannot give illegal aliens a benefit they do not give U.S. citizens. Those are the department’s arguments in the filing.

DOJ said this is the 26th lawsuit challenging in-state tuition for illegal aliens. It said six earlier cases, in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, and Kansas, ended in orders that permanently blocked similar laws, including an order from the Fifth Circuit. The department said cases are still pending against Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Colorado, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, the District of Columbia, Arkansas, and Utah.

Source: Justice Department — complaint against the University of Delaware on in-state tuition (Oct. 1, 2026) | Complaint (filed Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: MINNESOTA – DHS POSTS CHARGES AGAINST TEN LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS ACCUSED OF VOTER FRAUD

INDICTED SEPT. 24. ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY. DHS POSTED THE RELEASE THURSDAY. THESE ARE CHARGES, NOT CONVICTIONS. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche held a press conference Wednesday on federal charges against ten lawful permanent residents accused of unlawful voting and registration offenses in Minnesota. A federal grand jury returned ten separate indictments on Sept. 24. The Justice Department said all ten have made initial appearances. An indictment is an allegation. Each defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated the cases. First Assistant United States Attorney Joseph S. Teirab is prosecuting them. U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen joined the Wednesday press conference. DHS said nine defendants were arrested in Minnesota and the tenth in Massachusetts. The Justice Department said Christian Liam Schenk was set for an initial appearance in the District of Massachusetts on Sept. 30. The other nine appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elsa M. Bullard on Sept. 28 or Sept. 29.

The Justice Department lists nine counts of voting by an alien and nine counts of making a false claim of citizenship in order to vote. Voting by an alien, 18 U.S.C. Section 611, is a class A misdemeanor with a maximum of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. A false claim of citizenship in order to vote, 18 U.S.C. Section 1015(f), carries a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Secretary Mullin said aliens who vote will be found, arrested, charged, and deported. Those are his words. The court has not ruled.

THE TEN DEFENDANTS (per the Justice Department, Sept. 30):

• Bhator Konah Bryant, 61, Liberia. One count of making a false claim of citizenship in order to vote. DOJ alleges she falsely claimed citizenship when registering on Oct. 18, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 29.
• Edvile Vaidoto Edmunds, 59, Lithuania. One count of voting by an alien. DOJ alleges she voted in Minnesota on Nov. 8, 2022. Initial appearance Sept. 29.
• Joshua Frederick Kofi Edzie, 63, Ghana. Two counts of making a false claim of citizenship in order to vote, and one count of voting by an alien. DOJ alleges a vote on Aug. 11, 2026, and false claims on Oct. 23, 2024, and Aug. 11, 2026. Initial appearance Sept. 28.
• Alan Barbu Kargbo, 48, Liberia. One count of each charge. DOJ alleges both happened on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 28.
• Paul Kras, 78, Germany. One count of voting by an alien. DOJ alleges he voted in Minnesota on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 29.
• Fadil Rasim Ozegovic, 58, Bosnia. One count of each charge. DOJ alleges both happened on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 29.
• Aparecido Donizetti Padovan, 62, Brazil. One count of each charge. DOJ alleges both happened on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 29.
• Chris Adam Pettiquoi, 43, Liberia. One count of each charge. DOJ alleges both happened on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 29.
• Christian Liam Schenk, 47, Canada. One count of each charge. DOJ alleges both happened on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance set for the District of Massachusetts on Sept. 30.
• Hester Sophia Weihmann, 69, South Africa. One count of each charge. DOJ alleges both happened on Nov. 5, 2024. Initial appearance Sept. 29.

Justice Department, Sept. 30: Blanche, Mullin, and Rosen announce the indictments. The speakers describe allegations. The video is not a verdict.

Source: DHS — Mullin and Blanche press conference on Minnesota charges (released Oct. 1, 2026) | Justice Department — ten indictments, case details (Sept. 30, 2026) | Justice Department video — press conference

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BREAKING 10/1: WORST OF THE WORST – DHS SAYS ICE ARRESTED FIVE MEN CONVICTED OF ASSAULT AND ROBBERY

ARRESTED WEDNESDAY, DHS SAYS. THE RELEASE IS DATED THURSDAY. THESE ARE PRIOR CONVICTIONS, NOT NEW ONES. Homeland Security said Thursday that ICE arrested more criminal illegal aliens on Wednesday for crimes that include aggravated assault, robbery, and third-degree burglary. Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE arrested violent assailants, robbers, and other public safety threats yesterday. DHS did not list new charges filed Thursday.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Oct. 1):

• Argeny Rodriguez-Hilario, Dominican Republic. DHS says he was convicted of aggravated assault, third-degree burglary, and conspiracy in New York, New York.
• Mario Perez-Lerma, Mexico. DHS says he was convicted of multiple counts of aggravated assault in St. George, Utah.
• Christopher Cruz, Dominican Republic. DHS says he was convicted of aggravated assault in Middlesex, New Jersey.
• Julio Rivas-Chicas, El Salvador. DHS says he was convicted of robbery, burglary, and unauthorized paraphernalia possession in Richmond, Virginia.
• Moises Carranza, Mexico. DHS says he was convicted of robbery in Whittier, California.

DHS pointed readers to WOW.DHS.gov for more names. The release does not say where the five were sent, or whether any has a new criminal case.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: violent assailants, robbers, and other public safety threats (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: DHS SAYS THE ICE VEHICLE-STOP MEMO CHANGES NOTHING

POSTED ABOUT 2:03 P.M. PACIFIC. DHS SAYS STOPS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE. THIS IS NOT A NEW ARREST. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday afternoon that CNN is wrong about an internal ICE memo on vehicle stops. DHS said the memo makes no changes to how ICE conducts vehicle stops, that all officers have always received vehicle-stop training, and that vehicle stops and arrests of illegal aliens continue. DHS called the memo a guidance reminder.

CNN reported Thursday morning that guidance it reviewed lets only Enforcement and Removal Operations officers who have finished one of six training courses conduct traditional vehicle stops and high-risk or felony call-back stops. CNN said officers who have not finished one of those courses may take part only in a support role, that every officer on scene must have an activated agency body camera, and that officers are not, under any circumstances, authorized to chase a vehicle that does not pull over. CNN said they are told to write down the vehicle information for later investigation. CNN also said the guidance allows pinning a vehicle for safety and addresses tire-deflation devices. The Associated Press reported a Wednesday memo, signed by ICE Executive Associate Director Marcos D. Charles, that says officers are not authorized to chase a vehicle that fails to pull over. The AP counted five training courses. CNN counted six. DHS has not posted the memo.

Source: DHS on X — memo changes nothing, stops continue (Oct. 1, 2026, about 2:03 p.m. Pacific) | CNN — internal vehicle-stop guidance (published Oct. 1, 2026) | Associated Press — Wednesday memo signed by Marcos D. Charles (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: OZONA – DHS POSTS THE LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE SMUGGLER WHO KILLED FOUR

SENTENCED SEPT. 25. DHS POSTED THE CASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS NOT A NEW SENTENCE. Homeland Security posted Thursday that Rassian Nateray Comer, a U.S. citizen from Louisiana, was sentenced to life in federal prison for a fatal alien-smuggling crash in Ozona, Texas. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced that sentence on Sept. 25. U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix imposed it in San Angelo. DHS’s post says justice was served today. The Justice Department release dates the sentence to Sept. 25.

On March 13, 2023, Comer was transporting 11 illegal aliens when he fled a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper at more than 100 mph. He drove eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 and ran a red light in Ozona. He hit a red pickup carrying Maria “Coke” Tambunga, 71, and her 7-year-old granddaughter, Emilia Brooke Tambunga. Both died at the scene. Two people in Comer’s vehicle, identified in court records as R.S. and I.C.G., also died. The other nine were seriously hurt. During the chase he streamed it on Facebook Live, with the speedometer at 105 mph. He told investigators it was his fourth smuggling trip. He pleaded guilty June 18 to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, 11 counts of transportation of an illegal alien resulting in death, and possession of a stolen firearm. Hendrix gave him life on the first 12 counts and 120 months on the gun count, concurrent, plus a $1,300 special assessment. HSI Dallas investigated with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Crockett County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Border Prosecution Unit, and the 112th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Comer is a U.S. citizen. This is a smuggling sentence. It is not an ICE removal.

Source: DHS on X — life sentence posted with video (Oct. 1, 2026, about 1:53 p.m. Pacific) | KCBD — Justice Department release, sentence imposed Sept. 25, 2026 | Dallas Morning News — life sentence (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: REMOVED – ICE POSTS A MURDERER, A CHILD-SEX OFFENDER, A FENTANYL TRAFFICKER, AND FIVE MORE

REMOVED WEDNESDAY. ICE POSTED THE ROLL CALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS NOT A NEW ARREST. ICE said Thursday that these criminal illegal aliens were among those removed yesterday. ICE did not name the cities of the convictions or the countries they were sent to.

Heriberto Estaban-Tapia, Mexico, convicted of felony theft. Jose Luis Pineda-Torres, Mexico, convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Rey David Felix-Rubio, Mexico, convicted of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for commercial advantage and private financial gain, and of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Jorge Andres Chirinos, Mexico, convicted of second-degree murder. Victor Josue Felipe Perez, Guatemala, convicted of burglary of a habitation and sexual assault of a child 14 to 17. Lazaro Geraldo Similox Morales, Guatemala, convicted of burglary of a habitation. Leobijildo Torres, Mexico, convicted of aggravated battery. Leandro Tomas Lopez Jimenez, Mexico, convicted of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance.

These are convictions ICE listed with the removals. They are not new charges filed Thursday.

Source: ICE on X — eight criminal illegal aliens removed Wednesday (Oct. 1, 2026, about 1:40 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/1: MINNEAPOLIS – GOOD FAMILY SUES THE UNITED STATES AND THE ICE OFFICER WHO SHOT HER

TWO CIVIL COMPLAINTS FILED TODAY. THIS IS NOT A RULING. NO CRIMINAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. The family of Renee Nicole Macklin Good filed two civil lawsuits Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Good, 37, a U.S. citizen and a mother of three, was shot and killed Jan. 7 by ICE officer Jonathan Ross in south Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. The court has not ruled.

The plaintiffs in both cases are Brent Ganger, her brother, as trustee for her next of kin, and her partner, Rebecca Good. One complaint names only the United States, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and alleges wrongful death. The family’s lawyers said they sent notice in January and waited six months. Attorney Antonio Romanucci said Thursday they still had not heard whether the government would accept or deny the claim. A judge, not a jury, decides that case.

The other complaint is Ganger and Rebecca Good v. Jonathan Ross and others, No. 0:26-cv-04231, filed Oct. 1. It names Ross, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Corey R. Lewandowski, Thomas D. Homan, Todd Lyons, Gregory Bovino, and ten unnamed federal agents, each sued individually. The complaint alleges excessive force and a civil-rights conspiracy tied to Operation Metro Surge. Those are allegations. The complaint asks for money damages. It does not convict anyone.

White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told CNN the administration will vigorously defend what she called baseless civil lawsuits. Gregory Bovino declined to comment. CNN said it had asked DHS for comment. DHS said in January that Good weaponized her vehicle and tried to run an officer down. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in July that the Justice Department had turned over evidence from the Good shooting and from the Alex Pretti shooting. No criminal charges have been filed in either death.

KARE 11, Oct. 1: the family’s news conference after the filings. The clip is the family’s account. It is not an ICE statement.

Source: Complaint, Ganger and Rebecca Good v. Ross and others, No. 0:26-cv-04231 (filed Oct. 1, 2026) | CNN — filings and White House response (updated Oct. 1, 2026) | KARE 11 — family news conference | MPR News — lawsuits filed Thursday (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: HASTINGS – ICE SAYS IT REMOVED A LAOTIAN MAN CONVICTED OF ASSAULT AND TERRORISTIC THREATS

REMOVED TO LAOS ON SEPT. 16. ICE POSTED THE REMOVAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS NOT A NEW ARREST. ICE said Thursday that Ongath Chanthanongsy was convicted of assault and of making terroristic threats in Minnesota, that a removal order had been in place for years, and that ICE sent him back to Laos on Sept. 16.

ICE St. Paul said on Aug. 21 that it arrested Chanthanongsy, 43, an illegal alien from Laos. The field office said he has a final removal order and convictions for second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and terroristic threats in Hastings, Minnesota. Thursday’s headquarters post is the removal announcement. It does not add a new charge.

Source: ICE on X — removal to Laos (Oct. 1, 2026, 12:30 p.m. Pacific) | ICE St. Paul — arrest and Hastings convictions (Aug. 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: DOJ SUES MARYLAND TO BLOCK MASK AND ID RULES ON FEDERAL OFFICERS, INCLUDING ICE

COMPLAINT FILED TODAY. THIS IS NOT A RULING. THE STATE LAW TOOK EFFECT TODAY. The Justice Department on Thursday sued the State of Maryland, Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, Prince George’s County, and Montgomery County. The civil case is United States v. Maryland, No. 1:26-cv-04110, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. It asks for a declaration that three laws are unconstitutional and for an injunction. The court has not ruled.

The complaint says Maryland Senate Bill 1 bans facial coverings for federal law enforcement officers and requires them to provide identification while on duty in the state. Governor Wes Moore signed it on May 26. It took effect Oct. 1. The complaint says Prince George’s County Code section 18-124 and Montgomery County’s “Unmask ICE Act,” County Code section 35-13E, impose the same kind of rules and are already in effect. Senate President Bill Ferguson is quoted in the complaint on ICE in Maryland and on whether the Supremacy Clause controls. Prince George’s County Council Chair Krystal Oriadha is quoted, from before that county bill was introduced, as saying ICE tactics had no place in the county.

The complaint quotes Attorney General Brown’s May 12 letter to Moore. Brown wrote that there was a high likelihood a court would find that applying the face-covering ban or the identification rule to federal officers would violate the Supremacy Clause, because it would directly regulate the federal government. The United States says courts have already enjoined similar laws in cases against California, Virginia, Philadelphia, and New York. Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Civil Division submitted the complaint. This is not an individual arrest. It is a lawsuit over whether Maryland and two counties can regulate how federal officers, including ICE, work in the state.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice — complaint, United States v. Maryland, No. 1:26-cv-04110 (filed Oct. 1, 2026) | Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown — letter to Gov. Wes Moore on Senate Bill 1 (May 12, 2026) | WTOP / The Banner — DOJ suit filed Thursday (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: OSWEGO – TWO MEN LEAVE A ROOF AFTER A BORDER PATROL STANDOFF

FEDERAL WARRANTS. SCHOOL LOCKOUT. THE TWO MEN WERE NOT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. CBP HAS NOT NAMED THEM. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Border Patrol agents pursued people through Oswego, New York. Two men ended up on the roof of a home at 261 E. 7th Street, near Charles E. Riley Elementary School. The Oswego Police Department said officers were first called for a reckless driver, then learned federal authorities were trying to apprehend multiple people on active federal judicial warrants. The school went into a lockout. The district said students were dismissed after police lifted it.

Syracuse.com reported the standoff lasted about six hours. City police and firefighters brought a ladder at the agents’ request. A man on the roof knocked it down. Mayor Robert Corradino said the city supplied a ladder and was not assisting the arrest. He said the fire chief confirmed with the city attorney that the agents had a warrant signed by a judge. A CBP spokesperson told Syracuse.com on Wednesday that the agency was looking into the incident and would not have information until Thursday. These local reports do not include a later CBP statement naming the men or the charges.

Syracuse.com reported the agents left at about 7:30 p.m. About an hour later the two men got off the roof and appeared to leave in waiting cars. WSYR and CNY Central reported that people in the crowd helped them leave after most Border Patrol personnel had gone, and that the two men were not accounted for. This is not an arrest announcement.

Source: syracuse.com — video, standoff over (published Oct. 1, 2026) | syracuse.com / FireRescue1 — ladder, 261 E. 7th St., agents left about 7:30 p.m. (Oct. 1, 2026) | CNY Central — Oswego police statement, two men not accounted for (updated Oct. 1, 2026) | WSYR — two men left after most agents were gone (updated Oct. 1, 2026)

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9/30: WILLISTON – FIVE CHARGED FEDERALLY WITH BLOCKING THE ICE TARGETING CENTER

DOORS BLOCKED AT THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL ANALYSIS AND TARGETING CENTER. A MISDEMEANOR. UP TO 30 DAYS AND A $5,000 FINE. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont charged five people with knowingly obstructing access to the ICE National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center at White Cap Business Park in Williston. Local stations reported the announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Prosecutors said the five blocked the doors with their bodies on Feb. 9, refused to leave the atrium, and were removed. Booth and Prensky were also removed on May 14. Kennedy and Wade are also accused of blocking doors on July 24.

Those charged: Peter Booth, 58, of Jericho, Vermont; Lexington Kennedy, 22, of New York, New York; Henry Prensky, 80, of Burlington, Vermont; Roan Wade, 23, of Red Hook, New York; and Sherri Wormser, 57, of Colchester, Vermont. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan A. Ophardt said that by repeatedly blocking the entrances and exits, the defendants created a risk to the people who work there. Initial appearances were not yet on the calendar in the Wednesday reports. This is separate from the state trespass case the Vermont attorney general brought over a July 24 sit-in. Those defendants pleaded not guilty on Sept. 24.

Source: NBC5 — U.S. Attorney’s Office charges (Sept. 30, 2026) | WCAX — five charged with obstructing a federally leased building (Sept. 30, 2026) | ABC22 / FOX44 — Ophardt statement (Sept. 30, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR ICE’S NO-BOND DETENTION POLICY

CERT GRANTED. CASE NO. 26-104. ARGUMENT THIS TERM. THIS IS NOT A RULING ON THE POLICY. The Supreme Court on Thursday granted review of whether ICE can detain illegal aliens during removal proceedings without a bond hearing. The case is Philip L. Rhoney, Acting Director of the Buffalo Field Office of ICE, v. Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104. The Court’s docket records the petition as granted on Oct. 1, 2026. This is not the third-country removal case or the SAVE voter-check case already filed below.

Barbosa da Cunha is a Brazilian citizen. Authorities say he entered the United States illegally about 20 years ago. He applied for asylum in 2016 and held a work permit. Court papers say he has never been convicted of a crime. CBS News reported that ICE took him into custody after a traffic stop in Massachusetts and that an immigration judge refused a bond hearing under the administration’s mandatory-detention rule. A federal judge in New York, where he was being held, ordered a bond hearing. He was released on bond in late October 2025. In April the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected the policy. The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to take the case.

CBS News reported that two federal appeals courts have allowed detention without a bond hearing and that nine others have held the government must offer one. The New York Times reported that more than 500 district judges have rejected the administration’s reading of the detention statute, and that about 70,000 people are now in immigration detention, up from about 40,000 before January 2025. The 2nd Circuit, as quoted by CBS, called the policy the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in the nation’s history. The new term opens Monday.

Source: Supreme Court docket — Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104 (petition granted Oct. 1, 2026) | CBS News — Supreme Court to hear the no-bond detention dispute (Oct. 1, 2026) | Associated Press / PBS — cert grant (Oct. 1, 2026) | New York Times — detention review (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: SAN DIEGO SECTOR – BORDER PATROL TAKES A MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THREE LOCAL ARRESTS

ONE LOCAL ARREST WAS FOR SEX WITH A MINOR. THE SECTOR DID NOT NAME HIM. San Diego Sector Border Patrol said Thursday that agents apprehended an illegal alien from Mexico who had been arrested three times locally in two years, including for sex with a minor. The sector said California limits on local cooperation meant agents tracked him down after release. It said public safety remains the priority. This is not the tourist-visa bulk-cash arrest or the Santa Ana child-exploitation arrest already filed below.

The sector did not give his name, the city of the local arrests, or the dates. An arrest is not a conviction.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector — repeat offender in custody (Oct. 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/1: AUSTIN – JUDGE DENIES BOND TO THE VENEZUELAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED AFTER THE NORTH AUSTIN SHOOTING

SAME DEFENDANT ALREADY FILED BELOW. THE ASSAULT CASE GOES FORWARD. CBS News reported Thursday that U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin Howell denied bond on Wednesday to Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, the Venezuelan illegal alien charged with assaulting a federal officer after the Sept. 20 North Austin shooting. Howell said the case should proceed. CBS reported he denied bond because Garces-Perez could be a flight risk to Venezuela, where he has a child. The Justice Department release already filed below had set a detention hearing for Friday, Oct. 2. This is the criminal detention decision. It is not the separate Sept. 30 hearing before U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia already filed below.

CBS reported that Garces-Perez appeared in a wheelchair with a sling, and that his lawyers say a bullet is still lodged near his spine. Prosecutors played body-camera video from the Sept. 20 stop. They say he drove off and struck an ICE officer with the driver’s-side mirror, then led a chase. The defense called the footage incomplete and called the charge retaliation. His lawyers have sued to block removal. A charge is an allegation. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Source: CBS News — judge keeps Garces-Perez in custody (Oct. 1, 2026) | Justice Department — assault charge (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: BUENA PARK – FEDERAL AGENTS ARREST A PREVIOUSLY REMOVED MEXICAN NATIONAL IN A CREDIT-FRAUD SWEEP

PRE-DAWN STOP IN ORANGE COUNTY. FAKE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. AT LEAST THREE IN CUSTODY. Federal agents on Thursday morning arrested Abel Avila Martinez, 48, of Buena Park, in a credit-fraud sweep aimed at five illegal aliens in Orange County and Long Beach. The California Post, which was on scene, reported that Avila Martinez is a Mexican national who was removed from the United States in 1999. This is not the John Wayne Airport passport case already filed below.

The California Post reported that agents used a drone to follow him from his home before dawn to a car parked about a quarter mile away. About 20 agents in tactical gear blocked the car as he got in. An agent told him to put his hands up and not move. He raised his hands and was handcuffed. The paper said he had been about to drive away.

Court papers cited by the California Post charge him with using fake Social Security numbers to apply for credit at retailers and online payment services. The alleged debt is at least $15,964. He filed for bankruptcy in May 2025 to wipe out the debt, and that filing admitted a phony Social Security number, which is what alerted investigators.

He is one of at least three illegal aliens arrested in the sweep. Each case started with a fraudulent Social Security number. The other defendants were not named. Agents had been looking for five in all. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the sweep arrested illegal aliens charged with stealing Americans’ Social Security numbers to obtain credit, run up debt, and then seek to erase more than $140,000 through bankruptcy. He said the defendants allegedly exploited the financial system and the bankruptcy process. Each person charged faces up to 15 years in federal prison if convicted. A charge is an allegation. The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Source: New York Post / California Post — Buena Park credit-fraud arrest (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: MULLIN – ZERO CHANCE THE FE Y ESPERANZA CARAVAN ENTERS THE UNITED STATES

THEY CLAIMED ASYLUM IN MEXICO. THE SECRETARY SAYS THEY STOP THERE. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Thursday there is zero chance the United States will let a migrant caravan now in southern Mexico enter the country. DHS posted the warning Thursday morning. This caravan was not on this page.

The group calls itself Fe y Esperanza, Faith and Hope. U.S. Border Patrol told Fox News the caravan left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Sept. 20. Newsweek, citing the Spanish news agency EFE, reported that by Sept. 28 the group had grown to more than 600 people and had resumed walking north from Tapachula, in Chiapas. EFE described travelers from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Haiti. DHS told Fox News on Sept. 28 that Border Patrol is tracking the caravan with international partners and that catch and release is over.

Mullin said Thursday he told his Mexican counterpart that if Mexico lets the group keep coming north, the United States will not allow them in. “Zero chance.” He said they had just entered the southern end of Mexico, that they claimed asylum there, and that a first-country agreement means they do not then have a right to claim asylum in the United States. He said U.S. intelligence indicates the caravan formed to pressure Mexico into taking those asylum cases, that Mexico has done so, and that the caravan will probably break up. What happens over the next few weeks depends on Mexico, he said.

Source: DHS on X — Mullin, zero chance (Oct. 1, 2026, 7:08 a.m. Pacific) | Rapid Response 47 — Mullin on the caravan (Oct. 1, 2026) | Fox News — DHS tracking warning (Sept. 28, 2026) | Newsweek — Fe y Esperanza (Sept. 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: MULLIN – THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ARRESTED 2,210 TERRORISTS

UP FROM THE 2,150 KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS DHS COUNTED THROUGH SEPT. 9. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Thursday that, under President Trump, the government has arrested 2,210 terrorists in the United States. He gave the figure in a Ruthless Podcast interview released Thursday morning. “Most of them came over and claimed asylum, gave a fake name,” he said. Some were caught at the time, he said, and a lot were cut loose by the Biden administration.

Mullin said these were terrorists, and he separated that from a watch-list hit. “There’s a difference between a suspected terrorist and a terrorist watch list. These were terrorists.” He also said that under the Biden administration, 97 percent of the people DHS encountered were released within 27 hours.

The Sept. 10 count already filed below is the earlier DHS figure: ICE arrested more than 2,150 known or suspected terrorists and removed 2,015 from Jan. 20, 2025, to Sept. 9, 2026.

Source: Fox News — Mullin, 2,210 terrorists arrested (Oct. 1, 2026)

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10/1: YUMA – WELLTON STATION SEIZES ABOUT 80 POUNDS OF METH ON INTERSTATE 8

SEPT. 14 VEHICLE STOP. TURNED OVER TO THE DEA. NOT THE 150-POUND LOAD ALREADY FILED. Yuma Sector Border Patrol said Thursday that Wellton Station agents on Sept. 14 disrupted a narcotics smuggling attempt during a vehicle stop on Interstate 8. Agents found multiple packages. The contents tested positive as methamphetamine and totaled about 80 pounds. The sector said the subject and the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. This is not the Sept. 9 Wellton seizure of about 150 pounds of meth already filed below.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector — 80 pounds of meth (Oct. 1, 2026, 6:38 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 10/1: LEWISVILLE – ICE LODGES A DETAINER ON A VENEZUELAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH MURDER

FIVE ARRESTED IN A TARGETED SEPT. 11 SHOOTING. THE DETAINER IS ON THE MAN IN THE LEWISVILLE JAIL. ICE said Thursday morning that it lodged an immigration detainer against Daniel Jesus Rodriguez Perez, a criminal illegal alien from Venezuela charged with murder. This is not the Lake Lewisville summer sweep already filed below.

ICE said Lewisville police arrested five suspects in a Sept. 11 apartment-complex shooting and that police believe the shooting was targeted. Rodriguez Perez has a prior arrest for a liquor violation. ICE said he will be turned over to ICE custody after he faces the murder case.

Lewisville police said officers went to the 200 block of East Corporate Drive about 8:38 p.m. on Sept. 11 and found an adult man outside an apartment with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the shooting was planned and targeted, not random. The four adults charged with murder are Gabriel Eduardo Olivo Olivo, Daniel Jesus Rodriguez Perez, Erian Jose Espinoza Martinez, and Carly Yoalbert Guerrero Aguero. A fifth suspect is a juvenile. Police said Rodriguez Perez was arrested Sept. 25 in Plano and booked into the Lewisville City Jail. The other four were arrested in Colorado. CBS News Texas reported that Homeland Security Investigations was among the agencies that helped make the arrests.

The Denton Record-Chronicle reported Wednesday that an affidavit says Olivo conspired with others to kill Camilo Miranda Carusi because Olivo believed Carusi ordered the killing of Olivo’s brother in Venezuela. A charge is an allegation. The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

CBS News Texas, Sept. 26: Lewisville police announce five arrests in the Sept. 11 killing. The clip does not mention Thursday’s ICE detainer.

Source: ICE on X — murder detainer (Oct. 1, 2026, 6:15 a.m. Pacific) | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth — five arrests (Sept. 25, 2026) | Denton Record-Chronicle — affidavit (Sept. 30, 2026) | CBS News Texas

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BREAKING 10/1: MONROE – ICE SAYS A PERUVIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN DIED IN CUSTODY; CAUSE UNKNOWN

FOUND IN DISTRESS SEPT. 28. PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:01 A.M. CAUSE PENDING. ICE said Thursday that Julian Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old illegal alien from Peru, died in ICE custody on Sept. 29, 2026, at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana. The preliminary cause of death is unknown. An autopsy will determine the official cause. This is not the Costa Rican death at Winnfield already filed below.

ICE said Curo was found in medical distress on Sept. 28. At about 8:14 p.m. CDT, facility staff took him to the Monroe hospital. A physician pronounced him dead at 4:01 a.m. CDT. The agency dated the death Sept. 29.

ICE said his record includes convictions for driving with an expired vehicle registration and a separate court judgment in favor of the Comptroller of Maryland. He entered the United States at an unknown date and place without inspection. Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore arrested him June 27, 2026, during a targeted operation and served a notice to appear. ERO Baltimore transferred him to ERO New Orleans on June 29 and detained him at Richwood Correctional Center. On Sept. 18 an immigration judge denied his applications for relief and voluntary departure. He reserved his right to appeal.

ICE said he received medical care while in custody and was not denied emergency care. ERO New Orleans notified the DHS Office of Inspector General, the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility, his spouse, his attorney, and the Consulate General of Peru.

Source: ICE — Illegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in Louisiana (Oct. 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 10/1: SAN DIEGO SECTOR – BORDER PATROL ARRESTS A MEXICAN NATIONAL ON A TOURIST VISA FOR BULK CASH SMUGGLING

TOURIST VISA. BULK CASH. THE SECTOR SAYS THE MONEY WAS CARTEL PROCEEDS. San Diego Sector Border Patrol said Thursday that agents arrested a Mexican national who was in the country on a tourist visa for bulk cash smuggling under 31 U.S.C. 5332. Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre said the cash was meant to funnel cartel proceeds. The sector did not name him and did not give an amount. This is not the Santa Ana arrest already filed below.

The sector said he faces visa revocation, jail time, and removal. An arrest is not a conviction.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector — bulk cash arrest (Oct. 1, 2026, 6:01 a.m. Pacific)

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10/1: JACKSONVILLE – CBP AIR AND MARINE RETIRES THE P-3 RADAR DOME AFTER ITS FINAL FLIGHT

FINAL LANDING SEPT. 30. THE RADAR DOME IS DONE. CBP Air and Marine Operations said the P-3 airborne-early-warning aircraft, the four-engine turboprop with the rotating radar dome, landed for the last time on Sept. 30, 2026, at the National Air Security Operations Center in Jacksonville. This is the aircraft retirement. It is not the HSI Jacksonville fraud case already filed below.

AMO said the Jacksonville P-3 fleet was an outer layer of border security. Crews flew wide-area surveillance across the Caribbean, the Gulf of America, and the transit zones of Central and South America, tracking threats before they reached the United States. AMO called the landing the close of that chapter.

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations — P-3 final flight (Oct. 1, 2026, 6:25 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/30: INDIO – BORDER PATROL ARRESTS A CONVICTED FELON WHO OVERSTAYED A WORK VISA

COACHELLA VALLEY. PRIOR PRISON TIME. SECTOR SAYS MEXICO IS THE NEXT STOP. El Centro Sector Border Patrol said Wednesday that agents in Indio, California, arrested a previously convicted felon who had overstayed a work visa. The sector did not name him.

The sector said the record includes multiple felonies and misdemeanors that added up to more than 850 days sentenced to prison, and that he once ran with a theft ring that targeted freight trains. El Centro Sector called the arrest a one-way ride back to Mexico.

This is not the Santa Ana child-sexual-abuse-material arrest filed below.

Source: El Centro Sector Border Patrol — Indio arrest (Sept. 30, 2026, 1:46 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: MONA PASSAGE – CBP AND THE COAST GUARD RESCUE 49 AFTER A MIGRANT YOLA CAPSIZES; 3 DEAD, 10 MISSING

62 ABOARD. MACHETE FIGHT. NO LIFE JACKETS. SURVIVORS HANDED TO BORDER PATROL AND HSI. A makeshift migrant boat capsized about 10 miles off Mona Island, Puerto Rico, in the Mona Passage. This page had not filed the rescue. It is not the Liberty Island capsizing already below, and it is not Wednesday’s new Ponce facility.

The Coast Guard said the motor vessel Tripiti called Sector San Juan about noon Monday and reported that its crew had pulled four people from the water. Survivors said about 60 people were aboard a boat that overturned around 11 p.m. Sunday after a fight in which people were badly hurt with a machete. No one was wearing a life jacket. People jumped and tried to swim to Mona Island.

Monday’s Coast Guard release said crews had rescued at least 40 people and recovered two dead, with the search still going. CBP Air and Marine Operations later posted the updated count: three Coastal Interceptor crews and a Black Hawk from the Caribbean Air and Marine Branch, working with partners, helped rescue 49 migrants from the water and the capsized yola. Three people were recovered dead. Survivors told the Coast Guard 62 people had been aboard. The search for 10 missing people was still open when that update posted. The Coast Guard cutter Joseph Doyle was transferring survivors to U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations.

Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad told the Associated Press that most of the people aboard were from the Dominican Republic and that two were believed to be from Haiti. He said one passenger attacked others with a machete, people went into the water, and “Everyone could have easily died.”

Source: U.S. Coast Guard — 40 rescued, 2 dead off Mona Island; search continues (Sept. 28, 2026) | CBP Air and Marine Operations — 49 rescued, 3 dead, 10 missing, bodycam (Sept. 29, 2026, 9:46 p.m. Pacific) | Associated Press / Los Angeles Times — Coast Guard spokesman on the updated toll (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/30: MILWAUKEE – IMMIGRATION JUDGE RULES THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY PRESIDENT IS DEPORTABLE

DHS CALLED HIM A TERRORIST. THE JUDGE SAID HE CAN BE REMOVED. An immigration judge ruled that Salah Salem Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, is deportable. The Department of Homeland Security amplified the ruling Wednesday afternoon. This page had not filed the case.

DHS said ICE and the U.S. Marshals arrested Sarsour in Milwaukee on March 30. In its April 2 release, DHS identified him as a criminal illegal alien from Jordan, suspected of funding terror organizations, and said he lied on immigration forms. Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis: “Salah Salem Sarsour is a terrorist convicted for throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli armed forces. This illegal alien from Jordan lied on his green card application to gain legal status in the U.S.”

DHS said a visa application at the American Consulate in Jerusalem was denied because of Israeli convictions for throwing a Molotov cocktail at the homes of Israeli armed forces and illegally attempting to possess weapons and ammunition. It said he entered the United States in 1993 as a conditional resident and became a green-card holder in 1998.

Judge Jayme Salinardi of the Chicago Immigration Court found him removable. The Associated Press reported the judge relied on a Secretary of State Marco Rubio foreign-policy determination and tossed the government’s claim that Sarsour lied to immigration authorities. Sarsour’s lawyers said they will appeal. He is not immediately removed. A federal judge ordered him released from ICE custody in June while the case proceeds.

Source: DHS — arrests Salah Salem Sarsour (April 2, 2026) | DHS on X — immigration judge allows deportation (Sept. 30, 2026, 1:09 p.m. Pacific) | Wisconsin Public Radio — judge rules he can be deported (Sept. 30, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/30: SANTA ANA – BORDER PATROL ARRESTS A CRIMINAL ALIEN CONVICTED OF POSSESSING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

FELONY CSAM CONVICTION. TAKEN OFF THE STREET. San Diego Sector Border Patrol said Wednesday that agents arrested a criminal alien in Santa Ana, California, previously convicted of felony possession of child sexual abuse material under California Penal Code 311.11(a). The post did not name him.

Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre: “Our agents work tirelessly to remove dangerous offenders and keep our communities safe.”

Source: U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector — Santa Ana CSAM arrest (Sept. 30, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: AUSTIN – VENEZUELAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING AN ICE OFFICER AFTER THE NORTH AUSTIN SHOOTING

FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. STRUCK AN OFFICER. HIGH-SPEED CHASE. THE OFFICER FIRED. The Justice Department said Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, an illegal alien from Venezuela, made his initial appearance in federal court after being charged with assaulting, resisting, interfering with, and impeding a federal officer. This is the federal assault charge in the Sept. 20 North Austin shooting already filed below.

The complaint says ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers stopped Garces-Perez on Sept. 20 after confirming an immigration judge had issued a final order of removal. Prosecutors say he ignored orders to park and get out, closed his window, and drove off, striking an ICE officer in the torso with the driver’s side-view mirror. They say he led a high-speed chase through a commercial and residential area and then tried to strike an officer with his car, causing that officer to fire his pistol.

He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin Howell in the Western District of Texas. A detention hearing is set for Friday, Oct. 2. If convicted he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Homeland Security Investigations is investigating. A criminal complaint is an allegation. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Source: Justice Department — Illegal alien from Venezuela charged with assaulting and resisting a federal officer in Austin (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/29: JUAREZ – MEXICAN COUPLE EXTRADITED FOR SMUGGLING CHILDREN WITH THC GUMMIES

KIDS AGES 5 TO 13. SEDATED WITH MARIJUANA CANDY. FAKE PARENTS AT THE PORT. The Justice Department said Susana Guadian, 51, and Daniel Gaudian, 51, both of Juarez, Mexico, were arraigned in the Western District of Texas after Mexico extradited them on charges of conspiracy to transport aliens and bringing aliens illegally into the United States for financial gain. A federal grand jury indicted them Sept. 24, 2025.

Court papers say that from about May 1 through Oct. 17, 2024, the pair were part of an alien-smuggling organization that brought unaccompanied alien children ages 5 to 13 illegally from Juarez. Prosecutors say they recruited drivers to present U.S. documents at a port of entry, falsely claiming the children were theirs. Drivers were paid $900 per child.

During at least one load, the children were given gummy candies containing marijuana to sedate them. One child was taken to a hospital and diagnosed with marijuana poisoning. Acting HSI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Ryan G. McRae: “Giving children cannabis-infused candy to sedate them is an especially disturbing abuse of their trust and safety.”

HSI El Paso and U.S. Border Patrol led the case with Joint Task Force Alpha. Co-defendant Manuel Valenzuela was sentenced July 1 to five years. Co-defendant Dianne Guadian pleaded guilty July 28. An indictment is an allegation. The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Source: Justice Department — Mexican couple extradited for smuggling unaccompanied alien children (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/29: ORANGE COUNTY – TWO CHINESE NATIONALS CHARGED WITH USING OTHER PEOPLE’S U.S. PASSPORTS AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT

FACIAL RECOGNITION DID NOT MATCH. NAMES NOT ON THE MANIFEST. THEY FLEW IN FROM MEXICO. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Jin Fu Wei, 44, of Guangxi Province, China, and Xiaodan Lei, 47, of Henan Province, China, were charged with misuse of a passport after they tried to enter the United States at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana.

The affidavit says that on Aug. 26 they flew commercially from Los Cabos, Mexico, to the port of entry at John Wayne. They presented U.S. passports belonging to actual U.S. citizens. CBP officers said facial-recognition scans did not match the passports. Neither defendant’s name was on the flight manifest.

Wei had a Chinese credit card and a Chinese bank card in his own name, plus an expired Texas driver’s license for the rightful passport holder. They have been in federal custody since last month. If convicted, each faces up to 10 years in federal prison. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the case raises serious national security concerns when foreign nationals use false identities to enter the United States.

Source: U.S. Attorney, Central District of California — two Chinese nationals charged with misusing U.S. passports at John Wayne Airport (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/30: INDIANA – ATTORNEY GENERAL ROKITA SIGNS A 287(g) AGREEMENT WITH ICE

THE STATE’S TOP LAW OFFICE JUST SIGNED ON WITH ICE. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said Wednesday that his office entered an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. ICE amplified the announcement at 1:50 p.m. Pacific and called it a major win for the Hoosier state.

Rokita said partnering with federal law enforcement is how Indiana deports illegal aliens under the FAIRNESS Act, which his office helped write. He said the 287(g) agreement gives his investigators the ability to work side by side with ICE.

In the written statement, Rokita said only seven of Indiana’s 92 county sheriffs have signed an agreement like this. He called on the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association to get all 92 offices into the program. He said the agreements add to local enforcement and can open federal funding for public safety.

Rokita: “A 287(g) agreement with ICE does exactly that — giving our investigators greater ability to work side by side with them and take stronger action to protect Hoosiers.” ICE: “This partnership ensures Indiana communities are kept SAFE and SECURE.”

This is the attorney general’s new 287(g) agreement. It is not the Operation Safe Community sweep that arrested 426 illegal aliens in Indiana, already filed below.

Source: Indiana Attorney General — 287(g) partnership with ICE (Sept. 30, 2026) | ICE on X, 1:50 p.m. Pacific

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BREAKING 9/30: KANSAS – HONDURAN ILLEGAL ALIEN AND A LOCAL WOMAN PLEAD GUILTY TO LYING FOR CUSTODY OF A MIGRANT CHILD

FALSE ADDRESS. FAKE HOUSEHOLD. A 17-YEAR-OLD. The Justice Department said Wednesday that Romulo Hernandez Murillo, a 46-year-old illegal alien from Honduras, and Lisa Marie Lopez Perdomo, 49, of Syracuse, Kansas, pleaded guilty to lying on a sponsorship application so they could obtain custody of an unaccompanied alien child. Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City worked the case with HHS investigators.

Court documents say Hernandez Murillo agreed to pay Lopez Perdomo to help him sponsor a then 17-year-old Honduran child in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The application falsely claimed Hernandez Murillo lived at her home and included a photograph of him standing in front of that house. After the filing, Lopez Perdomo called an HHS employee and posed as a member of his household.

Hernandez Murillo pleaded guilty to making a false statement. Lopez Perdomo pleaded guilty to conspiracy and to making a false statement. Each count carries a maximum of five years in prison. Sentencing is set for Jan. 6, 2027. He has been in federal custody since December 2025. She has been in custody since January 2026.

U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser said the defendants “utilized the system to gain access to a minor they could exploit and abuse.” Acting Special Agent in Charge Rick Sabatini of HSI Kansas City: “This was not a paperwork error or a technical violation. It was an intentional scheme built on false statements, fabricated documentation, and deception to improperly obtain custody of an unaccompanied child.”

The department put the case under Operation Take Back America and Joint Task Force Alpha. This plea is not the Tuesday Florida voting case or the Hialeah smuggling conviction already filed below.

Source: Justice Department — Illegal alien from Honduras and Kansas woman plead guilty in a scheme to obtain custody of an unaccompanied alien child (Sept. 30, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/30: WOW.DHS.GOV – DHS ADDS ANOTHER 5,000 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, PUSHING THE PUBLIC ROSTER PAST 40,000

ANOTHER 5,000 NAMES. MORE THAN 40,000 ON THE SITE. The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it posted another 5,000 criminal illegal aliens on the Worst of the Worst website, WOW.DHS.gov. DHS said the public roster now tops 40,000. The site launched Dec. 8, 2025. This is the website update, not the separate Wednesday arrest roll call of Saephan, Sanchez-Acosta, Chavez Madero, Ait-Abdellah, and Gaspar-Velasco already filed below.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “We’ve added another 5,000 criminals to our worst of the worst website, bringing the total available on the site to more than 40,000. This is still just a fraction of the total amount that the brave men and women of ICE work every single day to get off our streets and out of our country.”

Named among the newly posted records:

• Jose Alberto Mendoza, Mexico, Surenos gang member, arrested in San Jose, California. Record includes homicide, aggravated assault with a weapon, assault, and weapon offenses.
• Selina Shiuli, Bangladesh, arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina. Record includes second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
• Eddy Lopez, Mexico, Surenos gang member, arrested in Soledad, California. Record includes attempted murder, drug possession, and gang activity.
• Douglas Benitez-Herrera, Honduras, arrested in Ray Brook, New York. Record includes manslaughter, driving under the influence of liquor, robbery, possession of a weapon, and illegal re-entry.
• Sengkha Koulavongsa, Laos, arrested in Fresno, California. Record includes drug trafficking, burglary, and a parole violation.
• Marco Nunez-Mitjan, Cuba, arrested in Orlando, Florida. Record includes lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, failure to register as a sex offender, burglary, larceny, and forgery.
• Byron Arevalo-Pacheco, Guatemala, arrested in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Record includes molestation of a minor, false imprisonment, illegal re-entry, and a probation violation.
• Marco Lual, Sudan, arrested in Phoenix, Arizona. Record includes attempted sexual assault, attempted kidnapping, indecent exposure, and a probation violation.
• Free Gendemeh, Sierra Leone, arrested in Louisville, Kentucky. Record includes drug trafficking, weapon possession, menacing, flight to avoid prosecution, receiving stolen property, and tampering with evidence.
• Richard Vieira, Brazil, arrested in Shirley, Massachusetts. Record includes assault and battery, possession of a weapon, and intimidation.

DHS said the criminal histories on the site include homicide, lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, sexual assault, kidnapping, drug trafficking, assault, and burglary. Spelling of names is as DHS posted it.

Source: DHS — WOW.DHS.gov adds another 5,000 criminal illegal aliens (Sept. 30, 2026) | WOW.DHS.gov

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BREAKING 9/30: DEPORTED – ICE REMOVES A RAPIST, DRUG SMUGGLERS, AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS

OFF THE STREETS. OUT OF THE COUNTRY. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday at 11:13 a.m. Pacific that ICE removed rapists, drug smugglers, and other public safety threats yesterday. ICE posted the names one by one. This roster is not the Tuesday afternoon roll call already filed below.

Named in the ICE posts:

• Jendrick Alexander Ordonez-Calate, Guatemala, convicted of DUI and rape. This page filed him on Sept. 23 after DHS listed a rape conviction in Sussex County, Delaware. Wednesday’s post says he has been removed.
• Jorge Miguel Alfonso Fuentes, Mexico, convicted of criminal threats and false imprisonment.
• Xian Wu, China, convicted of computer crimes and accosting a child for immoral purposes.
• Victor Giran Tavarez Brito, Dominican Republic, convicted of conspiracy to distribute narcotics.
• Crobdualdo Alvarez Navarro, Mexico, convicted of illegal possession/use of a controlled substance. Spelling is as ICE posted it.
• Carlos Renteria-Graciano, Mexico, convicted of DWI.

Source: ICE — removal roll call (Sept. 30, 2026, 11:13 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/30: PONCE – DHS OPENS A $22 MILLION CBP AND COAST GUARD FACILITY FOR MARITIME BORDER SECURITY

NEW PIER. NEW RAMP. BORDER SECURITY ON THE WATER. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security inaugurated a joint facility at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The nearly $22 million site houses the Coast Guard Resident Inspection Office Ponce and the CBP Air and Marine Operations Ponce Marine Unit.

CBP said the project replaced the old facility with a two-story, 9,650-square-foot complex, a 1,880-square-foot boat maintenance bay, an improved pier and boat ramp, and emergency backup power.

Christopher Hunter, director of the Caribbean Air and Marine Branch: “The Ponce Marine Unit plays a critical role in detecting, interdicting and responding to maritime threats across Puerto Rico’s southern approaches.”

Source: CBP — DHS inaugurates $22 million joint facility in Ponce, Puerto Rico (Sept. 30, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/30: WORST OF THE WORST — ICE ARRESTS PEDOPHILES, SEXUAL PREDATORS, AND VIOLENT ASSAILANTS

FIVE COUNTS OF SEX WITH A MINOR. HOME INVASION. CHILD EXPLOITATION MATERIAL. FELONIOUS ASSAULT. The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that ICE arrested more criminal illegal aliens convicted of sex with children, a sex offense against a helpless person, transporting material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, and assault.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Day after day, the brave men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our communities. Yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, child pornographers, and violent assailants. Under President Trump, we will hunt down, arrest, and remove all illegal aliens. We will not apologize for putting the safety of the American people first.”

Named in the release:

• Cheng Hin Saephan, Laos, convicted of five counts of sexual intercourse with a minor under 16 in Redding, California.
• Genaro Sanchez-Acosta, Mexico, convicted of home invasion and a sex offense with a helpless/impaired individual in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Alfredo Chavez Madero, Mexico, convicted of transportation of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in Irving, Texas.
• Salem Ait-Abdellah, Algeria, convicted of assault, perjury, and burglary in New York, New York.
• Esteban Gaspar-Velasco, Mexico, convicted of felonious assault and trespass in a habitation in Franklin County, Ohio.

DHS dated the release Sept. 30 and said these arrests were announced yesterday. The names are not the Tuesday roster of killers, rapists, and thieves already filed on this page.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: ICE arrests child pedophiles, sexual predators, and violent assailants (Sept. 30, 2026) | WOW.DHS.gov

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NOW ON YOUTUBE: FRIDAY’S HSI TOP 5 — 51 KILOS IN A FAKE NEWS VAN, A 127-YEAR SENTENCE, VISA-FRAUD FARM WORKERS, AND A DARKNET CASE

THE SEPT. 25 EPISODE IS ON THE OFFICIAL ICE CHANNEL. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted the video Sept. 29 at 6:15 p.m. Pacific. It runs 2 minutes 9 seconds. The description matches the HSI Top 5 this page filed on Sept. 25: special agents and partners in California, Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania. It is not Episode 11, already embedded below.

• Agents seized 51 kilos of cocaine smuggled in a fake news media van.
• Agents secured a 127-year sentence for a child sex predator.
• Agents found farm workers exploited through a visa-fraud scheme.
• Agents took down a darknet drug operation tied to multiple deaths.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official channel: HSI Top 5, the Friday episode filed on this page Sept. 25.

Source: ICE official YouTube — HSI Top 5 (posted Sept. 29, 2026, 6:15 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/30: FAIRFAX – ICE ARRESTS A HONDURAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX CRIMES AFTER THE COUNTY IGNORED HIS DETAINER

CHARGED LAST AUGUST. RELEASED ANYWAY. TAKEN BY ICE ON SEPTEMBER 15. The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Oscar Evaristo Nunez, an illegal alien from Honduras, on Sept. 15 during a targeted enforcement operation. He remains in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.

Police arrested Nunez on Aug. 27, 2025, and charged him with aggravated sexual battery by a parent of a child 13 to 17, two counts of filming or videotaping an undressed minor without consent, and two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13. ICE lodged a detainer with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on Aug. 29, 2025. DHS said Fairfax County refused to honor the detainer and released him without notifying ICE.

DHS said Nunez illegally entered the United States near Arizona in or around September 2003.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Another criminal illegal alien has been taken off the streets by the brave men and women of ICE, with no help from sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County. This illegal alien from Honduras had been arrested for child sex crimes in August last year, but Fairfax County refused to honor ICE’s detainer and let this creep back out onto the streets. Once again, ICE did the job that these heartless sanctuary politicians won’t do: enforce the law and protect American lives. DHS is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to stop putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people.”

ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian: “Oscar Evaristo Nunez is charged with some disgusting and horrifying crimes and represents a significant threat to the members of our Northern Virginia communities. When local officials refuse to work with ICE and honor our detainers, they are prioritizing politics over the safety of their neighborhoods. In this case, they refused to honor our detainer and allowed an alleged child sex predator to potentially re-offend until ICE officers could take him off the streets.”

Source: DHS — ICE arrests illegal alien released by Fairfax County (Sept. 30, 2026) | DHS — Oscar Evaristo Nunez arrested (Sept. 30, 2026, 7:36 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/30: LAREDO – BORDER PATROL STOPS A SMUGGLER AFTER A PURSUIT; THREE MEXICAN NATIONALS IN CUSTODY

FAILED TO YIELD. CRASHED A FENCE. BAILED OUT. CAUGHT. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said Wednesday that a human smuggler tried to evade agents in Laredo, Texas. After a short pursuit the vehicle crashed into a fence and the occupants ran. Agents caught the driver, who now faces state human-smuggling charges. Three Mexican nationals were also taken into custody and will be processed for deportation.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief — Laredo pursuit (Sept. 30, 2026, 5:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/30: DALLAS – HSI ARRESTS A CRIPS MEMBER ON A FEDERAL WARRANT FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS

ONE MINOR AND SIX ADULTS RESCUED. TWELVE MORE POSSIBLE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a U.S. citizen and documented Crips member, Corey Simpson, was arrested last week on a federal warrant for sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.

ICE and Homeland Security Investigations said the arrest is part of an HSI-led case with the Homeland Security Task Force in Dallas. The ring used violence and threats to exploit victims across the country. Agents rescued one minor and six adults and identified 12 other possible victims.

Source: ICE — Corey Simpson arrest (Sept. 29, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific) | HSI — same announcement (Sept. 29, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: SUPREME COURT LETS DHS RESUME THIRD-COUNTRY REMOVALS

POLICY BACK ON. ARGUMENT SET FOR DECEMBER. THREE JUSTICES DISSENTED. The Supreme Court on Tuesday put a lower-court block on hold and let the Department of Homeland Security keep removing people to countries that are not named in their removal orders. The unsigned order also sets Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D., No. 26A406, for argument in early December. A final ruling is expected later.

This is the third time the administration has asked the justices to pause a ruling by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts. Murphy’s final judgment required written notice of the destination country and a meaningful chance to contest the removal on a fear of persecution or torture. The 1st Circuit largely upheld that judgment on Sept. 18. On Sept. 23 the appeals court dissolved a stay, and the block went back into effect.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the Court the order took away “an essential tool to remove certain aliens, including some of the worst criminal aliens.” He said restoring it had “created substantial logistical problems with ongoing removal operations — including the cancellation of flights” — plus added expense, diplomatic trouble, and an inability to remove dangerous criminals.

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson said they would have denied the government’s request. They did not explain that vote.

DHS General Counsel James Percival: “In our second Supreme Court victory in less than a week, DHS’s third country removal policy is back in effect. A bad day for criminal illegals and open borders activists alike. It’s not too late to get $3,000 and a flight home.”

DHS then posted: “Go home today or be arrested. There are NO exceptions.”

Source: Supreme Court — unsigned order in DHS v. D.V.D. (Sept. 29, 2026) | SCOTUSblog — Amy Howe (Sept. 29, 2026) | DHS General Counsel James Percival (Sept. 29, 2026, 12:29 p.m. Pacific) | DHS — Go home or be arrested (Sept. 29, 2026, 1:14 p.m. Pacific) | CBP Home

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BREAKING 9/29: DEPORTED – ICE POSTS A ROLL CALL OF A MURDERER, ROBBERS, AND DRUG SMUGGLERS

OFF THE STREETS. OUT OF THE COUNTRY. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday afternoon that murderers, robbers, drug smugglers, and other criminal illegal aliens have been deported. ICE posted the names one by one.

Named in the ICE posts:

• Nicolas Lopez Diaz, Guatemala, convicted of DUI, assault, and criminal sexual contact with a minor.
• Marcos Ramirez-Garcia, Mexico, convicted of second-degree murder and a felony firearm offense. DHS also named him today as a Surenos member deported Sept. 25.
• Hugo Rivera-Moreno, Mexico, convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
• Brayan Alexis Cruz Sanchez, Mexico, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
• Carlos Manuel Uriegas-Gonzalez, Mexico, convicted of evading arrest and property theft.
• Miguel Martinez-Torres, Mexico, convicted of possession of a controlled substance and transport or sale of a controlled substance.
• Rodrigo Rodriguez Munoz, Colombia, convicted of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and use of a firearm during a cocaine trafficking crime.
• Daniel Rigoberto Castillo-Perdomo, El Salvador, convicted of attempted second-degree robbery and second-degree robbery.
• Joan Sebastian Sepulveda Mona, Colombia, convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine he had reason to believe would be imported into the United States, and conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute aboard a vessel.

Source: ICE — deportation roll call (Sept. 29, 2026, 1:07 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: DHS — WATCHDOG FOUND ERRORS IN 40 PERCENT OF OPERATION ALLIES WELCOME ASYLUM FILES

MISSED ALIASES. MISSING SECURITY CHECKS. UNRESOLVED RECORDS. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that an Office of Inspector General report found a 40 percent error rate in Operation Allies Welcome asylum files. DHS said U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services missed chances to connect alias names to information that could have made applicants ineligible for asylum.

Report OIG-26-26, dated Sept. 23, reviewed a sample of 678 applications drawn from 13,682 adjudicated files for Afghan evacuees resettled in the United States. Inspectors found errors in 269 of those files. In the sample they counted 303 missed aliases, 23 missing security checks, 45 unresolved records, and 115 other documentation problems. USCIS agreed with all five recommendations.

The same report says the error rate did not rise by a statistically significant amount after a September 2023 settlement in Ahmed v. DHS. That settlement pushed USCIS to finish 90 percent of these asylum cases within 150 days. Operation Allies Welcome was stood up under the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022, which required USCIS to interview an applicant within 45 days of filing, with no exceptions.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Our asylum system should be as strict as possible. If even one dangerous criminal or terrorist slips through and enters our country, it endangers countless American lives. The Biden Administration dangerously mismanaged the Operation Allies Welcome program, disregarding all the thorough and well-established procedures of our asylum system and putting our nation at risk. Unlike the Biden Administration, the Trump Administration is putting the American people first and bringing an end to these reckless and rushed asylum practices.”

DHS pointed to earlier cases it ties to the same program: a November 2025 federal charge against an Afghan national accused of threatening to build a bomb and kill Americans; a December 2025 ICE arrest of an ISIS-K member who entered under Operation Allies Welcome; and a March 2026 arrest of an Afghan national previously convicted of indecent exposure to a minor.

Source: DHS — Biden-era Afghan refugee program had a 40% error rate (Sept. 29, 2026) | DHS OIG-26-26 — Adjudication Errors in Operation Allies Welcome Asylum Files (Sept. 23, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/29: INDIANAPOLIS – ICE LODGES A DETAINER ON A HONDURAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED IN A FATAL DUI HIT-AND-RUN

WOMAN KILLED AT A GAS STATION. DRIVER FLED. FINAL REMOVAL ORDER. BIDEN RELEASE. The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that ICE lodged a detainer asking Indiana officials not to release Edwin Alexander Sosa-Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Honduras, after he was charged in a DUI hit-and-run that killed a woman in Indianapolis.

DHS said the crash was Sept. 26. A vehicle traveling at high speed struck another vehicle, then drove through a gas station parking lot, hitting and killing Tamara Renee Thomas, 33. The driver fled the scene.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested Sosa-Gonzalez and charged him with operating while intoxicated causing death, leaving the scene of a vehicle accident that caused death or catastrophic injury, and leaving the scene of a vehicle accident resulting in death. ICE lodged the detainer with the Marion County Jail on Sept. 27.

DHS said his record includes a February 2024 IMPD arrest for operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person and operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license after a crash that damaged three parked vehicles. He was transferred to ICE custody after that arrest and released on bond one day later under the Biden administration.

DHS said Sosa-Gonzalez illegally entered through Texas in July 2021, was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol, and was released into the country by the Biden administration. A DOJ immigration judge issued a final order of removal on June 5, 2026.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien, who had been released into our country by the Biden Administration, took the life of 33-year-old Tamara Renee Thomas because he was drunk behind the wheel. He has now been charged with hit-and-run and driving under the influence. ICE has lodged a detainer asking officials in Indiana to cooperate with us and make sure this killer never gets back onto the streets again.”

Source: DHS — ICE lodges detainer for illegal alien charged with fatal DUI hit-and-run in Indiana (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/29: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE ARRESTS KILLERS, RAPISTS, AND THIEVES

FELONY DEATH BY VEHICLE. SEXUAL BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. RAPE. CORPORAL INJURY ON A SPOUSE. DHS said Tuesday that ICE arrested more criminal illegal aliens convicted of felony death by vehicle, sexual battery with a deadly weapon, rape, and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Day after day, the brave men and women of ICE are removing the worst of the worst from American communities. Just yesterday, ICE arrested killers, rapists, and thieves. Under President Trump, we will always put the safety of the American people first. We are sending a very clear message: Illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.”

Named in the release:

• Rogoberto Vasquez-Martin, Honduras, convicted of felony death by vehicle in Randolph County, North Carolina.
• Lazaro Rego-Otano, Cuba, convicted of sexual battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery in Miami, Florida.
• Ciro Valle-Robles, Mexico, convicted of rape and forgery in Goshen, New York.
• Bounmy Munvong, Laos, convicted of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, possession of a controlled substance, and theft in Fresno, California.
• Jesus Milagros Roman-Meza, Mexico, convicted of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of theft in Gooding County, Idaho.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: ICE arrests killers, rapists, and thieves (Sept. 29, 2026) | WOW.DHS.gov

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BREAKING 9/29: DEPORTED – ICE REMOVES GANG MEMBERS INCLUDING MURDERERS, A MAN WANTED FOR KILLING A POLICE OFFICER, AND REPEAT DEPORTEES

SURENOS. MEXICAN MAFIA. BLOODS. MS-13. EAST LOS ANGELES-13. SOUTHWEST CHOLOS. LATIN KINGS. LAOS PRIDE GANGSTER. LOS ZETAS. DHS said Tuesday that ICE deported more illegal alien gang members in the last week, including people convicted of murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, driving under the influence of alcohol, and burglary.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, the hard-working men and women of ICE deported even more illegal aliens from our country, including murderers, drug dealers, drunk drivers, and robbers. Every single deportation makes America safer.”

Named removals:

• Marcos Ramirez-Garcia, Mexico, Surenos, deported Sept. 25. Convictions: second-degree murder and felony firearm offense in Michigan. DHS issued a final administrative removal order on July 21, 2011. DHS said he illegally entered at an unknown date and location.
• Mario Aviles-Corral, Mexico, Mexican Mafia, deported Sept. 22. Convictions: second-degree murder and aggravated assault in Arizona. DHS said he claims he illegally entered through California in 1985. Final administrative removal order Aug. 5, 2005.
• Sheldon Emelio Lyon, Jamaica, Bloods, deported Sept. 24. Convictions in Maryland: first-degree assault, two counts of possession of contraband in a place of confinement, and concealing a dangerous weapon. Arrests include attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit attempted first-degree murder, second-degree assault, kidnapping, first-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary, reckless endangerment, and wearing and carrying a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. Lawfully admitted March 2009. A DOJ immigration judge issued a final order of removal on Sept. 23, 2014.
• Roberto Benjamin Rodriguez-Padilla, El Salvador, MS-13, deported Sept. 25. Arrest for driving while intoxicated in Virginia. DHS said he has an international warrant for killing a police officer in El Salvador. Final order of removal April 4, 2026.
• Miguel Antonio Guzman Castro, Guatemala, East Los Angeles-13, deported Sept. 21. California convictions include three counts of vehicle theft, two counts of burglary, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, robbery, theft, petty theft, use or being under the influence of a controlled substance, forgery, and a false check or record. Previously deported four times — 2005, 2009, 2016, and 2022 — then illegally re-entered.
• Yarlee Freddy Acosta Salmeron, Honduras, Southwest Cholos, deported Sept. 21. Texas convictions: assault of a family member, theft from a person, and failure to identify a fugitive with intent to give false information. Previously deported three times — 1994, 2009, and 2015 — then illegally re-entered.
• Jonathan Josue Rivera-Caceres, Honduras, MS-13, deported Sept. 22. Convictions: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated in Texas, plus an arrest for terroristic threats against a peace officer or judge. Border Patrol arrested him after he illegally entered through Texas in April 2014. DHS said the Obama administration then released him. Final order of removal Aug. 21, 2026.
• Edgar Samuel Palomino-Sanchez, Mexico, Latin Kings, deported Sept. 24. Ohio convictions: burglary with a firearm, complicity to attempted felonious assault, felonious assault, felony burglary, obstructing official business, and illegal re-entry. Previously deported twice — 2013 and 2019 — then illegally re-entered.
• Yang Neng Vang, Laos, Laos Pride Gangster, deported Sept. 26. Convictions in Oregon and California: third-degree assault, felon in possession of a firearm, fourth-degree assault, and driving under the influence of alcohol. Lawfully admitted July 1983. Final order of removal March 30, 2000.
• Daniel Torres Rodriguez, Mexico, Los Zetas, deported Sept. 25. Texas convictions: manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, illegal re-entry, and evading arrest or detention. Arrests include assault causing bodily injury to a family member and a liquor violation. Previously deported five times — 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, and 2022 — then illegally re-entered.

Source: DHS — Make America Safe Again: DHS deports illegal alien gang members, including murderers, violent assailants, drunk drivers, and burglars (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/29: SMYRNA – ICE ARRESTS A BURMESE ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CONVICTIONS AND A 2023 REMOVAL ORDER

MULTIPLE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CONVICTIONS. 2023 FINAL REMOVAL ORDER. IN CUSTODY FOR DEPORTATION. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday that Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans arrested Po Lay Oh in Smyrna, Tennessee. ICE said he is a criminal illegal alien from Burma with multiple aggravated assault convictions and a final order of removal from 2023. ICE said he will remain in custody for deportation.

Source: ICE — ERO New Orleans arrest of Po Lay Oh in Smyrna, Tennessee (Sept. 29, 2026, 11:30 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: NASHVILLE – ICE ARRESTS A GUATEMALAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER

FELONY CONVICTION. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER. STRONGARM. ICE New Orleans said Tuesday it arrested Esvin Orlando Carillo Martinez, an illegal alien from Guatemala. ICE said his criminal history includes a felony conviction for aggravated assault — police officer, strongarm — in Nashville, Tennessee.

Source: ICE New Orleans — arrest of Esvin Orlando Carillo Martinez (Sept. 29, 2026, 8:25 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: HOMESTEAD – BORDER PATROL SAYS IT APPREHENDED A CUBAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY, FELON-IN-POSSESSION, AND HEROIN TRAFFICKING ON HIS RECORD

NO NAME RELEASED. DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS PENDING. Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said Tuesday that an illegally present Cuban national with a dangerous criminal history was apprehended in Homestead, Florida. Vasquez said the man is pending deportation proceedings.

The Chief listed this record:

• Aggravated battery with a deadly weapon
• Convicted felon in possession of a firearm
• Multiple counts of trafficking opium and heroin
• Trafficking marijuana
• Drug possession

The post included a photo labeled Homestead, Florida, criminal alien, and Cuban. It did not give the man’s name or say when the apprehension happened.

Vasquez: “USBP will continue to identify, arrest, and remove criminal threats before they can endanger our communities.”

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief — illegally present Cuban national apprehended in Homestead, Florida (Sept. 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/29: FLORIDA – 16 ALIENS CHARGED WITH REGISTERING AND VOTING AFTER FALSELY CLAIMING U.S. CITIZENSHIP

SIXTEEN NON-CITIZENS. FALSE CITIZENSHIP CLAIMS. BALLOTS CAST. USCIS CONFIRMED THE STATUS. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Tuesday it helped Florida charge 16 aliens who registered to vote by falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and then voted. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the cases Sept. 24. USCIS issued its release Tuesday. Law enforcement had arrested 11 of the non-citizens by the time of those announcements. The investigation remains open.

The cases started with referrals from the Florida Department of State Office of Election Crimes and county supervisors of elections. Immigration-status reviews, including federal database checks, flagged registered voters who were not U.S. citizens. Florida Department of Law Enforcement pulled voter-registration applications, poll-book signatures or vote-by-mail certificates, and post-election ineligibility notices. USCIS confirmed the alien status.

USCIS spokesman Zach Kahler: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is leveraging its expertise to aid local investigations of aliens residing in the United States. Every day, the dedicated men and women of USCIS are working to root out immigration fraud wherever it occurs, hold bad actors accountable, and help protect the rights of American citizens.”

Uthmeier: “Florida will not allow anyone to steal the vote of Americans at the ballot box. These defendants swore they were qualified electors, cast ballots in our elections, and later confirmed they were never eligible to vote.”

Named arrests:

• Astrid Shamatu Navarrete Quintana, 24, Fort Myers, Mexican national, lawful permanent resident since March 31, 2023. Registered Aug. 19, 2024, falsely affirming citizenship, and voted in person Nov. 5, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting and false swearing.
• Selvin Uton Whilby, 74, Tampa, Jamaican national, lawful permanent resident since March 1, 1989. Registered in 2008 and voted by mail in the 2024 primary and general elections, part of a mail-ballot history back to 2008. Charged with two counts of unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting.
• Cyntia Vanessa Canales, 62, Ocala, Chilean national and lawful permanent resident. Registered in Marion County in 2012 and again in 2022, each time falsely affirming citizenship and listing Florida as her place of birth. Voted early in person Oct. 27, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting.
• Craig William Smith, 69, Ocala, Bahamian national, lawful permanent resident since March 5, 1978. Registered March 21, 2002, and voted in the 2024 primary and general elections, part of a voting history back to 2006. Charged with two counts of unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting.
• Tracey Sabrina Jones, 49, Lakeland, United Kingdom national, lawful permanent resident since April 25, 1984. Registered in 1995 and voted early in person Oct. 26, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting.
• Kadian Gabrielle Amai Johnson, 29, Lehigh Acres, Jamaican national, lawful permanent resident since April 22, 2018. Registered Sept. 30, 2024, and voted in person Nov. 5, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting and false swearing.
• Mei-Lin Johnston, 57, Okeechobee, Indonesian national, lawful permanent resident since May 10, 2022. Registered Nov. 8, 2022, and voted in person Oct. 24, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting.
• Alejandro Garcia Villegas, 65, Lake City, Mexican national, lawful permanent resident since March 16, 2021. Registered Sept. 20, 2022, and voted early in person Oct. 30, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting.
• Manon M. Raux, 62, Naples, Canadian national, lawful permanent resident since Aug. 16, 1991. Registered Sept. 18, 2024, and voted early in person Oct. 29, 2024. Charged with unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting and false swearing.
• James Mark Hollingsworth, 62, Lake Suzy, Canadian national, lawful permanent resident since Oct. 29, 1967. Registered through the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in 2021 and voted by mail in the 2024 primary and general elections. After a non-citizen notice, he emailed the supervisor of elections, said he is a permanent resident, and said he had been voting in Florida. Charged with two counts of unqualified noncitizen electors willfully voting and two counts of false swearing. Faces up to 20 years.
• Giorgio Dominique Mucelli, 66, Melbourne, Canadian national and lawful permanent resident. Charged with voting by a non-citizen elector and false affirmation after voting in seven general elections from 2004 through 2024, including the 2024 general election.

Each charged offense is a third-degree felony. Most of the defendants face up to 10 years in the Florida Department of Corrections if convicted. Five of the 16 non-citizens were not named in the arrest list. The same operation also charged four convicted felons who allegedly registered and voted while still on probation. Those four are separate from the 16 non-citizen cases. Prosecutions run through the Office of Statewide Prosecution in Brevard, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Hillsborough, Lee, Marion, Okeechobee, and Polk counties. Additional charges and arrests are expected.

Source: USCIS — assists Florida investigation leading to charges for unlawful voting (Sept. 29, 2026) | Florida Attorney General — arrests and charges against 20 defendants in a statewide election integrity operation (Sept. 24, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/28: HIALEAH – CUBAN ALIEN CONVICTED FOR SMUGGLING THOUSANDS OF CUBANS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BORDER

FALSE ESTA APPLICATIONS. PRIVATE PLANES. MORE THAN $20 MILLION THROUGH 57 BANK ACCOUNTS. USCIS said Monday that a federal jury convicted Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, 28, of Hialeah, Florida, a Cuban alien, for his role in an international alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced the conviction. HSI Tampa, Border Patrol’s Miami Sector, and the USCIS Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate led the case, with help from HSI’s Human Smuggling Unit in Washington and CBP’s National Targeting Center.

Court documents say Cabrera-Rodriguez and others ran an organization that moved thousands of Cuban aliens into the United States through the southern border. The group charged $1,500 to $40,000. Co-conspirators sometimes chartered private planes. They advertised on social media, sold false claims of European citizenship so Cubans could seek a visa waiver, and filed hundreds of fraudulent ESTA applications with CBP using fake addresses. Cuban nationals are not eligible for ESTA. The applications falsely said the applicants had not been in Cuba since 2011, when the defendants knew they were in Cuba. Cabrera-Rodriguez bought international and domestic flights to move them into and around the United States.

Financial records show more than $20 million passed through at least 57 bank accounts controlled by the defendant and his co-conspirators. From 2021 through 2024 they sent more than $600,000 out of the country to buy flights for aliens to enter unlawfully.

The jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for financial gain, conspiracy to commit international money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering concealment. Sentencing is set for Dec. 17. The maximum penalty is 20 years in prison.

Twelve people were charged. Seven have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing: Liannys Yaiselys Vega-Perez, 31; Miguel Alejandro Martinez Vasconcelos, 31; Layra Libertad Treto Santos, 30; Emanuel Martinez Gonzalez, 29; Walbis Pozo-Dutel, 31; Luis Emmanuel Escalona-Marrero, 32; and Gisleivy Peralta Consuegra, 41. Erik Ventura-Castro, 24, pleaded guilty May 7 and was sentenced July 29 to 30 months in prison.

Source: USCIS — Cuban alien convicted for international alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy (Sept. 28, 2026) | U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida — Cuban national convicted

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BREAKING 9/29: LEWISTON – CBP SEIZES ABOUT 450 POUNDS OF COCAINE, WORTH $6 MILLION, FROM A TRUCK HEADED TO CANADA

OUTBOUND LANE. LEWISTON BRIDGE. 174 PACKAGES IN THE TRAILER FLOOR. HANDED TO HSI BUFFALO. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that officers at the Port of Buffalo’s Lewiston Bridge border crossing stopped a commercial truck carrying cocaine that was headed to Canada.

On Sept. 22, officers in the outbound lane stopped a 21-year-old Canadian man driving a commercial truck and trailer. A physical inspection showed modifications to the trailer floor. A CBP canine alerted to narcotics. Officers moved the truck to secondary inspection. A nonintrusive scan showed anomalies in the floor. The search found 174 vacuum-sealed packages that field-tested positive for cocaine. CBP put the weight at about 450 pounds and the street value at about $6 million. The case was referred to Homeland Security Investigations Buffalo.

Sharon Swiatek, acting port director for the Area Port of Buffalo: “This significant seizure highlights the exceptional vigilance, advanced training and relentless dedication of our CBP officers and canine teams at the Lewiston Bridge border crossing. While a large focus of our border security mission is on inbound threats, our officers remain equally sharp during outbound operations to dismantle transborder criminal networks, disrupt the flow of dangerous narcotics and protect communities on both sides of the border.”

Source: CBP — officers seize about 450 pounds of cocaine worth $6 million from a commercial truck bound for Canada (Sept. 29, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/28: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE ARRESTS MURDERERS, CHILD SEX OFFENDERS, AND CHILD ABUSERS OVER THE WEEKEND

FIFTEEN NAMED. MURDER, RECKLESS HOMICIDE, CHILD SEX CRIMES, CHILD ABUSE, HEROIN, AND FENTANYL. DHS said Monday that ICE arrested more criminal illegal aliens over the weekend, including people convicted of murder, child sexual assault, and child abuse. Secretary Markwayne Mullin tied the arrests to 16 straight months of zero releases at the border.

Mullin: “While Americans enjoyed their weekend, the brave men and women of ICE arrested murderers, child sexual predators, and child abusers who should not have been in our country in the first place. Under President Trump, ICE has been unleashed to target and remove illegal aliens from our communities so that we can Make America Safe Again. Arresting and deporting illegal aliens saves lives.”

DHS named these weekend arrests:

• Sakhone Lasaphangthong, Laos, convicted of murder in Sacramento, California.
• Israel Espinosa-Trejo, Mexico, convicted of reckless homicide in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Ruben Ayala-Laies, Cuba, convicted of second-degree murder in Union County, Florida.
• Jose Alcaraz-Carranza, Mexico, convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Tulare, California.
• Marvin Martinez, Dominican Republic, convicted of sexual abuse of a minor and possession of a controlled substance in Anne Arundel, Maryland.
• Joel Velazco-Carrizosa, Mexico, convicted of second-degree sexual assault of a child in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Ana Glenda Beatriz Melendez-Alvarado, El Salvador, convicted of child abuse with great bodily injury or death in Los Angeles, California.
• Edgar Tranquilino Moran-Bautista, Mexico, convicted of sodomy by force in Madera, California.
• Melvin Alcon, El Salvador, convicted of two counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon in Mineola, New York.
• Kimer Kintin, Federated States of Micronesia, convicted of two counts of neglect of a dependent person in Plymouth County, Iowa.
• Alfredo Castanos-Mendoza, Mexico, convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin in Houston, Texas.
• Fray Paniagua, Dominican Republic, convicted of delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
• Greg Chukwuka Orji, Nigeria, convicted of dangerous drugs and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl in Hutchinson, Kansas.
• Nelson Argueta-Cruz, El Salvador, convicted of burglary, grand larceny, larceny, and a probation violation in Fairfax, Virginia.
• Furvio Flete-Garcia, Dominican Republic, convicted of fraud and illegal re-entry in Boston, Massachusetts.

Source: DHS — Worst of the Worst: Over the Weekend, ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, and Child Abusers (Sept. 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/28: LOUDOUN – ICE LODGES A DETAINER ON A SALVADORAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH SELLING FENTANYL NEAR A SCHOOL

LEESBURG JAIL. 287(g) DETAINER. HE CROSSED THE RIO GRANDE IN 2016. ICE said Monday it has an immigration detainer and a warrant of removal on Isaac Melendez-Carranza, 31, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center in Leesburg, Virginia. The sheriff’s office honors detainers under its 287(g) agreement.

On Aug. 20, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office arrested Melendez-Carranza for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school and possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or distribute fentanyl. ICE Washington lodged the detainer the same day. ICE’s release ties him to fentanyl overdoses at a Virginia high school.

On April 30, 2016, a Border Patrol officer encountered him near Hebbronville, Texas. He told the officer he had waded the Rio Grande from Mexico.

Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella: “Anyone who comes to this country illegally and then allegedly peddles deadly fentanyl near our children’s schools should expect ICE to come for them. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office understands that protecting our communities must come before politics. ICE will relentlessly pursue criminal illegal aliens who threaten Americans, take them into custody, and remove them from the United States.”

Source: ICE — lodges immigration detainer against criminal illegal alien linked to Virginia high school fentanyl overdoses (Sept. 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/28: FORT LAUDERDALE – COAST GUARD TRANSFERS 10 ALIENS TO THE BAHAMAS AFTER STOPPING A SAILBOAT 40 MILES OFFSHORE

FRIDAY BOARDING. SUNDAY TRANSFER. EIGHT-FOOT SEAS. The Coast Guard said Monday that the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell transferred 10 aliens to the Bahamas on Sunday after an interdiction about 40 miles east of Fort Lauderdale. The release also spells the cutter name Novell.

On Friday, Sept. 25, the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered boarded a 30-foot sailing vessel and found 10 people aboard. The aliens were taken onto the cutter for processing, then moved to Margaret Norvell. The Coast Guard said the seas were about 8 feet.

Lt. Richard Rodriguez, commanding officer of Robert Yered: “In the face of daunting, 8-foot seas, the crew of the Robert Yered demonstrated extraordinary professionalism and dedication for hours on end. Their performance was a testament to our readiness to save lives and protect our nation’s maritime borders, even under the most grueling conditions.”

Source: U.S. Coast Guard — transfers 10 aliens to the Bahamas following interdiction near Fort Lauderdale (Sept. 28, 2026)

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NOW ON YOUTUBE: HSI TOP 5 EPISODE 11 — A 50-YEAR ALABAMA SENTENCE, A FENTANYL BUST, COUNTERFEIT WATCHES, AND A PARAMEDIC CHILD-SEX CASE

OFFICIAL ICE CHANNEL. NO DEFENDANT NAMES IN THE POST. The ICE YouTube channel now carries HSI Top 5 Episode 11. Friday’s filing on this page still had Episode 10, from Sept. 12, as the latest video on that public feed. ICE described Episode 11 on Sept. 18. The video description matches that post. It is not the Friday episode about the fake news van, the 127-year sentence, the visa-fraud farm workers, and the darknet case.

• Agents and partners in Alabama secured a 50-year federal prison sentence for a man who attempted to sexually exploit a minor.
• Agents took down a money laundering scheme.
• Agents made a fentanyl bust.
• Agents ended a counterfeit luxury watch trafficking operation.
• Agents arrested a paramedic accused of producing and distributing child sex abuse material online.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official channel: HSI Top 5 Episode 11.

Source: ICE official YouTube — HSI Top 5 Episode 11

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BREAKING 9/25: HSI TOP 5 — 51 KILOS OF COCAINE IN A FAKE NEWS VAN, A 127-YEAR CHILD-SEX SENTENCE, VISA-FRAUD FARM WORKERS, AND A DARKNET DRUG CASE

CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, FLORIDA, AND PENNSYLVANIA. NEW EPISODE AT 2:30 P.M. PACIFIC. NO DEFENDANT NAMES IN THE POST. ICE and Homeland Security Investigations said Friday they posted a new HSI Top 5 episode on cases worked with partners in those four states. ICE did not assign a state to each result, and the post did not name the defendants.

• Agents seized 51 kilos of cocaine smuggled in a fake news media van.
• A child sex predator received a 127-year sentence.
• Agents saved farm workers exploited through a visa fraud scheme.
• Agents brought down a darknet drug operation tied to multiple deaths.

The official ICE YouTube channel’s public feed still showed Episode 10, from Sept. 12, as its latest HSI Top 5 when this item was filed. Friday’s episode is on the ICE and HSI posts.

Source: ICE official account — new HSI Top 5 episode (Sept. 25, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Pacific) | HSI official account — same episode (Sept. 25, 2026, 2:30 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/25: SUPREME COURT LETS DHS KEEP USING SAVE TO CHECK WHETHER VOTERS ARE CITIZENS

6-3. STAYS A JUNE 22 ORDER THAT TRIED TO SHUT THE CHECK DOWN. DHS V. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. DHS said Friday the Supreme Court allowed the department to keep using its Modified Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, called SAVE, to verify the citizenship of voters. The ruling stays a June 22, 2026 order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that had tried to halt the system. DHS took the fight up on an emergency petition.

DHS General Counsel James Percival: “This decision is a victory for election integrity. It’s remarkable that we had to file an emergency petition in the Supreme Court just so we can use government data to stop noncitizens from voting illegally. American elections are for Americans. The Trump Administration and the Department of Homeland Security will use every tool at our disposal to secure our elections.”

DHS said the program follows President Trump’s Executive Order 14248, Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections, signed in March 2025. That order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to give state and local officials free access to systems for verifying the citizenship or immigration status of people registering to vote or already on the rolls. The case is Department of Homeland Security v. League of Women Voters.

Source: DHS — Supreme Court lets the voter citizenship verification program continue (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: SEATTLE – ICE ARRESTS A UKRAINIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED TO 134 MONTHS FOR A STOLEN VEHICLE, A FIREARM, STOLEN MAIL, AND IDENTITY THEFT

SNOHOMISH COUNTY. 134 MONTHS. AWAITING RETURN TO UKRAINE. ICE Seattle said Friday that officers arrested Vitaliy Chmukh, 32, an illegal alien from Ukraine. ICE said he was convicted in Snohomish County, Washington, for possessing a stolen vehicle, a firearm, and stolen mail, and for identity theft. ICE said the total sentence was 134 months. ICE said he is now awaiting return to Ukraine.

Source: ICE Seattle — Vitaliy Chmukh, 134-month sentence, awaiting return to Ukraine (Sept. 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/25: SAN DIEGO – ICE ARRESTS A MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CONVICTED OF MONEY LAUNDERING

MONEY LAUNDERING CONVICTION. STAYS IN ICE CUSTODY PENDING REMOVAL. ICE San Diego said Friday that officers arrested Jose Luis Cardoso, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. ICE said his criminal history includes a conviction for money laundering and that he will remain in ICE custody pending removal.

Source: ICE San Diego — Jose Luis Cardoso, money-laundering conviction (Sept. 25, 2026, 8:38 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/25: WOLCOTT – ICE BOSTON ARRESTS AN ALBANIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN FACING CHILD-SEX CHARGES

ARRESTED SEPT. 3 IN WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT. CHARGES ARE PENDING. ICE Boston said Friday that officers arrested Hasan Billa, a criminal illegal alien from Albania, during targeted operations in Wolcott on Sept. 3. ICE said his criminal history includes pending charges for criminal attempt at sexual contact with a victim under 16, second-degree criminal attempt at sexual assault, and criminal attempt at commercial sexual abuse of a minor.

Source: ICE Boston — Hasan Billa arrested in Wolcott, Connecticut (Sept. 25, 2026, 3:49 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS FOR ROBBERY

1992 ROBBERY SENTENCE. REMOVAL ORDER IN 2024. HELD FOR REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. ICE Los Angeles said Thursday that officers arrested Mauricio Vasquez Arias, 52, from Mexico. ICE said that in 1992 he was sentenced to five years in prison for robbery, that he was ordered removed in 2024, and that he will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Source: ICE Los Angeles — Mauricio Vasquez Arias (Sept. 24, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS A VIETNAMESE NATIONAL SENTENCED TO NEARLY 40 YEARS FOR ROBBERY, BURGLARY, AND KIDNAPPING

1998 SENTENCE. FIREARM ENHANCEMENT ON TWO KIDNAPPING COUNTS. REMOVAL ORDER IN 2018. ICE Los Angeles said Thursday that officers arrested Sang Anh Chuong, 55, from Vietnam. ICE said that in 1998 he was sentenced to almost 40 years in prison for robbery, burglary, and two counts of kidnapping with a firearm enhancement. ICE said he was ordered removed in 2018 and will remain in ICE custody pending removal.

Source: ICE Los Angeles — Sang Anh Chuong (Sept. 24, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/25: NASHVILLE – ICE ARRESTS A PREVIOUSLY REMOVED GUATEMALAN CONVICTED OF CHILD RAPE, THEN DEPORTS HIM AGAIN

SECOND-DEGREE CHILD RAPE. REMOVED IN 2013. CUT OFF THE ANKLE MONITOR. REMOVED AGAIN SEPT. 7. ICE said Friday that Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans arrested Alberto Ramirez-Diaz, a 39-year-old criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, on Sept. 1 after the Tennessee Department of Corrections released him. He had a conviction for second-degree child rape. ICE said he was removed to Guatemala on Sept. 7.

ERO New Orleans acting Field Office Director Scott Ladwig: “ICE’s mission is to protect the American public, and that includes taking appropriate enforcement action against illegal aliens charged with serious crimes. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure individuals who pose a public safety threat are held accountable under both criminal and immigration law.”

ICE said Border Patrol first apprehended Ramirez-Diaz on Aug. 1, 2013, processed him for expedited removal, and removed him to Guatemala on Aug. 7, 2013. He came back unlawfully and was apprehended again on March 3, 2018, issued a notice to appear, and released on an order of recognizance. ICE said he was enrolled in Alternatives to Detention with GPS monitoring, failed to report as required, and allegedly cut off and discarded the ankle monitor. On Nov. 12, 2019, he was returned to ICE custody after the Homestead Police Department in Florida arrested him in connection with allegations of sexual assault of a minor family member. Those 2019 allegations are separate from the child-rape conviction that put him in Tennessee state custody.

Source: ICE — Nashville arrest of Alberto Ramirez-Diaz, convicted of second-degree child rape, removed Sept. 7 (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: BOSTON – CBP SAYS OPERATION TIDAL WAVE HAS REMOVED 87 CRUISE CREW FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL

87 REMOVED IN BOSTON SINCE MID-AUGUST. SIX MORE FILIPINOS OFF THE BREAKAWAY ON SEPT. 20. ALL SIX ADMITTED POSSESSING CSEM/CSAM. CBP said Friday that officers at the Port of Boston have now removed 87 aliens from cruise ships under Operation Tidal Wave, the multi-agency push against child sexual abuse material and child sexual exploitation material among cruise crewmembers. This page already carried the Aug. 31 removal of 10 from the Norwegian Escape, when Boston’s two-week count stood at 24. Friday’s release is the new Boston total.

The latest action was Sept. 20. CBP said officers encountered six citizens of the Philippines aboard the cruise ship Breakaway. In secondary interviews at Boston Logan International Airport, all six admitted previously possessing CSEM/CSAM. After searches of their living quarters and electronic devices, all six were processed for removal of conditional landing under INA Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I), crimes involving moral turpitude.

Acting Director of Field Operations Julio Caravia: “The success of Operation Tidal Wave reflects the unwavering dedication of our officers and partners to protect the most vulnerable. Let the removal of these 87 be a message to others: we will not accept this exploitation and CBP will not stop identifying and arresting the individuals who participate in it.”

CBP said the Boston count is the summer run in that port, 87 crewmembers from various vessels since mid-August. Earlier phases elsewhere: Phase 1 in San Diego in April, administrative enforcement against 27 crewmembers from six vessels; Phase 2 in San Juan in June and July, 14 crewmembers removed and one accepted for federal prosecution. The operation is led by the CBP Office of Field Operations Enforcement Operations Division with Homeland Security Investigations and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Boston said the effort continues through the rest of the fiscal year. CBP said any involvement with CSEM is prohibited and can bring criminal prosecution, removal, and 10-year inadmissibility.

Source: CBP — Operation Tidal Wave in Boston, 87 cruise-ship crew removals for child sexual exploitation material (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: MISSION – BORDER PATROL NABS A PAISA GANG MEMBER CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

WARRANT OPERATION IN MISSION, TEXAS. ILLEGALLY PRESENT. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CONVICTION. PAISA GANG. ILLEGAL REENTRY PROSECUTION, THEN DEPORTATION. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rosario “Pete” Vasquez said Friday that agents apprehended a Mexican national during a warrant operation in Mission, Texas. The chief said the man is illegally present in the United States, has a conviction for aggravated assault, and is a known Paisa gang member. Prosecution for illegal reentry is underway, and deportation follows. The chief did not release the man’s name.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief — Mission, Texas warrant arrest of a Paisa gang member (Sept. 25, 2026, 7:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/25: BERWICK – ICE FLAGS A PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED GUATEMALAN CHARGED WITH RAPING A CHILD UNDER 13

FIVE COUNTS. VICTIM UNDER 13. PRIOR DEPORTATION. ICE DETAINER ON THE JAIL. ICE said Friday that Miguel Adan Lux Pu, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was previously deported and illegally reentered the United States. He is charged with repeatedly raping a child under 13. ICE’s message to people who prey on children: the agency will hunt them down, arrest them, and deport them.

Berwick, Louisiana police said the investigation began the afternoon of Sept. 18 after a complaint that a child was sexually abused at a home on Oregon Street. Police said Lux Pu, 33, lived in the same house and is a relative of the child. Police said he admitted, in an interview, to having sexual intercourse with the child on multiple occasions in 2025. Officers booked him into the Berwick jail on five counts of first-degree rape of a victim under 13. Police said ICE lodged a detainer, no bond was set, and Lux Pu had been deported and then came back unlawfully about five to six years ago. The charges are allegations.

Source: ICE official account — Miguel Adan Lux Pu (Sept. 25, 2026, 10:05 a.m. Pacific)

Local report: KQKI / Berwick Police — five counts of first-degree rape, victim under 13 (Sept. 19, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS A MURDERER, A SEXUAL PREDATOR, AND A ROBBER

MURDER IN SALINAS. THREE COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN TENNESSEE. ROBBERY IN NEW YORK. COCAINE AND METH IN AUSTIN. DHS said Friday that ICE yesterday arrested more criminal illegal aliens, including people convicted of murder, sexual assault, and robbery. These five names are not on the Thursday Worst of the Worst list already on this page.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, the brave men and women of ICE arrested murderers, sexual predators, robbers, and other dangerous illegal aliens. Despite the dangerous and ugly rhetoric from sanctuary politicians that have resulted in a 1,600% increase in assaults against them, ICE will never stop enforcing the law, deporting illegal aliens, and protecting the American people.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept. 25):

• Jesus Ceja-Barajas (Mexico) — convicted of murder in Salinas, California.
• Zam Muan Lian (Burma) — convicted of three counts of sexual assault in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
• Adony De La Cruz-Cruz (Dominican Republic) — convicted of robbery in New York, New York.
• Obiageriaku Jane Iheanacho (Nigeria) — convicted of first-degree assault and vulnerable adult abuse in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Roberto Bejarano-Cruz (Mexico) — convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine in Austin, Texas.

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Sexual Predators, and Robbers (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: MARTINEZ – HSI ARRESTS A THREE-TIME DEPORTEE ACCUSED OF DRIVING AT AN ICE OFFICER

REMOVED THREE TIMES. BURGLARY, OBSTRUCTION, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. OFFICER STILL CANNOT WALK WITHOUT HELP. DHS said Friday that HSI arrested Jesus Israel Garcia-Cobarruvias, an illegal alien from Mexico, after he allegedly used his vehicle to assault an ICE officer in Martinez, California.

DHS said the case started Aug. 31, when Garcia-Cobarruvias allegedly accelerated his vehicle toward ICE officers, injured an officer, damaged a government vehicle, and fled. The officer’s injuries were not life-threatening. DHS said the officer currently cannot walk without assistance. HSI arrested Garcia-Cobarruvias on Sept. 17 in Martinez. DHS said he refused commands and agents used force to pull him out of a vehicle. DHS said he has already been removed from the country three times.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien represents the worst of the worst that the hardworking men and women of ICE are targeting and removing from our communities every single day. This Department will not tolerate violent assaults on our brave law enforcement officers who keep us safe. DHS will hunt down and bring to justice anyone who engages in this dangerous behavior.”

Source: DHS — HSI Arrests Previously-Deported Illegal Alien Who Attacked an ICE Officer with Vehicle (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: KNOXVILLE – HSI CASE ENDS IN FEDERAL CHARGES FOR THREATS TO KILL ICE OFFICERS

“TIME TO BEAR SPRAY ICE.” “KILL THE ICE MILITARY POLICE.” UP TO 10 YEARS AND A $500,000 FINE. DHS said Friday that an HSI Knoxville investigation led to federal charges against David Kerr of Knoxville, Tennessee, for threats to kill ICE officers on social media.

DHS said a federal grand jury indicted Kerr on Sept. 16 on two counts of interstate threats. The charges come from public Bluesky posts that said “time to bear spray ICE” and “kill the ICE military police.” Kerr pleaded not guilty on Sept. 21 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Trial is set for Nov. 24, 2026. DHS said each count carries up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release. WBIR reported he is 68 and that the posts were made in June 2025 and October 2025.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This man publicly and shamelessly threatened the brave men and women of ICE on social media, calling for them to be injured and killed. Anyone who threatens federal law enforcement will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

WBIR Channel 10, Knoxville: Sept. 21 report on the indictment of David Kerr for threats against ICE officers.

Source: DHS — HSI Investigation Leads to Charges Against Man Who Threatened to Kill ICE Officers (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/25: LAKE LEWISVILLE – ICE NAMES THE TWO TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS AND FOUR MORE FROM THE 121-ARREST SWEEP

WEDNESDAY’S POST DID NOT NAME THEM. FRIDAY’S ICE RELEASE DOES. ICE Dallas published the full account Friday of the summer enforcement push around Lake Lewisville that arrested 121 people, including two self-admitted Tren de Aragua members. The initiative ran from June 27 through Labor Day weekend. This page carried the arrest total on Sept. 23. The names below are new.

ICE said the people arrested had records that included assault, family violence, theft, burglary, sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child by sexual contact, evading arrest with a vehicle, driving while intoxicated, and boating while intoxicated. ICE Dallas Field Office Director Miguel Vergara: “These arrests reflect our continued focus on public safety and the rule of law.”

NAMED IN THE FRIDAY RELEASE:

• Willian Josue Ordonez Vasquez, 24 (Venezuela) — self-admitted Tren de Aragua member. ICE said he and Cabrera-Zelaya were under investigation by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for allegedly running an illegal boat-livery operation on Lake Lewisville.
• Edwin Josue Cabrera-Zelaya, 22 (Honduras) — self-admitted Tren de Aragua member. Same illegal-livery investigation.
• Jose Almendares Suazo, 30 (Honduras) — previously removed. Prior conviction for assault causing bodily injury and a prior arrest for assault involving family violence. Transferred to U.S. Marshals Service custody.
• Diego Gomez Hernandez, 22 (Mexico) — ICE said officers found a 13-year-old girl in his vehicle during the arrest, contacted her legal guardian, and took her into custody. Lewisville police responded to follow up on possible violations of Texas law.
• Luis Alfrando Digueros Quintanilla, 23 (Guatemala) — previously removed. Prior arrest for felony sexual assault of a child out of Dallas County.
• Axon Solomon Mejia Ortega, 35 (Mexico) — unlawfully present. Prior arrest for felony indecency with a child by sexual contact out of Dallas County.

Source: ICE — 121 arrests during summer enforcement initiative at Lake Lewisville, including 2 Tren de Aragua members (Sept. 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: DALLAS – ICE TAKES A THREE-TIME DEPORTEE AFTER DALLAS POLICE HONOR A DETAINER

THREE PRIOR REMOVALS TO MEXICO. A CONTROLLED-SUBSTANCE CHARGE. DALLAS POLICE TURNED HIM OVER. ICE said Thursday afternoon that it took custody of Kevin Guillermo from the Dallas Police Department. Dallas police had arrested him on charges of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance, lack of identification, and littering. The department honored the ICE detainer and released him to ICE instead of back into the community.

ICE said Guillermo has a criminal history in the United States dating to 2016 and has been removed to Mexico, his home country, three times. ICE said that after he faces justice for illegal reentry after removal, the agency will deport him again.

Source: ICE official account — Kevin Guillermo (Sept. 24, 2026, 3:45 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS CHILD PREDATORS, HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, AND ARMED CARJACKERS

SEXUAL BATTERY OF A CHILD UNDER 13. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. FORCED LABOR. ARMED CARJACKING. COCAINE. DHS said Thursday that ICE yesterday arrested more criminal illegal aliens, including people convicted of sexual battery of children, human trafficking, and armed carjacking. These five names are not on the Wednesday Worst of the Worst list already on this page.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, the patriots of ICE arrested child predators, human traffickers, armed carjackers, and other dangerous illegal aliens. Under President Trump’s leadership, we will always prioritize enforcing the law and protecting Americans over illegal aliens.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept. 24):

• Damani Javier Cunningham (Jamaica) — convicted of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years old and strangulation in Bristol, Virginia.
• Ever Edilberto Zuniga-Ramirez (El Salvador) — convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography in Boston, Massachusetts.
• Alfonso Mejia-Preciado (Mexico) — convicted of human trafficking / forced labor in Oakland, California.
• Cesar Octavio Valenzuela-Campos (Mexico) — convicted of armed carjacking in San Francisco, California.
• Ulises Carlos Saltos-Posligoa (Ecuador) — convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine in Tampa, Florida.

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Child Predators, Human Traffickers, and Armed Carjackers (Sept. 24, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: DHS — ASSAULTS ON ICE UP 1,649 PERCENT

647 ASSAULTS. 37 IN THE SAME SPAN UNDER BIDEN. DHS PUTS THE INCREASE AT 1,649 PERCENT. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that assaults against ICE rose from 37 between Jan. 20, 2021, and Sept. 20, 2022, to 647 between Jan. 20, 2025, and Sept. 20, 2026.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Since President Trump unleashed ICE to do their jobs, assaults against them have risen by more than 1,600% in the first year and a half of the administration. This is the result of the vicious lies being spread by sanctuary politicians and their foot soldiers who are involved in anti-ICE riots and other acts of violence. DHS is calling on these sanctuary politicians to stop attacking federal law enforcement, stop putting the needs of illegal aliens ahead of the safety of American citizens, and to start working with us to make America safe again.”

DHS published a list of statements it called hateful rhetoric. The list includes Rep. Greg Casar saying Austin would be safer when ICE leaves, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson calling ICE rogue, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz comparing ICE to a “modern-day Gestapo,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett comparing ICE to slave patrols, and Rep. Ilhan Omar calling to abolish ICE.

ATTACKS DHS CITED WITH THE NEW COUNT:

• January 2026, Minneapolis — DHS said three rioters attacked an HSI agent and one bit off one of his fingers.
• November 2025, Houston — DHS said an illegal alien hit an ICE officer in the face with a metal coffee cup. The laceration took 13 stitches.
• December 2025, Tullos, Louisiana — DHS said an illegal alien bit an ICE officer while resisting arrest.
• August 2025, Washington, D.C. — DHS said an illegal alien resisted arrest and an ICE officer was thrown to the ground and received a concussion.
• July 2025, Alvarado, Texas — DHS said attackers opened fire on ICE officers at the Prairieland Detention Center and a police officer was shot. Eight suspects were convicted in March 2026 and sentenced in June 2026 to terms from 30 years to 100 years.
• September 2025, Dallas — DHS again cited the sniper attack on the ICE field office that killed two detainees.
• October 2025, Dallas — DHS said it arrested Eduardo Aguilar, an illegal alien from Mexico, after a TikTok post offered $10,000 for each ICE agent.
• June 2025, Bellevue, Nebraska — DHS said Tren de Aragua member Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco threw an HSI agent to the ground, slammed her head into the pavement, and was charged with attempted murder.

Source: DHS — assaults on ICE up more than 1,600 percent (Sept. 24, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: SAN DIEGO – HSI CHARGES 17 IN A FENTANYL NETWORK; 13 TAKEN IN THE TAKEDOWN

MORE THAN 27 KILOGRAMS OF FENTANYL. MORE THAN 13 MILLION DOSES KEPT OFF THE STREET. TWO FUGITIVES STILL OUT. ICE said Thursday that 17 alleged members of a San Diego fentanyl trafficking organization were charged in federal court with distributing fentanyl in the city. The coordinated takedown was Sept. 3.

ICE said more than 200 federal, state, and local officers arrested 13 defendants that day and executed a search warrant in San Diego. Two defendants had been arrested earlier the same week. Two are fugitives.

Over the 10-month Homeland Security Task Force investigation, ICE said agents seized more than 27 kilograms of fentanyl, more than 14.5 kilograms of cocaine, 0.6 kilograms of heroin, 0.8 kilograms of methamphetamine, and $49,000 in cash. HSI acting Executive Associate Director John Condon: “This investigation has been a massive, life-saving success, but we are not satisfied yet. The combined effort of the HSTF, HSI San Diego, along with state and local partners has prevented more deadly fentanyl from reaching our neighborhoods, but this work continues.”

ICE’s account of the case: HSI San Diego and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department opened it in November 2025. On Nov. 25, 2025, agents seized 4.8 kilograms of fentanyl, 0.8 kilograms of methamphetamine, and $10,042, and arrested Fabian Iniguez Ontiveros. Ledgers showed the organization selling an ounce of fentanyl for $600 to $700 and taking in as much as $20,000 in one night. After that arrest, ICE said investigators identified Maricielo Ibarra Barrera as the new principal distributor in the United States. Wiretaps from June through August 2026 caught calls and texts between members in the United States and Mexico.

On Aug. 17, agents arrested Ibarra at her residence and found about 1.7 kilograms of fentanyl, 0.6 kilograms of heroin, and $15,568. On Sept. 1, agents arrested Richard Alexander Arias Cruz and Juan Manuel Godinez and seized 14.52 kilograms of cocaine and 20.28 kilograms of fentanyl. Those weights are part of the investigation total, not a second haul on top of the 27 kilograms.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced the charges Sept. 4. ICE posted its release Thursday. HSI San Diego’s Fentanyl Abatement and Suppression Team led the investigation.

Sources: ICE — 17 charged in San Diego fentanyl network (Sept. 24, 2026) | U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California (Sept. 4, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: DALLAS – HSI INDICTS EIGHT IN A SEX-TRAFFICKING AND MONEY-LAUNDERING CASE

EIGHT FEDERAL INDICTMENTS. 21 FIREARMS. SIX IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. UP TO LIFE IF CONVICTED. ICE said Thursday that a three-year HSI Dallas investigation ended in eight federal indictments. Prosecutors allege a sex-trafficking and money-laundering conspiracy operating out of the Paris Adult Bookstore in Dallas.

In February 2026, the North Texas Trafficking Task Force served search warrants at the business, at residences, and at a supply warehouse, and seized bank accounts tied to the case. On July 22, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced the indictments. Each defendant is charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. Added charges on some of them include sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking of a minor, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Six of the eight were arrested July 24 and are in federal custody. Agents recovered 21 firearms. ICE said several defendants face up to life in federal prison if convicted. An indictment is an allegation. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

NAMED IN THE INDICTMENT (per ICE, Sept. 24):

• Aaron Tyrone Betford, 43 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
• Montre Lamont Mason, 51 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking of a minor, conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and felon in possession of a firearm.
• Eileen Mason, 52 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
• Trelynn Love Mason, 24 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
• Larry Jones, 51 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion, sex trafficking of a minor, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
• Krishenda Doss, 37 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
• Reginald Rose, 38 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion.
• Antonio Dario Osorio-Avelar, 23 — conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a minor.

Prosecutors allege the store used its retail floor and arcade rooms to hide commercial sex, including trafficking of adults and minors, and that workers charged cash fees for the rooms. ICE said the prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force stood up under Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. HSI Dallas Assistant Special Agent in Charge Judy Pardo said the indictments are a step toward dismantling a network that exploited adults and minors for profit. The investigation started in November 2023. HSI Dallas, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the Dallas Police Department worked it through the North Texas Trafficking Task Force.

Source: ICE — HSI Dallas sex-trafficking and money-laundering indictments (Sept. 24, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: REMOVED – ICE SENDS OUT A SEX ABUSER, A ROBBER, AND COCAINE TRAFFICKERS

UNLAWFUL SEXUAL PENETRATION. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. 500 GRAMS OF COCAINE. ALIEN SMUGGLING. REMOVED. ICE said Thursday afternoon that drug dealers, robbers, and other dangerous criminals were removed. These seven names are not on the arrest or removal lists already on this page. ICE did not list the courts or the conviction dates.

ICE: “ICE is delivering on the American people’s mandate to find, arrest, and DEPORT illegal aliens. Yesterday, drug dealers, robbers, and other dangerous criminals were REMOVED from our nation.”

NAMED REMOVALS (per ICE, Sept. 24):

• Jose Rodriguez-Gomez (Mexico) — convicted of unlawful sexual penetration and sexual abuse.
• Juan Diaz-Pinzon (Mexico) — convicted of DUI, exhibiting a deadly weapon, transportation of a controlled substance, and attempted second-degree robbery.
• Saul Pineda Escobar (Honduras) — convicted of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
• Edgar Joaquin Meza-Inda (Mexico) — convicted of smuggling aliens.
• Juan Antonio Romero-Lopez (Mexico) — convicted of assault.
• Carlos Armando Flores Galiego (Guatemala) — convicted of use or possession of drug paraphernalia and felony forgery.
• Efrain Puluc-Cos (Guatemala) — convicted of DUI.

Source: ICE official account — removal thread (Sept. 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: SEATTLE – ICE ARRESTS A MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED FOR METH TRAFFICKING

POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METH. 36 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON. HELD FOR REMOVAL. ICE Seattle said Thursday that officers arrested Armida Cayetano-Ruiz, 34, an illegal alien from Mexico. The office said she was convicted federally of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and sentenced to 36 months in prison. She will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Source: ICE Seattle — arrest of Armida Cayetano-Ruiz (Sept. 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: DALLAS – ICE NAMES THE TWO DETAINEES KILLED IN THE FIELD OFFICE ATTACK

31 AND 37. MEXICO AND EL SALVADOR. THREE DETAINEES STRUCK. TWO DEAD. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday afternoon that it is remembering the two detainees killed when a sniper opened fire on the Dallas field office one year ago.

ICE named Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, 31, of Mexico, and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, 37, of El Salvador. The agency said the sniper targeted federal law enforcement and struck three detainees arriving at the facility. No officers or staff were physically injured. ICE said Dallas employees, including Officer Andres, shielded and rescued detainees under fire.

Thursday’s ICE post spelled Guzman-Fuentes’s first name “Orlan.” ICE’s Sept. 29, 2025 release and the agency detainee death report identify him as Norlan Guzman-Fuentes. ICE said on Oct. 2, 2025, that Garcia-Hernandez died of his wounds on Sept. 29.

Sources: ICE — names the two detainees killed at the Dallas field office (Sept. 24, 2026, 1:05 p.m. Pacific) | ICE — Norlan Guzman-Fuentes identified (Sept. 29, 2025) | ICE — Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez dies of his wounds (Oct. 2, 2025)

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BREAKING 9/24: EL CENTRO – BORDER PATROL AND ICE TAKE AN ECUADORIAN NATIONAL WANTED FOR FRAUD INTO CUSTODY

VISA OVERSTAY. WANTED FOR FRAUD AT HOME. ERO NEWARK ON THE ARREST. El Centro Sector Border Patrol said Thursday that agents tracked down an Ecuadorian national who overstayed his visa and remained in the United States. The sector said he is wanted for fraud in his home country.

Working with ICE and ERO Newark, agents took him into custody. El Centro said he now faces detention, removal proceedings, and a return home to face justice. The sector did not release his name.

Source: El Centro Sector Border Patrol — Ecuadorian national wanted for fraud taken into custody (Sept. 24, 2026, 12:18 p.m. Pacific)

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9/24: DALLAS – DHS MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE ON THE ICE FIELD OFFICE

ROOFTOP. SALLYPORT VAN. ANTI-ICE MARKINGS ON THE CASINGS. TWO DETAINEES KILLED. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it has been one year since a gunman attacked the ICE field office in Dallas.

DHS said that on Sept. 24, 2025, the gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop. He fired at the ICE building, including a van in the sallyport where illegal aliens were shot. Two detainees were killed. DHS said the sniper fired indiscriminately, shot three people, and then took his own life. The department said his shell casings were marked with anti-ICE messages and that he came to murder law enforcement officers.

DHS: “This anti-law enforcement attack was the result of the endless smears from sanctuary politicians and the media seeking to dehumanize ICE.” The department said President Trump and Secretary Markwayne Mullin stand with the men and women of ICE. A second DHS post said, “Our officers are the best of the best. They risk their lives to protect our nation.”

The FBI identified the gunman as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. In June, Secretary Mullin awarded Distinguished Service Medals at that field office to Enforcement Removal Assistant Christopher Pyne and Deportation Officers Marco Solis and Andres Goche. DHS said Pyne and Solis gave first aid to two critically injured detainees in the transport van, and Goche made the first 911 call and helped pull detainees out of the van while it was under fire.

Sources: DHS — one year since the Dallas field office attack (Sept. 24, 2026, 11:19 a.m. Pacific) | DHS — anniversary video post (Sept. 24, 2026, 11:30 a.m. Pacific) | ICE repost (Sept. 24, 2026, 11:44 a.m. Pacific) | DHS — Distinguished Service Medals for the Dallas officers (June 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: GRAND RAPIDS – DHS SAYS ICE BROKE OFF THE STOP BEFORE A GUATEMALAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CRASHED AND DIED

HALF A MILE. OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR. A TREE. A FIRE. DHS SAYS THE STOP WAS ALREADY CALLED OFF. The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that ICE officers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, tried to stop a vehicle on Sept. 20 during a targeted enforcement operation, the driver fled, and the officers discontinued the stop. A short time later they found the car crashed and burning nearly half a mile away. The driver was dead.

DHS said the vehicle was registered to a known criminal illegal alien with multiple alcohol-related driving offenses who is also wanted in Guatemala on a drunk-and-disorderly charge. Officers were trying to confirm who was behind the wheel. DHS said the driver fled at a high rate of speed and, in the interest of public safety, officers immediately ended the enforcement action. Local officials estimated the vehicle was traveling well over 100 miles per hour when it hit a tree and caught fire. DHS said ICE officers tried to render aid and extinguish the fire until Grand Rapids police and fire arrived. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

DHS identified the driver as Mario David Coronado-Juarez, not the registered owner. DHS said he is an illegal alien from Guatemala who was removed by Border Patrol in 2021 and later reentered the United States, a felony, at an unknown date and location.

DHS: “Resisting officers and evading arrest is dangerous for our officers, illegal aliens, and the public.”

Grand Rapids police said the crash was about 7:10 a.m. Sunday near Century Avenue SW and McKendrick Street, and that ICE personnel had tried to stop the vehicle before the driver fled. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has directed the Michigan State Police to review the law enforcement actions around the crash. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said ICE pursued Coronado-Juarez and caused the fatal crash. DHS said officers found the wreck nearly half a mile from where they had broken off the stop. Guatemala’s consul general in Chicago, Rosario Ovando, told NBC News that Coronado-Juarez was 36 and from San Marcos.

Sources: DHS — Grand Rapids statement (Sept. 24, 2026, 11:02 a.m. Pacific) | Detroit Free Press | NBC News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZen_bBFT94

FOX 17 Grand Rapids: Wednesday report on the police account that the driver fled an attempted ICE stop and crashed. DHS issued its statement Thursday that officers had already discontinued the stop.

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BREAKING 9/24: NEW JERSEY – HSI AND THE FBI ARREST A SENEGALESE LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT ACCUSED OF VOTING IN THREE GENERAL ELECTIONS

ENTERED IN 1993. GREEN CARD IN 2009. ACCUSED OF VOTING IN 2018, 2020, AND 2024. ARRESTED SEPT. 17. DHS said Thursday that a joint HSI and FBI investigation ended with the arrest of Sanata Coulibaly, a lawful permanent resident from Senegal, on charges that she illegally voted in New Jersey.

On Sept. 17, HSI New Jersey and FBI New Jersey executed a federal criminal arrest warrant charging Coulibaly with procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully and voting by an alien. DHS said evidence gathered by HSI indicates she illegally voted in the 2018, 2020, and 2024 general elections, and that she admitted voting in 2020 and 2024.

DHS said Coulibaly first entered the United States in September 1993 and was granted lawful permanent resident status in November 2009.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This alien from Senegal has been charged with procurement of citizenship or naturalization unlawfully and voting by an alien after allegedly voting in THREE general elections in New Jersey. Sanctuary politicians can try to claim that this kind of voter fraud isn’t happening, but it’s very real and is a serious threat to our country. Non-citizens have no right to vote in our elections. The Trump Administration will always protect the integrity of our election systems so that only American citizens are electing American leaders.”

DHS said Mullin warned the New Jersey secretary of state in June, along with the secretaries of state of California, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, about non-citizens on voter rolls. The department said a preliminary review of state records found as many as 35,152 non-citizens registered to vote in New Jersey, and that Gov. Mikie Sherrill has admitted about 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote in the state.

Source: DHS — HSI and FBI arrest Senegalese alien for illegally voting in past elections in New Jersey (Sept. 24, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/24: HOUSTON – ICE ARRESTS A PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED MEXICAN NATIONAL WITH A WEAPONS ARREST AND A FELONY RESISTING CONVICTION

ARRESTED SEPT. 23. PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED. UNLAWFUL WEAPON. FELONY RESISTING ARREST. ICE Houston said Thursday that officers arrested Omar Diaz Romero, a previously deported criminal illegal alien from Mexico, on Sept. 23 in Houston. The office said he has been arrested for unlawfully carrying a weapon and convicted of felony resisting arrest.

Source: ICE Houston — arrest of Omar Diaz Romero (Sept. 24, 2026, 10:32 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: FAYETTE COUNTY – ICE HOUSTON AND 287(g) PARTNERS ARREST A HONDURAN NATIONAL CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS

RELEASED INTO THE COUNTRY IN 2024. CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS. ARRESTED SEPT. 23. ICE Houston said Thursday that officers, with 287(g) partners in Fayette County, arrested Jose Pacheco-Santos, a criminal alien from Honduras, on Sept. 23. The office said he was released into the United States in 2024 and was later convicted of criminal trespassing.

Source: ICE Houston — arrest of Jose Pacheco-Santos (Sept. 24, 2026, 10:31 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: NEW ORLEANS – ICE ARRESTS A MARSHALL ISLANDS NATIONAL CONVICTED OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL AND BATTERY

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL. BATTERY. BENTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS. ICE New Orleans said Thursday that officers arrested Leeroy Latior, a criminal illegal alien from the Marshall Islands. The office said he was convicted of possession of sexually explicit child material and battery in Benton County, Arkansas.

Source: ICE New Orleans — arrest of Leeroy Latior (Sept. 24, 2026, 6:43 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: PADRE ISLAND – BORDER PATROL, COAST GUARD, AND CBP AIR AND MARINE ARREST A U.S. CITIZEN DRIVER AND SIX NONCITIZENS HIDING IN THE DUNES

SUSPECTED HUMAN SMUGGLING. A COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT. A DRONE OVER THE DUNES. SIX FOUND HIDING. THE DRIVER ARRESTED. CBP Air and Marine Operations said Thursday that federal, state, and local partners disrupted a suspected human smuggling event near Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, on Sept. 23.

U.S. Border Patrol identified suspicious vehicles in the area. A U.S. Coast Guard aircraft located people associated with those vehicles. A Corpus Christi Marine Unit agent then deployed a small unmanned aircraft to support the officers moving in. The operation ended with the arrest of a U.S. citizen driver and six noncitizens found hiding in the dunes. CBP did not name them.

CBP Air and Marine: “From the air, on the ground, and across agencies, we will stop and arrest anyone attempting to cross our borders illegally.”

Source: CBP Air and Marine Operations — Padre Island smuggling arrests (Sept. 24, 2026, 7:53 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: SIERRA BLANCA – BORDER PATROL K-9 BOXY TRACKS DOWN FOUR ILLEGAL ALIENS

K-9 TRACK. FOUR IN CUSTODY. BIG BEND SECTOR. Big Bend Sector Border Patrol said Thursday that Sierra Blanca Station agents, assisted by K-9 Boxy, tracked and apprehended four subjects who had entered the United States illegally.

Acting Chief Patrol Agent Josh B. Barrett said the agents remain committed to securing the border and protecting communities. The sector did not name the four or give their nationalities.

Source: Big Bend Sector Border Patrol — K-9 Boxy track at Sierra Blanca (Sept. 24, 2026, 6:01 a.m. Pacific) | Local: KOSA — K-9 helps agents arrest four in Sierra Blanca

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BREAKING 9/23: ELLENBURG – BORDER PATROL STOPS A SMUGGLER HAULING FOUR INDIAN NATIONALS IN FROM CANADA

NORTHERN BORDER. A U.S. CITIZEN RAN. CHARGED WITH ALIEN SMUGGLING. FOUR INDIAN NATIONALS IN THE LOAD. Swanton Sector Border Patrol said Wednesday that Burke Station agents disrupted a human smuggling event near Ellenburg, New York.

A U.S. citizen fled from agents and was stopped. The sector said that person was charged under 8 U.S.C. § 1324 for transporting four Indian nationals who had illegally entered the United States from Canada. The sector did not name the driver or the four.

Acting Chief Patrol Agent Richard J. Fortunato said Swanton Sector will keep working to disrupt human smuggling and protect the communities it serves.

Source: Swanton Sector Border Patrol — Ellenburg smuggling stop (Sept. 23, 2026, 8:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: MOAB – ICE ARRESTS FOUR ILLEGAL ALIENS, TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS WITH REMOVAL ORDERS AND TWO TURKISH NATIONALS

TARGETED ENFORCEMENT ON SEPT. 21. TWO WITH DEPORTATION RECORDS. TWO FROM TURKEY. SHERIFF SAYS HE WAS NOT CALLED. ICE told local reporters it arrested four people in Moab, Utah, on Monday, Sept. 21, in a targeted enforcement operation. The agency described two Mexican nationals as having a final order of removal and a prior voluntary departure followed by illegal reentry, and identified the other two as Turkish nationals in the country illegally. ICE has not named them or said where they are being held.

ICE said it called the shared dispatch center and the Moab Police Department on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19, ahead of the arrests, and that a sergeant called back to confirm the deputy chief was notified. ICE: “ICE strives to be a good partner with all law enforcement agencies including the MPD but any statement by the sheriff to say the department was not notified is false.” Grand County Sheriff Jamison Wiggins said his office was not told in advance and did not take part.

Sources: KSL — ICE statement on the Moab operation (updated Sept. 22, 2026) | Moab Sun News | The Times-Independent

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BREAKING 9/24: HOUSTON – ICE REMOVES GUATEMALAN FUGITIVE WANTED FOR RAPE

DEPORTED IN 2010. ALLEGED RAPE. BACK IN THE UNITED STATES. REMOVED SEPT. 23. ICE Houston said Thursday that officers, with ERO Guatemala and the SAFE task force, removed Manuel Cux Toy to Guatemala on Sept. 23. The office called him a previously deported criminal alien and a foreign fugitive wanted for rape.

ICE Houston said Cux Toy was deported to Guatemala in 2010. The office said he is alleged to have raped a woman twice in 2016, and that the victim became pregnant. ICE said he illegally reentered the United States on an unknown date and was not encountered again until officers arrested him on Sept. 14.

On arrival at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, ICE officers transferred Cux Toy to Guatemalan authorities to face prosecution for the alleged crimes.

Source: ICE Houston — removal of Manuel Cux Toy (Sept. 24, 2026, 6:50 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: DOUGLAS – ICE REMOVES MEXICAN NATIONAL CAUGHT WITH SEVEN OTHERS

DUI. DRUGS. ILLEGAL ENTRY. CRIMES AGAINST A PERSON. A CHILD-CRUELTY ARREST. SENT BACK TO MEXICO. ICE said Thursday that federal partners apprehended Jesus Camarillo Reyes along with seven other people in Douglas, Arizona, on Sept. 6. He refused to cooperate in his interview and admitted he is a Mexican national in the country illegally.

ICE said his convictions include DUI, drugs, illegal entry, and crimes against a person. The agency said he has been arrested multiple other times for drunk driving and once for child cruelty. ICE removed him to Mexico. The agency said President Trump has zero tolerance for illegal aliens, least of all criminal illegal aliens who try to reenter the country illegally.

Source: ICE official account — removal of Jesus Camarillo Reyes (Sept. 24, 2026, 6:05 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: MARLBOROUGH – ICE BOSTON ARRESTS GUATEMALAN TRUCK DRIVER WITH NO LICENSE AFTER A CRASH THAT SENT A CHILD TO THE HOSPITAL

NO CDL. NO DRIVER’S LICENSE. ILLEGAL TURN. A CHILD HOSPITALIZED. 31 MORE VIOLATIONS ON AN EARLIER STOP. ICE Boston said Thursday that officers arrested Maximo Garcia-Lopez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, on Sept. 18 after his alleged role in a tractor-trailer crash in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

ICE Boston said reports identify Garcia-Lopez as the driver who made an illegal turn and crashed into another vehicle. A young child in that vehicle needed emergency medical care and was hospitalized. The office said he has neither a commercial driver’s license nor a driver’s license.

Record checks show he was cited Sept. 4 as an unlicensed operator of a 60-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer in Connecticut for YMY Transport LLC of Virginia. ICE Boston said the inspection of that Freightliner found 31 additional violations.

Source: ICE Boston — arrest of Maximo Garcia-Lopez (Sept. 24, 2026, 3:36 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/24: EASTERN PACIFIC – COAST GUARD CUTTER TAMPA SEIZES MORE THAN 25,000 POUNDS OF COCAINE; 13 SUSPECTED SMUGGLERS TAKEN OFF THE BOATS

THREE INTERDICTIONS. SIX DAYS. MORE THAN 25,256 POUNDS. OPERATION PACIFIC VIPER NOW OVER 262,000 POUNDS. DHS said Thursday that the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa seized more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine in three Eastern Pacific interdictions and pushed Operation Pacific Viper past 260,000 pounds.

• Sept. 11, south of Costa Rica: about 3,100 kilograms (more than 6,800 pounds) of cocaine. Three suspected smugglers embarked. The go-fast was sunk as a hazard to navigation.
• Sept. 15, south of Panama: two suspected smuggling vessels. About 6,827 kilograms (more than 15,000 pounds) of cocaine. Six suspected smugglers embarked.
• Sept. 16, south of Panama: a go-fast stopped with warning shots and disabling fire. About 1,568 kilograms (3,456 pounds) of cocaine. Four suspected narco-terrorists interdicted.

DHS put the six-day total at 11,456 kilograms, more than 25,256 pounds, and said that is about 9.5 million potentially deadly doses. The Coast Guard has now seized about 119,165 kilograms, over 262,000 pounds, in Operation Pacific Viper.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “In just six days, the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has seized more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine in three interdictions, bringing the total amount of cocaine seized in Operation Pacific Viper to more than 260,000 pounds. Thanks to the hard work of the brave men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard, more than 9 million lethal doses of cocaine will never reach our shores.”

Admiral Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard: “Coast Guard crews are taking the fight to narco-terrorists in the maritime domain, denying them the routes they rely on to move drugs, money and violence, while protecting the homeland and disrupting transnational criminal organizations far from U.S. shores.”

Source: DHS — U.S. Coast Guard surpasses 260,000 total pounds of cocaine seized in Operation Pacific Viper (Sept. 24, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/23: REMOVED – ICE SENDS OUT RAPISTS, A MURDER SOLICITOR, AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS

CHILD MOLESTATION. RAPE. SOLICITATION OF MURDER. COCAINE. METH. WIRE FRAUD. REMOVED. ICE said Wednesday afternoon that gang members, rapists, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals have been removed. These 11 names are not on the arrest or removal lists already on this page. ICE did not list the courts or the conviction dates.

ICE: “Gang members, rapists, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals have been REMOVED by the patriots of ICE. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE will not be deterred from enforcing the immigration laws written by Congress.”

NAMED REMOVALS (per ICE, Sept. 23):

• Juan Matus (Mexico) — convicted of child molestation.
• Luis Enrique Acuna Vega (Mexico) — convicted of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and DUI.
• Temitope Oluwaseun Bashua (Nigeria) — convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
• Carlos Gerardo Brindas-Guzman (Mexico) — convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
• Isaac Martinez-Flores (Mexico) — convicted of indecent liberties with a child.
• Noel Arrea-Martinez (Mexico) — convicted of rape and child molestation.
• Jose Miguel Rojas-Rosario (Dominican Republic) — convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on board a vessel.
• Mario Eguizabal Sandoval (El Salvador) — convicted of a lewd act upon a child.
• Rafael Vargas-Baltazar (Mexico) — convicted of solicitation of murder.
• Edgar Obdulio Romero Vasquez (Guatemala) — convicted of attempted possession of 500 grams or more of cocaine with intent to distribute.
• Vicente Garcia-Valenzuela (Mexico) — convicted of criminal attempt aggravated sexual battery.

Source: ICE official account — removal thread (Sept. 23, 2026, 3:17 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: KANSAS – HSI ARRESTS NIGERIAN NATIONAL ACCUSED OF VOTING BY AN ALIEN AND A FALSE CITIZENSHIP CLAIM

ELECTION FRAUD. VOTING BY AN ALIEN. FALSE CLAIM OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP. BOTH FELONIES. HSI Kansas City said Wednesday that agents arrested George Olawunmi Johnson, of Nigeria, on Sept. 23 for crimes related to election fraud.

HSI said Johnson is accused of violating federal law on voting by aliens and on false claims of U.S. citizenship. The office said both are felony charges. Photos posted with the announcement show HSI agents with Johnson in custody at Johnson County, Kansas, Central Booking. HSI linked a U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas release on a Nigerian national indicted for illegally voting. ICE Chicago and HSI Chicago carried the same announcement.

Source: HSI Kansas City — arrest of George Olawunmi Johnson (Sept. 23, 2026, 2:56 p.m. Pacific)

Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Kansas — Nigerian national indicted for illegally voting

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BREAKING 9/23: SEATTLE – ICE ARRESTS MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ARREST

DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. STOLEN FIREARM. HELD FOR REMOVAL. ICE Seattle said officers arrested Agustin Castellanos-Cuevas, 25, an illegal alien from Mexico.

ICE Seattle said Auburn, Washington police arrested him in 2020 for a drive-by shooting and possession of a stolen firearm. The office said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Source: ICE Seattle — arrest of Agustin Castellanos-Cuevas (Sept. 23, 2026, 2:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: PROGRESO – BORDER PATROL NABS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED MEXICAN WANTED FOR HOMICIDE

HOMICIDE WARRANT IN MEXICO. FELONY ILLEGAL REENTRY. THEN BACK TO FACE MURDER CHARGES. The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol said Wednesday that agents apprehended a previously deported Mexican national attempting to illegally enter the United States near Progreso, Texas.

The chief said record checks showed an active homicide warrant in Mexico. He said the man now faces federal prosecution for felony illegal reentry before being repatriated to Mexico to face murder charges. Border Patrol did not name him.

Source: U.S. Border Patrol Chief — previously deported Mexican with a homicide warrant stopped near Progreso (Sept. 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: CARRIZO SPRINGS – BORDER PATROL STOPS A CONVICTED FELON TRYING TO SNEAK BACK IN

MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF PRISON TIME. CAUGHT TRYING TO COME BACK. Del Rio Sector Border Patrol said Carrizo Springs agents caught a convicted felon attempting to sneak back into the United States.

The sector said his crimes have racked up more than 20 years of prison sentencing. It did not name him and did not list the convictions.

Source: Del Rio Sector Border Patrol — Carrizo Springs convicted-felon stop (Sept. 23, 2026, 12:45 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: CHICAGO – ICE REMOVES MEXICAN HOMICIDE FUGITIVE CONVICTED OF ASSAULT AND ILLEGAL REENTRY

WANTED FOR HOMICIDE IN MEXICO. ASSAULT. ILLEGAL REENTRY MORE THAN ONCE. REMOVED. ICE Chicago said deportation officers removed Pedro Sandoval-Romero, 53, a criminal illegal alien and fugitive wanted for homicide in Mexico.

ICE Chicago said Sandoval-Romero was convicted of assault and of illegal reentry into the United States multiple times under the Clinton and Obama administrations.

Source: ICE Chicago — removal of Pedro Sandoval-Romero (Sept. 23, 2026, 12:32 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: EL PASO – ICE ARRESTS MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WANTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT

FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. WANTED AT HOME. IN ICE CUSTODY. ICE El Paso said officers arrested Adrian Dozal, 43, an illegal alien from Mexico with a final order of removal.

ICE El Paso said Dozal is wanted for embezzlement in his home country. The office said he is in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.

Source: ICE El Paso — arrest of Adrian Dozal (Sept. 23, 2026, 12:14 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, AND RAPISTS

MURDER. RAPE OF A CHILD. RAPE. ASSAULT. A NEW WEDNESDAY LIST. DHS said Wednesday that ICE yesterday arrested more criminal illegal aliens, including people convicted of murder, rape of a child, rape, and assault. These five names are not the Tuesday Worst of the Worst list already on this page.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the brave men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove illegal aliens from our communities. Yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and other dangerous criminals. President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would Make America Safe Again, and DHS is delivering on that promise. We will never apologize for arresting and removing illegal aliens who should never have been in America in the first place.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept. 23):

• Esteban Enriquez-Munoz (Mexico) — convicted of murder, robbery, and assault in Orange, California.
• Viengxay Chaleunphong (Laos) — convicted of three counts of rape of a child and assault and battery on a child under 14 in Woburn, Massachusetts.
• Jendrick Ordonez-Calate (Guatemala) — convicted of rape in Sussex County, Delaware.
• Jorge Avila-Velez (Mexico) — convicted of possessing, viewing, or controlling 1,000 to 100,000 items of child sexual abuse material in Passaic, New Jersey.
• Hamza Boufnichal (Morocco) — convicted of obstruction, false identification, grand larceny, and assault and battery in Fairfax, Virginia.

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, and Rapists (Sept. 23, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/23: RIO GRANDE VALLEY – BORDER PATROL CATCHES COCAINE SMUGGLERS AT A CHECKPOINT

CHECKPOINT. COCAINE. CHARGES. Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol said Wednesday that smugglers tried to sneak cocaine past a checkpoint and are facing charges.

The sector said the smugglers thought they could get the load through. It did not name them, did not give a weight, and did not name the checkpoint.

Source: Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol — cocaine stopped at a checkpoint (Sept. 23, 2026, 8:16 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS ORANGE COUNTY GANG MEMBER FROM MEXICO

BATTERY. GANG ACTIVITY. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON. HELD FOR AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE. ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested Luis Martinez, from Mexico, a gang member from Orange County.

ICE Los Angeles said he was sentenced to 5-plus years for battery and gang activity in 2019 and for aggravated assault with a weapon in 2025. The office said it will hold him until he appears before an immigration judge for removal proceedings.

Source: ICE Los Angeles — arrest of Luis Martinez (Sept. 22, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: ESSEX, MARYLAND – ICE ARRESTS MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH CHILD SEX OFFENSES ON HIS RECORD

SEX OFFENSE AGAINST A CHILD. SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR. IN ICE CUSTODY. ICE Washington, D.C. said officers arrested Victor Moreno-Jimenez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, in Essex, Maryland.

ICE Washington, D.C. said his criminal history includes sex offense against a child – fondling and sexual exploitation of a minor – sex performance. The office said he will remain in ICE custody.

Source: ICE Washington, D.C. — arrest of Victor Moreno-Jimenez (Sept. 22, 2026, 1:11 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: EL PASO – ICE REMOVES MEXICAN FUGITIVE WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING AND THEFT

FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. WANTED IN MEXICO. HANDED OVER AT THE STANTON STREET BRIDGE. ICE El Paso said officers removed Getzael Baltazar, an illegal alien from Mexico, and turned him over to Mexican authorities at the Stanton Street International Bridge.

ICE El Paso said Baltazar is a fugitive wanted for kidnapping and theft in his home country and that he had a final order of removal.

Source: ICE El Paso — removal of Getzael Baltazar (Sept. 22, 2026, 10:49 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: YUMA – BORDER PATROL SEIZES ABOUT 150 POUNDS OF METH ON INTERSTATE 8

WELLTON STATION. VEHICLE STOP. TURNED OVER TO THE DEA. Yuma Sector Border Patrol said Wellton Station agents on Sept. 9 disrupted a suspected narcotics smuggling attempt after a vehicle stop on Interstate 8.

The sector said agents found multiple packages containing about 150 pounds of methamphetamine. The subject and the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yuma Sector did not name the subject.

Source: Yuma Sector Border Patrol — Interstate 8 meth seizure (Sept. 22, 2026, 7:52 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: SAN DIEGO – ICE ARRESTS MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CONVICTED OF CARJACKING WITH A FIREARM

CARJACKING WITH A FIREARM. ASSAULT. UNLAWFUL PARAPHERNALIA. IN ICE CUSTODY. ICE San Diego said Wednesday that officers arrested Cesar Valenzuela, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico.

ICE San Diego said his convictions include carjacking with a firearm, assault, and possession of unlawful paraphernalia. The office said he will remain in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings.

Source: ICE San Diego — arrest of Cesar Valenzuela (Sept. 23, 2026, 10:35 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS COLOMBIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR COCAINE ON A VESSEL

EIGHT-PLUS YEARS. COCAINE ON A VESSEL. IN ICE CUSTODY PENDING REMOVAL. ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested Jose Steven Estupinan Cuero, 42, from Colombia.

ICE Los Angeles said that in 2021 he was sentenced to 8-plus years in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute onboard a vessel. The office said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

Source: ICE Los Angeles — arrest of Jose Steven Estupinan Cuero (Sept. 22, 2026, 5:38 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: HARLINGEN – ICE ARRESTS 223 ILLEGAL ALIENS IN A ONE-DAY OPERATION

223 ARRESTS. ONE DAY. MANY WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. ICE Harlingen said Tuesday that a one-day operation resulted in the arrest of 223 illegal aliens unlawfully present in the United States.

ICE Harlingen said many of those arrested had criminal records. The office did not name them and did not give the date of the operation. It said officers will continue arresting and removing illegal aliens who pose a threat to communities.

Source: ICE Harlingen — 223 arrests in a one-day operation (Sept. 22, 2026, 1:13 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: LAKE LEWISVILLE – ICE DALLAS ARRESTS 121 DURING BOATING-SEASON SWEEP, INCLUDING TWO TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS

121 ARRESTS. TWO TREN DE ARAGUA. AN ILLEGAL LIVERY ON THE LAKE. ICE Dallas said Wednesday that officers arrested 121 people in an enforcement push around Lake Lewisville aimed at public safety and at backing local law enforcement during peak boating season.

ICE Dallas said the arrests included two Tren de Aragua gang members who were running an illegal livery operation. The office did not name them. ICE Dallas posted video of the operation with the announcement.

Source: ICE Dallas — Lake Lewisville enforcement arrests (Sept. 23, 2026, 9:55 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: EDINBURG – ICE DEPORTS MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN AFTER HIDALGO COUNTY HONORS A DETAINER

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. FOUR PRIOR VOLUNTARY RETURNS. DETAINER HONORED. DEPORTED. ICE said it deported Fortunato Ortiz-Ramirez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, after taking him from the Hidalgo County Jail in Edinburg, Texas, where he had served time for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

ICE said Ortiz-Ramirez had a violent criminal history and had voluntarily returned to Mexico after apprehension four previous times. The sheriff’s office honored the immigration detainer and transferred him to ICE when he was released.

Source: ICE official account — deportation of Fortunato Ortiz-Ramirez (Sept. 23, 2026, 9:15 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: SAN DIEGO – BORDER PATROL RETURNS MEXICAN NATIONAL WANTED IN MEXICO FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING

ILLEGALLY RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES. WANTED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES. HANDED TO THE FGR. U.S. Border Patrol San Diego Sector said agents apprehended a Mexican national who was illegally in the United States and wanted in Mexico for human smuggling.

The sector said agents worked with Mexico’s Fiscalia General de la Republica and returned him to Mexico to face justice. San Diego Sector did not name him.

Source: San Diego Sector Border Patrol — human-smuggling suspect returned to Mexico (Sept. 23, 2026, 6:00 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: PHILADELPHIA – ICE ARRESTS BRAZILIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CONVICTED OF LEWDNESS OBSERVED BY A CHILD

2022 CONVICTION. A CHILD UNDER 13 SAW IT. PRIOR CHARGES. NOW IN ICE CUSTODY. ICE Philadelphia said officers arrested Samuel Nunes-de Almeida, an illegal alien from Brazil, in Philadelphia on Aug. 27.

ICE Philadelphia said he was convicted in 2022 of lewdness observed by a child under 13, after prior charges involving endangering sexual contact with a child. The office said he is now in ICE custody.

Source: ICE Philadelphia — arrest of Samuel Nunes-de Almeida (Sept. 22, 2026, 3:22 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: NEW ORLEANS – ICE ARRESTS HONDURAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO ADMITTED UNLAWFUL VOTER REGISTRATION

ORDER OF REMOVAL. FORMAL STATEMENT TO ICE. HE REGISTERED TO VOTE UNLAWFULLY. ICE New Orleans said officers arrested Edwin Yoel Rojas-Oyuela, an illegal alien from Honduras with an order of removal, during targeted enforcement in New Orleans.

ICE New Orleans said Rojas-Oyuela swore in a formal statement to ICE officers that he unlawfully registered to vote.

Source: ICE New Orleans — arrest of Edwin Yoel Rojas-Oyuela (Sept. 22, 2026, 2:03 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: EL CENTRO – BORDER PATROL AND MEXICAN FORCES STOP FOUR BEFORE THEY CROSS; ONE HAS A PRIOR SMUGGLING ARREST

LIFE JACKETS. SPONGES ON THEIR SHOES. TWENTY YARDS SOUTH OF THE FENCE. ONE RAN. ALL FOUR CAUGHT. El Centro Sector Border Patrol said a mirror patrol with Mexico’s Defensa spotted four people about 20 yards south of the international border fence, preparing to enter the United States illegally.

The sector said the group was in life jackets, with sponges on their shoes, hiding in the brush. One tried to run. All four were apprehended. Record checks showed the runner had a prior alien smuggling arrest in the El Centro area of responsibility.

Source: El Centro Sector Border Patrol — four stopped south of the fence (Sept. 22, 2026, 11:12 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: HOUSTON – ICE ARRESTS TWO REPEAT DEPORTEES, ONE OF THEM REMOVED FOUR TIMES

FOUR DEPORTATIONS. TWO DWI CONVICTIONS. A SECOND MAN, TWICE REMOVED, CONVICTED OF ASSAULT. ICE Houston said officers on Sept. 21 arrested two criminal illegal aliens who had entered the country illegally more than once and had criminal convictions.

Javier Alonzo Morales, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, had been deported four times. ICE Houston said his convictions include illegal entry, prostitution, evading arrest, failure to stop and give information, and driving while intoxicated twice.

Rolando Ponce Amelcar, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, had been deported twice. ICE Houston said he was convicted of assault causing bodily harm.

Source: ICE Houston — arrests of Javier Alonzo Morales and Rolando Ponce Amelcar (Sept. 22, 2026, 6:08 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: DALLAS – HSI ARRESTS NIGERIAN LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT INDICTED FOR FALSE STATEMENTS ON A NATURALIZATION APPLICATION

FALSE DENIAL. CLAIMED CITIZENSHIP. REGISTERED TO VOTE. VOTED. CHARGED AFTER A FEDERAL INDICTMENT IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. Homeland Security Investigations said Wednesday that HSI Dallas is still investigating alleged election-related fraud and false claims to U.S. citizenship.

HSI said Joshua Nmelichukwu Akpom, a 27-year-old Nigerian citizen and lawful permanent resident, was arrested following a federal indictment in the Northern District of Texas. He is charged with making false statements in relation to naturalization. According to the indictment, as described by HSI, Akpom allegedly falsely denied on his naturalization application that he had previously claimed U.S. citizenship, registered to vote, or voted.

Source: HSI official account — Dallas naturalization false-statement arrest (Sept. 23, 2026, 7:30 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/23: WALTHAM – ICE BOSTON ARRESTS GUATEMALAN ILLEGAL ALIEN FACING STRANGULATION AND MURDER-THREAT CHARGES

THREE COUNTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. STRANGULATION. THREATS TO COMMIT MURDER. A PRIOR ARREST FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON. ICE Boston said officers arrested Luis Alberto Suchite Garcia, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, on Sept. 8 during targeted operations in Waltham, Massachusetts.

ICE Boston said his criminal history includes pending charges for three counts of domestic violence, strangulation or suffocation, and threats to commit murder. The agency said he was previously arrested for domestic violence, strangulation or suffocation, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and violation of an abuse prevention order.

Source: ICE Boston — Waltham arrest of Luis Alberto Suchite Garcia (Sept. 23, 2026, 3:33 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: LOS ANGELES – ICE ARRESTS SOUTH SUDANESE MAN SENTENCED FOR EXHIBITING A DEADLY WEAPON TO A POLICE OFFICER

FOUR YEARS. DEADLY WEAPON. FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL FROM 2011. IN ICE CUSTODY PENDING REMOVAL. ICE Los Angeles said officers arrested James Yuot, 45, from South Sudan. ICE said that in 2025 Yuot was sentenced to four years in prison for exhibiting a deadly weapon to a police officer to avoid arrest.

ICE said a final order of removal was issued in 2011. The agency said he will remain in ICE custody pending removal.

Source: ICE Los Angeles — arrest of James Yuot (Sept. 22, 2026, 6:00 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: CARIBBEAN – CBP AIR AND MARINE AND THE COAST GUARD SEIZE 288 KILOS OF COCAINE; TWO DOMINICANS DETAINED

GO-FAST. CREW STARTED DUMPING THE LOAD. EIGHT BALES PULLED BACK. 288 KILOS. TWO DOMINICAN NATIONALS IN CUSTODY. Joint Interagency Task Force South said a U.S. Coast Guard aerial patrol detected a suspicious go-fast in the Caribbean, and CBP Air and Marine Operations crews moved in with the Coast Guard.

JIATF South said the crew began jettisoning contraband. Responders stopped the vessel, recovered the bales, and detained two people. The tally: 8 bales, 288 kilograms of cocaine, and two Dominican nationals detained. CBP Air and Marine reposted the result the same afternoon.

Sources: JIATF South — Caribbean go-fast cocaine interdiction (Sept. 22, 2026, 1:07 p.m. Pacific) | CBP Air and Marine Operations repost (Sept. 22, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/22: CHICAGO – ICE SERVES A WARRANT ON A LATIN KINGS MEMBER IN CHICAGO HEIGHTS AND ARRESTS A CONVICTED RAPIST IN COOK COUNTY

CHICAGO HEIGHTS RESIDENCE. LATIN KINGS. A WARRANT. THEN A CONVICTED RAPIST IN COOK COUNTY. ICE said Enforcement and Removal Operations Chicago served a warrant on a member of the Latin Kings street gang at his home in Chicago Heights and arrested a convicted rapist in Cook County.

ICE posted the operation video Tuesday morning. The agency did not name either man in the post.

Source: ICE official account — ERO Chicago Latin Kings warrant and Cook County rapist arrest (Sept. 22, 2026, 10:29 a.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/21: BATON ROUGE – THREE ILLEGAL ALIENS PLEAD GUILTY IN AN HSI SEX-TRAFFICKING CASE

FORCE, FRAUD, AND COERCION. ONLINE ADS. WOMEN SOLD FOR SEX ACROSS LOUISIANA. NO SAFE HAVEN. ICE said three illegal aliens pleaded guilty in a Baton Rouge sex-trafficking ring uncovered by Homeland Security Investigations.

• Maurilio Lazcano-Vargas (Mexico) — pleaded guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. ICE said he sold women for sex at locations across Louisiana by placing online ads through social media and computer apps.
• Zabdi Guzman-Diaz — pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. ICE said he supported the operation.
• Edyn Efrain-Arevalo — pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. ICE said he supported the operation.

ICE: “Sex traffickers have NO SAFE HAVEN. They will be found and face justice.”

Source: ICE official account — Baton Rouge sex-trafficking guilty pleas (Sept. 21, 2026, 4:35 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/21: DEPORTED – ICE NAMES THE WEEKEND REMOVALS: FENTANYL, COCAINE, KIDNAPPING, CHILD SEX ASSAULT

NOT THE ARREST ROUNDUP ALREADY ON THIS PAGE. THESE ARE REMOVALS. ICE said the men and women of the agency worked through the weekend and that drug traffickers, kidnappers, and other criminal illegal aliens have been deported. ICE named these removals Monday afternoon:

• Guillermo Sergio Alvarez Ramirez (Mexico) — convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
• Jeison Cambindo-Baharona (Colombia) — convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel.
• Jesus Humberto Barocio-Zuniga (Mexico) — convicted of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
• Brayan Policiano Gutierrez Ramirez (Guatemala) — convicted of two counts of unlawful imprisonment and two counts of domestic violence.
• Henry Yovany Sunun Sutuj (Guatemala) — convicted of sexual assault; victim 13-15 years old.
• Binley Castro Chillambo (Colombia) — convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance onboard a vessel.
• Antonio Gonzalez-Gutierez (Mexico) — convicted of aggravated sexual assault; victim 13-16 years old.
• Saul Ivan Tejada Cervantes (Mexico) — convicted of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl.
• Shedrack Umukoro (Nigeria) — convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
• Sergio Alberto Holguin Mata (Mexico) — convicted of importation of a quantity of cocaine.
• Luis Romero-Colato (El Salvador) — convicted of felony robbery use of firearm and kidnapping.
• Alexander Javier Henrriquez (Nicaragua) — convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Source: ICE official account — weekend removals thread (Sept. 21, 2026, 2:49 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: AUSTIN – POLICE RELEASE THREE VIDEOS IN THE ICE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION

DASH CAM. CELL PHONE. BODY CAM. THREE GUNSHOTS. HE WAS STILL IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT. Austin police on Tuesday afternoon released three videos from the investigation into Sunday’s officer-involved shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, the Venezuelan illegal alien DHS says entered under the Biden administration and has a final order of removal.

Chief Lisa Davis said the Austin Police Department was not involved in the shooting and that city officers responded after it. She said an off-duty APD detective who was nearby — not publicly identified — recorded the first two videos on a personal dashboard camera and a personal cellphone. The dash-cam video shows the earlier stop, about 14 minutes before the shooting: ICE agents in black vehicles with a blue vehicle. Davis said the cellphone video shows those same vehicles about 200 yards away. Sirens are heard, then three gunshots.

The third video is body-worn camera from a responding Austin officer. The Austin American-Statesman reported it shows Garces Perez in the driver’s seat of a blue Toyota, with ICE officers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers around the vehicle. The Austin officer puts on blue gloves and helps him out, then asks, “Is he under arrest?” The agents say he is. He is handcuffed and told to sit on the curb. An officer tells another to get shears and cut his shirt off.

Davis said the investigation is ongoing and that APD is limited in what it can release. A federal judge has ordered Garces Perez to appear in person Sept. 30 in San Antonio. DHS says he remains in federal custody pending removal.

Sources: Austin American-Statesman — APD releases three videos (Sept. 22, 2026, 4:20 p.m. update) | KVUE — Chief Davis briefing releasing the videos (Sept. 22, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/22: DHS CORRECTS THE RECORD – AUSTIN ILLEGAL ALIEN’S WORK PERMIT EXPIRED IN 2025; HE HAD A FINAL REMOVAL ORDER

NO VALID WORK PERMIT. NO PROTECTIVE STATUS. ENTERED ILLEGALLY UNDER BIDEN. ORDERED REMOVED. TARGETED VEHICLE STOP. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday published a correct-the-record statement on the North Austin shooting of a criminal illegal alien by an ICE officer.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Sanctuary politicians and the mainstream media have wasted no time in spreading lies about an ICE officer-involved shooting of an illegal alien in Austin, Texas. Contrary to their claims, this person is an illegal alien who has no legal status to be here and has been given some of the best medical care he’s ever received in his life. No amount of smears and false narratives will slow down ICE from doing its job by removing dangerous illegal aliens from our communities and making America safe again. Sanctuary politicians may continue to shamelessly protect illegal aliens, but the Trump Administration will remain focused on protecting the American people.”

• CLAIM: ICE refused to remove the bullet. FACT: False. ICE does not advise, and is not the authority on, a medical procedure at a hospital.
• CLAIM: He had a valid work permit. FACT: False. The work permit expired in 2025. A work permit does not grant legal status.
• CLAIM: He was ordered removed in absentia. FACT: Yes. DHS said that is why aliens must show up to removal proceedings. An address change does not end the legal obligation.
• CLAIM: He is here legally. FACT: False. He is in the U.S. illegally. He entered illegally under the Biden administration, had no valid work permit, had no protective status, and had a final order of removal from a Department of Justice immigration judge.
• CLAIM: He has received no pain medication. FACT: False. DHS said he is receiving medical care around the clock, including pain medication.
• CLAIM: He was forced to sleep on the floor. FACT: False. DHS said he was released from the hospital, arrived at the detention facility hours later, and slept on a bed.
• CLAIM: ICE targeted him indiscriminately. FACT: False. He was the subject of a targeted vehicle stop. DHS said what makes someone a target is whether they are in the United States illegally.
• CLAIM: ICE needs to get out of Austin. FACT: False. DHS said ICE will not slow down and will not leave Austin.

DHS said resisting officers and evading arrest is a felony and a federal crime, and told sanctuary politicians to stop encouraging it. The statement named webinars, videos, and guides from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Dan Goldman, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom that DHS said advised illegal aliens how to defy ICE.

Source: DHS — CORRECT THE RECORD: DHS Debunks False Narratives About Shooting of Illegal Alien in Austin, Texas (Sept. 22, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/22: ICE NAMES MORE OF YESTERDAY’S ARRESTS – CHILD SEX OFFENSE, FENTANYL, COCAINE, HIT AND RUN

INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH A CHILD. STRANGULATION. FIVE KILOS OF COCAINE. FENTANYL CONSPIRACY. COCAINE IMPORTATION. HIT AND RUN. A FIREARM. ICE on Tuesday posted another set of criminal illegal aliens the agency said it removed from the street yesterday. These names are not in the separate DHS “Worst of the Worst” release already on this page.

ICE: “Illegal aliens have NO PLACE in our country. Yesterday, ICE got pedophiles, drug smugglers, and other worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens OFF our streets and OUT of our communities.”

• Emanuel Nehemias Moreno-Diaz (El Salvador) — convicted of alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
• Luis Aragon Peralta (Mexico) — convicted of assault by strangulation.
• Carlos Isael Cervantes-Barrientos (Mexico) — convicted of indecent liberties with a child.
• Luis Adrian Gonzalez-Ruiz (Mexico) — convicted of possession with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine.
• Jesus Barreto Sanchez (Mexico) — convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine.
• Jose Humberto Guerrero Hernandez (Mexico) — convicted of importation of cocaine.
• Oscar Ortiz (El Salvador) — convicted of hit and run.

Source: ICE official account — yesterday’s arrests thread (Sept. 22, 2026, 2:46 p.m. Pacific)

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BREAKING 9/22: AUSTIN – JUDGE SETS SEPT. 30 HEARING FOR THE VENEZUELAN ILLEGAL ALIEN SHOT BY ICE; SHOOTING OFFICER WAS NOT WEARING HIS BODY CAMERA

SEPT. 30. IN PERSON. SAN ANTONIO. BULLET STILL IN HIM. THE OFFICER WHO FIRED HAD BEEN ISSUED A BODY CAMERA AND WAS NOT WEARING IT. Court records show U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia of the Western District of Texas set a hearing for Wednesday, Sept. 30, and ordered Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, to appear in person. Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said that order means he cannot be deported before the hearing. NBC News reported she said a federal judge granted an emergency order temporarily blocking deportation proceedings.

NBC News, citing two Department of Homeland Security officials, reported Tuesday that the ICE officer who shot Garces Perez on Sunday had been issued a body camera and was not wearing it during the shooting. The officials said it was not clear why. Another ICE officer in the same vehicle was wearing a body camera. That camera captured only partial footage and does not include the moment of the shooting, the officials said. Fox News, citing multiple federal law enforcement sources, also reported the shooting officer was not wearing a body camera, and that he is a new ICE recruit with prior U.S. Border Patrol experience.

Lincoln-Goldfinch said Garces Perez was discharged from a hospital around midnight and taken back to the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall. She said the gunshot fractured his clavicle, he has significant swelling, he is wearing a sling, and he is now on Tylenol and ibuprofen after earlier receiving morphine. She said he remains in isolation on a flat bed and that his tablet was taken away. Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday that ICE sent him back to Pearsall with a bullet lodged next to his spine after he lost movement on his left side. Castro said he and Rep. Greg Casar plan to visit him Wednesday and demand his release.

The Travis County District Attorney’s Office sent a letter to DHS and ICE leadership asking that Garces Perez stay in the country as a material witness in the criminal investigation of the shooting, NBC News reported. Fox News reported the letter went to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Director David Venturella. Fox also reported Casar and more than 100 members of Congress signed a separate letter demanding his release for medical treatment. That letter said: “Mr. Garces Perez is a key witness to this shooting, and given ICE’s history of obscuring the facts in similar investigations, he must not be removed.”

DHS said Sunday that Garces Perez is an illegal alien from Venezuela who illegally entered under the Biden administration, had a final order of removal, was stable, and is in federal custody pending removal. A senior administration official told NBC News he had no criminal history beyond being in the country illegally. Lincoln-Goldfinch says he entered legally, was seeking asylum, missed an immigration hearing because the notice went to an old address, and was ordered removed in absentia.

The Austin American-Statesman reported Tuesday that private-camera video shows an earlier stop at 12:42 p.m. Sunday — two unmarked black SUVs, emergency lights on the rear vehicle — 14 minutes before the shooting at Research Boulevard and West Anderson Lane. The paper said the footage appears inconsistent with parts of the account Garces Perez and his attorney gave Monday. Lincoln-Goldfinch told the Statesman she could not confidently reconstruct the chain of events without ICE dash-camera and body-camera footage, and that her client said he was not trying to flee.

Sources: NBC News — ICE officer who shot man in Austin was issued a body cam but was not wearing it (Sept. 22, 2026, updated 4:33 p.m. ET) | New York Times — Federal judge sets Sept. 30 hearing (Sept. 22, 2026) | Washington Post — court records, in-person Sept. 30 hearing (Sept. 22, 2026) | Fox News — attorney says removal blocked; DA and congressional letters; officer background (Sept. 22, 2026) | Austin American-Statesman — earlier-stop video (Sept. 22, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/22: TEXAS – DHS NAMES WORST ILLEGAL ALIENS ICE ARRESTED IN THE STATE AFTER AUSTIN SANCTUARY ATTACKS

TERRORISTS. PEDOPHILES. DRUG TRAFFICKERS. FUGITIVES WANTED FOR MURDER. DHS on Tuesday published a Texas roster after sanctuary politicians in Austin attacked ICE. The statement landed in the fight over Sunday’s officer-involved shooting of a Venezuelan illegal alien in North Austin.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “The men and women of ICE have arrested some of the most heinous criminal illegal aliens in Texas, including terrorists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and fugitives wanted for murder. DHS will never apologize for removing these criminals from our communities, because deporting illegal aliens saves lives. If sanctuary politicians like the Mayor of Austin had their priorities straight, they’d stop putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people.”

DHS said ICE came under attack from Texas politicians, including:

• Rep. Greg Casar said “we will all be more safe when ICE gets the hell out of Austin, Texas.”
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who DHS said falsely claimed illegal aliens “are not posing any danger to our community and are contributing to our community,” and that ICE “acts in a secretive way as if it’s above the law.”
• Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, who DHS said falsely claimed ICE has a “rogue nature” and foments chaos.
• Austin City Councilwoman Krista Laine, who DHS said falsely claimed ICE is “terrorizing our cities and threatening the safety of our residents.”

AMONG THE WORST DHS LISTED:

• Nazira Haji Zada (Afghanistan), formerly of Fort Worth — deported in September 2026 after she supported a plot to commit an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day 2024. Now permanently inadmissible.
• Pedro Luis Ortiz-Mendez and Jose Vicente Ortiz-Mendez (Mexico) — fugitives arrested by ICE in Arlington in August 2025. Both wanted for multiple murders in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
• Pedro Trejo Reyes (Mexico) — arrested by ICE in July 2025. Texas conviction for repeatedly sexually assaulting his 12-year-old niece, resulting in her pregnancy and a miscarriage in 2011, plus driving while intoxicated. Deported July 17, 2025.
• Eduardo Aguilar (Mexico) — arrested in October 2025 after a Spanish TikTok video soliciting the murder of ICE agents and offering a $10,000 reward.
• Jose Fuentes-Sanchez (Mexico) — arrested by ICE in September 2026. Convictions for evading arrest or detention using a vehicle and resisting an officer in Austin.
• Sergio Ehuan-Canul (Mexico) — arrested by ICE in September 2026. Conviction for attempted indecency with a child — sexual contact in Randall County.
• Francisco Sanchez-Villarreal (Mexico) — arrested by ICE in September 2026. Conviction for possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine in McAllen.
• Nolasco Bautista-Santiago (Mexico) — arrested by ICE in August 2026. Conviction for indecency with a child — sexual contact in Edinburg.
• Jesus Ivan Alvarez-Ceteno (Mexico) — arrested by ICE in August 2026. Convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and illegal possession of a machine gun in Dallas.

Source: DHS — DHS Highlights Worst Illegal Aliens Arrested in Texas (Sept. 22, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: AUSTIN – ICE OFFICER SHOOTS VENEZUELAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH A FINAL REMOVAL ORDER DURING NORTH AUSTIN OPERATION

FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL. ENTERED UNDER BIDEN. SHOT ONCE IN THE TORSO. STABLE. IN FEDERAL CUSTODY PENDING REMOVAL. An ICE officer shot a man Sunday afternoon, Sept. 20, during a law enforcement operation in North Austin, near Anderson Square and Research Boulevard. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said city officers were not involved in the operation or the shooting.

DHS said Homeland Security Investigations, with FBI assistance, is leading the investigation into the officer-involved shooting of an illegal alien from Venezuela who illegally entered under the Biden administration and had a final order of removal. DHS said his condition is stable and he is in federal custody pending removal. Austin officials said he was shot once in the torso and was serious but stable at the hospital.

Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch identified him as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, a Venezuelan national, and said he was driving for DoorDash. She has disputed DHS’s account of his immigration status. The Associated Press reported Monday that the attorney said he was moved to the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall with a bullet still lodged in his back, and that he was back in a hospital by Monday night. DHS has not given a public account of why the officer fired.

Source: Fox News — ICE shooting rocks Austin; DHS says the man shot is a Venezuelan illegal alien with a final order of removal (Sept. 20, 2026)

KVUE Austin: scanner audio from the moments before the Sunday North Austin shooting, and DHS’s statement that he was in the country illegally with a final order of removal (published Sept. 21, 2026).

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BREAKING 9/21: DHS RENEWS THE MASS INFLUX FINDING FOR 180 DAYS AND AGAIN ASKS ALL 50 STATES FOR HELP

180 MORE DAYS. EVERY STATE ASKED TO ASSIST. 2,120,058 ALIENS WITH FINAL REMOVAL ORDERS STILL ON THE NON-DETAINED DOCKET. Secretary Markwayne Mullin extended the Finding of Mass Influx of Aliens for another 180 days. The notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 21, is effective immediately. It asks state and local governments in all 50 states to help administer the immigration laws.

The prior extension, signed by then-Secretary Kristi Noem, ran until Sept. 17, 2026. Mullin wrote that an actual or imminent mass influx is still arriving at the southern border and that the circumstances endanger the lives, property, safety, or welfare of residents of all 50 states. He said a D.C. Circuit ruling still blocks DHS from directly repatriating apprehended aliens under the Invasion Proclamation and forces expedited-removal processing instead.

FIGURES IN THE NOTICE: As of Aug. 12, 2026, ICE held 67,022 people in detention against a stated capacity of 80,700 (83 percent). From Oct. 1, 2025, through Aug. 11, 2026, ICE removed 215,447 aliens with criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. From March 1 through Aug. 11, 2026, ICE arrested 214,992 aliens — 121,055 with convictions or pending charges, 452 known or suspected terrorists, and 2,700 suspected gang members. As of Aug. 11, 2,120,058 aliens with final orders of removal were on the non-detained docket. In July 2026, CBP encountered 353 criminal aliens at the border and seized 969.57 pounds of fentanyl inside 24,996.19 pounds of illicit narcotics. DHS recorded 22 assaults on CBP officers or agents that month, and said aliens assaulted or used force against 231 ICE ERO officers from February 2026 through the end of July 2026.

Source: Federal Register — Finding of Mass Influx of Aliens, signed by Secretary Markwayne Mullin, 91 FR 59795 (Sept. 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/22: NEW BRAUNFELS – ICE LODGES DETAINERS ON TWO MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIENS CHARGED IN HEAD-ON THAT KILLED A FATHER AND INJURED HIS 3-YEAR-OLD

INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. EVADING ARREST. ONE DEAD. A 3-YEAR-OLD HURT. THE PASSENGER RAN AND HID IN A GARAGE. DHS says ICE lodged detainers with the Guadalupe County Jail asking Texas not to release two criminal illegal aliens from Mexico charged after a fatal head-on crash in New Braunfels.

According to DHS, citing local reporting, Alex “Bubba” Nunez, 27, was killed in the Sept. 12 head-on crash. His 3-year-old daughter was injured. Police identified the driver who crashed into Nunez as Rafael Alejandro Arreguin-Ramirez, an illegal alien from Mexico, charged with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His passenger, Alejandro Aguillen Acosta, also an illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with evading arrest and criminal trespass after he fled the scene and hid in a nearby garage. ICE lodged detainers for both the day after they were arrested.

IMMIGRATION HISTORY (per DHS): Arreguin-Ramirez illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. Aguillen Acosta first illegally entered through Texas in March 2023 and was granted a voluntary return to Mexico. He illegally re-entered through New Mexico in January 2025 and was deported that same month. He then illegally entered a third time — a felony — at an unknown date and location.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “These two illegal aliens from Mexico have been charged with intoxicated manslaughter, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and evading arrest for their involvement in a fatal head-on collision in Texas that killed a man and injured a 3-year-old. Alex Nunez should still be alive today because this tragedy was completely preventable. ICE has lodged detainers asking our partners in Texas to cooperate with us so that these criminals can be removed from our country after they face justice. My thoughts and prayers are with Alex Nunez’s family, as well as for the child’s speedy recovery.”

Source: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainers for Two Illegal Aliens Who Allegedly Killed a Man and Injured 3-Year-Old in a Head-On Collision in Texas (Sept. 22, 2026)

KENS 5 San Antonio: parents of Alex Nunez speak after the Sept. 12 New Braunfels head-on crash (published Sept. 15, 2026).

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BREAKING 9/22: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, SEXUAL PREDATORS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD. FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE. COCAINE CONSPIRACY. DRUG TRAFFICKING. DHS says ICE arrested more worst-of-the-worst criminal illegal aliens yesterday, including a Pakistani registered sex offender convicted in Sacramento and a Brazilian convicted of forcible sexual abuse in Salt Lake City.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept. 22):

• Jawwad Ali Ahmed (Pakistan), 52 – lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 (Sacramento, CA). ICE Los Angeles says the registered sex offender was sentenced in 2024 to 3 years in prison and placed into removal proceedings.
• Alexandre Esdras Pandolfi-Soares (Brazil) – forcible sexual abuse (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Carlos Robles-Trejo (Mexico) – manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance and conspiracy to distribute cocaine (Chicago, IL)
• Omar Sanchez-Arrequin (Mexico) – drug trafficking and resisting arrest (Indian River County, FL)
• Rapheal Oludemilada Adebowale (Nigeria) – larceny and money laundering (Bridgewater, MA)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove illegal aliens from our communities. Yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, drug traffickers, and other dangerous criminals. President Trump has made it clear: Illegal aliens are NOT welcome in our nation. If you’re in America illegally, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and send you back to where you came from.”

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Sexual Predators, and Drug Traffickers (Sept. 22, 2026). Ahmed details: ICE Los Angeles (Sept. 22, 2026).

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BREAKING 9/22: BORDER PATROL DEL RIO – FOUR ILLEGAL ALIENS RESCUED FROM LOCKED TRAIN CAR; ONE DEAD IN EARLIER LOCK-IN

FOURTH TIME IN THREE WEEKS. SAME RAIL SIDING NEAR KNIPPA. DOORS LOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE. NO FOOD. NO WATER. ONE DEAD ON SEPT. 11. Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal aliens locked inside a freight car by smugglers just before dawn on Sept. 16.

Uvalde Station agents were inspecting a stationary freight train on a rail siding near Knippa when a canine alerted on an autorack car hauling automobiles. Inside, agents found four people with no way out: three Mexican nationals and one Chinese national. They were taken to the Uvalde Station for processing.

CBP says this is the fourth autorack lock-in at the same siding in three weeks. On Sept. 11, agents found two people locked in an autorack car, one of whom was deceased. Homeland Security Investigations is investigating that death. Earlier rescues at the same siding — eight people on Aug. 30, including a child, and three people on Sept. 7 — were already reported on this page.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “This is the work of criminal alien smugglers who have no regard for human life. Doors on freight cars are locked externally, and migrants are trapped for an indefinite amount of time without food or water. No one should believe the lies of smugglers who say they can provide safety because they only care about the money they can gain by exploiting vulnerable people.”

Source: CBP – U.S. Border Patrol agents rescue four from locked train car (Sept 22, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: WORST OF THE WORST – WEEKEND ICE SWEEP NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, ARMED ROBBERS

MURDER. SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD. RAPE. ARMED ROBBERY. KIDNAPPING. HEROIN TRAFFICKING. DHS says ICE spent the weekend arresting more worst-of-the-worst criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder, sexual assault on children, rape, and armed robbery.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 21):

• Rogelio Mendez-Rodriguez (Mexico) – murder (Staten Island, NY)
• Mykhaylo Kofel (Ukraine) – second-degree murder and burglary with assault or battery (Miami, FL)
• Kingsley Nathaniel Rowe (Jamaica) – aggravated manslaughter, robbery, and possession of a firearm for unlawful purpose (Newark, NJ)
• Jose Mancheme-Morales (Guatemala) – involuntary manslaughter (Westminster, MD)
• Joaquin Hernandez-Ayala (El Salvador) – sexual assault of a minor under 14 (Clark County, NV)
• Jose Antonio Ortiz (El Salvador) – lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 (Santa Ana, CA)
• Reynaldo Mora-Antonio (Mexico) – sex abuse of a minor, rape, and child abuse (Montgomery County, MD)
• Luis Callejas (Mexico) – rape, robbery, and carjacking (Fairfax, VA)
• Noel Ayona-Arellanes (Mexico) – second-degree forcible sex offense (Cabarrus County, NC)
• Leeroy Latior (Marshall Islands) – possession of sexually explicit child material and battery (Benton County, AR)
• Billy Montes-Ruiz (El Salvador) – kidnapping, robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, and assault with a firearm (Fullerton, CA)
• Eduardo Aguinaga-Campos (Mexico) – aggravated assault with a weapon (Nashville, TN)
• Samuel Granados-Duarte (Mexico) – trafficking in heroin and possession of heroin (Fairfield County, OH)
• Heriberto Lopez-Trevino (Mexico) – larceny, alien smuggling, and illegal re-entry (McAllen, TX)
• Cristhian David Velez-Alejandro (Ecuador) – conspiracy to distribute cocaine while aboard a vessel (Florida)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “While Americans were enjoying their weekends, the brave men and women of ICE risked their lives to arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and armed robbers and deliver on President Trump’s promise to make America safe again. Under the Trump Administration, ICE will always put the American people first. We will not stop targeting, arresting, and removing illegal aliens to protect American communities.”

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: Over the Weekend, ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, and Rapists (Sept 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: CBP AND COAST GUARD – 23 ILLEGAL ALIENS NABBED OFF ANGELFISH CREEK, 13 OF THEM CHINESE

OPERATION VIGILANT SENTRY. 27-FOOT CUDDY CABIN. AIRCRAFT SPOTTED THEM IN THE DARK. BOAT SEIZED. NOBODY MADE LANDFALL. CBP Air and Marine Operations and the U.S. Coast Guard interdicted a smuggling boat near Angelfish Creek, Florida, and took 23 illegal aliens into custody.

On Sept. 15, an Air and Marine Operations Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft on an Operation Vigilant Sentry patrol detected a surface target off the Florida coast. Marine Interdiction Agents from the Miami Marine Unit and the Key Largo Marine Unit coordinated with the Coast Guard and stopped the 27-foot vessel without incident.

ON THE BOAT (per CBP, Sept 21):

• 1 suspected smuggler – Cuban national
• 13 Chinese nationals
• 8 Ecuadorian nationals
• 1 Dominican national

The group was transferred to the Coast Guard Cutter Pablo Valent for processing. Authorities seized the boat.

CBP Air and Marine Operations Southeast Region Executive Director Andres Blanco: “Attempting to enter the United States illegally by sea is extremely dangerous and will not go undetected. This interdiction demonstrates the strength of our maritime partnerships and our commitment to stopping human smuggling organizations before they can put more lives at risk. Those who attempt these dangerous voyages face arrest, prosecution, removal, and the very real possibility of losing their lives at sea.”

Lt. Corryn Ulrich, commanding officer of Pablo Valent: “The U.S. border remains secure due to highly capable teams and coordinated interagency enforcement. We remain ready to save lives and enforce federal law at sea.”

Source: CBP – Air and Marine Operations, U.S. Coast Guard Interdict Smuggling Vessel, Apprehend 23 Illegals (Sept 21, 2026)

New York Post: CBP and Coast Guard footage of the Sept. 15 Angelfish Creek smuggling-boat interdiction (published Sept. 21, 2026).

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BREAKING 9/21: ACTIVIST CALIFORNIA COURT FREES MS-13 MEMBER AFTER DEPORTATION ORDER

MS-13. SHERMAN OAKS. IMMIGRATION JUDGE CALLED HIM A FLIGHT RISK AND A DANGER. ORDERED DEPORTED AUG. 7. DISTRICT COURT SPRUNG HIM SEPT. 9. DHS says a federal court in California ordered the release of David Eduardo Mejia-Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and a documented MS-13 member, from ICE custody.

ICE HSI and ERO arrested him Nov. 4, 2025, during a targeted operation in Sherman Oaks. DHS says his record includes a prior arrest for disorderly conduct: prostitution. He illegally entered at an unknown date and location.

On March 9, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a temporary restraining order and a no-transfer order after he filed a habeas petition. On April 30, an immigration judge denied bond and labeled him a flight risk and a danger to the community. On Aug. 7, the immigration judge denied all relief and ordered him deported to El Salvador. On Sept. 8, the district court granted the petition and ordered his release. ERO released him the next day.

This is a different case from the Sept. 5 release of MS-13 murder fugitive David Antonio Aviles Perez, already reported on this page.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien is a documented member of the terrorist organization MS-13 and was ordered deported back to El Salvador by an Immigration Judge. But because an activist court in California demanded his release before he could be deported, this dangerous criminal is back on the streets and is free to continue threatening American lives. When partisan actors have taken over our courts and start putting the concerns of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people, we have a serious crisis on our hands that needs to be fixed immediately before any more innocent lives are lost.”

Source: DHS – Activist Court in California Orders Illegal Alien MS-13 Member Released from ICE Custody (Sept 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: FAIRFAX – THREE-TIME DEPORTED GUATEMALAN GETS OVER SIX YEARS FOR CHILD PORN AFTER SANCTUARY RELEASE

DETAINER IGNORED. RELEASED OCT. 27. ICE TOOK HIM BACK APRIL 22. SENTENCED SEPT. 16. DHS says Roni Mendez-Escobar, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced to six years and five months in prison after convictions for receipt of child sexual abuse material and illegal re-entry.

He was first arrested in October 2025. ICE lodged a detainer Oct. 23. DHS says Fairfax County sanctuary officials refused to honor it and released him Oct. 27 without telling ICE. HSI arrested him April 22, 2026, after a court appearance. HSI Washington led the child-exploitation case. ERO Chantilly led the immigration case. The Eastern District of Virginia announced the sentence Sept. 16.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a forensic review found 46 images and 65 videos of child sexual abuse material, and that he used WhatsApp to push that material and to contact young girls. DHS says he was deported three times in 2015, then illegally entered a fourth time at an unknown date and location.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of child pornography and illegal re-entry. When ICE lodged a detainer for him after his arrest in October 2025, sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County, Virginia refused to honor it and RELEASED him into their community. Fortunately, their attempts to protect this pedophile failed and ICE arrested him several months later. Now he will be behind bars where he belongs, and when he finishes his sentence, ICE will be ready to deport him so he can never threaten another American child.”

Sources: DHS – Illegal Alien Sentenced for Child Pornography in Virginia (Sept 21, 2026) | DOJ EDVA – sentencing (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: HSI – FILIPINO GREEN-CARD HOLDER PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL 2024 VOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA

REGISTERED OCT. 9, 2024. VOTED IN PERSON NOV. 5 IN EMMAUS. GREEN CARD FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TWO MONTHS EARLIER. GUILTY PLEA SEPT. 16. DHS says an HSI investigation produced a guilty plea from Evelyn Novelles Miller, an alien from the Philippines and a lawful permanent resident, for illegally voting in the 2024 election.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the plea. HSI Allentown opened the case after a tip that a Lehigh County resident may have registered or voted unlawfully. On July 29, 2025, HSI and FBI agents interviewed Miller at her home. She told them she registered online before the 2024 general election and voted in person on Election Day at her polling place in Emmaus. DHS says the Biden Administration granted her lawful permanent residence on July 19, 2024.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This alien from the Philippines pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2024 election in Pennsylvania. Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of HSI, as well as our partners at the Department of Justice, this alien will soon face justice for her efforts to subvert our elections. American elections are for Americans only.”

Source: DHS – HSI Investigation Leads to Conviction of Filipino Alien Who Illegally Voted in Pennsylvania (Sept 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: ICE HSI – CHINESE ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED IN $16.2 MILLION APPLE COUNTERFEIT RING

FAKE IPHONES AND IPADS. FRAUDULENT RETURNS. INLAND EMPIRE. 78 MONTHS. MORE THAN $16 MILLION IN RESTITUTION. ICE says two Chinese nationals — one an illegal alien — were sentenced Aug. 28 for a scheme that defrauded Apple of at least $16.2 million by “returning” thousands of counterfeit devices.

SENTENCED (per ICE HSI Los Angeles, Sept 21):

• Wenhui Huang, 41, of Chino Hills – ringleader and illegal alien. 78 months in federal prison. Restitution: $16,239,254
• Yang Song, 39, of Corona – second-in-command. 57 months in federal prison. Restitution: $16,997,415

HSI worked the case with IRS Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the Los Angeles Police Department. ICE says Huang and Song are the last defendants sentenced in the trans-Pacific fraud ring.

ICE: “If you come into our country illegally and break our laws, we will find you, arrest you and remove you.”

Source: ICE – Chinese nationals sentenced after ICE HSI investigation in California (Sept 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: INDIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN GETS 11 YEARS IN PONZI THAT TOOK MORE THAN $30 MILLION

SWIFTARC CAPITAL. WIRE FRAUD. $31.35 MILLION RESTITUTION. OVERSTAY. PRIOR DWI IN TEXAS. DHS says Siddharth Jawahar, an illegal alien from India, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for a Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than $30 million.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone imposed the sentence Sept. 15 after Jawahar pleaded guilty in January to three counts of wire fraud. He ran Texas-based Swiftarc Capital LLC. From July 2016 to December 2023 he took in more than $35 million from investors and invested about $10 million, DHS says, while telling clients they were making profits. He lawfully entered several times between August 2005 and January 2010, then illegally overstayed. His record includes a Texas DWI.

A DHS spokesperson said Jawahar was sentenced to 11 years after running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than $30 million, and that once the sentence is done he will be deported.

Source: DHS – Illegal Alien from India Sentenced in Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Victims of More Than $30 Million (Sept 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/21: ICE – COSTA RICAN CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN DIES IN CUSTODY AT WINNFIELD

FOUND UNRESPONSIVE SEPT. 18. PRONOUNCED DEAD ABOUT 8 A.M. CAUSE PENDING. ICE says Carlos Josue Marchena-Marchena, a 36-year-old criminal illegal alien from Costa Rica, died in ICE custody on Sept. 18, 2026.

Staff at Winnfield Correctional Center in Louisiana found him unresponsive, called a medical emergency, and started life-saving measures. EMS took him to Winn Parish Medical Center. A physician there pronounced him dead at about 8:00 a.m. The official cause of death is pending.

Border Patrol arrested him for illegal entry without inspection on or about Feb. 9, 2021. ICE says his record includes convictions for retail fraud (April 4, 2024) and malicious destruction of personal property (Aug. 12, 2025) in the 58th District Court in Holland, Michigan, plus a separate arrest for retail fraud second degree and an arrest for assault.

Source: ICE – Criminal illegal alien in ICE custody passes away at Winnfield Correctional Center in Louisiana (Sept 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, VIOLENT ASSAILANTS

LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS ASSAULT ON A CHILD. RAPE. ATTEMPTED INDECENCY WITH A CHILD. DRUG MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION. DHS says ICE yesterday arrested more worst-of-the-worst illegal aliens convicted of lewd and lascivious assault on a child, rape, and assault.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 18):

• Marcos Simo-Cepeda (Dominican Republic) – lewd and lascivious assault on a child (Miami, FL)
• Jaime Velasquez-Orozco (Mexico) – lewd or lascivious acts with a child and possession of a controlled substance (Santa Ana, CA)
• Sergio Ehuan-Canul (Mexico) – attempted indecency with a child – sexual contact (Randall County, TX)
• Nehemias Omar Garcia-Martinez (Honduras) – second-degree rape and second-degree assault (Prince George’s County, MD)
• Pingxiang Li (China) – conspiracy to manufacture and possess drugs with intent to distribute (San Francisco, CA)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, rapists, violent assailants, and other dangerous illegal aliens. Every arrest saves lives. While sanctuary politicians release criminal illegal aliens back into our communities, the brave men and women of ICE will continue to hunt down, arrest, and remove illegal aliens to Make America Safe Again.”

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Rapists, and Violent Assailants (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: ICE INDIANA – GUATEMALAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO VOTED IN A NATIONAL ELECTION NABBED IN INDIANAPOLIS

UNLAWFUL VOTE IN A NATIONAL ELECTION. OBAMA RELEASE. FINAL REMOVAL ORDER SINCE 2019. ICE arrested Helda Araceli Mendez-Merida, an illegal alien from Guatemala, during targeted enforcement Sept. 3 in Indianapolis. DHS says she unlawfully voted in a national election in Indiana.

Mendez-Merida illegally entered through Arizona in September 2015. Border Patrol arrested her. The Obama Administration released her. A Department of Justice immigration judge issued a final order of removal Sept. 3, 2019.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “The patriots of ICE arrested this illegal alien from Guatemala after she illegally voted in a past election. This illegal alien will be deported so she can never again poison our elections. If even one non-citizen casts a vote, it steals a vote from an American citizen. The Trump Administration is committed to protecting and upholding the integrity of our election system so that only the American people are choosing American leaders and making decisions for our country.”

ICE Enforcement Division Acting Assistant Director Patricia Hyde: “The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy in the United States. Helda Araceli Mendez-Merida attempted to subvert a national election by unlawfully casting a vote. Voting in U.S. elections is a privilege that is reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens, and we cannot allow that sacred right to be perverted by foreign nationals who seek to undermine American democracy.”

Sources: DHS – ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Who Illegally Voted in U.S. Election in Indiana (Sept 18, 2026) | Fox News – Indiana illegal-vote arrest

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BREAKING 9/18: ICE – CHILD MOLESTER AND FENTANYL TRAFFICKERS BEING REMOVED

SEXUAL BATTERY AND CHILD MOLESTATION. COCAINE IMPORT. METH. FENTANYL. DRUG TRAFFICKING. ICE says gang members, drug smugglers, pedophiles, and other dangerous criminal illegal aliens are being removed under President Trump and Secretary Mullin.

NAMED REMOVALS (per ICE, Sept 18):

• Vincente Antonio-Santiago (Mexico) – convicted of two counts of sexual battery and child molestation
• Alan Osiel Valdez Araujo (Mexico) – convicted of importing 5 kilograms or more of cocaine
• Francisco Reyes Solorzano-Duarte (Mexico) – convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine
• Angelo Rafael Tavarez Marte (Dominican Republic) – convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance aboard a vessel
• Estarling Nathael Perez Almonte (Dominican Republic) – convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl
• Ovidalis Jiminez-Pujols (Dominican Republic) – convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl
• Deiby Luis Guerrero (Dominican Republic) – convicted of drug trafficking

ICE: “Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE is unleashed to deliver on the American people’s mandate: arrest and DEPORT illegal aliens from our nation.”

Source: ICE (@ICEgov) – named criminal illegal aliens being removed (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: BORDER PATROL DEL RIO – FOUR ILLEGAL ALIENS RESCUED FROM WATER TANK IN PICKUP BED

PORTABLE WATER TANK. NO WAY OUT. POWER TOOLS TO CUT THEM FREE. 19-YEAR-OLD U.S. CITIZEN DRIVER CHARGED WITH ALIEN SMUGGLING. Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued four illegal aliens trapped in a portable water tank in the bed of a pickup truck on a rural highway near Eagle Pass.

On the evening of Sept. 14, Eagle Pass South Station agents encountered a 2007 Ford F-150. Inside a small portable water tank in the truck bed, they found four people with no means of freeing themselves. Agents used power tools to open the tank and pull them out. Nationalities: two Bolivian, one Cuban, and one Colombian. They declined medical attention and were taken to the Uvalde South Station for processing.

The driver, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations and faces a charge of 8 U.S.C. § 1324 (alien smuggling).

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “Smugglers don’t care for the safety of those they see as mere human cargo. Putting people in confined spaces with no means of escape is dangerous and barbaric. If not for the actions of our highly trained agents, this incident could have resulted in tragedy.”

Source: CBP – Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescue four trapped in portable water tank (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: BORDER PATROL DANIA BEACH – TWO ILLEGAL ALIENS NABBED AFTER I-95 VAN CHASE IN BROWARD

FAILED TO YIELD. PIT MANEUVER ON I-95. PASSENGER NABBED ON FOOT. DRIVER SWAM A CANAL — K-9 GOT HIM. Dania Beach Border Patrol agents, with the Florida Highway Patrol and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, apprehended two illegal aliens after a vehicle pursuit on Interstate 95 on Sept. 10.

CBP says at 4:41 p.m., agents assigned to the Dania Beach station were running over-the-road operations with FHP on I-95 southbound near Deerfield Beach. They tried to stop a white Chevrolet van with Florida plates. The driver failed to yield and kept going south. FHP took the lead. Border Patrol provided secondary support. CBP says the van maneuvered erratically through heavy traffic. FHP executed a Precision Immobilization Technique and stopped the vehicle.

The driver and passenger then fled on foot.

NAMED ARRESTS (per CBP, Sept 18):

• Passenger (Guatemala) – criminal illegal alien. Agents and FHP troopers caught him after a brief foot pursuit. Processed at the Dania Beach Border Patrol Station
• Driver (Mexico) – criminal illegal alien. Jumped a chain-link fence, swam a canal, and ran through a business complex. Broward Sheriff’s Office set a perimeter with air support and a K-9. The K-9 team nabbed him about 6 p.m. FHP arrested him on multiple state charges. CBP lodged an immigration detainer

Chief Patrol Agent in Charge Jeffrey Dinise: “This incident highlights the critical importance of our partnerships with state and local law enforcement. Through the seamless coordination between Border Patrol agents, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, we were able to safely resolve a dangerous situation and ensure that those who violate our laws are held accountable, keeping our communities and our country safe.”

Source: CBP – USBP, Florida Law Enforcement Partners Apprehend Two Illegal Aliens Following Vehicle Pursuit in Broward County (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: ICE DETAINER – INDIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH CALIFORNIA CDL KILLED TWO IN SEMI-TRUCK CRASH

HOMICIDE – VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. TWO DEAD IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA CDL STILL ACTIVE. BIDEN RELEASE. ICE lodged a detainer for Chamkaur Singh, an illegal alien from India, after Moab, Utah police stopped him Sept. 1 for driving a semi-truck 20 miles over the speed limit and found a nationwide fugitive warrant for homicide – vehicular manslaughter.

DHS says the crash was March 29 in Ontario, California. While California Highway Patrol officers were already responding to a two-vehicle crash, Singh’s semi-truck in the slow lane rear-ended one car, killing one passenger and critically injuring another, then hit another vehicle and killed a second person. Seven vehicles were involved. Two other people were injured.

Singh was booked into Grand County Jail. ICE lodged the detainer the next day. California issued him a commercial driver’s license on May 10, 2025, despite his illegal status. DHS says that CDL remains active after three convictions on his driving record: improper lane or location, following too closely, and speeding.

Singh claims he left India in December 2020 and traveled through the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico before illegally entering through Arizona in August 2021. Border Patrol arrested him. The Biden Administration released him.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien from India is accused of causing a semi-truck crash that killed two people in California. Due to the Biden Administration’s open borders and Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary policies, this criminal was released into our country and granted a commercial driver’s license. Despite having three convictions on his driving record, his CDL is still active. DHS is calling on Gavin Newsom and other sanctuary politicians to eliminate these deadly sanctuary policies that give handouts to illegal aliens at the cost of American lives. Illegal aliens have no right to be in our country or on our roadways.”

Sources: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien Who Killed Two People While Driving a Semi-Truck (Sept 18, 2026) | Local: KUTV – Moab body-cam arrest

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BREAKING 9/18: ICE BOSTON – TWICE-DEPORTED SALVADORAN FUGITIVE WANTED FOR AGGRAVATED HOMICIDE NABBED IN CHELSEA

AGGRAVATED HOMICIDE. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. TWICE DEPORTED. MASSACHUSETTS SANCTUARY. ICE Boston arrested Leonel Santos-Diaz, a twice-deported criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, during targeted enforcement Sept. 2 in Chelsea.

ICE says Santos-Diaz was arrested in El Salvador on charges of aggravated homicide, illegal human trafficking, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. He is also a suspect in an ongoing investigation into aggravated robbery, threats, and sexual aggression.

Acting ICE Boston Field Office Director David T. Wesling: “Sadly, this is yet another example of what the dishonest media will portray as a non-criminal arrest, despite Leonel Santos-Diaz being charged with aggravated homicide and human trafficking in his home country. The ironically named ‘Protect Act’ in Massachusetts is designed to shield individuals like Santos-Diaz from arrest and deportation. Do any Massachusetts residents really feel protected by his presence in their community? While sanctuary politicians in Massachusetts choose to prioritize criminal aliens, ICE Boston will continue to aggressively pursue President Trump’s agenda of making our cities safe for American citizens.”

Sources: ICE – Boston arrests foreign fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador (Sept 18, 2026) | DHS (@DHSgov) on ICE Boston / Wesling (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: ICE CHICAGO – LIBERIAN COMBATANT ACCUSED OF KILLINGS AND TORTURE DEPORTED

EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS. TORTURE. CHILD SOLDIERS. FORCED LABOR. REMOVED TO LIBERIA. ICE Chicago removed Amos Sheik Massaquoi, 55, a criminal illegal alien from Liberia, on Aug. 11. ICE says he is a former Liberian combatant believed to have ordered and participated in extrajudicial killings, acts of torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, forced labor, and the recruitment of child soldiers during the Liberian civil wars from 1989 to 2003.

ICE says Massaquoi is believed to have served as chief bodyguard to Maj. Gen. Daniel Chea, a former leader of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia, and received specialized military training at a military academy in China in 2004.

Massaquoi legally entered the United States in August 2006 with authorization until Nov. 6, 2006, then remained illegally. Homeland Security Investigations Maryland arrested him Aug. 23, 2019. An immigration judge granted bond Oct. 7, 2019, and he was released. ICE Baltimore arrested him April 1, 2025, for failing to comply with the terms of his release. A Department of Justice immigration judge ordered him removed May 14, 2025.

ICE Chicago Field Office Director Frank Padula: “If you are a confirmed human rights violator and you believe you can hide in the United States, you are mistaken. ICE will pursue, arrest and remove any individuals who committed atrocities abroad and ensure our communities are not used as a sanctuary from accountability.”

Source: ICE – Chicago removes former Liberian combatant who participated in killings, torture during Liberian civil wars (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: BORDER PATROL DEL RIO – TWO PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED CHILD SEX OFFENDERS NABBED AT EAGLE PASS

PROSTITUTION WITH A MINOR. INDECENCY WITH A CHILD. BOTH ALREADY DEPORTED. ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY. Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents separately arrested two illegal aliens previously deported after convictions for sex crimes against children.

NAMED ARRESTS (per CBP, Sept 18):

• Johan Alexander Moncada-Narvaez, 40 (Venezuela) – arrested Sept. 6 near the Rio Grande by Eagle Pass Station. Convictions in Minnesota: electronic communication describing sexual conduct with a child and engaging in prostitution with a minor. Deported Aug. 7 after completing his sentence. Faces 8 U.S.C. § 1326 re-entry after deportation (up to 20 years)
• Jose Enrique Vasquez-Nicolas, 31 (Mexico) – arrested Sept. 9 on an area ranch by Eagle Pass South Station. Conviction in 2020 in Castro County: indecency with a child, sentenced to five years. Deported June 28, 2026, after completing his sentence. Faces 8 U.S.C. § 1326 re-entry after deportation (up to 20 years)

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “Child sex offenders who repeatedly cross our borders are an imminent threat to our communities. U.S. Border Patrol agents are our safeguard against this menace.”

Source: CBP – Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents arrest child sex offenders for illegal entry (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/18: CBP PUERTO RICO – HUMAN SMUGGLING INTERDICTED NEAR CULEBRA; BRITISH NATIONAL CHARGED

MARITIME SMUGGLING FROM ST. THOMAS. INDIAN FAMILY UNIT LANDED. OPERATOR CHARGED WITH ALIEN SMUGGLING. CBP Marine Interdiction agents and the Puerto Rico Police Department interdicted a suspected human smuggling event Sept. 15 near Culebra, Puerto Rico.

CBP says an Air and Marine Operations asset at about 6:30 a.m. flagged a vessel traveling from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, toward Culebra. Puerto Rico police detained three Indian nationals traveling as a family unit — one adult man, one adult woman, and one juvenile — at the landfall. Fajardo Marine Unit vessels intercepted the transporting boat. The operator, Kavon Wheatly, a British national from Tortola, British Virgin Islands, was charged under 8 U.S.C. § 1324 for alien smuggling. The family unit was placed into removal proceedings. CBP seized the vessel and 200-horsepower engine.

Caribbean Air and Marine Branch Director Christpher Hunter: “Human smugglers routinely place lives at risk for profit, using dangerous maritime routes and unsafe conditions. This interdiction demonstrates the importance of coordinated operations among Air and Marine Operations, the U.S. Border Patrol, Puerto Rico Police Department and our federal partners.”

Source: CBP – CBP, Puerto Rico police interdict human smuggling event near Culebra (Sept 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/17: MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN – ICE DEPORTS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, DRUNK DRIVERS

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES. CARELESS DRIVING RESULTING IN DEATH. FOUR-TIME ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY. DACA ROBBER WITH A FIREARM. DHS says ICE last week deported more illegal aliens convicted of murder, indecent behavior with juveniles, driving while intoxicated, and robbery.

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS):

• Jose Noel Avelar-Velasquez (El Salvador) – deported Sept. 11. Convictions: second-degree murder and first-degree robbery – use of a dangerous weapon in New York. Illegal entry at unknown date and location; final order Dec. 2, 2002
• Jacinto Gonzalez-Perez (Mexico) – deported Sept. 12. Conviction: careless driving resulting in death in Colorado. First illegally entered through California in December 2015 as a minor and was released by the Obama Administration; final order May 9, 2026
• Edan Yoel Gomez-Rodriguez (Honduras) – deported Sept. 11. Conviction: indecent behavior with juveniles in Louisiana. Final order April 16, 2008; deported April 21, 2008; felony illegal re-entry then deported a second time Jan. 17, 2014; illegally re-entered a THIRD time
• Armando Vladimir Salgado (El Salvador) – deported Sept. 11. Convictions: driving while intoxicated and attempted robbery; arrests for assault, robbery, and fraudulent use of birth certificate in Virginia. Illegal entry through Texas March 2006; deported May 15, 2009, Aug. 24, 2016, and Jan. 19, 2024; illegally entered a FOURTH time
• Mary Angelica Landeros-Quen (Mexico) – deported Sept. 8. Conviction: robbery with a firearm in Florida. Illegal entry at unknown date and location; granted DACA by the Obama Administration in March 2015; final order Sept. 2, 2026

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, the hard-working men and women of ICE deported even more illegal aliens from our country, including murderers, pedophiles, drunk drivers, and robbers. Every single deportation makes America safer. DHS is delivering on President Trump’s mandate from the American people to deport illegal aliens, because that’s how we save lives.”

Source: DHS – MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Deports Murderers, Pedophiles, and Drunk Drivers (Sept 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/17: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, ROBBERS

MURDER. PREDATORY SEX ASSAULT OF A CHILD UNDER 13. ROBBERY. METH CONSPIRACY. ASSAULT AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. DHS says ICE yesterday arrested more worst-of-the-worst illegal aliens convicted of murder, sexual assault of a child, and robbery.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 17):

• Franklyn Soleyn (Barbados) – murder (Brooklyn, NY)
• Marco Valdez-Asmal (Ecuador) – predatory criminal sex assault with victim less than 13 years old (Cook County, IL)
• Miguel Ulises Robles-Zavala (Mexico) – second-degree robbery, burglary, and obstructing police (La Mesa, CA)
• Francisco Rivera-Suazo (Honduras) – conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and obstruction (Pocatello, ID)
• Jorge Martin Campusano-Sano (Dominican Republic) – second-degree assault and possession with intent to distribute (New Castle, DE)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, ICE law enforcement arrested murderers, pedophiles, robbers, and other dangerous illegal aliens. President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would Make America Safe Again, and the brave men and women of ICE are helping deliver that promise.”

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Sources: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, and Robbers (Sept 17, 2026) | DHS (@DHSgov) named-arrest thread (Sept 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/17: BORDER PATROL EL CENTRO – 31 ILLEGAL ALIENS PACKED IN A UTILITY TRUCK NEAR OCOTILLO

HUMAN CARGO IN DESERT HEAT. DRIVER ABANDONED THE LOAD AND FLED TO MEXICO. MEXICAN POLICE NABBED THE GETAWAY DRIVER. El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents took 31 illegal aliens into custody after smugglers packed them into a modified utility truck and hauled them through desert heat near Ocotillo, California. CBP says the driver abandoned the group and fled into Mexico. Mexican law enforcement arrested him.

CBP: “Entering the United States illegally comes with consequences. The outcome can be arrest, detention, and deportation.”

Sources: El Centro Sector Border Patrol (@USBPChiefELC) – 31 illegal aliens in modified utility truck, Ocotillo, CA | CBP (@CBP) – entering illegally comes with consequences (Sept 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/17: ICE HSI EL PASO – MEXICAN ALIEN NABBED FOR ILLEGAL VOTING AND FALSE CITIZENSHIP CLAIM

UNLAWFUL VOTING. FALSE CLAIM TO U.S. CITIZENSHIP. GREEN CARD UNDER OBAMA. IN ICE CUSTODY PENDING REMOVAL. ICE Homeland Security Investigations El Paso arrested Ludwig Uriel Espejo-Carrillo, an alien from Mexico, on Sept. 3. DHS says he was administratively charged with unlawful voting and a false claim to U.S. citizenship after illegally voting in American elections in 2015. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the United States.

Espejo-Carrillo became a Lawful Permanent Resident under the Obama Administration in July 2013.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This alien from Mexico has been charged with unlawful voting and false claims to U.S. citizenship after illegally voting in American elections in 2015. This is what a threat to our republic looks like. We cannot and will not allow the votes of American citizens to be cancelled out by non-citizens illegally voting in our elections. Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE, this criminal will be deported from the United States.”

Source: DHS – ICE HSI Arrests Mexican Alien for Illegally Voting in Past Elections (Sept 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/17: ICE – LAOTIAN MANSLAUGHTER CONVICT WITH GUN AND REPEAT DWI NABBED; FINAL REMOVAL ORDER

VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AMMO AND FIREARM POSSESSION. TWO DWIs. BURGLARY. FINAL REMOVAL ORDER. ICE arrested Ka Ying Vang, a violent criminal illegal alien from Laos. ICE says Vang has a final removal order and will remain in ICE custody pending removal.

ICE: “There’s NO PLACE in our nation for dangerous criminals. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE will find them and REMOVE them.”

Source: ICE (@ICEgov) – ICE arrested Ka Ying Vang, criminal illegal alien from Laos (Sept 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: DHS TO OPEN-BORDERS LAWYERS – MERITLESS ASYLUM CLAIMS WILL BE DEALT WITH

3.5 MILLION COURT BACKLOG. 2.3 MILLION ASYLUM CLAIMS. WORK PERMITS. DELAYED DEPORTATIONS. WESTERN HEMISPHERE ASYLUM ABUSE. DHS General Counsel James Percival sent a letter this week to the American Immigration Lawyers Association warning that attorneys who file what DHS calls meritless and fraudulent asylum claims will face penalties.

Percival says the immigration court system had nearly 3.5 million cases and 2.3 million asylum claims pending as of July 2026. DHS attributes much of that backlog to meritless filings. The letter says claims built on generalized gang violence, domestic violence, economic hardship, and other country conditions often fail the legal standard for asylum. DHS says those applications are filed to obtain work permits, to delay deportation, and to force a release from custody.

Filing a frivolous asylum application can make an alien permanently ineligible for most forms of immigration relief. Attorneys who file them are subject to penalties under document-fraud law and practitioner-discipline rules. DHS says it will “vigorously pursue all available remedies” against those involved. Claims without a reasonable legal or factual basis “will be dealt with accordingly.”

DHS General Counsel James Percival: “Most countries in the Western Hemisphere simply lack conditions supporting asylum claims. Abuse of our immigration system must stop.”

DHS: “Abuse of our immigration system MUST STOP. Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, we are assuring asylum is granted to those who deserve it, not those who game the system.”

HSI has already moved against attorneys in this campaign. In July, ICE sought more than $470,000 from attorney Suraj Raj Singh over 118 alleged fraudulent documents. In June, ICE sought the maximum $255,232 from attorney Vinod Doddamani over 64 alleged fraudulent documents across 32 cases.

Sources: DHS (@DHSgov) – Abuse of our immigration system MUST STOP (Sept 16, 2026) | DHS General Counsel James Percival – letter to AILA (Sept 16, 2026) | Daily Caller exclusive – DHS letter to AILA

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BREAKING 9/16: ICE ALABAMA – MEXICAN REPEAT DEPORTEE WITH DEADLY-WEAPON ASSAULT NABBED AFTER BOAZ JAIL RELEASE

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. STOLEN PROPERTY. PISTOL WITH NO PERMIT. REPEAT DEPORTATIONS. ICE removed Juan Ruiz-Cortes, a Mexican national with a history of deportations and a lengthy criminal record, after arresting him following his release from the Boaz City Jail in Alabama.

ICE says Ruiz-Cortes’s convictions include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, receiving stolen property, and carrying a pistol without a permit.

Source: ICE (@ICEgov) – ICE removed Juan Ruiz-Cortes after Boaz City Jail release, Alabama (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: ICE REDDING – LAOTIAN CHILD SEX ABUSER ORDERED REMOVED IN 2005 NABBED AFTER 21 YEARS

SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD UNDER 14. DUI. 21-YEAR FUGITIVE FROM A 2005 REMOVAL ORDER. ICE Fugitive Operations arrested Kao Wang Saechao, a criminal illegal alien from Laos, last month during a targeted operation in Redding, California.

ICE says Saechao was convicted of sexually abusing a child under 14 in Shasta County and also has a DUI conviction in Sacramento. An immigration judge ordered him removed in 2005. He remained in California more than two decades after that order.

ICE: “Child predators have NO PLACE to hide. ICE will hunt them down, arrest them and DEPORT them.”

Source: ICE (@ICEgov) – ICE arrests another child predator: Kao Wang Saechao, Redding, CA (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: ICE WASHINGTON, D.C. – SALVADORAN FUGITIVE WANTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES IN COLORADO NABBED IN FALLS CHURCH

FELONY SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A CHILD BY A PERSON OF TRUST. SOLICITATION OF CHILD PROSTITUTION. INTERNET LURING TO EXPLOIT A CHILD. TWO-DECADE OVERSTAY. ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Jose Saul Canas-Guandique, 49, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, in Falls Church, Virginia, on Aug. 31. Colorado authorities want him on felony sexual assault on a child by a person of trust, felony solicitation of child prostitution, and felony use of the internet to lure a child with intent to exploit.

Canas-Guandique entered the United States lawfully in December 2004 with permission to remain until June 2005, then refused to leave and remained illegally for more than 20 years. Glenwood Springs Police Department in Colorado arrested him March 7, 2024. ICE says it will work with Colorado authorities so he faces the criminal case; he remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian: “Jose Saul Canas-Guandique is charged with some horrific crimes and represents a substantial threat to the law-abiding citizens of our Northern Virginia neighborhoods. He is exactly the type of criminal alien that ICE targets when we arrest the ‘worst of the worst.’ Make no mistake: We will arrest anyone illegally present in the United States, but aliens like Canas-Guandique remain a priority for ICE officers to remove from our American communities.”

Source: ICE – Washington, D.C. arrests criminal alien fugitive charged with child sex crimes in Colorado (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: ICE TENNESSEE – 287(g) FORCE MULTIPLIER HITS 120 PARTNERS; SEX OFFENDERS AND MASSACRE SUSPECT SWEPT

120 TENNESSEE 287(g) PARTNERS. 1,300-PLUS ARRESTS SINCE JAN. 20, 2025. SEXUAL BATTERY. FIVE-TIME DEPORTEE. HONDURAN MASSACRE SUSPECT. CDL TRAINER OVERSTAY. ICE announced it is expanding 287(g) partnerships across Tennessee. As of Sept. 9, ICE has 120 of these partners in the state. Nationwide, ICE has signed 2,466 287(g) memoranda of agreement. Since Jan. 20, 2025, ICE enforcement in Tennessee includes more than 1,300 arrests by 287(g) partners and 542 encounters with aliens in local custody.

Last month, the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office became an operational 287(g) partner and on day one arrested Reniery Garcia-Godoy, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras with two felony convictions for sexual battery in Franklin, Tennessee. ICE says he has been removed from the United States.

OTHER 287(g) ARRESTS TRANSFERRED TO ICE (per ICE):

• Arturo Calisto-Ramirez (Mexico) – previously removed aggravated felon; conviction for sexual battery; now facing federal prosecution for reentry of a removed aggravated felon. First encountered Dec. 2012 after a Morgan County guilty plea; final order Jan. 2013; removed Feb. 2013
• Ersi Zeron (Honduras) – suspected gang affiliation; arrested for speeding and driving without a license; ICE later determined he is wanted in Honduras for a 2016 shooting massacre at a billiard hall. Entered at Calexico West in Sept. 2022 and was released by the Biden administration
• Celso Espinoza-Paguada (Honduras) – conviction for aggravated assault; reentered after five previous removals; nine arrests for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. First ordered removed Nov. 11, 2005, after a Border Patrol encounter near Eagle Pass, Texas
• Eric Maloba (Kenya) – illegal overstay; arrested after a tractor-trailer crash while reportedly instructing a CDL trainee; holds a Texas commercial driver’s license. Lawful entry Dec. 2018; admission expired April 2019; remained in violation of federal law
• Ghanshyam Chaudari (India) – final order of removal; conviction for drug trafficking; reentered after removal

ICE Public Safety Partnership Division Assistant Director Russell Hott: “287(g) is a critical public safety initiative that gives law enforcement agencies another tool to protect their communities. By working closely with sheriffs, chiefs and our state partners across Tennessee, law enforcement is able to apprehend criminal illegal aliens who continue to prey on and victimize local communities and remove those threats from our neighborhoods.”

ERO New Orleans acting Field Office Director Scott Ladwig: “Partnerships like these are essential to public safety. The continued expansion of 287(g) in Tennessee demonstrates the commitment of ICE and our law enforcement partners to remove dangerous criminal aliens from our communities.”

Tennessee passed a law requiring all sheriffs’ offices to enter a 287(g) agreement by Jan. 1, 2027, or risk losing certain state funding. ICE says seven of the top 10 safest U.S. cities cooperate with ICE.

Source: ICE – Expands local 287(g) law enforcement partnerships in Tennessee (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: ICE OPERATION SAFE COMMUNITY-INDIANA – 426 ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED IN 5 DAYS

426 ARRESTS. SEX CRIMES. ASSAULT. DRUG TRAFFICKING. WEAPONS. MS-13. 18TH STREET. TREN DE ARAGUA. HOOSIER STREETS SWEPT. ICE announced that Operation Safe Community-Indiana netted 426 illegal alien offenders between Aug. 30 and Sept. 3 in a five-day enhanced enforcement surge focused on Indianapolis and run statewide under ICE Chicago.

ICE says those arrested include aliens with criminal histories covering sex crimes, assault and battery, domestic assault, drug trafficking, assault with a dangerous weapon, weapons crimes, fraud, identity theft, burglary, property damage, DWI, and more. Officers also arrested members of MS-13, 18th Street, and Tren de Aragua.

NAMED ARRESTS (per ICE):

• William Humberto Giron (El Salvador) – sexual battery, confinement, intimidation, corporal injury on a spouse/cohabitant, DWI with bodily injury, failure to identify, illegal reentry
• Deyron Diaz-Fernandez (Nicaragua) – aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a public officer, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, resisting, leaving the scene, DWI, driving without a license
• Jose Juan Senovio (Mexico) – validated Surenos 13 street gang member; numerous drug crimes and failure to appear
• Nicolas Lopez (Mexico) – domestic battery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, criminal trespassing, DWI, possessing a firearm without a valid ID
• Rhod Offerley Neptune (Haiti) – burglary, illegal possession of a firearm, resisting a law enforcement officer
• Mario David Falla-Perez (Guatemala) – domestic assault and battery, public records forgery, identity theft, false status documents, credit card larceny

ICE ERO acting Assistant Director Patricia Hyde: “Over the course of this five-day operation, ICE officers, in coordination with state and local law enforcement partners, arrested 426 illegal alien offenders across Indiana… This operation underscores the fact that when law enforcement agencies cooperate, the American people are safer.”

ICE Chicago Deputy Field Office Director Raymond Hernandez: “Every alien arrested during this operation was in violation of U.S. immigration law, and Indiana is safer today as a result of the hard work of our ICE officers.”

Source: ICE – Operation Safe Community nets more than 400 arrests in Indiana (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/15: ICE NEWARK – 2 ILLEGAL ALIEN CDL OPERATORS NABBED AT GARDEN STATE TRAVEL STOPS

UZBEK TRUCKERS. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL LEARNER PERMIT. NON-DOMICILED PENNSYLVANIA CDL. DWI. ASSAULT CHARGES. HIGHWAY FRAUD CRACKDOWN. ICE Newark arrested two illegal aliens during targeted enforcement supporting DHS’s nationwide crackdown on fraudulent commercial driver’s license practices.

On Aug. 23, ICE ERO Newark officers arrested Zokhid Zakhidov, 37, in Woodbridge and Khayrullo Payzullaev, 30, in Hamilton. Both are Uzbek citizens. Zakhidov had a New York commercial learner permit; criminal history includes a May 15 DWI conviction in New York and pending charges for assault with intent to cause physical injury and harassment. Cranbury police arrested him April 28 as a fugitive from justice. He is in ICE custody pending removal. Payzullaev had a non-domiciled Pennsylvania CDL; a DOJ immigration judge in Philadelphia ordered him detained July 21. He remains in ICE custody pending removal.

ICE Newark Field Office Director Arthur Wilson: “Our field office is fully aligned with DHS’ commitment to enforcing our immigration laws and Secretary Mullin’s focus on protecting our communities and keeping dangerous individuals off our roadways.”

Source: ICE – Arrests 2 illegal alien CDL operators in New Jersey (Sept 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/15: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS KIDNAPPERS, VIOLENT ASSAILANTS, ROBBERS

KIDNAPPING. AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. ROBBERY. CONTROLLED-SUBSTANCE MANUFACTURE. DHS says ICE arrested more worst-of-the-worst criminal illegal aliens, including those convicted of kidnapping, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, robbery, and manufacture/possession of controlled substances.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 15):

• Jesus Ortiz Ortiz-Vences (Mexico) – kidnapping (Kern County, CA)
• Andre Kadian Lampart (Jamaica) – TWO counts of robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon (Palm Beach County, FL)
• Antonio Villa-Miranda (Mexico) – assault/resisting/obstructing a police officer, larceny, retail fraud (Ottawa County, MI)
• Luis Batres (El Salvador) – manufacturing and possessing controlled substances; second-degree forgery (Bentonville, AR)
• Wilders Paul (Haiti) – possession of drug paraphernalia and DUI (Seaford, DE)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove the worst of the worst illegal aliens from our communities. Yesterday, ICE arrested kidnappers, violent assailants, robbers, and other dangerous criminals.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Kidnappers, Violent Assailants, and Robbers (Sept 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/15: CBP AJO – AIR CREWS AND BORDER PATROL FAST-ROPE SCOUT ARREST IN THE DESERT

MQ-9 LOCATE. BLACK HAWK FAST-ROPE. SPECIAL OPERATIONS DETACHMENT. SCOUT TAKEN WITHOUT INCIDENT. On Sept. 4 near Ajo, Arizona, CBP Air and Marine Operations crews and Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an active scout during a coordinated enforcement operation.

Pre-positioned Border Patrol reconnaissance and an MQ-9 crew from the National Air Security Operations Center in Sierra Vista located the scout. Tucson Air Branch H125 AStar and H60 Black Hawk crews responded with five specialized ground agents from the Border Patrol Special Operations Detachment and BORSTAR. The Black Hawk crew fast-roped the tactical agents onto the scout site; agents took the man into custody without incident. Border Patrol processed him at Tucson Sector.

Acting Chief Patrol Agent Henry N. Laxdal: “This successful interdiction highlights the seamless integration of our air assets, surveillance technology and specialized ground agents. By combining these capabilities, we can quickly locate and arrest individuals attempting to facilitate illegal activity in our most remote desert areas.”

Source: CBP – Air crews, Border Patrol agents arrest scout near Ajo (Sept 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: FIRST-EVER ALIEN TERRORIST REMOVAL COURT – AFGHAN ISIS PLOT MATRIARCH DEPORTED

HISTORIC. FIRST CASE EVER BEFORE THE ALIEN TERRORIST REMOVAL COURT. ISIS-INSPIRED ELECTION DAY MASS-SHOOTING PLOT. PERMANENTLY INADMISSIBLE. DHS says Afghan national Nazira Haji Zada, 47, previously residing in Fort Worth, Texas, was removed from the United States after conceding she is an alien terrorist in the first-ever case before the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court.

DHS says Zada, the family matriarch, supported a plot to commit an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day 2024. Her son, Abdullah Haji Zada, and son-in-law, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, were previously arrested and convicted. The court issued a removal order Aug. 20 that was unsealed Sept. 16 after her return to Afghanistan. Congress created the court decades ago; no previous administration had used it. Zada is now permanently inadmissible.

Attorney General Todd Blanche certified the removal application July 15. Zada appeared in open court July 30. ATRC Chief Judge Joan N. Ericksen signed the order. The government used classified information to establish she is an alien terrorist. With counsel, Zada conceded the designation and waived appeal.

Tawhedi and Abdullah were arrested Oct. 7, 2024, after buying firearms and ammunition for an Election Day attack from an undercover FBI employee. Abdullah, 17 at arrest, pleaded guilty as an adult and was sentenced to 15 years. Tawhedi pleaded guilty to two terrorism offenses, including conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS. Court records say the plot sought two AK-47 rifles, 500 rounds, and 10 magazines for a mass-casualty attack around Nov. 5, 2024.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “The President’s direction to use the Alien Terrorist Removal Court to expel Nazira Haji Zada, an Afghan national who plotted with members of her family to carry out an ISIS-inspired attack on American soil, delivers on that promise. Those who plot acts of terrorism against the United States have no place in our country. We will find them, and we will remove them.”

Source: DHS – Removal of Alien Terrorist in First Use of United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: ICE PHILADELPHIA – PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED TIER 3 SEX OFFENDER NABBED AFTER ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY

DEPORTED 2015. SNEAKED BACK UNDER BIDEN. TIER 3 SEX OFFENDER. ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY + FAILURE TO REGISTER. HSI TIPLINE. DHS says ICE arrested a previously deported illegal alien sex offender in Philadelphia after an HSI tipline tip.

SUSPECT (per DHS): Marco Gomez, illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. Convictions: attempt of involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, sexual assault, indecent assault, and unlawful restraint in Philadelphia County, April 2006 — a tier 3 registered sex offender in Pennsylvania. Deported Aug. 4, 2015. Claims he illegally re-entered in 2023 under the Biden Administration — a felony. ICE, HSI, and the U.S. Marshals Service obtained a warrant for illegal re-entry and failure to register as a sex offender and arrested him Sept. 14. He is in U.S. Marshals custody.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien has been convicted of sexual assault and is a registered sex offender in the state of Pennsylvania. After being deported following his sentence, he illegally re-entered the United States under the Biden Administration and had been living in Philadelphia. Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE, as well as our partners in the Department of Justice, this predator has been taken off our streets.”

Source: DHS – ICE Arrests Previously-Deported Illegal Alien Sex Offender in Pennsylvania (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/16: 16 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF ZERO RELEASES AT THE BORDER – CATCH AND RELEASE IS OVER

ZERO PAROLE RELEASES. 16 MONTHS STRAIGHT. AUGUST SW BORDER APPREHENSIONS 8,870 — 94% BELOW BIDEN AVERAGE. FENTANYL STILL POURING AT THE PORTS. DHS and CBP announced 16 consecutive months of zero releases at the border.

U.S. Border Patrol southwest-border apprehensions in August: 8,870 — 5% lower than July, 94% below the Biden monthly average, 97% below the Biden peak (December 2023), and less than what was apprehended in 5 days in August 2024. Nationwide Border Patrol apprehensions in August: 10,939. Zero parole releases vs. 10,186 released by Border Patrol along the southwest border in August 2024 under Biden. Daily apprehensions down 94% from the previous administration.

August drug fight (per DHS/CBP): 773 pounds of fentanyl; 6,724 pounds of cocaine (up 28%); more than 120,000 pounds of precursor chemicals seized with ICE. Fiscal-year drug seizures through August: 73% higher than the same period of FY 2024.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Sixteen straight months of zero releases at the border proves that President Trump’s policies are working. Catch and release is over, consequences are back, and illegal crossings have fallen to historic lows.”

Sources: DHS – 16 Straight Months of Zero Releases (Sept 16, 2026) | CBP national release

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BREAKING 9/16: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS CHILD ABUSERS, RECKLESS DRIVERS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

SEXUAL BATTERY OF A CHILD UNDER 14. SECOND-DEGREE CHILD ABUSE. HEROIN TRAFFICKING. FIREARMS TRAFFICKING. DHS says ICE yesterday arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted of sexual battery involving a child, drug trafficking, and firearm trafficking.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 16):

• Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez (Mexico) – sexual battery involving a child under 14 (Floyd County, IN)
• Rosa Maria Hernandez-Perez (Mexico) – second-degree child abuse and neglect of a minor (Easton, MD)
• Eustacio Gregorio-Meza (Mexico) – driving while license is suspended causing serious bodily injury (Palm Beach County, FL)
• Marcelo Ruiz-Aguayo (Mexico) – trafficking opium or heroin (Mecklenburg County, NC)
• Vladimir Kuznetsov (Russia) – firearms trafficking (New York, NY)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, the patriots of ICE worked tirelessly to arrest child abusers, reckless drivers, and drug traffickers from our communities. President Trump promised to make America safe again, and removing illegal aliens is exactly how we do that.”

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Child Abusers, Reckless Drivers, and Drug Traffickers (Sept 16, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/15: ICE DETAINER – MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED IN STAUNTON STABBING THAT KILLED ONE WOMAN

STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. TWO WOMEN STABBED. ONE DEAD. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. MALICIOUS WOUNDING. SANCTUARY GOVERNOR ASKED NOT TO RELEASE HIM. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger not to release an illegal alien charged with murder after a stabbing spree.

On Aug. 30 in Staunton, police responding to a 911 call found two female victims stabbed. One was pronounced dead at the scene; the other was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Police arrested the suspect at the scene.

SUSPECT (per DHS): Freddi Chigo Mil, illegal alien from Mexico. Charged with second-degree murder and malicious wounding. ICE lodged a detainer with Middle River Regional Jail the same day. Illegal entry date/location unknown.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien from Mexico has been charged with murder after a stabbing spree that killed one woman and injured another. This is what the Commonwealth of Virginia has become under the sanctuary policies of Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians. ICE has lodged a detainer asking Governor Spanberger to cooperate with us and commit to not releasing this criminal from jail.”

Sources: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer Asking Spanberger Not to Release Illegal Alien Charged After Stabbing Spree (Sept 15, 2026) | Local: WHSV

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BREAKING 9/15: HATEFUL HAITIAN – GANG MEMBER WITH 17 CONVICTIONS DEPORTED AFTER VIRAL ‘BIDEN FOREVER’ ARREST

BACK BLOCK MONEY GANG. 17 CONVICTIONS. ASSAULT ON A COP. DANGEROUS WEAPON. DRUG TRAFFICKING. TPS TERMINATED. GONE TO HAITI. DHS says ICE deported a Haitian illegal alien who went viral shouting “Biden forever” as he was being arrested.

DEPORTED (per DHS): Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, illegal alien from Haiti and member of the Back Block Money Gang. ICE ERO Boston arrested him Jan. 22, 2025, in Mattapan, Massachusetts. 17 CONVICTIONS including assault and battery on a public employee, resisting arrest, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, possession with intent to distribute a class D controlled substance, carrying a dangerous weapon, and carrying ammunition with no firearm ID. Obama TPS in 2013; USCIS terminated TPS in July 2022; final order Nov. 7, 2025. ICE deported him to Haiti Sept. 10.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien gang member from Haiti had quite the rap sheet, with convictions for assault and battery on a public employee, resisting arrest, and drug trafficking, among other heinous crimes. The Trump Administration has finally done what both the Obama and Biden Administrations failed to do and deported this criminal back where he belongs.”

Source: DHS – HATEFUL HAITIAN: ICE Deports Haitian Illegal Alien Who Went Viral for Shouting “Biden Forever” (Sept 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/15: DEPORTED – ASIAN BOYS AND ORIENTAL BOYS GANG MEMBERS GONE, INCLUDING MURDERERS AND KIDNAPPERS

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. ATTEMPTED MURDER. STATUTORY RAPE. KIDNAP DURING CARJACKING. GANG FREIGHT TO THE EXIT. DHS says ICE last week deported illegal alien gang members including murderers, rapists, kidnappers, and carjackers.

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS):

• Phai You (Cambodia) – Asian Boys gang member, deported Sept. 8. Convictions: second-degree murder, burglary, carrying a concealed weapon. Final order Feb. 10, 1998
• Thanh Nguyen Huu (Vietnam) – Asian Boys gang member, deported Sept. 8. Convictions: hit-and-run death or injury, attempted murder, assault with a firearm, discharge firearm at inhabited dwelling, felon in possession of a firearm, second-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, arson device, possession of a controlled substance for sale, obstruct/resist a public officer
• Hung Quoc Bui (Vietnam) – Asian Boys gang member, deported Sept. 8. Convictions: statutory rape, burglary, gang activity, identity theft, forgery. Final order Feb. 9, 2004
• Dat Tien Trinh (Vietnam) – Oriental Boys gang member, deported Sept. 8. Convictions: kidnap during carjacking, second-degree robbery, kidnapping to commit robbery, carjacking, evading a peace officer, carrying a prohibited weapon. Final order June 26, 2018
• Oscar Armando Ramos-Ayala (El Salvador) – San Fernando Valley Gang member, deported Sept. 7. Convictions: second-degree robbery, possession of a controlled substance, grand theft vehicle, obstructing a public officer, false ID to a peace officer. Final order July 7, 1999

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Just last week, they deported vicious gang members, including murderers, rapists, kidnappers, and carjackers. Deporting illegal aliens saves lives.”

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: ICE Deports Illegal Alien Gang Members, Including Murderers, Rapists, Kidnappers, and Carjackers (Sept 15, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/14: CBP PHARR – $25 MILLION METH BUST HIDDEN IN CABBAGE, TOMATILLO, AND CILANTRO

2,815 POUNDS. 1,164 PACKAGES. REYNOSA TRACTOR-TRAILER. CARTEL PRODUCE PIPELINE STOPPED AT THE BRIDGE. CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted alleged methamphetamine valued at $25,167,000 concealed in a shipment manifested as cabbage, tomatillo, and cilantro.

On Sept. 8, officers referred a tractor-trailer traveling from Reynosa, Mexico, to secondary. After a nonintrusive scan and canine screening, a physical inspection pulled 1,164 packages of alleged methamphetamine totaling 2,815.30 pounds (1,277 kg). CBP seized the narcotics and vehicle. Homeland Security Investigations opened a criminal investigation.

Port Director Carlos Rodriguez: “Our CBP officers’ skills and expertise continue to be on display as they take down another massive shipment of dangerous, illicit narcotics.”

Source: CBP – Officers seize more than $25 million in methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge (Sept 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/14: ICE NABS ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH A NEW YORK-ISSUED CDL AND A WIRE-FRAUD WARRANT

SANCTUARY-STATE CDL. WEIGH STATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. BIDEN RELEASE. OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR WIRE FRAUD. DHS says ICE arrested an illegal alien who had been issued a commercial driver’s license by New York.

On Sept. 4, an ICE ERO Philadelphia officer inspecting commercial vehicles at a weigh station in Newberry, Pennsylvania, determined the driver, Simranpal Singh, was an illegal alien from India and took him into custody. Singh had an outstanding warrant for wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy out of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He remains in ICE custody pending transfer to the U.S. Marshals Service, then removal proceedings after the criminal case.

Singh illegally entered through Arizona in June 2022, was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol, then RELEASED by the Biden Administration.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien not only had a CDL from the sanctuary state of New York, but he also had an outstanding warrant for wire fraud.”

Source: DHS – ICE Arrests Illegal Alien with a New York-Issued Commercial Driver’s License (Sept 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/14: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

MURDER. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A MINOR. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD. 5 KILOS OF COCAINE. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRANSPORT. DHS says ICE arrested criminal illegal aliens over the weekend convicted of murder, sexual assault of a child, and drug trafficking.

NAMED WEEKEND ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 14):

• Ramon Bonifacio (Dominican Republic) – murder and cocaine possession (Mineola, NY)
• Juan Nunez-Avalos (Mexico) – voluntary manslaughter, carjacking, possession of a weapon in prison (Los Angeles, CA)
• Hector Chavez-Ramos (Guatemala) – sexual assault/sodomy of a minor (Auburn, AL)
• Gerardo Mato-Herrera (Mexico) – continuous sexual abuse of a child (Santa Clara, CA)
• David Jean Charles Pena-Melo (Dominican Republic) – lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, sex assault, and drug trafficking (Shirley, MA)
• John Alejandro Manrique-Osorio (Colombia) – luring or enticing a child for indecent purposes (Hudson County, NJ)
• Carlos Coello-Gonzalez (Cuba) – kidnapping, robbery, and drug trafficking (Las Vegas, NV)
• Francisco Sanchez-Villarreal (Mexico) – possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine (McAllen, TX)
• Osmar Lopez-Joya (Mexico) – transportation of child pornography (Brooklyn, NY)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “While Americans enjoyed their weekend, the patriots of ICE worked around the clock to remove murderers, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and other public safety threats from our communities.”

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, and Drug Traffickers (Sept 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/13: BORDER PATROL DEL RIO – 3 ILLEGAL ALIENS RESCUED FROM LOCKED RAIL CAR (SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS)

LOCKED AUTORACK. PICKUP BEDS. MEXICAN, NICARAGUAN, HONDURAN. SAME KNIPPA SIDING AS THE AUG. 30 RESCUE OF EIGHT. Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three illegal aliens locked inside a freight car by smugglers — the second such rescue at the same location in two weeks.

On the afternoon of Sept. 7, Uvalde Station agents inspecting a stationary freight train on a rail siding near Knippa got a canine alert on an autorack car carrying automobiles. Agents found three people locked inside with no way out, concealed in the beds of pickup trucks: one Mexican national, one Nicaraguan, and one Honduran. They were taken to the Uvalde Station for processing. On Aug. 30, agents rescued eight from a locked autorack on the same siding.

Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “Attempts to make illegal entry via trains have historically had tragic results. This is the second time in two weeks our agents have rescued smuggled humans locked in a rail car at this location.”

Source: CBP – U.S. Border Patrol agents rescue three locked in rail car (Sept 13, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/11: ICE BOSTON – 118 ILLEGAL ALIENS NABBED IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING CHILD SEX ASSAILANT

FOUR-DAY SURGE. SANCTUARY RELEASES. SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD. CHILD ABUSE. WEAPONS. DRUG DEALING. ICE Boston arrested 118 illegal aliens during a four-day targeted operation the week of Aug. 24 in southern Connecticut — many recently released from jail after sanctuary politicians refused ICE detainers.

NAMED ARRESTS (per ICE):

• Harvin Rivera-Guardado (Honduras) – convicted of sexual assault risking injury to a child; sentenced to 15 years
• Jason Tocagon-Leon (Ecuador) – pending charges: two counts of risk of injury to a child, breach of peace, and assault
• Lenny Guitierrez-Pichardo (Dominican Republic) – convicted of selling hallucinogens or narcotics and selling or manufacturing cannabis; pending larceny and resisting arrest
• Arnulfo Nolberto Quizhpi-Sanchez (Ecuador) – pending assault, disorderly conduct, threatening, criminal trespass, and violation of conditions of release
• Edwin Marroquin (Guatemala) – convictions include DWI, unlicensed operation, obstructing governmental administration, carrying a dangerous weapon, and criminal trespass

Acting ICE Boston Field Office Director David T. Wesling: “Sanctuary politicians in Connecticut have made it abundantly clear that they would rather stand with criminal illegal aliens such as Harvin Rivera-Guardado, a convicted sexual predator, than protect law-abiding American citizens.”

Source: ICE – ICE Boston arrests 118 illegal aliens during 4-day operation in southern Connecticut (Sept 11, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/10: ICE REMOVES MORE THAN 2,000 KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORISTS UNDER TRUMP

2,150+ KST ARRESTS. 2,015 KST DEPORTATIONS. JAN. 20, 2025 TO SEPT. 9, 2026. NEVER FORGET. Ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, DHS announced ICE has removed more than 2,000 known or suspected terrorists from the United States under President Trump.

From Jan. 20, 2025, to Sept. 9, 2026, ICE arrested more than 2,150 KSTs and deported 2,015 KSTs.

NAMED EXAMPLES (per DHS): Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez (Mexico) — alleged ringleader of the failed terrorist plot against UFC Freedom 250; B-2 overstay, Obama DACA. Felipe Linares De Oliveira Dell Aquilla (Brazil) — former commander of PCC and Comando Vermelho, both designated FTOs; arrested in North Carolina while holding his wife hostage. Four Tren de Aragua members who pleaded guilty in a 2024 Bronx double murder: Keiber Jaen Martinez, Samuel Gonzalez Castro, Eferson Gabriel Morillo-Gomez, and Keineyer Ibarra-Mujica — Venezuelan illegal aliens released under Biden.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Under President Trump’s strong leadership, ICE has arrested more than 2,100 known or suspected terrorists, and has deported more than 2,000 known or suspected terrorists from our country. When we say ‘never forget,’ we are dedicating our lives to eternal vigilance so that we will never see a terrorist attack like that on American soil ever again.”

Source: DHS – ICE Removes More Than 2,000 Known or Suspected Terrorists Under President Trump (Sept 10, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/10: ICE NEWARK – SALVADORAN NABBED IN FATAL LIBERTY ISLAND BOAT CASE AFTER BOND RELEASE

MOTHER AND 5-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER DEAD. BOAT CAPSIZED NEAR LIBERTY ISLAND. FEDERAL DEATH CHARGES PENDING. ICE GOT HIM AFTER MARSHALS BOND. ICE Newark arrested Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Urmana, 46, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador accused of operating a boat that capsized near Liberty Island, New York, killing a 27-year-old mother and her five-month-old daughter.

The U.S. Coast Guard and partners rescued 12 others from the water in the Aug. 8 incident. NYPD arrested him Aug. 9 in Brooklyn for reckless endangerment. ICE New York lodged a detainer. The Coast Guard referred federal charges to the Southern District of New York for two counts of misconduct and negligence by a ship officer resulting in death. On Aug. 10, the district court released him to the U.S. Marshals Service; ICE says the detainer did not follow him and Marshals released him on bond. ICE Newark arrested him Aug. 11 in Manville, New Jersey. He remains in ICE custody.

Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella: “Hernandez-Urmana has a criminal history spanning three states that includes soliciting prostitution, assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment. Now he’s accused of operating a boat with deadly consequences — taking the lives of a 27-year-old mother and her five-month-old daughter. This man entered the U.S. without being admitted, inspected or paroled more than 25 years ago, and ICE has arrested him twice.”

Source: ICE – ICE Newark arrests Salvadoran national charged in fatal Liberty Island boat capsizing case (Sept 10, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/10: ICE NEW ORLEANS – 100,000TH FY2026 REMOVAL OUT OF ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA

ICE AIR MILESTONE. 100,000TH FY26 REMOVAL FROM THE ALEXANDRIA HUB. 500 GONE THE SAME DAY. GUATEMALA CHARTER. ICE New Orleans marked its 100,000th Fiscal Year 2026 removal from the Alexandria Staging Facility, returning the alien to Guatemala. The same day, ERO New Orleans facilitated the removal of 500 individuals.

The 100,000th removal: Mario Humberto Caal-Chop, 29, illegal alien from Guatemala. ERO Philadelphia arrested him May 19, 2026, during a vehicle stop in Pittsburgh. An immigration judge granted voluntary departure June 23. He was transferred to Louisiana June 28 and returned to Guatemala July 8 on a charter from Alexandria.

FY 2026 ICE Air hub removals as of July 7 (per ICE): Alexandria, LA 99,796 (30% above FY 2025); Harlingen, TX 53,631; El Paso, TX 27,066; Phoenix, AZ 17,500.

Source: ICE – ICE marks 100,000th removal for Fiscal Year 2026 in Louisiana (Sept 10, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/9: ICE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA – 500 ILLEGAL ALIENS NABBED IN WEEKLONG SURGE, INCLUDING PREMEDITATED-MURDER SUSPECT

FORT MYERS. 287(g) FORCE MULTIPLIER. PREMEDITATED MURDER. MEXICAN CARTEL MEMBER. HONDURAN ACCUSED OF MOLESTING TWO CHILDREN. ICE, Florida Highway Patrol, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida National Guard, FWC, CBP, and other partners arrested 500 illegal aliens in a weeklong Fort Myers operation Aug. 24–27.

Those arrested included criminal aliens with final orders of removal, repeat immigration violators, and illegal aliens with histories of domestic violence, drugs, DUI, assault, and sex and violent crimes. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Haitian criminal illegal alien with six charges associated with premeditated murder. ICE and FHP arrested a Mexican cartel member and a Honduran accused of molesting two children.

NAMED ARRESTS (per ICE): Noe Lux Castro (Guatemala) — charged after taking a trooper’s Taser and trying to use it against him. Olmen Noel Vargas-Mendoza (Honduras) — three illegal re-entries; domestic violence. Marlon Rolando Calderon-Castellon (Honduras) — battery and illegal drug possession. Hermenegildo Andres-Juan (Guatemala) — previously deported; DUI, resisting arrest, hit-and-run.

Governor Ron DeSantis: “Among the 500 illegal immigrants arrested on this operation alone were subjects accused or convicted of premeditated murder, sexual abuse of minors, domestic violence, battery on law enforcement officers and driving under the influence. We will not sit idly by and allow Floridians to be victimized.”

Source: ICE – 500 illegal aliens arrested during weeklong multiagency surge in Southwest Florida (Sept 9, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/8: WORST OF THE WORST – LABOR DAY WEEKEND ICE SWEEP NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

LABOR DAY WEEKEND. MURDER. CHILD RAPE. MANSLAUGHTER. ARMED ROBBERY. HEROIN AND METH. OFF THE STREETS WHILE AMERICA BBQ’D. DHS says that while Americans celebrated Labor Day, ICE was arresting illegal aliens convicted of murder, child sexual abuse, rape, armed robbery, and drug trafficking.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “While Americans enjoyed time with loved ones, the patriots of ICE risked their lives to remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and other public safety threats from our communities. Under President Trump, there is no sanctuary for illegal aliens. The men and women of ICE will not stop their record-setting pace of arresting and removing illegal aliens off our streets to Make America Safe Again.”

NAMED LABOR DAY WEEKEND ARRESTS (per DHS, Sept 8):

• Phonsavanh Kanjanabout (Laos) – murder (Holmes County, FL)
• Abraham Pineda (Mexico) – murder (Riverside, CA)
• Jose Ramirez-Rodriguez (El Salvador) – manslaughter (Queens, NY)
• Luis Ernesto Villanueva (El Salvador) – involuntary manslaughter (Compton, CA)
• Aurelio Roldan-Roldan (Ecuador) – TWO counts of rape of a child and child pornography (Bridgewater, MA)
• Antonio Gonzalez-Gutierez (Mexico) – aggravated sexual assault of a victim (immediate family) ages 13-16 (Cape May, NJ)
• Petronilo Castillo-Rodriguez (Mexico) – sexual assault (Burnet, TX)
• Ahmet Terzioglu (Turkey) – second-degree rape and assault (Harford, MD)
• Gustavo Diaz-Diaz (Mexico) – second-degree sex offense (Franklin County, NC)
• Luis Fonseca-Guaranga (Ecuador) – child abuse and assault of an unborn child (Grand Forks, ND)
• Izanami Perez-Gazga (Mexico) – communicating to commit crime & children – accosting for immoral purposes (Mason, MI)
• Minh Duc Ngo Nguyen (Vietnam) – armed robbery (Massachusetts)
• Fabricio Garces-Bedoya (Ecuador) – TWO counts of distribution of a controlled substance and importation of heroin (Danbury, CT)
• Francisco Gallardo-Cortes (Mexico) – dealing in cocaine and resisting an officer (Cleveland, OH)
• Juan Gonzalez-Lopez (Mexico) – dealing methamphetamine and illegal re-entry (Indianapolis, IN)
• Gorky Garcia-Garcia (Honduras) – possession with intent to distribute cocaine (Jefferson Parish, LA)
• Roberto Contreras-Gonzalez (Mexico) – attempted trafficking of opium or heroin (Mecklenburg County, NC)
• Jesus Garcia-Ayala (Mexico) – TWO counts of burglary and disorderly conduct (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Jose Fuentes-Sanchez (Mexico) – evading arrest/detention using a vehicle and resisting an officer (Austin, TX)
• Phu Hoang Vo (Vietnam) – evading a peace officer, drug possession, and obstruction (Westminster, CA)

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, Rapists, and Drug Traffickers (Sept 8, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/8: CBP DEL RIO – $557K METH, HEROIN, AND FENTANYL BUST AT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE

MIXED HARD NARCOTICS. MINIVAN AT THE PORT. FENTANYL + HEROIN + METH. HSI ARREST. CARTEL PIPELINE STOPPED AT THE LINE. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry seized a mixed load of hard narcotics — methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl — valued at more than $550,000 hidden in a passenger vehicle.

On Sept. 3 at the Del Rio International Bridge, a CBP officer referred a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country driven by a 28-year-old male U.S. citizen for secondary inspection. After nonintrusive inspection and a canine exam, officers found packages containing 4.45 pounds of alleged methamphetamine, 8.81 pounds of alleged heroin, and 12.69 pounds of alleged fentanyl hidden in the vehicle. Combined estimated street value: $557,589.

CBP seized the narcotics. Homeland Security Investigations special agents made one arrest and opened a criminal investigation.

Port Director Liliana Flores: “By stopping these hard narcotics before they can enter our country, we are actively saving lives and dismantling the operations of criminal organizations. We will continue to maintain a high state of readiness to address all threats attempting to enter the United States.”

Source: CBP – CBP officers seize more than $550k in methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl at Del Rio Port of Entry (Sept 8, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/7: COAST GUARD NABS 24 ILLEGAL ALIENS OFF SANTA BARBARA ISLAND — TURNED OVER TO BORDER PATROL

MARITIME SMUGGLING RUN. 28-FOOT CUDDY CABIN. ~40 MILES OFF LOS ANGELES. CUTTER NARWHAL BOARDING. 24 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL ALIENS TO U.S. BORDER PATROL. U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District reports crews interdicted 24 suspected illegal aliens approximately three miles south of Santa Barbara Island late Saturday night — another sea-borne attempt to sneak into Southern California.

At about 11:15 p.m., the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Narwhal (WPB 87335) detected a 28-foot cuddy cabin vessel and launched a boarding team. At about 12:10 a.m. Sunday, boarders detained all 24 suspected aliens. The group was transported to Newport Harbor and transferred to U.S. Border Patrol agents. Officials released no further details on nationalities or smuggling charges pending investigation.

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Southwest — Coast Guard interdicts 24 aliens 3 miles south of Santa Barbara Island (Sept 7, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/5: BIDEN JUDGE FREES MS-13 MURDER FUGITIVE FROM ICE CUSTODY IN CALIFORNIA

MS-13. INTERNATIONAL WARRANT FOR AGGRAVATED MURDER IN EL SALVADOR. ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. SECOND STREET RELEASE IN SANCTUARY CALIFORNIA. ACTIVIST BENCH VS. ICE. DHS says Biden-appointed U.S. District Judge Jinsook Ohta ordered the release of criminal illegal alien David Antonio Aviles Perez — an MS-13 gang member wanted for aggravated murder in El Salvador — from ICE custody in southern California.

ICE arrested Aviles Perez on March 26 on an international warrant for aggravated murder in El Salvador. His U.S. record also includes a 2023 California arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft — after which California sanctuary politicians RELEASED him back onto the streets. DHS says this is now the SECOND time this dangerous illegal has been released in California. Entry date/location unknown. He had been held pending removal until Judge Ohta ordered him out last Wednesday.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This radical activist judge has put American lives at risk by releasing a wanted murderer. This is now the SECOND time this dangerous illegal has been released back onto the streets in California. Because sanctuary politicians want to play politics from the bench, innocent Americans are in danger. DHS and ICE will not be deterred by these partisan games. If California’s leaders won’t protect Americans, DHS will.”

Source: DHS – Biden-Appointed Activist Judge in California Releases MS-13 Gang Member Wanted for Murder in El Salvador (Sept 5, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/4: ICE DETAINER – ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED IN DUI CRASH THAT KILLED MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN MARYLAND

WRONG-WAY ON I-270. TWO DEAD. 8-YEAR-OLD INJURED. GROSS NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER. HOMICIDE BY MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE IMPAIRED. ICE DETAINER LODGED. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Maryland officials not to release an illegal alien charged in a fatal drunk-driving crash that killed a woman and her daughter.

On Aug. 29 on Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, a suspected drunk driver traveling the wrong way crashed head-on into a vehicle with four occupants. Killed: Musammat Shamima Begum, 46, and her daughter Areebah Jahin, 23. Injured: a 62-year-old man and an 8-year-old girl. Investigators believe alcohol impairment was a factor.

SUSPECT (per DHS): Jose Antonio Caballero-Nolasco, illegal alien from El Salvador. Charged with TWO counts of gross negligent manslaughter, TWO counts of homicide by motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol, and life-threatening injury by a motor vehicle. Treated at a local hospital, then transferred to Montgomery County Detention Center. ICE lodged a detainer Sept. 1. Illegal entry date/location unknown.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien has been charged after a drunk-driving crash that killed a woman and her daughter and injured two others, including an 8-year-old girl, in Montgomery County, Maryland. This tragedy was completely avoidable. Musammat Shamima Begum and Areebah Jahin should still be alive. ICE has lodged a detainer asking officials in Maryland to commit to not releasing this killer back onto our streets. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their family, and for a swift recovery for those who were injured.”

Source: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien Charged in DUI Crash that Killed a Mother and Daughter in Maryland (Sept 4, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: DEPORTED – ICE REMOVES CHILD ABUSERS, KIDNAPPERS, AND ROBBERS

CHILD ENDANGERMENT. SIMPLE KIDNAPPING. ROBBERY. FELONY RE-ENTRY. BIDEN RELEASED ONE — NOW GONE. DHS says ICE last week deported more illegal aliens convicted of crimes including child endangerment, kidnapping, and robbery.

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS):

• Heriton Aredes (Brazil) – deported Aug. 26. Convictions: assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, operating recklessly, use of motor vehicle without authority; arrest for motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. Prior deportation Oct. 14, 2008 after June 16, 2008 final order; then felony illegal re-entry
• Juan Hortencio Palacios-Gomez (Honduras) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: felony domestic abuse – child endangerment, cruelty to juveniles, domestic abuse – battery by strangulation, simple kidnapping. Prior deportation March 21, 2024 after Feb. 16, 2024 final order; then felony illegal re-entry
• Joel Garcia-Lopez (Mexico) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: battery against a public safety official, public intoxication; arrests for OWI. Final order Aug. 7, 2026
• Razi A. Butt (Pakistan) – deported Aug. 26. Convictions: robbery, unauthorized use of a vehicle, disorderly conduct. Lawfully admitted Jan. 2000; overstayed since Jan. 2001; final order Dec. 17, 2013
• Jacsaint Florvil (Haiti) – deported Aug. 27. Conviction: domestic violence. Illegal entry via Arizona Nov. 2021; arrested by Border Patrol then RELEASED by the Biden Administration; final order May 11, 2026

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, the hard-working men and women of ICE deported more illegal aliens from our country, including child abusers, kidnappers, and robbers. With so many illegal aliens deported from our country under President Trump’s leadership, it’s no wonder that crime rates have fallen to historic lows. The Trump Administration will never apologize for deporting illegal aliens and putting American citizens first.”

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: ICE Deports Child Abusers, Kidnappers, and Robbers (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN – ICE DEPORTS PEDOPHILES, DRUNK DRIVERS, VIOLENT ASSAILANTS

SEX WITH A MINOR. SIX PRIOR DEPORTATIONS. INMATE ASSAULTS ON CORRECTIONS STAFF. FALSE IMPRISONMENT. BIDEN RELEASED A FELONY RE-ENTERER — NOW GONE. DHS says ICE last week deported more illegal aliens convicted of crimes including sexual intercourse with a minor, DUI, and assault.

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS):

• Miguel Baltazar-Bernal (Mexico) – deported Aug. 29. Convictions: sexual intercourse with a minor, corporal injury on spouse, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana for sale, illegal entry. Illegal entry via California 1988; previously deported SIX times (1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2019); final order Aug. 23, 1995
• Omer Karahodzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – deported Aug. 27. Convictions: FOUR counts third-degree assault – inmate assault on corrections employee, THREE counts wanton endangerment, THREE counts DUI, THREE counts alcohol intoxication in a public place, possession of marijuana; arrests for kidnapping adult and unlawful imprisonment. Final order July 9, 2025
• Teofilo Ramos-Ramos (Guatemala) – deported Aug. 28. Convictions: false imprisonment by violence/menace/fraud/deceit and driving with measurable blood alcohol causing injury. Illegal entry via California Nov. 2016 (Obama era); final order Dec. 14, 2022 after no-show
• Cecilia Gonzalez-Chavez (Mexico) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: aggravated assault, aggravated battery; prior removal Sept. 8, 2023 then felony illegal re-entry via New Mexico Nov. 2023 — released by the Biden Administration; prior order reinstated Nov. 14, 2023
• Altiman Peterkin (Jamaica) – deported Aug. 27. Conviction: assault and battery of family/household member; arrests for rape and threatening to commit murder. Admitted Nov. 2014; overstayed since Feb. 2015; final order July 21, 2026

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, the patriots of ICE deported more illegal aliens, including pedophiles, drunk drivers, and violent assailants. 80% of the American people support deporting criminal illegal aliens. Every day, DHS is delivering on President Trump’s mandate from the American people to deport illegal aliens and make America safe again.”

Source: DHS – MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Deports More Illegal Aliens, Including Pedophiles, Drunk Drivers, and Violent Assailants (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/4: ICE HSI KNOXVILLE – 2 HIGH-RANKING UNITED CARTELS BOSSES INDICTED FOR METH AND TERRORISM

FTO-DESIGNATED CARTEL. METH FOR U.S. IMPORT. MATERIAL SUPPORT TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. MACHINE GUNS. LIFE ON THE TABLE. HSTF / OPERATION PELICAN BONES. ICE Homeland Security Investigations Knoxville reports a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has indicted two high-ranking United Cartels members from Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, Mexico.

NAMED DEFENDANTS (per ICE):

• Juan Jose “Juanjo” Farias Mendoza, 31 — son of United Cartels top leader Juan Jose Farias Alvarez (“El Abuelo”)
• Israel “Papo” Vega Farias, 37 — nephew of “El Abuelo”

Charges include conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine for importation into the United States, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and using, carrying and possessing firearms, including machine guns and destructive devices, during and in relation to the alleged drug trafficking. If convicted, both face maximum penalties of life in prison.

ICE says United Cartels — designated an FTO / SDGT in February 2025 — is one of the world’s largest meth producers, with U.S. distribution hubs in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Kansas City, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Denver, and Chicago. The case grew out of Operation Pelican Bones, which began after a 2019 East Tennessee car crash and expanded into a multinational cartel probe. HSI Knoxville is leading, with DOJ Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

HSI acting Executive Associate Director John Condon: “This indictment is a testament to the relentless efforts of Homeland Security Investigations to dismantle the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. The United Cartels have fueled violence, addiction, and instability both in the United States and abroad. … We will continue to leverage every available tool to protect our communities, disrupt transnational criminal enterprises, and ensure those who threaten our nation’s safety and security are brought to justice.”

Part of the Homeland Security Task Force under Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. An indictment is an allegation; defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Source: ICE – 2 high-ranking United Cartels members indicted for drug trafficking and terrorism in Tennessee HSTF investigation led by ICE HSI Knoxville (Sept 4, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/4: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS HOMICIDE OFFENDERS, PEDOPHILES, ATTEMPTED MURDERERS

MANSLAUGHTER. CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD. ATTEMPTED MURDER. KIDNAPPING. METH AND HEROIN CONSPIRACY. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE yesterday arrested more of the worst of the worst — illegal aliens convicted of manslaughter, sexual abuse of a child, attempted murder, and kidnapping.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Cesar Abraham Castellon-Flores (Mexico) – TWO counts of manslaughter and aggravated assault (West Valley City, UT)
• Filberto Matus-Morales (Mexico) – continuous sexual abuse of a child (Santa Ana, CA)
• Obed Pineda-Ordonez (Guatemala) – attempted murder and first-degree arson (Broward County, FL)
• Hugo Alexander Sanchez (El Salvador) – use of firearm in the commission of a felony, abduction, and kidnapping (Fairfax, VA)
• Adan Martinez-Onofre (Mexico) – conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin (Middle District of Florida)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “The brave men and women of ICE law enforcement work every single day to remove illegal aliens from our communities. Yesterday, ICE arrested killers, pedophiles, attempted murderers, and other public safety threats. Under President Trump’s leadership, we will never apologize for arresting and deporting illegal aliens in order to keep America safe.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Homicide Offenders, Pedophiles, Attempted Murderers, Kidnappers, and Violent Assailants (Sept 4, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/4: CBP LAREDO – $2.5 MILLION METH BUST AT JUAREZ-LINCOLN BRIDGE

280.47 POUNDS. 2011 HONDA CR-V. CANINE ALERT. HSI INVESTIGATING. CBP officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo seized alleged methamphetamine valued at more than $2.5 million.

On Aug. 25, a CBP officer referred a 2011 Honda CR-V for secondary inspection after a canine alert at primary. Officers found 280.47 pounds of alleged methamphetamine concealed in the vehicle — estimated street value $2,579,003. CBP seized the narcotics and the vehicle. Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating.

Port Director Albert Flores, Laredo Port of Entry: “This significant seizure of more than 280 pounds of alleged methamphetamine underscores the vigilance and expertise of our CBP officers and the critical role of canine operations in keeping dangerous narcotics from reaching our communities.”

Source: CBP – CBP officers seize over $2.5 million in methamphetamine at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge (Sept 4, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: BORDER PATROL DEL RIO – 8 ILLEGAL ALIENS RESCUED FROM LOCKED RAIL CAR

AUTORACK FREIGHT CAR. ONE CHILD. MEXICO, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, CHINA. 100+ DEGREE HEAT. SMUGGLERS LOCKED THEM IN. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Del Rio Sector rescued eight individuals locked inside a train car near Knippa, Texas.

On the afternoon of Aug. 30, Uvalde Border Patrol Station agents were inspecting trains on a rail siding near Knippa when a Border Patrol canine alerted to a stationary autorack freight car carrying automobiles. Agents found eight people — including one child — locked inside with no means of escape. Nationalities: three Mexican, three Salvadoran, one Guatemalan, and one Chinese. All were medically assessed and taken to Uvalde Station for processing.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “Alien smugglers have no regard for those they prey upon. Temperatures in this area exceed 100 degrees daily. Were it not for the actions of our highly trained agents, this situation could have had a tragic outcome.”

Source: CBP – U.S. Border Patrol agents rescue eight trapped in rail car (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, ROBBERS

MURDER. LEWD CONDUCT WITH A MINOR. ROBBERY. FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT. COCAINE AND METH TRAFFICKING. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE yesterday arrested more of the worst of the worst — illegal aliens convicted of murder, lewd conduct with a minor, robbery, and assault.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Dung Tran (Vietnam) – murder (Bronx, NY)
• Adin Genis-Mendez (Guatemala) – TWO counts of injury to a child and lewd conduct with a minor under 16 (Kuna, ID)
• Sol Kim (Vietnam) – TWO counts of use of firearm, unlawful wounding, TWO counts of robbery, assault and battery (Arlington, VA)
• Gonzalo Ramos-Siguan (Guatemala) – first-degree assault (Montgomery County, MD)
• Marcos Montiel-Lopez (Mexico) – conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine (Wilmington, NC)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove the worst of the worst illegal aliens from our communities. Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, robbers, and other dangerous criminals. … If you’re in America illegally: LEAVE NOW, or we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, Robbers, and Heinous Criminals (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: DEPORTED – ICE REMOVES CHILD ABUSERS, KIDNAPPERS, AND ROBBERS

CHILD ENDANGERMENT. SIMPLE KIDNAPPING. ROBBERY. FELONY REENTRY. BIDEN RELEASED ONE — NOW GONE. DHS says ICE last week deported more illegal aliens convicted of crimes including child endangerment, kidnapping, and robbery.

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS):

• Heriton Aredes (Brazil) – deported Aug. 26. Convictions: assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, operating recklessly, use of motor vehicle without authority; arrest for motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. Prior removal Oct. 14, 2008 after June 2008 final order; illegally re-entered (felony)
• Juan Hortencio Palacios-Gomez (Honduras) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: felony domestic abuse – child endangerment, cruelty to juveniles, domestic abuse – battery by strangulation, simple kidnapping; arrests include Schedule II narcotics, resisting an officer, vehicle theft. Prior removal March 21, 2024; illegally re-entered (felony)
• Joel Garcia-Lopez (Mexico) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: battery against a public safety official, public intoxication; arrest for OWI. Final order Aug. 7, 2026
• Razi A. Butt (Pakistan) – deported Aug. 26. Convictions: robbery, unauthorized use of a vehicle, disorderly conduct. Admitted Jan. 2000; overstayed since Jan. 2001; final order Dec. 17, 2013
• Jacsaint Florvil (Haiti) – deported Aug. 27. Conviction: domestic violence. Illegal entry via Arizona Nov. 2021; Border Patrol arrest then released into the country by the Biden Administration; final order May 11, 2026

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, the hard-working men and women of ICE deported more illegal aliens from our country, including child abusers, kidnappers, and robbers. … The Trump Administration will never apologize for deporting illegal aliens and putting American citizens first.”

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: ICE Deports Child Abusers, Kidnappers, and Robbers (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: ICE REMOVES CUBAN INTELLIGENCE AGENT WHO FRAUDULENTLY GOT GREEN CARD

CUBAN INTEL ASSET. INFILTRATED EXILE COMMUNITIES. LIED ON LPR APPLICATION. REMOVED AUG. 7. ICE removed Fernando Armando Valdes Perez, 61, of Kendall, Florida — a Cuban national and Guatemalan citizen — after investigators determined he fraudulently obtained lawful permanent resident status while concealing his affiliation with the Cuban regime.

Valdes was arrested July 10 at Miami International Airport in a joint ICE, FBI Miami, and CBP administrative enforcement action. Investigators say he was a Cuban intelligence asset tasked with infiltrating and reporting on Cuban exile and dissident communities in Latin America and the United States as early as the mid-1990s. He gained the trust of late anti-Castro dissident Luis Posada Carriles and remained close to Cuban and Cuban American figures in South Florida until his arrest.

ERO Miami Field Office Director Matthew Elliston: “Individuals who conceal ties to foreign intelligence services and exploit our immigration system pose a serious threat to the integrity of that system and to our national security. ICE will continue working with our federal partners to identify, arrest and remove those who obtain immigration benefits through fraud.”

Source: ICE – ICE removes Cuban intelligence agent who fraudulently obtained lawful permanent resident status (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/3: OPERATION TIDAL WAVE – CBP REMOVES 10 MORE ALIEN CRUISE CREW IN BOSTON FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL

NORWEGIAN ESCAPE. 9 FILIPINOS + 1 NEPALI. ALL ADMITTED CONSUMING CSEM/CSAM. SECOND BOSTON SWEEP IN AUGUST. 24 REMOVED IN TWO WEEKS. CBP officers at the Port of Boston removed 10 aliens from the cruise ship Norwegian Escape on Aug. 31 as part of ongoing Operation Tidal Wave.

During secondary interviews, all 10 admitted previously consuming child sexual exploitation / abuse material. All were processed for removal of conditional landing under INA Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) for crimes involving moral turpitude.

Acting Director of Field Operations, Boston Field Office Julio Caravia: “In just over two weeks, CBP has removed 24 cruise workers for possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material, and we will not stop. … Those individuals found engaging in this behavior will be arrested, removed, and face significant consequences.”

Boston follow-on after earlier August removals from Norwegian Breakaway, Holland Volendam, and Vision of the Seas. Nationwide track: Phase 1 San Diego (April) — 27 crewmembers / 6 vessels; Phase 2 San Juan (June/July) — 14 crewmembers + one federal prosecution accepted.

Source: CBP – CBP officers remove another 10 cruise ship crewmembers in Boston following Operation Tidal Wave investigation (Sept 3, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE AUGUST ARRESTS BREAK RECORD – 50,925 ILLEGAL ALIENS NABBED IN ONE MONTH

THIRD STRAIGHT MONTHLY RECORD. NEARLY 51,000 ARRESTS. OVER 50K FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW. LEAVE NOW — OR GET FOUND. DHS announces ICE arrested 50,925 illegal aliens in August 2026 — the highest single-month total in agency history, topping July’s prior record of 50,208. June saw 43,900.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “For the third straight month, ICE set a new record for the highest number of illegal aliens arrested in a single month, nearly 51,000. This is promises made and promises kept in action. Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE is working around the clock every day to arrest and deport illegal aliens from American communities. If you are in the country illegally, LEAVE NOW. If not, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

DHS says more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the United States since President Trump returned to office. Self-deport option remains: $3,000 and a free flight via the CBP Home App.

August “worst of the worst” highlights cited by DHS include convictions for murder, child pornography, sexual assault of a minor, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, and DUI manslaughter — among them Kenyan murder convict Osbert Marion Otien Owuor (Compton, CA) and Indian national Masroor Ahmed Butt (D.C., illicit sexual conduct / child pornography).

Source: DHS – ICE’s August Arrests Break Record for Number of Illegal Aliens Arrested (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE LAS VEGAS – ALLEGED ARSONIST, DOMESTIC BATTERY, DRUGS

ATTEMPTED ARSON. DOMESTIC BATTERY. METH. OVERSTAY SINCE 2000. OFF THE STREETS. ICE Salt Lake City arrested Jaime Tan Francisco, 55, a criminal illegal alien from the Philippines, after Las Vegas police booked him on arson-related and other charges.

Francisco was admitted in Detroit in April 2000 with authorization only until Oct. 26, 2000, then remained illegally. Prior convictions: misdemeanor harassment (2006) and methamphetamine possession (2014). On July 25, Las Vegas police arrested him for domestic battery, drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer, attempted arson, and drug possession. ICE took him into custody Aug. 2 pending removal.

ICE Director David Venturella: “Francisco entered the U.S. in April of 2000, but violated the terms of his admission and went on to commit a series of crimes. … Criminal illegal aliens are unwelcome in the U.S., and ICE is partnering with state and local police to keep them off our streets and out of our communities.”

Source: ICE – ICE, local partners arrest alleged arsonist in Las Vegas (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE TEXAS – CUBAN DRUG TRAFFICKER EVADED REMOVAL ORDER FOR 26 YEARS

FINAL ORDER SINCE FEB. 29, 2000. COCAINE. DRUG TRAFFICKING. NOW KIDNAPPING CHARGES. 287(g) PARTNERSHIP. ICE and San Saba County Sheriff’s Office arrested Emiliano Martinez Perez, 54, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba, on Aug. 5 after he failed to appear for a hearing on current charges.

Martinez Perez has convictions for cocaine possession and drug trafficking, plus a final order of removal dating to Feb. 29, 2000 — more than 26 years ago. He also illegally reentered through Texas in June 2018. He now faces local charges including kidnapping, indecent assault, unlawful restraint, and illegal tattooing. ICE lodged a detainer; he remains in local custody pending criminal proceedings.

Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella: “This criminal illegal alien was ordered removed from the U.S. more than 26 years ago. Since then, he was convicted of drug trafficking, and now he’s in jail facing charges for kidnapping, indecent assault, unlawful restraint and illegal tattooing. … This is exactly why the partnerships under the 287(g) program matter.”

Source: ICE – ICE, Texas partners arrest drug trafficker who evaded final order of removal for 26 years (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE MIAMI – CONVICTED ARMED ROBBER NABBED WITH FLORIDA 287(g) PARTNERS

ARMED ROBBERY. COCAINE. REMOVAL ORDER SINCE 2010. OFF THE STREETS. ICE Miami and Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office arrested Roberto Gonzalez-Fonseca, 57, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba, on July 31.

Gonzalez-Fonseca was convicted of armed robbery and possession of cocaine. He faces new cocaine possession charges from a Feb. 25 Florida arrest. He entered lawfully near Miami in 1991 and later became an LPR, but an immigration judge in Chaparral, New Mexico, ordered him removed Nov. 1, 2010, after the armed robbery conviction. He is in ICE custody pending removal.

ICE Deputy Director Charles Wall: “ICE officers are committed to making our communities safe, and arresting Gonzalez-Fonseca — a convicted armed robber who’s known to possess drugs — is part of a larger picture. Every ICE arrest that takes a violent criminal illegal alien off the streets helps restore public safety, just as President Trump promised.”

Source: ICE – ICE arrests convicted armed robber with help from Florida police partners (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN – ICE DEPORTS MS-13, 18TH STREET, SINALOA, LATIN KINGS

ABDUCTION. ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. METH TRAFFICKING. HUMAN TRAFFICKING ARRESTS. REPEAT ILLEGAL REENTRY. DHS says ICE last week deported more illegal alien gang members – including kidnappers, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and burglars.

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS):

• Erik Alexis Valladares-Corea (Honduras, MS-13) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: abduction, possession of a weapon, illegal re-entry; arrests include malicious wounding / intent to maim. Entered TX April 2015; released by Obama Admin; prior removal May 2020; illegally re-entered
• Balmore Vladimir Hernandez-Lopez (El Salvador, MS-13) – deported Aug. 25. Conviction: assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; arrests for human slavery/trafficking. Multiple prior removals; third illegal entry
• Enrique Carrasco-Polanco (Mexico, Sinaloa Cartel) – deported Aug. 29. Convictions: conspiracy to distribute 500+ grams methamphetamine, firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, illegal re-entry. Previously deported three times (2014, 2015, 2017)
• Abner Geovani Del Valle-Lemus (Guatemala, 18th Street) – deported Aug. 28. Convictions: battery, stolen vehicle, vehicle theft, burglary, vandalism. Border Patrol arrest June 2014; released by Obama Admin
• Brian Damian Iglesias-Rodriguez (Uruguay, Latin Kings) – deported Aug. 24. Convictions: assault, burglary of a vehicle, drug possession, obstruction. Prior removals 2021 and 2022; third illegal entry

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, the brave men and women of ICE made our country safer by deporting illegal alien gang members, including kidnappers, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and burglars. The Trump Administration is working hard every single day to undo the damage caused by the Biden Administration’s reckless open-border policies. We will never apologize for deporting illegal aliens, because that’s how we save lives.”

Source: DHS – MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Deports Illegal Alien Gang Members, Including Kidnappers, Violent Assailants, Drug Traffickers, and Burglars (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE DETAINER – ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED IN DEADLY TENNESSEE DUI CRASH

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. SIX OR SEVEN BEERS. METH IN HIS POCKET. MOTORCYCLIST KILLED. 287(g) PARTNERSHIP. ICE lodged a detainer on Alfonso Vasquez-Morales, a Mexican national charged in a July 7 Jonesborough, Tennessee, crash that killed 69-year-old motorcyclist William Richard Sauer of Brooksville, Florida.

Per ICE and Washington County Sheriff’s Office: Vasquez-Morales crossed into oncoming traffic and struck Sauer head-on around 2 p.m. Witnesses said he was weaving; he admitted drinking “six or seven beers” before driving. Charges include vehicular homicide, reckless driving, possession of methamphetamine, driving without a license, and related offenses.

Vasquez-Morales told ICE he entered without authorization through Arizona and has lived illegally in the U.S. about three years. Washington County Sheriff’s Office is a 287(g) Warrant Service Officer partner, facilitating transfer to ICE custody.

Source: ICE – ICE issues detainer for criminal illegal alien charged in deadly Tennessee DUI crash (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE DETAINER – HAITIAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH KILLING AUNT, STRANGLING COUSIN IN FLORIDA

HOMICIDE. ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. SEXUAL BATTERY. BURGLARY WITH BATTERY. BIDEN RELEASED HIM IN 2024. DHS confirms ICE lodged a detainer on Whycliff Longin, an illegal alien from Haiti charged after allegedly killing his aunt and strangling his cousin in Lehigh Acres, Florida.

On Aug. 27, Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic disturbance at a duplex. The 911 caller said she woke up to a man on top of her strangling her, broke free, barricaded herself, and called police. Deputies found Amadette Longin dead; family identified her as the suspect’s aunt and the surviving victim as his cousin. Longin was taken into custody. ICE lodged a detainer with Lee County Jail the same day.

Charges: homicide, attempted homicide, sexual battery, and burglary with a battery. DHS says Longin illegally entered through Florida in 2024 and was released into the country by the Biden Administration.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien from Haiti is charged with homicide, attempted homicide, sexual battery, and burglary with a battery after allegedly killing a woman and attempting to strangle another woman to death. This dangerous illegal alien should have never been allowed into our country in the first place. If it weren’t for the Biden Administration’s reckless open-border policies, Amadette Longin would still be alive.”

Source: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer for Haitian Illegal Alien Charged with Killing a Woman and Strangling Another in Florida (Sept 2, 2026)

Lee County Sheriff’s Office press update on the Lehigh Acres homicide / ICE detainer case (Aug 2026).

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BREAKING 9/2: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS CHILD ABUSERS, ROBBERS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

CHILD ABUSE. ARMED ROBBERY. DRUG TRAFFICKING. ARSON. ATTACKING A COP. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE yesterday arrested more of the worst of the worst – child abusers, robbers, drug traffickers, and other dangerous illegal aliens.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Benjamin Tomas-Reynoso (Guatemala) – abuse/neglect/endangerment of a child 8 years old or younger (Bradley County, TN)
• Raidel Gato (Cuba) – robbery while carrying a firearm or other deadly weapon (Miami, FL)
• Martin Guerrero-Guerrero (Mexico) – drug trafficking (Albuquerque, NM)
• Ediberto Lopez-Lopez (Mexico) – aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer and aggravated escape (Sulphur, OK)
• Jesus Chavira-Ramirez (Mexico) – arson (Toledo, OH)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, ICE arrested child abusers, robbers, drug traffickers, and other dangerous illegal aliens from our communities. Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE is delivering on the American people’s mandate to arrest and deport illegal aliens in order to make America safe again. If you are here illegally, we will hunt you down and send you back to where you came from.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Child Abusers, Robbers, and Drug Traffickers (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/2: ICE REMOVES MURDERERS, CHILD SEX ASSAILANTS, ARSONISTS

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD. KIDNAPPING. ARSON. REPEATED ILLEGAL REENTRY. ICE reports late July / early August removals of egregious criminal illegal aliens with convictions including murder, sexual assault, and arson.

NAMED REMOVALS (per ICE):

• Hernan Portillo Melendez, 39 (Honduras) – second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon; previously removed April 2024, re-encountered near Carrizo Springs, TX
• Neri Farid Calix Ardon, 31 (Honduras) – sexual assault of a child; removed Sept 2023, re-encountered Eagle Pass Jan 2025; charged with reentry after deportation
• Douglas Corea-Cabezas, 53 (Nicaragua) – sexual battery, kidnapping, strongarm robbery, cocaine possession; multiple prior removals and unlawful reentries
• Rafael Panduro Puga, 38 (Mexico) – arson and possession of a controlled substance while armed; removed July

ICE ERO Executive Associate Director Marcos Charles: “Every one of these removals makes our communities safer. These are convicted criminals who no longer pose a threat on American streets. That’s what immigration enforcement is supposed to do — protect the American people by removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from our country.”

Source: ICE – ICE continues removing egregious criminal illegal aliens who threaten local communities (Sept 2, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/1: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS CHILD ABUSERS, ROBBERS, STRANGLERS

MOLESTING A VICTIM UNDER 18. ENDANGERING CHILDREN. STRANGULATION. AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more of the worst of the worst yesterday – child abusers, robbers, identity thieves, fraudsters, and other dangerous criminals.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Luis Antonio Molina (Mexico) – aggravated robbery and endangering children (Franklin County, OH)
• Adolfo Guzman-Ramirez (Mexico) – annoying/molesting a victim under 18 (Ontario, CA)
• Luis Fernando Hernandez-Guia (Mexico) – strangulation (Douglassville, PA)
• Minh H. Nguyen (Vietnam) – drug possession, discharge of a firearm, and assault and battery (Boston, MA)
• Michel Reinoso-Gomez (Cuba) – battery, identity theft, and bank fraud (Miami, FL)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove illegal aliens from our communities. Just yesterday, ICE arrested child abusers, robbers, identity thieves, fraudsters, and other dangerous criminals. President Trump has made it clear: Illegal aliens are NOT welcome in our nation. If you’re in America illegally: LEAVE NOW, or we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Child Abusers, Violent Assailants, and Robbers (Sept 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 9/1: OPERATION ROTTEN APPLE – ICE NABS 2,197 ILLEGAL ALIENS ACROSS NEW YORK

MURDERERS. RAPISTS. PEDOPHILES. DRUG TRAFFICKERS. KIDNAPPERS. 2,197 ARRESTS. ZERO HELP FROM HOCHUL OR MAMDANI. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced in New York City that ICE Operation Rotten Apple (July 27-Aug. 29) arrested 2,197 illegal aliens statewide – including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and violent assailants.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Bogdan Detrovich Gren (Ukraine) – kidnapping, abduction resulting in death, criminal possession of a weapon, murder
• Andreas Bernal Chiquito (Colombia) – course of sexual conduct against a child; act in manner to injure child less than 17
• Noel Celestino Lopez Martinez (Mexico) – first-degree rape: forcible compulsion
• Palvinder Singh (India) – conviction for rape in Germany
• Carlos Mendez-Acosta (Venezuela) – conviction for rape
• Chhun Kim Pril (Cambodia) – drug trafficking
• Danilo Antonio Rodriguez (Dominican Republic) – conspiracy to distribute with intent to distribute heroin

DHS says sanctuary policies under Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani resulted in the release of 13,621 criminal illegal aliens from jails back onto New York streets. Operation ran with no help from either.

Secretary Mullin: “Operation Rotten Apple did what sanctuary politicians in New York City and the state of New York refuse to do: made the Empire State safer. … And we did it with no help from Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul.”

Border Czar Tom Homan: “Democratic politicians in New York and elsewhere say that they care about public safety, but won’t let immigration law enforcement officers into their jails to take criminals into custody; instead they release them to their streets.”

Source: DHS – Secretary Mullin Highlights Success of Operation Rotten Apple: ICE Arrests Over 2,100 Illegal Aliens in New York (Sept 1, 2026)

New York Post: Sec. Mullin press conference announcing Operation Rotten Apple results (Sept 1, 2026).

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BREAKING 9/1: OPERATION CORRAL LIGHT – ICE ARRESTS 121 AT MEMPHIS NIGHTCLUB

121 ILLEGAL ALIENS. ONE NIGHT. EL CORRALON. CHILD ENDANGERMENT. ASSAULT. COCAINE. DUI. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. DHS confirms ICE New Orleans ran multiagency Operation Corral Light on Aug. 30 at the El Corralon nightclub in Memphis, Tennessee – arresting 121 illegal aliens.

Criminal histories among those arrested include larceny, drug possession, domestic violence, driving while intoxicated, assault, child endangerment, and prostitution.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Ricardo N Rodriguez Arteaga (Honduras) – conviction for larceny; arrest for commercial sex / prostitution
• Sergio Vieyra Torres (Mexico) – arrests for child endangerment and DUI
• Maryari Pamela Lopez Urivina (Honduras) – arrest for aggravated assault
• Jeronima Giron Cisneros (Honduras) – arrest for domestic violence
• Miguel Galeas Rodriguez (Honduras) – conviction for cocaine possession

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Through Operation Corral Light, ICE arrested more than 120 illegal aliens in a single day, including child abusers, drug traffickers, and violent assailants. Under the Trump Administration, the brave men and women of ICE have been unleashed to remove illegal aliens from our communities and make America safe again.”

ICE ERO New Orleans Acting Field Office Director Scott Ladwig: “This criminal enforcement operation to arrest illegal aliens and eliminate drug activity in our community is part of the highest priorities of this administration.”

Source: DHS – More than 120 Illegal Aliens Arrested at Memphis Nightclub / Operation Corral Light (Sept 1, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/31: ICE PHOENIX – 2 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS NABBED IN NORTHERN ARIZONA

KIDNAPPING. SEXUAL ABUSE. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A COP. COCAINE. SIX PRIOR REMOVALS. OFF THE STREETS. ICE Phoenix arrested two illegal aliens with serious felony histories in separate northern Arizona enforcement actions during the week of Aug. 2.

NAMED ARRESTS (per ICE):

• Dinesh Sapkota, 28 (Nepal) – arrested near Flagstaff. Convictions (2023): kidnapping, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, sexual abuse, and aggravated assault involving a physically restrained victim (2022 Flagstaff PD case). Entered legally May 2, 2016; overstayed. Remains in ICE custody pending removal.
• Norberto Osornio-Gutierrez, 50 (Mexico) – arrested near Prescott. Convictions: burglary, traffic violations, and attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Final deportation order (Eloy, June 24, 1996) executed, then reinstated SIX more times (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011). Fled on foot; taken into custody without further incident.

ICE Phoenix Field Office Director John Cantú: “ICE officers in Arizona continue to prioritize the arrest and removal of individuals who violate U.S. immigration law and pose a threat to public safety.”

Source: ICE – ICE Phoenix arrests 2 illegal aliens with serious criminal histories in Arizona (Aug 31, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/31: BUFFALO SECTOR – HONDURAN SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED; 25-YEAR RAP SHEET

SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST MINORS. GRAND LARCENY. ASSAULT. BAIL JUMPING. PROBATION VIOLATOR. NOW IN ICE CUSTODY FOR REMOVAL. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Niagara Falls Station arrested Pablo Ordonez-Melendez, a 48-year-old Honduran illegal alien, in Appleton, N.Y., on Aug. 20.

During processing, agents found an extensive criminal history dating back nearly 25 years, including sexual assault against minors, grand larceny, assaults with intent to cause injury, endangerment, bail jumping, possession of stolen property, and numerous traffic offenses. He is currently on probation in New York and is considered a probation violator. He was turned over to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations for deportation proceedings.

Acting Chief Patrol Agent James D’Amato (Buffalo Sector): “Those who violate our immigration laws and have serious criminal histories will be identified, arrested, and removed from the United States. We will continue to protect our border and keep dangerous individuals out of our communities.”

Source: CBP – Border Patrol arrests Honduran illegal alien with extensive criminal record dating back to 2002 (Aug 31, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/31: MULLIN + DUFFY – HISTORIC CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL ALIEN CDL FRAUD / TRUCKING

110 CDL SCHOOLS EMERGENCY-SHUT. 200+ SCHOOLS HIT IN ONE-DAY HSI SURGE. JOINT TASK FORCE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA. ILLEGAL ALIENS OFF THE HIGHWAYS. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and DOT Secretary Sean P. Duffy, with the White House Fraud Task Force and U.S. Attorneys, launched a historic interagency campaign in Detroit against CDL fraud and unqualified illegal alien truckers.

KEY ACTIONS (per DHS / DOT / DOJ):

• DOT/FMCSA: Emergency removal of 110 CDL training schools tied to 5,000+ English-proficiency failures; 160+ more schools proposed for removal after 40-state probes (linked to 239 CMV fatalities)
• HSI: Synchronized surge at 200+ driving schools across 23 SAC offices; Notices of Inspection; probes into unauthorized employment, DMV CDL fraud, medical-cert fraud, labor exploitation, cartel links
• ICE ERO: National CDL surge (Maine / Michigan / Wisconsin focus) plus Operation ICE Wall, Operation Guardrail, Operation Freightliner with 287(g) partners
• DOJ: Joint Task Force Crossroads of America — IL, IN, MI, OH U.S. Attorneys with DOT, FMCSA, FBI, DEA, HSI, ICE, ATF

Secretary Mullin: “Thanks to the recklessness of sanctuary politicians, there is a growing and alarming trend of illegal aliens being granted commercial driver’s licenses… Under the strong leadership of President Trump, DHS and ICE are delivering on our mission to protect Americans by taking these dangerous threats OFF our roadways and getting them OUT of our country.”

Source: DHS – Mullin, Duffy, Fraud Task Force & U.S. Attorneys launch historic trucking fraud crackdown (Aug 31, 2026)

Official DHS YouTube: Sec. Mullin & Sec. Duffy address interagency trucking fraud crackdown (Detroit, Aug 31, 2026).

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BREAKING 8/31: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD. RAPE OF A VICTIM UNDER 16. PREDATOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more of the worst of the worst over the weekend — murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and violent assailants.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Nelson Cruz-Urquilla (El Salvador) — first-degree murder (Chesterfield, VA)
• Henry Diaz-Antunuez (Honduras) — second-degree murder (Washington, D.C.)
• Hung Van Le (Vietnam) — second-degree murder (King County, WA)
• Hoan Quang Tran (Vietnam) — voluntary manslaughter and FOUR counts discharging a firearm (Los Angeles, CA)
• Jorge Arturo Sanchez-Perez (Mexico) — sexual assault of a child (Omaha, NE)
• Axel Castanan-Ramos (Guatemala) — rape of a victim under 16 (Sussex County, DE)
• Alejandro Artemio Alcala-Ayala (Mexico) — first-degree statutory rape (Sedalia, MO)
• Daniel Garcia-Cordova (Mexico) — predator criminal sexual assault (Lake County, IL)
• Maxel Eduardo Sagastume (El Salvador) — lewd acts with a child under 14 (Riverside, CA)
• Alberto Jose Mendoza (Venezuela) — possession with intent to distribute more than 5 kg cocaine (Miami, FL)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “While Americans enjoyed their weekend, the patriots of ICE worked around the clock to remove murderers, pedophiles, rapists, and other public safety threats from our communities.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, Rapists, and Assailants (Aug 31, 2026) | More: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/31: YUMA SECTOR – 143 ARRESTS; 95 ILLEGAL ALIEN CDL TRUCK DRIVERS BUSTED

HUMAN SMUGGLING. DRUG LOADS. ILLEGAL ALIENS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF BIG RIGS — 76 WITH CALIFORNIA CDLs. U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector, with Stonegarden partners, ran a weeklong multi-agency operation (Aug. 10–14) targeting human and drug smuggling. Agents arrested 143 people from 18 countries.

OPERATION RESULTS (per CBP):

• 95 illegal alien truck drivers arrested with state-issued commercial driver’s licenses — 76 California CDLs, 6 New York CDLs, remainder other states
• Two human-smuggling events interdicted — 4 smugglers and 17 smuggled aliens arrested
• Seizures: 1 firearm, 74 pounds methamphetamine, 169 pounds marijuana

Acting Chief Patrol Agent Dustin W. Caudle (Yuma Sector): “We are committed to protecting our citizens from all international threats, whether that is from unlicensed or untrained drivers, or transnational criminal organizations engaged in human or drug trafficking.”

CBP notes DOT’s final rule cracking down on unqualified foreign drivers obtaining non-domiciled CDLs — removing another incentive for illegal immigration and backing the most secure border in 50 years.

Source: CBP – Weeklong targeted enforcement results in 143 arrests in Arizona (Aug 31, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/28: PA HIT-AND-RUN – ICE DETAINER AFTER VENEZUELAN ILLEGAL ALIEN STRIKES CHILD

SPEEDING. HIT A PRE-TEEN. FLED. ILLINOIS LICENSE. BIDEN RELEASE. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Pennsylvania officials not to release Yorgelis Alexandra Matos-Bravo, an illegal alien from Venezuela, charged after a hit-and-run that injured a young boy in Charleroi, Washington County.

Per DHS / local reporting: On Aug. 23, a boy crossing the street was struck by a speeding vehicle that fled. Matos-Bravo later returned after her brothers convinced her and admitted hitting the child. Authorities say the boy is expected to survive. Charleroi Regional Police charged her with aggravated assault – victim less than 13, reckless endangerment, accident involving damage, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, careless driving, and speeding. ICE lodged the detainer with Washington County Jail on Aug. 26. Investigators found she held an Illinois driver’s license.

HOW SHE GOT HERE: Illegally entered through Texas in July 2022; RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien now faces SEVEN charges after a hit-and-run that injured a young child in Pennsylvania. She would not have been in our country in the first place if it weren’t for the Biden Administration’s open borders, and she wouldn’t have been on our roads if it weren’t for J.B. Pritzker’s sanctuary Illinois issuing her a driver’s license.”

Sources: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien Arrested After Hit-and-Run that Injured Child in Pennsylvania (Aug 28, 2026) | Local: Mon Valley Independent

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BREAKING 8/28: DEPORTED – MURDERERS, RAPISTS, ARSONISTS REMOVED

SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM. FORCED SEX ASSAULT. RAPE OF A MINOR. ARSON. GONE. DHS confirms ICE deported more criminal illegal aliens last week — including murderers, rapists, and arsonists.

AMONG THOSE DEPORTED (per DHS):

• Ian Rosales Castro (Ecuador) — deported Aug 21 — second-degree murder and kidnapping with intent to collect ransom (NY); controlled substance (TX); final removal order since Dec 2006
• Jesus Avilas-Urquiza (Bolivia) — deported Aug 21 — TWO counts criminal sex assault with force (IL); overstayed 2000 admission
• Erlin Molina-Ramos (Honduras) — deported Aug 22 — third-degree rape: victim less than 17 (NY)
• Ruben Gonzalez-Gazpar (Mexico) — deported Aug 21 — arson, hit-and-run, vandalism, drugs; previously deported March 2008, then illegally re-entered (felony)
• Andy Gomez-Niebla (Cuba) — deported Aug 21 — robbery / conspiracy to interfere with commerce (MI)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Last week, ICE deported murderers, rapists, and arsonists. Under President Trump’s leadership, we will always put the safety of the American people first. If you’re here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: ICE Deports More Illegal Aliens, Including Murderers, Rapists, and Arsonists (Aug 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/28: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, KIDNAPPERS

SEX WITH A FAMILIAL CHILD. KIDNAPPING. RAPE. CHILD PORN DISTRIBUTION. FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more of the worst of the worst — including pedophiles, rapists, violent assailants, and kidnappers.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Manuel Victores-Alzola (Cuba) — THREE counts engaging in sexual act with familial child (Miami, FL)
• Jeffry Rivera-Vargas (Honduras) — kidnapping and rape (Franklin County, OH)
• Bladimir Morel (Dominican Republic) — robbery, unlawful firearm use, narcotics distribution (PA)
• Ronald Alberto Aguilar-Contreras (El Salvador) — first-degree assault (Baltimore, MD)
• Diego Miguel-Juan (Guatemala) — distribution of child pornography (N.D. Iowa)

Secretary Mullin: “Just yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, rapists, kidnappers, robbers, and other dangerous criminals who never should’ve been here in the first place.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Rapists, Violent Assailants, and Kidnappers (Aug 28, 2026) | More cases: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/28: ICE REMOVES KILLERS AND SEX ASSAILANTS – JULY 19 DEPORTATION FLIGHT

SEXUAL ASSAULT. VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. HOMICIDE. SERIAL RE-ENTRIES. GONE. ICE reports that on July 19 it removed several criminal illegal aliens with convictions including sexual assault, voluntary manslaughter, and driving while intoxicated. ICE published the case roundup Aug. 28.

AMONG THOSE REMOVED (per ICE):

• Sergio Gonzalez Valencia, 31 (Mexico) — conspiracy to commit manslaughter; reentry after removal; removed 2014 then illegally reentered at least four more times
• Jose Luis Carlos Pena, 53 (Mexico) — homicide, hit and run, fraudulent immigration docs, reentry after removal; removed 2008 then reentered
• Ricardo Gonzalez Espinoza, 28 (Mexico) — felony domestic violence and sexual assault; voluntary return 2015; removed 2024; CBP caught him again near Laredo in 2025 wading the Rio Grande
• Reyes Flores Ocampo, 50 (Mexico) — three DWI convictions, cocaine/dangerous drugs, evading arrest, bail jumping; removed 1997, 2000, and 2006
• Hilario Vargas, 52 (Mexico) — voluntary manslaughter and cocaine possession; removed 2002 then illegally reentered at least three more times

ERO Executive Associate Director Marcos Charles: “Every criminal illegal alien we remove is one less threat to our communities and the people we care about — and we will continue arresting and removing those who have no lawful basis to remain in the United States.”

Source: ICE – Removes criminal illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes (July 19 removals; posted Aug 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/27: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, KIDNAPPERS

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. SEX OFFENSE WITH A CHILD. KIDNAPPING. CHILD PORN. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more of the worst of the worst — including murderers, pedophiles, and kidnappers.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Ung Bang (Vietnam) — first-degree murder (Alhambra, CA)
• Karel Pineda (Cuba) — first-degree sex offense with a child and second-degree arson (Cumberland County, NC)
• Henry Duarte-Morataya (Guatemala) — TWO counts sex assault, risk of injury to a child, reckless endangerment (Stamford, CT)
• Masroor Ahmed Butt (India) — intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and possession of child pornography (Washington, D.C.)
• Sean Lopes (Guyana) — kidnapping and possession of a weapon (New York, NY)

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, kidnappers, and other violent criminals to make America safe again. Under President Trump’s leadership, there will be no safe haven for illegal aliens.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, and Kidnappers (Aug 27, 2026) | More cases: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/28: NASHVILLE – ILLEGAL ALIEN SOCCER COACH GETS 30 YEARS FOR DRUGGING AND RAPING CHILDREN

FRAUD DOCS. YOUTH COACH. DRUGGED KIDS. FILMED THE ABUSE. 30 YEARS — THEN DEPORTATION. ICE Homeland Security Investigations says Camilo Campos-Hurtado, a 68-year-old criminal illegal alien from Mexico who worked as a youth soccer coach in Middle Tennessee, sexually exploited children and recorded the abuse for years. A federal judge sentenced him July 2 to 30 years in prison plus five years supervised release. ICE announced the case Aug. 28.

Per ICE: Probe began June 2023 after a community member found explicit videos on a cellphone Campos-Hurtado left at a local business and tipped Franklin Police. HSI Nashville, Franklin PD, and U.S. Marshals recovered devices with child sexual abuse material and counterfeit immigration/ID documents. Investigators say he incapacitated child victims with drugs or alcohol before assaulting them and recording it. Offenses underlying convictions spanned 2017–2021; forensics showed CSAM production since at least January 2013.

GUILTY PLEA (June 17, 2025): Four counts sexual exploitation of a minor; receiving CSAM; using/possessing fraudulent immigration documents; possessing stolen/unlawfully produced ID. Prosecutors sought 50 years; judge ordered 30. After federal (and any state) time, he will be removed to Mexico.

HSI Nashville SAC Dennis M. Fetting: “Homeland Security Investigations is committed to protecting children and ensuring that predators face the full force of the law.”

Sources: ICE – HSI probe: 30-year sentence for illegal alien who drugged and raped children in Nashville (Aug 28, 2026) | DOJ Middle District of Tennessee

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BREAKING 8/28: CBP PHARR – $10.75 MILLION IN METH HIDDEN IN LEEKS SHIPMENT

LEEKS LOAD. 395 PACKAGES. 1,204 LBS METH. $10.75 MILLION. BUSTED AT THE BRIDGE. CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $10,750,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine concealed in a tractor-trailer manifested as leeks from Reynosa, Mexico.

Per CBP (Aug 28): On Aug. 22, the truck was referred to secondary; nonintrusive inspection showed anomalies and a canine alerted. Officers extracted 395 packages totaling 1,204.82 lbs (546.5 kg). CBP seized the narcotics and vehicle; HSI opened a criminal investigation.

Port Director Carlos Rodriguez (Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas): “Our officers continue to be on a streak of success… massive disruptions of smuggling attempts at our international crossings.”

Source: CBP – Officers seize more than $10 million in methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge (Aug 28, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/27: DHS TO SPANBERGER – DO NOT RELEASE MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN FACING 20+ CHILD PORN CHARGES

MORE THAN 20 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY COUNTS. FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. SANCTUARY POLITICS ON NOTICE. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Governor Abigail Spanberger and Virginia sanctuary politicians not to release Jorge Gilberto Zamorano-Burciaga, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico charged with more than 20 counts related to child pornography.

Per DHS / local reporting: Franklin County Sheriff’s Office arrested him Aug. 12 in Rocky Mount. Charges include NINE counts possession of child pornography; SIX produce/make child pornography with a child under 15; THREE reproduce/sell child pornography; TWO possessing obscene material using minors; plus reproduce/transmit/sell. Prior Franklin County arrests: DUI and contributing to delinquency of a minor. ICE lodged the detainer the day after arrest.

STATUS HISTORY: Illegally entered at unknown date/location. Granted DACA under Obama (2013; extended 2015); authorized period expired October 2018.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This illegal alien from Mexico has been charged with more than 20 counts related to the possession and distribution of child pornography. ICE is calling on Governor Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this pedophile from jail, and to cooperate with ICE so we can remove him from our country.”

Source: DHS – ICE Asks Spanberger Not to Release Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Child Pornography in Franklin County, VA (Aug 27, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/27: MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN – ICE DEPORTS KILLERS, PEDOPHILES, DRUNK DRIVERS, BURGLARS

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. SEX ASSAULT ON A CHILD. AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY. DUI. BURGLARY. GONE. DHS confirms ICE deported more criminal illegal aliens last week — including killers, pedophiles, drunk drivers, and burglars.

AMONG THOSE DEPORTED (per DHS):

• Naing Nyi Min (Burma) — deported Aug 23 — convictions: vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment (WA); Biden-era admission 2022, status later terminated
• Juana Venegas Hernandez (Mexico) — deported Aug 23 — vehicular manslaughter (ID)
• Bernardino Cruz-Cortes (Mexico) — deported Aug 22 — sexual assault of a child (TX)
• Jorge Cabrera Alarcon (Guatemala) — deported Aug 23 — sex assault on a child (Larimer County, CO)
• Miguel Angel Guel Herrera (Mexico) — deported Aug 23 — DUI and burglary; previously deported 2012, then illegally re-entered (felony)

Secretary Mullin: “Just last week, we deported killers, pedophiles, drunk drivers, and burglars. Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE has been unleashed to deliver the American people’s mandate to arrest and remove illegal aliens.”

Source: DHS – MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: Latest Deportations Include Killers, Pedophiles, Drunk Drivers, and Burglars (Aug 27, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/27: DEL RIO BORDER PATROL NABS PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED CUBAN CHILD SEX ASSAULT CONVICT

SEX ASSAULT OF A CHILD UNDER 14. NEVADA SEX OFFENDER. DEPORTED OCT 2025. CAUGHT ILLEGALLY RE-ENTERING. U.S. Border Patrol Del Rio Sector agents arrested Alexis Suarez-Trejos, 52, a Cuban illegal alien previously convicted of sexual assault of a child.

Per CBP (Aug 27): On Aug. 19, Eagle Pass Station agents apprehended a group of four men who entered illegally. Record checks showed Suarez-Trejos was convicted in 2001 in Nevada for sexual assault of a child under 14 — 40 months incarceration and Nevada sex offender registry. Most recently removed from the U.S. on Oct. 22, 2025. As a convicted felon he faces 8 USC § 1326 reentry after deportation (up to 20 years).

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “Illegal aliens who prey on the children of our communities are an egregious threat.”

Source: CBP – Border Patrol arrests Cuban national previously convicted of sexual assault of a child (Aug 27, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/26: OPERATION SAFE COMMUNITY D.C. – 1,328 ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED ACROSS VA & MD

TWO WEEKS. 1,328 ARRESTS. MURDER WARRANTS. MS-13. 18TH STREET. TREN DE ARAGUA. SANCTUARY COUNTIES FORCED STREET COLLAR WORK. ICE’s Operation Safe Community – Washington, D.C. netted 1,328 illegal alien offenders across Virginia and Maryland between Aug. 1–14. Nearly 400 had U.S. criminal convictions or charges. Follows Atlanta’s 1,200+ Safe Community haul.

Criminal histories cited by ICE/DHS include murder, attempted murder, rape, aggravated assault, kidnapping, sex crimes, arson, drug trafficking, weapons, DUI and more. Gang members from MS-13, 18th Street, and Tren de Aragua were among those taken.

NAMED ARRESTS (per ICE/DHS):

• Eygner Wilfredo Huezo-Moran (El Salvador) — wanted for murder / firearm in commission of murder (Richmond); arrested Chesterfield VA with U.S. Marshals; ICE detainer lodged
• Actionel Pierre (Haiti) — attempted murder, assault, dangerous weapon, reckless endangerment (Wicomico County, MD)
• German Mejia-Baires (El Salvador, MS-13) — felony malicious wounding, DWI, illegal re-entry (Manassas, VA)
• Angel Gabriel Ortiz-Hernandez (Guatemala) — rape of mentally incapacitated victim; two counts aggravated sexual battery (Alexandria, VA)
• Rowan Andrew Brown (Jamaica) — kidnapping, identity theft, fraud, illegal re-entry (Alexandria, VA)
• Ronaldo Ronel Perez-Perez (Guatemala) — object sexual penetration by force; DWI; illegal re-entry (Richmond, VA)
• Julio Hector Carranza-Rojano (Mexico) — felony aggravated sexual battery (parent/child 13-17); DWI (Manassas, VA)

ERO Acting Assistant Director Patricia Hyde: “When sanctuary politicians refuse to work with ICE, they force our officers to make these arrests at large in the communities – creating a more dangerous environment for our officers, the aliens we are arresting, and the general public.”

Secretary Mullin: “Over the course of just two weeks in Virginia and Maryland, they arrested sexual assailants, kidnappers, drunk drivers, robbers, and gang members.”

Sources: ICE – Operation Safe Community D.C. nets 1,328 arrests (Aug 26, 2026) | DHS release (Aug 24)

7News WJLA: Video from massive D.C.-area ICE Operation Safe Community.

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BREAKING 8/26: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, DRUG DEALERS, ARSONISTS

CHILD MOLESTATION. FIRST-DEGREE SEXUAL ABUSE. COCAINE SALE. AGGRAVATED ARSON. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more of the worst of the worst — including pedophiles, drug dealers, and arsonists.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS):

• Richard Hugh Hoppin (Jamaica) — child molestation (Hendry County, GA)
• Jose Gabriel Mis-Catzim (Mexico) — first-degree sexual abuse (Portland, OR)
• Margarito Rosales-Altamira (Mexico) — opium/derivatives and cocaine sale (Lebanon, TN)
• Yovani Moreno-Gachuz (Mexico) — aggravated arson: public building endangered life (St. Clair County, IL)
• Alejandro Bravo-Adasme (Chile) — property damage/destruction over $5,000 (Salt Lake City, UT)

Secretary Mullin: “Just yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, drug dealers, arsonists, and other public safety threats to our communities.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Drug Dealers, and Arsonists (Aug 26, 2026) | More cases: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/26: DEPORTED – SOUTH SIDERS, SURENOS, PAISAS, MS-13, 18TH STREET GANG MEMBERS GONE

VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. ATTEMPTED MURDER. CHILD SEX ASSAULT. KIDNAPPING. MS-13. OUT. DHS confirms ICE deported more illegal alien gang members last week — including murderers, sexual assailants, kidnappers, and burglars.

AMONG THOSE DEPORTED (per DHS):

• Jonathan Moreno Hernandez (Mexico, South Sider) — deported Aug 23 — voluntary manslaughter, attempted murder, assault by prisoner; previously deported THREE times
• Harvey Elias Liberato (Philippines, Asian Boys) — deported Aug 18 — voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault with a gun
• Jorge Jaimes (Mexico, Surenos) — deported Aug 21 — attempted murder
• German Oliverio Miranda-Tapia (Mexico, Paisas) — deported Aug 20 — third-degree sexual assault (kin victim under 16); previously deported July 2020, illegally re-entered
• Brandon Enrique Rodriguez-Ascencio (El Salvador, MS-13) — deported Aug 17 — criminal attempt to commit rape
• Cristian Bahena Estudillo (Mexico, Surenos) — deported Aug 22 — kidnapping, weapons; previously deported July 2020, illegally re-entered
• Jesus Azuara (Mexico, Paisas) — deported Aug 22 — robbery, burglary; previously deported FIVE times
• Axll Joshua Castillo-Almeida (Colombia, 18th Street) — deported Aug 21 — FOUR burglary convictions

Secretary Mullin: “Another day, another deportation flight that makes America safer… Deporting illegal aliens saves lives.”

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: Illegal Alien Gang Members Including Murderers, Sexual Assailants, Kidnappers, and Burglars (Aug 26, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/26: ICE REMOVES VENEZUELAN COLONEL – MADURO-ERA TORTURE CHIEF SENT HOME

GNB COLONEL. 74+ PROTESTERS TORTURED. ELECTRIC SHOCKS. BEATINGS. REMOVED TO VENEZUELA. ICE removed Rafael José Quero Silva, a known human rights violator and former Bolivarian National Guard colonel who participated in detention and torture of political dissidents under the Maduro regime.

Per ICE (Aug 26): Removed Aug. 18 after a DOJ immigration judge’s removal order. Arrested Feb. 27, 2025 in Miramar. Entered via Miami International Airport June 20, 2016 and failed to depart. As commander of the 47th Detachment in Barquisimeto, reports say he oversaw torture of at least 74 peaceful demonstrators in 2013 — electric shocks, severe beatings, threats of rape, and other abuse. Case supported by ICE Miami, HSI Miami, FBI Miami, and the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center.

ERO Miami Field Office Director Matthew Elliston: “This removal reflects the outstanding work of ICE Miami, HSI Miami, FBI Miami and the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center… ensuring the United States does not become a safe haven for individuals who participated in persecution, torture or other serious human rights abuses.”

Source: ICE – Removes Venezuelan colonel and human rights violator (Aug 26, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/25: MIAMI MURDERER – ICE DETAINER ON CUBAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH FATAL SHOOTING

JEALOUSY SHOOTING. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. FELON WITH A GUN. BIDEN RELEASED HIM IN 2023. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Miami-Dade officials not to release William Serrano Domenech, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba charged with murder after fatally shooting 42-year-old Raul Aballe.

Per DHS / local reporting: On Aug. 17 in northwest Miami-Dade, Serrano Domenech allegedly argued with Aballe, beat him, then shot him in the stomach and fled. Aballe died at a hospital. Arrested Aug. 18; admitted shooting Aballe out of jealousy. Charges: second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. ICE lodged detainer at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center the next day.

RAP SHEET: Weapon offense, vehicle theft, burglary (FL); aggravated assault, false imprisonment, bribery of a witness (NM); unlawful weapon, resisting, theft (TN); and Michigan convictions for cocaine/marijuana trafficking and firearms — including possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. Claims Florida entry Aug 1995; final removal order Feb. 20, 2002. ICE took him into custody Dec. 2023; Biden Administration RELEASED him.

Secretary Mullin: “Had it not been for the Biden Administration releasing him from ICE custody in 2023, Raul Aballe would still be alive.”

Source: DHS – MIAMI MURDERER: ICE Lodges Detainer for Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Murder in Florida (Aug 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/25: MS-13 TERRORIST – ICE DETAINER AFTER FLORIDA MURDER, BODY-BURNING CHARGE

LURED. SHOT. BURNED THE BODY. FORCED GIRLFRIEND AT GUNPOINT TO HELP. MS-13. FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer for Luis Eduardo Olla-Hernandez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 member (designated FTO) charged with first-degree murder in Leon County, Florida.

Per DHS / local reporting: On Aug. 20, Olla-Hernandez allegedly lured Devin Graves to his property, shot him multiple times, tried to burn the body, and forced his girlfriend at gunpoint to help. Leon County Sheriff’s Office found partially burned remains and arrested him Aug. 23. ICE lodged detainer same day. Illegally entered through Texas Feb. 2016 (Obama era); final removal order Sept. 18, 2024.

Secretary Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien and MS-13 terrorist has been charged with first-degree murder in Florida after shooting a man and burning his body. If it weren’t for the open-border policies of the Obama Administration, he would not have been able to come into our country, and Devin Graves would still be alive.”

Source: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien MS-13 Member Charged with Murder in Florida (Aug 25, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/21: FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY – DHS/HSI HAMMERS TRAFFICKERS; ILLEGAL ALIEN DEALERS ROUNDED UP

NATIONAL FENTANYL PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY. OPEN BORDERS FED THE CARTELS. TRUMP’S DHS IS PUTTING TRAFFICKERS OUT OF BUSINESS. DHS marks the day by highlighting HSI seizures and ICE arrests of criminal illegal aliens tied to fentanyl trafficking.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “We have lost too many American lives to fentanyl, especially after years of disastrous open-border policies that made it even easier for the cartels to bring their drugs to our country. Thanks to President Donald J. Trump’s strong leadership, we are bringing the hammer down on drug traffickers and smugglers.”

RECENT HSI HITS (per DHS):

• Newark, NJ (July): Search warrants → 16 kg fentanyl, heroin laced with fentanyl, ~900g cocaine, firearm with 51-round mag; suspects tied to Trinitarios gang (designated foreign terrorist organization)
• Fairfield, NJ (June): 14 kg fentanyl tied to a Mexico/California-border DTO operating NJ, NYC, Nogales, Laredo, LA
• Brooklyn “Pill Mill” (April): Industrial press (~4,800 tablets/hour), fentanyl, two loaded guns; suspects charged
• SDNY (June): Jury convicted Dominican criminal aliens Francisco Alberto Lopez Reyes and Edward Eustate Jimenez in a fake online-pharmacy scheme pushing counterfeit pills with fentanyl / para-fluorofentanyl — including conspiracy resulting in death
• Mexico-based DTO probe (HSI NJ): Seizures across NJ/NY/CA totaling 53 kg narcotics including illicit fentanyl pills; ledgers point to 2,200+ kg nationwide distribution

ILLEGAL ALIENS ICE HAS NABBED ON FENTANYL (examples from DHS roundup): Dominican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Honduran, and Mexican nationals convicted of fentanyl trafficking / distribution / importation — including Heriberto Hernandez-Sosa (DR, fentanyl trafficking, Worcester MA, arrested August), Walter Perez-Perello (Cuba, schedule II-fentanyl + domestic battery/DUI, Las Vegas), Ader Aldair Ramirez-Quiroz (Honduras, importation of fentanyl, San Diego), and dozens more named in the release.

Source: DHS – Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day: HSI seizures & ICE arrests of illegal alien fentanyl traffickers (Aug 21, 2026)

DEA: National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day — Administrator message.

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BREAKING 8/21: OPERATION TIDAL WAVE – CBP/HSI BUST 11 ALIEN CRUISE CREW FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL

BOARDED THE SHIPS. SEARCHED THE PHONES. 11 FOREIGN CREW BUSTED. PROCESSED FOR REMOVAL. CBP and HSI arrested 11 alien cruise ship crewmembers at the Port of Boston for receiving and distributing child sexual abuse material and child sexual exploitation material – part of Operation Tidal Wave.

Per CBP (Aug 20 release; NBC Boston updated Aug 21): From Aug. 14–16, officers and agents boarded Holland America’s Volendam and Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway. Encountered: 9 Philippine, 1 Indonesian, and 1 Nicaraguan nationals. Searched living quarters and electronic devices; after consulting the U.S. Attorney’s Office, all 11 were processed for removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act for crimes involving moral turpitude and are scheduled to depart the United States.

OPERATION TIDAL WAVE TRACK RECORD: Phase 1 San Diego (April) – 27 crewmembers from 6 vessels removed; Phase 2 San Juan (June/July) – 14 crewmembers, plus one federal prosecution accepted; Phase 3 Boston – these 11.

CBP Boston Acting DFO Julio Caravia: protecting children from exploitation is among the highest priorities. HSI New England Acting SAC Jeffrey Grimming: “Anyone who possesses or transports child sexual abuse material is not welcome in the United States and will face serious consequences.”

Sources: CBP – Operation Tidal Wave Boston arrests (Aug 20, 2026) | Local: NBC Boston (Aug 21) | Breitbart

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BREAKING 8/21: TENNESSEE – ICE DETAINER ON ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY EXPLOITING A CHILD

LIVESTREAM CYBERTIP. ESPECIALLY AGGRAVATED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR. BIDEN CATCH-AND-RELEASE ENTRY. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. ICE reports a criminal illegal alien is in custody in Elizabethton, Tennessee after a social media livestream allegedly showed him sexually exploiting a child.

Per ICE: Carter County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Pablo Altamirano-Rodriguez, 30, on Aug. 2 and charged him with especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor following a joint investigation with HSI Johnson City. The case started from a cyber tip about an ongoing livestream from a social media account.

HOW HE GOT HERE: Illegally entered the United States in 2023 without inspection under the Biden “catch and release” era. ICE lodged an immigration detainer; when local custody ends, ICE will take him for removal proceedings. Investigation ongoing; additional charges pending.

Local reporting (WCYB): Held without bond at Carter County Detention Center; ICE confirms 2023 illegal entry.

Sources: ICE – Criminal illegal alien charged with sexually exploiting child in Tennessee (Aug 21, 2026) | Local: WCYB – Mexican national charged in Carter County

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BREAKING 8/21: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS AND FENTANYL TRAFFICKER

MURDER. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. THIRD-DEGREE MURDER. 400+ GRAMS OF FENTANYL. ALIEN SMUGGLING FOR PROFIT. DHS says ICE arrested more of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens yesterday – including killers and a major fentanyl conspirator.

YESTERDAY’S ARRESTS INCLUDE (per DHS):

• Jose Avelar-Velasquez (El Salvador) – convicted of murder – Riverhead, New York
• Noel Escarsega-Orquiz (Mexico) – convicted of second-degree murder – Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Abdoulaye Doucoure (Mali) – convicted of third-degree murder – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jorge Emigdio Ortiz-Barrios (Guatemala) – convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl – Cincinnati, Ohio
• Felico Cleare (Bahamas) – convicted of bringing aliens to the United States for private financial gain – Southern District of Florida

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, drug dealers, and other dangerous public safety threats from our communities. While sanctuary politicians refuse to cooperate with ICE, our brave men and women will continue to go after criminal illegal aliens to make America safe again.”

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Drug Traffickers, and Other Dangerous Illegal Aliens (Aug 21, 2026) | More cases: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/21: DEPORTED – SURENOS, MS-13, PAISAS, CRIPS, LATIN KINGS GANG MEMBERS GONE

ATTEMPTED MURDER. FIREARMS. DUI. BURGLARY. STREET GANGS OUT. DHS confirms ICE deported more illegal alien gang members last week – including Surenos, MS-13, Paisas, Crips, and Latin Kings with violent and drug records. America is no longer a safe haven.

AMONG THOSE DEPORTED (per DHS):

• Eddy Ely Lopez (Mexico, Surenos) – deported Aug 12 – convictions: attempted murder, firearm in a felony, criminal street gang activity, drugs in prison
• Marco Obdulio Sarmiento Crispin (Guatemala, MS-13) – deported Aug 12 – arrests: homicide, drug possession, vehicle theft
• Candelario Gomez-Vasquez (Mexico, Paisas) – deported Aug 16 – DUI, robbery, resisting officer, illegal re-entry; arrests for cocaine and burglary
• Julian Patino Espinoza (Mexico, Crips) – deported Aug 10 – burglary, larceny, illegal re-entry
• Cristian Adonay Melgar-Cermeno (Guatemala, Latin Kings) – deported Aug 13 – DUI, burglary, obstructing police

Secretary Mullin: “The brave men and women of ICE work tirelessly every single day to arrest and remove illegal aliens from our communities so that we can make America safe again. If you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: Illegal Alien Gang Members Including Attempted Murderers, Drunk Drivers, and Burglars (Aug 21, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/21: ROMA PORT – CBP SEIZES 1,000+ LBS METH HIDDEN IN LAUNDRY DETERGENT

DETERGENT LOAD. 240 PACKAGES. OVER $9 MILLION IN METH. BUSTED AT THE BRIDGE. CBP officers at the Roma Port of Entry (Roma International Bridge, Texas) seized 485.78 kilograms (~1,071 lbs) of alleged methamphetamine concealed inside a laundry detergent shipment – street value estimated at $9.57 million.

Per CBP: On Aug. 11, a 2012 tractor-trailer hauling detergent was referred for inspection. Nonintrusive imaging showed anomalies; physical exam found the 240 meth packages in the cargo. Narcotics, truck, and driver turned over to Roma Police for criminal investigation.

Port Director Andres Guerra: “Our officers’ commitment to secure our borders continue with ongoing enforcement actions. Their dedication, vigilance, and professionalism demonstrate their determination to keep our communities and country safe.”

Source: CBP – Roma officers seize over 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine in detergent shipment (Aug 21, 2026) | Local: ValleyCentral / KVEO

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BREAKING 8/21: MIAMI MENACE – ICE DETAINER ON CUBAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE AND ARSON

HOT WAX ON HER KIDS. KITCHEN ON FIRE. INSTAGRAM VIDEOS. BIDEN LET HER IN. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Miami officials not to release Meliza Campos-Sanchez, a Cuban illegal alien charged with child abuse and arson after allegedly pouring hot wax onto her children and setting a fire in her house.

Per DHS and local reporting: On August 16, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an intentional kitchen fire. Deputies found Campos-Sanchez at the scene; she was taken for a mental health evaluation before jail. Authorities found Instagram videos showing her pouring melted wax onto herself and onto the hands of one of her two daughters (ages 6 and 3), plus a second video of her singing/dancing in the kitchen before lighting clothing on fire.

CHARGES: TWO counts of child neglect, cruelty toward child / child abuse, and arson. ICE lodged the detainer with Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center the day after her arrest.

HOW SHE GOT HERE: Illegally entered through Florida in May 2022 under the Biden Administration.

DHS Spokesperson: “This Cuban illegal alien is charged with child abuse and arson after she poured hot wax onto one of her own children and then lit a fire in her home. If it weren’t for the Biden Administration’s reckless open-border policies, criminals like this woman would have never been able to enter our country. ICE has lodged a detainer asking Miami officials to not release this criminal from jail. We will work with our partners in Florida to make sure she is removed from our country after she faces justice.”

Sources: DHS – MIAMI MENACE: ICE Lodges Detainer for Cuban Illegal Alien Charged with Child Abuse and Arson (Aug 21, 2026) | Local: NBC 6 Miami

Telemundo 51: Cuban mother accused of abusing daughters and setting kitchen fire; faces arson and child neglect charges.

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BREAKING 8/21: ICE EL PASO – 17 ILLEGAL ALIENS BUSTED AT TEXAS STASH HOUSE

STASH HOUSE BUST. EIGHT PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED. HARBORING CHARGE. ILLEGAL ENTRY HAS CONSEQUENCES. ICE reports 17 illegal aliens were arrested Aug. 14 at a Texas stash house by ICE ERO El Paso with its Border Enforcement Security Task Force and local partners.

Per ICE: 13 Mexican, 2 Brazilian, 1 Guatemalan, and 1 Honduran nationals arrested. One Mexican national charged with harboring illegal aliens. Eight were previously deported and may face prison for illegal reentry (a felony) before deportation again. Two already have final orders of removal; the rest face illegal entry charges.

ICE: “Under President Trump, illegal entry has consequences. We will FIND you. We will PROSECUTE you. We will DEPORT you. PERIOD.”

Source: ICE official (@ICEgov) – El Paso stash house arrests (Aug 21, 2026) | ICE.gov

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BREAKING 8/21: FIRST DEPORTATION FLIGHT TO HAITI SINCE TPS ENDED – 161 REMOVED

TPS OVER. ICE AIR TO CAP-HAITIEN. MASS REMOVALS BEGIN. ABC News / Good Morning America reports the Trump administration sent the first deportation flight to Haiti since Temporary Protected Status ended for hundreds of thousands of Haitians.

Per a DHS official and Haiti’s National Civil Aviation Office: An ICE flight carrying 161 passengers departed Alexandria, Louisiana and landed at Cap-Haitien Airport on Thursday. TPS for Haiti ended after a U.S. Supreme Court order allowed the administration to terminate protections covering more than 350,000 Haitians.

Washington Post reporting: community leaders said Thursday’s removal flight was one of the largest they had seen and included people detained in recent weeks. Separately, Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, have been summoned for ICE check-ins and fitted with ankle monitors as enforcement ramps up.

Sources: ABC/GMA – First deportation flight to Haiti since TPS ended (Aug 21, 2026) | Washington Post

Coverage: Trump administration begins deporting Haitians after TPS ends; hundreds of thousands at risk.

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BREAKING 8/21: ICE DETAINER – PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED GUATEMALAN CHARGED WITH RAPE IN BROWARD

DEPORTED ONCE. SNUCK BACK. LOCALS RELEASED HIM. NOW HE’S CHARGED WITH RAPE. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. ICE says Cruz Antonio Tista, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested for allegedly raping a woman. ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the jail in Broward County, Florida.

Per ICE: Agents already deported Tista once after a 2009 illegal weapons possession conviction. He illegally reentered, landed back in jail, and in 2015 local officials released him instead of handing him to ICE – despite a final order of removal. He hid in the U.S. until his arrest this month. ICE: they will remove him again after he faces justice in Broward.

Source: ICE official (@ICEgov) – Cruz Antonio Tista Broward detainer (Aug 20, 2026) | ICE.gov

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BREAKING 8/21: HSI NABS CHINESE NATIONAL FOR 2024 VOTER FRAUD – THEN HE TRIED TO FRAME THE VICTIM

IMPERSONATED A GREEN CARD HOLDER. CAST A BALLOT IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. TIPPED FEDS TO FRAME HIS VICTIM. HSI ARRESTED HIM. DEPORTATION ON THE TABLE. DHS says an ICE Homeland Security Investigations probe led to charges against Chinese national Yupeng Sun, 33, of Andover, Massachusetts, for fraudulent voter registration and fraudulent voting.

Per DHS and DOJ Massachusetts: On Oct. 10, 2024, Sun allegedly submitted an online voter registration impersonating another Chinese national with legal permanent resident status. On Oct. 31, 2024, he allegedly submitted an early voting ballot at Malden City Hall for the 2024 presidential election – still impersonating the victim.

THE TWIST: After voting, Sun allegedly submitted anonymous tips to HSI and USCIS accusing the victim of illegally voting – and earlier (April 2024) allegedly filed fraudulent USCIS forms to abandon the victim and his wife’s LPR status, putting them into removal proceedings after an international trip.

HSI New England arrested Sun on August 19. Each charge carries up to 5 years in prison, 3 years supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. He is subject to deportation after any sentence.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien allegedly committed voter fraud so he could vote in the 2024 presidential election. The charges in this case are the result of the hard work of the men and women of HSI and our federal partners. Election security is national security. Only American citizens should be electing American leaders.”

Sources: DHS – HSI Investigation Leads to Voter Fraud Charges Against Chinese National (Aug 20, 2026) | DOJ Massachusetts | NBC Boston

Coverage: Chinese national charged with illegally voting in the 2024 election in Massachusetts.

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BREAKING 8/20: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, ROBBERS, DRUNK DRIVERS

MURDER. ARMED ROBBERY. MANSLAUGHTER. DUI. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens yesterday – convicted of murder, armed robbery, assault, and driving while intoxicated.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the men and women of ICE are risking their lives to arrest and remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from our communities. Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, armed robbers, drunk drivers, and other dangerous criminals. President Trump has made it clear: Illegal aliens are NOT welcome in our nation. If you’re in America illegally: LEAVE NOW, or we will find you, arrest you, and deport you.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 20):

• Tho Van Huynh (Vietnam) – murder and armed robbery (Hall County, GA)
• Victor Manuel Cervantes-Santillanes (Mexico) – second-degree murder, attempted murder, discharging firearm out of / at vehicle (Indian Springs, NV)
• Phai You (Cambodia) – second-degree murder; possession of a firearm (Burlington, MA)
• Michael Cousins (Jamaica) – manslaughter (White Plains, NY)
• Gerardo Madrid (El Salvador) – cocaine possession, assault, fraudulent immigration documents, illegal reentry, TWO counts DUI (Coleman County, TX)

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Murderers, Robbers, Violent Assailants, and Drunk Drivers (Aug 20, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/20: HSI OMAHA STING – 5 CHILD PREDATORS BUSTED, INCLUDING MEXICAN NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER

UNDERCOVER. SEX TRAFFICKING CHILDREN. THREE ALREADY ON SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES. HSI DELIVERS. ICE Homeland Security Investigations Omaha and partners arrested five suspected child predators in a proactive human trafficking operation in Omaha from Aug. 12-14. All five charged with sex trafficking children.

HSI Kansas City SAC Rick Sabatini: “These cases are not hypothetical; they show a real demand for the sexual exploitation of children in our community. They show why law enforcement must continue to identify and disrupt offenders before they have the opportunity to harm a child.”

THE FIVE (per ICE, Aug 20):

• Bryan Dady, 48 (U.S.) – sex offender registry; 2023 enticement of a 9-year-old; also facing Iowa grooming/enticement of a 13-year-old
• Jocsan Aparicio Santos, 39 (Mexican national, U.S. lawful permanent resident) – sex offender registry; 2010 first-degree assault of a 15-year-old girl
• Logan Trigg, 29 (U.S.) – sex offender registry; 2018 first-degree sexual assault of a 13-year-old
• Law Eh, 39 (naturalized U.S., originally Myanmar) – charged with possessing multiple files of child sexual abuse material
• Tillian Hutton, 25 (U.S.) – charged with sex trafficking children

Three of five already registered sex offenders – if convicted, enhanced penalties add 10 years. Investigators also encountered dozens more communicating about sexually exploiting minors who did not show.

HSI Omaha Group Supervisor Chris Hessenflow: “To those using commercial sex websites or other platforms to seek access to children: We are out there. We are looking for you. We will be relentless.”

Sources: ICE – HSI Omaha arrests 5 suspected child predators (Aug 20, 2026) | DOJ Nebraska | KETV

KETV: Undercover Homeland Security agents arrest alleged child predators in Omaha.

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BREAKING 8/20: DHS TO SPANBERGER – DO NOT RELEASE SALVADORAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH FAIRFAX MURDER

STABBED TO DEATH IN A PARK. GASOLINE POURED ON HER BODY. BIDEN RELEASED HIM. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. SANCTUARY VIRGINIA ON NOTICE. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer asking Virginia sanctuary politicians not to release Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador charged with second-degree murder after allegedly fatally stabbing 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch in Great Falls, Fairfax County.

Per DHS and local reporting: On August 17, a jogger found Puch stabbed to death near her car in a park; gasoline had been poured on her body in an unsuccessful attempt to set her on fire. Fairfax County Police arrested Cedillos-Campos on August 19. ICE lodged the detainer with Fairfax County Detention Center the same day.

HOW HE GOT HERE: Illegally entered through Texas in April 2024, arrested by CBP, then RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien from El Salvador fatally stabbed 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch in a park in Virginia after he had been RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration. If it weren’t for Biden’s reckless America Last policies, this woman would still be alive and her killer wouldn’t be here. ICE is calling on Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger and Fairfax County sanctuary politicians to cooperate with ICE and commit to NOT releasing this killer from jail. Virginia sanctuary politicians must stop gambling with the lives of American citizens. Enough is enough.”

Sources: DHS – Asks Spanberger Not to Release Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Fatally Stabbing Woman in Fairfax (Aug 20, 2026) | Local: WJLA 7News | Fairfax County PD

Local coverage: Fairfax County Police announce arrest in deadly Great Falls stabbing; suspect identified as illegal immigrant.

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BREAKING 8/20: ICE DIRECTOR BLASTS SAN DIEGO – COUNTY BLOCKS FEDERAL TRAINING

POLITICS OVER PUBLIC SAFETY. COUNTY SHUTS ICE OUT OF TRAINING RANGES. ACTING ICE DIRECTOR FIRES BACK. Acting ICE Director David J. Venturella issued a statement today after San Diego County moved to deny ICE officers access to firearms training facilities where they have trained for years.

Venturella: “Politics should never interfere with law enforcement training. San Diego County’s decision to deny ICE officers access to facilities where they have trained for years puts politics ahead of public safety. The men and women of ICE carry out dangerous law enforcement operations every day, and rigorous, continuous training is essential to keeping our officers and the public safe.”

“Local officials may disagree with federal immigration law, but deliberately making it more difficult for federal law enforcement officers to train safely serves no one. ICE will not allow political obstruction to prevent our officers and agents from receiving the training they need to safely and effectively enforce the laws of the United States and carry out President Trump’s mandate to restore integrity to our immigration system.”

Local reporting: San Diego County Supervisors voted to end ICE access to county firearms training facilities, including the Regional Firearms Training Center in Otay Mesa – another sanctuary-style obstruction play while ICE is rounding up the worst of the worst.

Sources: ICE – Acting Director Venturella statement on San Diego County obstruction (Aug 20, 2026) | CalMatters | CBS 8

CBS 8 San Diego: Supervisors move to block ICE from county firearms training facilities.

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BREAKING 8/20: FIRST U.S. DEPORTATION FLIGHT LANDS IN LIBERIA – THIRD-COUNTRY DEAL LIVE

AFRICA BOUND. THIRD-COUNTRY REMOVALS EXPAND. FIRST FLIGHT TOUCHES DOWN IN MONROVIA. Reuters reports Liberia received the first U.S. deportation flight under a new Trump administration third-country deal on Thursday. Liberia agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees over 12 months.

Per Reuters / Liberian officials: The flight carried about 20 deportees, left from Louisiana, stopped in Dakar, Senegal, and arrived Monrovia ~12:45 local. Liberia’s information minister says most people sent under the deal will be from Latin America – Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and others. IOM and UNHCR to help with services. U.S. awarded $5 million for Liberia “migration management.”

This joins other African third-country arrangements (Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone) as Washington accelerates removals beyond direct repatriation.

Sources: Reuters – Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia (Aug 20, 2026)

Al Jazeera English: Trump expands deportations to African countries under third-country deals.

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BREAKING 8/19: COAST GUARD + ICE – ILLEGAL ALIEN’S UNLICENSED NY HARBOR TOUR CAPSIZES, KILLS MOM AND 5-MONTH-OLD

OVERCAPACITY. NO INFANT LIFE VESTS. UNLICENSED TOURS. BOAT FLIPS NEAR LIBERTY ISLAND. A MOTHER AND BABY DEAD. DHS says a Coast Guard investigation led to the arrest of Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, an illegal alien from El Salvador, after his vessel capsized in New York Harbor on August 8 – killing a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old infant.

Per DHS: Hernandez-Umana was running unlicensed tour operations; the boat was over capacity. Coast Guard, NYPD, and FDNY responded. Bodies recovered and pronounced deceased at a local hospital. SDNY charged him with TWO counts of misconduct and neglect of a ship officer resulting in death. After CGIS confirmed his unlawful presence, ICE ERO arrested him.

HOW HE GOT HERE (per DHS): Claims he illegally entered through Texas in 2007, lying to a CBP officer and falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien was illegally and recklessly conducting unlicensed boat tours in New York Harbor when his boat capsized, killing a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old baby. Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of the Coast Guard, ICE, and our federal, state, and local partners, this criminal is off our streets and out of our waterways. Once he faces justice for his crimes, we will make sure that he is swiftly removed from our country.”

Sources: DHS – Coast Guard Investigation Leads to Arrest of Illegal Alien After Boat Capsizes in New York Harbor (Aug 19, 2026) | SDNY DOJ | Fox News

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BREAKING 8/19: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, SEXUAL PREDATORS

CHILD SEX ABUSE. SEXUAL BATTERY ON A VICTIM UNDER 13. LEWD ACTS ON A CHILD. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens yesterday – convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated sexual battery, and lewd acts upon a child.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every single day, the brave men and women of ICE are arresting and removing criminals from American communities. Just yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, and other dangerous illegal aliens. Under the Trump Administration, DHS is enforcing the law, deporting illegal aliens, and defending the homeland.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 19):

• Dilio Otoniel Garcia-Rosel (Honduras) – aggravated criminal sexual abuse: greater than 5 years old (Cook County, IL)
• Dennis Samir Moncada-Castillo (Honduras) – aggravated sexual battery: victim under 13; propose sex by computer under 15 / under 7 (Fairfax, VA)
• Saul Cedillo-Cedillo (Mexico) – lewd acts upon a child (San Diego, CA)
• Jabo Noi (Laos) – first-degree criminal sexual conduct; failure to register as a predatory offender (Rochester, MN)
• Francisco Javier Garcia-Castillo (Mexico) – manufacture/delivery of controlled substance; concealing stolen property; illegal reentry (Harlingen, TX)

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Sexual Predators, and Other Dangerous Criminals (Aug 19, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/19: ICE DETAINER – JAMAICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN STABS 2 AT FLORIDA BURGER KING

REFUSED TO PAY. STABBED TWO EMPLOYEES. FLED ON FOOT. BIDEN LET HIM IN. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer with Bay County, Florida asking officials not to release Shaquiel Sheldon Williams, a Jamaican illegal alien charged with TWO counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after stabbing two people at a Burger King in Panama City Beach.

Per DHS and local reporting: On August 13, Williams argued with employees after refusing to pay for food. When staff tried to de-escalate, he stabbed two of them and fled on foot. Police arrested him the same day. Both victims treated for non-life-threatening injuries. ICE lodged the detainer the same day.

HOW HE GOT HERE: Lawfully admitted by the Biden Administration in December 2023; remained illegally after overstaying authorized period in January 2024.

DHS Spokesperson: “This criminal illegal alien from Jamaica now faces two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after he stabbed two Burger King employees. If it weren’t for the Biden Administration letting him in, he never would have been in our country and this attack never would have happened. ICE will work with our partners in Florida to make sure this thug is removed from our country after he faces justice.”

Source: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainer for Criminal Illegal Alien Charged with Stabbing Two People at a Burger King in Florida (Aug 19, 2026) | Local: myPanhandle

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BREAKING 8/19: ICE DETAINERS – 3 ILLEGAL ALIENS CHARGED WITH SEX CRIMES AGAINST KIDS, SAME VA JAIL

THREE CHILD SEX PREDATORS. ONE JAIL IN STAUNTON. ICE FILES THE DETAINERS. SANCTUARY POLITICIANS ON NOTICE. DHS says ICE lodged detainers for three illegal aliens charged with sex offenses against children – all held at Middle River Regional Jail in Staunton, Virginia after late-July arrests.

THE THREE (per DHS, Aug 19):

• Efren Ramirez Escobedo (Mexico) – arrested July 24; charged with sexual assault – victim age 13-14 and sexual assault – forcible intercourse. Illegal entry date/location unknown.
• Santos Bautista-Molina (Honduras) – arrested July 27; charged with NINE counts of child solicitation and attempted sex offense with a child under 15. Entered through Texas in September 2005.
• Bayron Jose De Paz-Lopez (Guatemala) – arrested July 28; charged with NINE counts of child solicitation and attempted sex offense with a child under 15. Entered through Arizona in 2021 and was RELEASED by the Biden Administration.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “ICE has lodged detainers for three illegal aliens accused of sex crimes against children, all being held at the same jail in Staunton, Virginia. DHS is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing these criminals from jail and to instead hand them over to ICE. Under Spanberger, the Commonwealth of Virginia has become a magnet for illegal alien crime. These reckless sanctuary policies are putting American lives at risk.”

Source: DHS – ICE Lodges Detainers for Three Illegal Aliens Charged with Sex Crimes Against Children in Virginia (Aug 19, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/19: CBP PHARR – $15 MILLION IN METH HIDING IN CELERY SHIPMENT

1,675 POUNDS. 721 PACKAGES. MANIFESTED AS FRESH CELERY FROM REYNOSA. BUSTED. CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $14,978,000 worth of alleged methamphetamine concealed in a tractor-trailer load manifested as fresh celery.

On August 15, a truck coming from Reynosa, Mexico was referred to secondary. Nonintrusive inspection showed anomalies. Physical search pulled out 721 packages totaling 1,675.51 lbs (760 kg) of alleged meth. Narcotics and vehicle seized. HSI opened a criminal investigation.

Port Director Carlos Rodriguez (Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas): “This successful seizure of methamphetamine is a direct result of our officers’ keen intuition combined with our sophisticated tools and technology. Our officers are trained to look beyond the surface, and when you pair that human expertise with the precision of our scanning equipment, it creates a formidable defense against those attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics into our country.”

Source: CBP – Seizes more than $14 million in methamphetamine at Pharr International Bridge (Aug 19, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/19: ICE BOSTON NABS BRAZILIAN CAREER CRIMINAL – MA SANCTUARY RELEASED HIM 3 TIMES

VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CHARGE. PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED. ILLEGALLY REENTERED. LOCALS IGNORED THE DETAINERS. ICE GOT HIM ANYWAY. ICE Boston arrested Heriton Da Silva Aredes, a Brazilian illegal alien, during targeted operations in Taunton on August 6 – just over a week after Bristol County released him despite an ICE detainer.

Per ICE to the Boston Herald: Aredes was released after posting bail on July 25 following arraignment on motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. Bristol County Sheriff’s Office did not honor the detainer and did not notify ICE. ICE says this was the third time Massachusetts state or local authorities released him without honoring a detainer – also after a 2023 Middleboro State Police arrest and a Stoughton PD arrest.

IMMIGRATION HISTORY: Previously removed Oct. 14, 2008 under a June 2008 final order. Illegally reentered at unknown date/location.

RAP SHEET (per ICE/Herald): pending vehicular homicide; prior convictions for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; assault and battery; using a motor vehicle without authority; refusal to identify while operating; furnishing a false name; operating recklessly; refusing identification.

Acting ERO Boston Field Office Director David Wesling: “Sadly, it appears as though Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux followed through on his promise to not cooperate with ICE, resulting in the release of this habitual criminal illegal alien offender, who is currently charged with vehicular homicide, back into his constituents’ community. In fact, on three separate occasions, this criminal illegal alien was in the custody of state or local authorities, and they released him without honoring our detainer. Had any of the prior detainers been honored, lives would have been saved.”

DHS: “If you come to our country illegally and break our laws, we will find you, arrest you, and you will never return.”

Source: Boston Herald – ICE arrests another career criminal illegal alien after release from MA custody (Aug 19, 2026) | Quotes from ICE Boston / DHS

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BREAKING 8/18: ICE DETAINER – MEXICAN ILLEGAL ALIEN PLOWS INTO NASHVILLE CROWD, INJURES 4

PICKUP ON THE SIDEWALK. FOUR PEDESTRIANS HIT – TWO IN WHEELCHAIRS. HE FLEES. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. ICE New Orleans lodged an immigration detainer for Felipe Alvarado Hernandez, 47, a Mexican national, after his arrest in connection with a downtown Nashville hit-and-run that injured four pedestrians.

Per ICE and local reporting: On June 13 near Demonbreun Street and Music Circle East, Hernandez allegedly drove a pickup onto the sidewalk while turning left and struck four people waiting to cross. He left the scene. Arrested later at an Antioch home – officers say he admitted driving the truck that morning. As of July 29, one victim was still in Vanderbilt’s burn unit.

CHARGES (per ICE): reckless endangerment; leaving the scene; failure to give information or render aid; failure to file accident report with injury; financial responsibility violation with injury; driving with a revoked license.

IMMIGRATION HISTORY: Entered at unknown date/location. On Jan. 5, 2004 he agreed to removal after Michigan’s Roseville PD referred him to ICE following a retail fraud arrest. He later illegally reentered.

ERO New Orleans acting Field Office Director Scott Ladwig: “When illegal aliens break our laws and endanger our communities, ICE will work with our law enforcement partners to ensure they face the consequences of their actions.”

Source: ICE – Criminal illegal alien arrested in Nashville hit-and-run that injured 4 pedestrians (Aug 18, 2026) | Also: Fox News | NewsChannel5

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BREAKING 8/18: CBP SAN DIEGO – $67 MILLION IN NARCOTICS SEIZED IN JULY

8,359 POUNDS. 144 SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS. FENTANYL, METH, COCAINE, HEROIN. OFF THE STREET. CBP says San Diego Field Office officers seized 8,359.03 pounds of narcotics during 144 smuggling attempts July 1-31 – estimated street value more than $67 million.

HAUL (per CBP):

• 553.91 lbs fentanyl
• 5,077.19 lbs methamphetamine
• 2,572.83 lbs cocaine
• 36.69 lbs heroin

Suspects turned over to HSI. Narcotics and smuggling vehicles seized. Ports covered: San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico East/West, Andrade, San Diego air/seaport.

San Diego DFO Sidney K. Aki: “Day after day, our officers remain steadfast in their mission to protect our communities and secure our borders. These significant narcotics seizures reflect their vigilance, professionalism and commitment to keeping dangerous drugs out of the United States.”

Source: CBP – San Diego Field Office seizes over $67 million in narcotics in July (Aug 18, 2026) | Also: Fox News

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BREAKING 8/18: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, SEXUAL PREDATORS, THIEVES

TEN COUNTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT. FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE. COCAINE. GRAND THEFT. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens yesterday – convicted of sexual assault of a child, forcible sexual abuse, cocaine possession, and other despicable crimes.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, thieves, and other dangerous public safety threats in our communities. Under President Trump’s leadership, crime rates across the country have plummeted to historic lows. It is common sense. When you remove illegal aliens from the country, Americans will be safer.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 18):

• Ervin Jose Diaz-Gramajo (Guatemala) – TEN counts of sexual assault / carnal knowledge of a child 13-14 (Accomack County, VA)
• Giuber Johan Rodriguez-Antunez (Honduras) – sexual assault of a child (Houston, TX)
• Kevin David Barron-Esqueda (Mexico) – forcible sexual abuse (Provo, UT)
• Elvis Vargas-Murillo (Mexico) – fraud; cocaine possession; parole violation; narcotic equipment; illegal re-entry (U.S. District Court of Arizona)
• Ramona Del Rosario Silva-Gacitua (Chile) – grand theft; conspiracy to commit burglary; theft by forgery (Ventura, CA)

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: ICE Arrests Pedophiles, Sexual Predators, Thieves, and Other Dangerous Criminal Illegal Aliens (Aug 18, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/18: ICE LODGES DETAINER – HONDURAN ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED IN FATAL NC HIT-AND-RUN

FATHER DEAD IN THE STREET. DRIVER FLEES. ICE FILES THE DETAINER. Fox News reports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer against Mauricio Josue Alberto Sarmiento, 21, a Honduran illegal alien charged in the fatal hit-and-run that killed James Robert Bagley III, 51, in Sylva, North Carolina.

Sylva Police say Sarmiento struck Bagley with his car early August 2 near Sylva Plaza, then left the scene. Officers and first responders found Bagley unresponsive in the street. He died from his injuries.

Five days later, Sylva PD announced Sarmiento’s arrest on charges including felony hit-and-run resulting in serious injury or death, no liability insurance, driving with a revoked license, exceeding safe speed, and failure to reduce speed. He also had an outstanding arrest order in Jackson County. The same day he was arrested, ICE lodged a detainer with the Jackson County Jail. He remains in custody there.

HOW HE GOT HERE (per DHS to Fox): Sarmiento entered illegally through Texas as an unaccompanied minor in October 2021. Border Patrol arrested him after entry. DHS says he was “reunified” with an unrelated sponsor and released into the country under the Biden administration.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox: officials in Jackson County should cooperate and not release this criminal from jail without notifying ICE. Mullin: “If it weren’t for the Biden Administration’s disastrous open borders, James Bagley would still be alive. By securing our border and deporting illegal aliens, we can save lives and prevent tragedies like this one from ever happening again.”

Source: Fox News – ICE files detainer against illegal immigrant in NC fatal hit-and-run (Aug 18, 2026) | Also: WSPA

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BREAKING 8/17: DEL RIO BORDER PATROL NABS CHILD-INJURY FELON AFTER PRIOR DEPORT

INTENTIONAL INJURY TO A CHILD. ASSAULT. FELONY RE-ENTRY. BACK AGAIN. CBP says U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector arrested Francisco Gallegos-Garza, 59, a Mexican national in the United States illegally – previously convicted of injury to a child with intentional bodily injury and assault.

On August 10, Del Rio Station agents patrolling west of Del Rio near the Rio Grande encountered Gallegos-Garza. Record checks showed an extensive criminal history. In 2011 he was convicted of felony re-entry after deportation, sentenced to 46 months in prison, and deported after serving that time.

He now faces another federal charge under 8 USC § 1326 – re-entry after deportation – carrying a maximum of up to 20 years.

Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony “Scott” Good: “Keeping repeat offenders from entering our borders is key to safeguarding our communities. Criminal illegal aliens who repeatedly attempt to enter our country pose a serious risk and our agents stand ready to meet the challenge.”

Source: CBP – U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehend convicted felon illegally in U.S. (Aug 17, 2026) | Also: KENS5

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BREAKING 8/17: HSI NABS TWICE-DEPORTED METH TRAFFICKER WITH 126 KILOS

126 KILOGRAMS OF METH. FELONY DRUG TRAFFICKING. DEPORTED TWICE. ILLEGAL ENTRY NUMBER THREE. BUSTED. DHS says ICE Homeland Security Investigations Atlanta arrested Pedro Guadarrama-Loza, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and convicted drug trafficker, after a controlled delivery — and seized 126 kilograms of methamphetamine.

On August 13, HSI Atlanta watched Guadarrama-Loza retrieve packages at a residence during a controlled delivery, then locked him up and took the meth off the street.

RAP SHEET / DEPORT HISTORY (per DHS):

• Prior conviction: felony drug trafficking
• Prior arrest: driving without a valid license (Georgia)
• Claims illegal entry near Austin, TX (2004); final removal order May 8, 2008; deported May 15, 2008
• Illegal re-entry (felony) near Eagle Pass, TX; deported again June 22, 2017 (Trump Admin)
• THIRD illegal entry at unknown date/location — then caught with 126 kg meth

DHS Spokesperson: “This criminal illegal alien from Mexico was arrested with 126 kilograms of methamphetamine, has prior convictions for drug trafficking, and has already been deported from our country TWICE. Thanks to the hard work of the brave men and women of HSI, this drug trafficker is off our streets and will soon be removed from our country. He will no longer be able to peddle his poison on American streets and endanger American lives.”

Source: DHS – ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Drug Trafficker With 126 Kilograms of Methamphetamine (Aug 17, 2026) | Also: Just the News

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BREAKING 8/17: WORST OF THE WORST – WEEKEND SWEEP NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, ASSAILANTS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

MURDER. CHILD SEX CRIMES. ATTEMPTED MURDER. COCAINE. METH. MACHINE GUNS. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens over the weekend — convicted of murder, indecent liberties with a child, assault, and trafficking cocaine.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “While Americans were enjoying their weekend, ICE law enforcement was busy arresting murderers, pedophiles, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and other criminal illegal aliens. Under the Trump Administration, nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of criminal illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the United States. We are committed to fulfilling President Trump’s mandate from the American people to arrest and deport illegal aliens and to make America safe again.”

NAMED WEEKEND ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 17):

• Nelson Noe Morena-Almendares (Honduras) — murder (Fairfax, VA)
• Jose Manuel Montoya-Sanchez (Mexico) — vehicular homicide (Vancouver, WA)
• Manuel Landaverde-Figueroa (El Salvador) — indecent liberties with a child (Vance County, NC)
• Julio Rodriguez-Ladino (Mexico) — attempted murder; corporal injury; assault with deadly weapon; DUI (Newport Beach, CA)
• Omar Antonio Rosales-Leon (Mexico) — attempted murder (Imperial, CA)
• Kea Tum (Cambodia) — assault; robbery; controlled substances; firearms without license (Philadelphia, PA)
• Davidson Athis (Haiti) — first-degree assault (Montgomery, MD)
• Abel Orozco-Rodriguez (Mexico) — trafficking cocaine 200g–400g (Alamance County, NC)
• Jesus Ivan Alvarez-Ceteno (Mexico) — conspiracy cocaine; illegal possession of a machine gun (Dallas, TX)
• Martin Mancilla-Gomez (Mexico) — meth possession with intent (Buena Vista County, IA)
• Pedro Villegas-Salinas (Mexico) — meth possession with intent (Nashville, TN)
• Jose Luis Fuentes-Cortez (Honduras) — firearm discharge; controlled substance while armed; DUI (Mendota, CA)
• Jimi Murillo-Vargas (Honduras) — protective-order violations; weapon; risk of injury to minor; unlawful restraint (Enfield, CT)
• Yao Jian Chen (China) — second-degree robbery; intimidate witness/victim (San Francisco, CA)
• Antonio Cordova-Sajic (Guatemala) — lewd or lascivious conduct (Fort Myers, FL)

More public safety threats: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST: Over the Weekend ICE Arrests Murderers, Pedophiles, Violent Assailants, and Drug Traffickers (Aug 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/17: HSI + MEXICAN NAVY – $120 MILLION COCAINE BUST, 19 TRAFFICKERS NABBED

6,080 KILOS. $120 MILLION STREET VALUE. 19 SUSPECTED TRAFFICKERS. GO-FAST BOATS INTERDICTED OFF CHIAPAS. ICE Homeland Security Investigations Houston, HSI Mexico City, and Mexico’s Secretaría de Marina just announced three maritime interdiction operations in July that smashed cartel cocaine pipelines bound for the U.S. and beyond.

THE HAUL (July ops):

• July 16 — 2,840 kilos cocaine; 10 arrests
• July 25 — 1,800 kilos on a go-fast vessel off Pacific Coast of Chiapas; 3 arrests
• July 31 — 1,440 kilos; 6 arrests

Ops ran under a Homeland Security Task Force targeting foreign terrorist organizations and drug cartels moving multi-ton narcotics shipments.

HSI Houston SAC Lucia Cabral-DeArmas: “In just the past month, by working alongside our international partners through this HSTF initiative, we’ve prevented more than 6 tons of deadly narcotics from being smuggled into the U.S. or Mexico and deprived the drug cartels of bringing in more than $120 million in criminal proceeds.”

HSTF initiative totals to date: 291 arrests; ~118,350 kg cocaine; $3M cash; 47 firearms; 51 vessels; 6 vehicles; thousands of gallons of fuel; and a Cirrus SR-22 airplane.

Source: ICE.gov – HSI, Mexican Navy seize $120 million of cocaine, arrest 19 suspected drug traffickers (Aug 17, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/17: ICE BOSTON NABS BRAZILIAN FUGITIVE CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED MURDER

AGGRAVATED MURDER. FOREIGN FUGITIVE. BIDEN-RELEASED. IN ICE CUSTODY. ICE Boston arrested Maycon Souto Dos Reis, a criminal illegal alien from Brazil and foreign fugitive, during targeted operations Aug. 3 at Westborough District Court in Westborough, Massachusetts.

Brazilian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Dos Reis on Sept. 14, 2024 after his conviction for aggravated murder. He was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison there. ERO Boston got him on the radar after a May 29 arrest for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in Southborough.

Dos Reis entered the United States illegally June 7, 2024 and was released into the country by the Biden administration. He remains in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings.

Acting ICE ERO Boston Field Office Director David Wesling: “This is yet another example of what the media often characterizes as a non-criminal, when in reality, many of these individuals are murderers, sexual predators, gang members and more. They simply do not have a criminal record in the United States. We will continue to pursue these dangerous criminal aliens that sanctuary politicians fight to protect.”

DHS: If you come to our country illegally and break our laws, we will find you, arrest you, and you will never return. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States.

Source: ICE.gov – ICE Boston arrests foreign fugitive convicted of aggravated murder (Aug 17, 2026) | Also: Boston Herald

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BREAKING 8/14: DEPORTED – KILLERS, DRUNK DRIVERS, SEX ASSAILANTS, WEAPONS TRAFFICKERS

HOMICIDE. SEXUAL COERCION. DUI. GUN TRAFFICKING. OUT OF THE COUNTRY. DHS says ICE deported more criminal illegal aliens last week, including those convicted of homicide, sexually-motivated coercion, driving under the influence, and dealing and manufacturing firearms without a license.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the brave men and women of ICE work tirelessly to arrest and remove dangerous illegal aliens from our country. Just last week, we deported killers, drunk drivers, sexual assailants, and weapons traffickers. With deportations up, it’s no wonder that crime rates have fallen to historic lows across the country. Thanks to the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, we are making America safe again.”

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS, Aug 14):

• Ramon Gregorio Herrera-Ruiz (Guatemala) – homicide; THREE DUI convictions; driving without a license; deported Aug 4
• Jorge Martinez-Guerrero (Mexico) – homicide (negligent manslaughter – vehicle); illegal re-entry; deported Aug 4
• Jashandeep Singh (India) – sexually-motivated coercion involving force; burglary; theft; deported Aug 3
• Berta Montano Jimenez (Mexico) – dealing/manufacturing firearms without a license; delivery of firearms to carrier without written notice; deported Aug 6
• Williams Alejandro Cortes Contreras (Chile) – first-degree residential burglary; conspiracy; deported Aug 4

Source: DHS – DEPORTED: Killers, Drunk Drivers, Sexual Assailants, Weapons Traffickers (Aug 14, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/14: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, PEDOPHILES, RAPISTS, VIOLENT ASSAILANTS

MANSLAUGHTER. CHILD SEX ASSAULT. RAPE. GUN ROBBERY. OFF THE STREETS. DHS says ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens – convicted of first-degree manslaughter, sexual assault of a victim under 13, rape, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “The brave men and women of ICE law enforcement work every single day to remove illegal aliens from our communities. Just yesterday, ICE arrested murderers, pedophiles, rapists, violent assailants, and other public safety threats. America is now safer with these criminal illegal aliens off our streets. Deporting illegal aliens saves lives.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 14):

• Daniel Omar Zavala-Castro (Mexico) – first-degree manslaughter; first-degree assault – Danielson, CT
• Carlos Angel Zavala (El Salvador) – predatory criminal sexual assault (victim under 13) – Lake County, IL
• Jean Paul Mpanurwa (DR Congo) – rape; felonious assault; kidnapping – Farmington, UT
• Alcius Marckles (Haiti) – widespread injury/damage to building and people inside; aggravated assault (serious bodily injury); aggravated assault with deadly weapon – Essex County, NJ
• Victor Hugo Casillo-Vallejo (Dominican Republic) – robbery with a firearm; Hobbs Act robbery; use of firearm in crime of violence – Tampa, FL

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST (Aug 14, 2026) · Gallery: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/14: ILLEGAL ALIEN STOLE U.S. IDENTITY FOR 20+ YEARS — VOTED IN ELECTIONS — GETS 3 YEARS + DEPORTATION

IDENTITY THEFT. PASSPORT FRAUD. FAKE CITIZENSHIP. ILLEGAL VOTING. DHS says an ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) case just put a criminal illegal alien behind bars for more than two decades of fraud — including voting in American elections.

On August 12, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo-Grajales, a criminal illegal alien from Colombia, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to making false statements in a U.S. passport application, aggravated identity theft, falsely claiming a Social Security number, and making a false claim to U.S. citizenship. After he serves his time, he will be removed from the United States.

Per DHS and the U.S. Attorney’s Office (Middle District of Florida), Jaramillo-Grajales used a U.S. citizen’s name, date of birth, and Social Security number to obtain a passport, a Florida driver’s license, and voter registration. He voted in several elections, including the 2020 general election. He also used the stolen identity in a marriage scheme that helped a woman naturalize, then re-entered later under his real name on a fiancé visa and sought permanent residence.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “This criminal illegal alien from Colombia has just been sentenced to three years in a federal prison for identity theft and falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen. Because of his fraud, he was able to obtain a driver’s license and vote in our elections… DHS will always fight to protect the integrity of our elections, because election security is national security. Only Americans should be electing American leaders.”

HSI Jacksonville Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Hemker: this conviction shows identity theft, immigration fraud, and fraud against U.S. government systems will be investigated thoroughly and prosecuted fully. Case investigated by HSI, State Department Diplomatic Security Service, and SSA OIG.

PART OF A PATTERN: DHS flags recent non-citizen illegal voting cases — including aliens who illegally voted in New Jersey, Louisiana, Kansas, and elsewhere — plus directives to deport aliens who vote and warnings to states about non-citizens on voter rolls.

Sources: DHS – ICE HSI Identity Theft / Illegal Voting Sentencing (Aug 14, 2026) · DOJ Middle District of Florida · News4Jax

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BREAKING 8/13: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS PEDOPHILES, SEX ASSAILANTS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS

CHILD SEX PREDATORS. SEXUAL ASSAILANTS. METH TRAFFICKERS. ROUNDED UP. DHS says ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens – convicted of sexual assault of a child, vehicular homicide, and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, sex offenders, drug traffickers, and other worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens who have no business being in our country. While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again. Illegal aliens have no sanctuary in America.”

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 13):

• Ricardo Enmanuel Nieves-Galarza (Ecuador) – animate object sexual penetration (victim under 13) – Orange, VA
• Kevin Campos (Venezuela) – first-degree sexual abuse – New York City, NY
• David Gomez-Perez (Mexico) – vehicular homicide – Yakima County, WA
• Jose Cortez-Diaz (El Salvador) – conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; possession of a weapon; forgery – District of Nevada

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST (Aug 13, 2026) · Gallery: WOW.DHS.Gov

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BREAKING 8/13: 15 STRAIGHT MONTHS – ZERO RELEASES AT THE BORDER

CATCH AND RELEASE IS DEAD. FIFTEEN MONTHS STRAIGHT. DHS and CBP announce 15 consecutive months of ZERO releases at the border – illegal crossers are not being dumped into American communities. Secretary Markwayne Mullin: Trump’s agenda is restoring order and putting American safety first. “We have the most secure border in history.”

JULY BORDER NUMBERS (per DHS/CBP):

• Southwest Border Patrol apprehensions: 9,295 in July – 6% lower than June; 94% below the Biden-era monthly average; 96% below the Biden peak (Dec 2023)
• Nationwide Border Patrol apprehensions: 11,298 in July – down 1% from June
• FYTD southwest apprehensions lower than one average month from FYs 1992-2024
• Drug seizures: July cocaine/meth/heroin/fentanyl/marijuana seizures 26% higher than July 2024; FY seizures 54% higher than same period FY 2024
• Fentanyl: 1,054 lbs seized in July (+3% from June); Heroin: 79 lbs (+20% from June)

CBP Commissioner Rodney S. Scott: clear policy, strong enforcement, and frontline personnel are delivering – securing the nation against illegal crossings, dangerous individuals, and illicit drugs.

Sources: DHS – 15 Straight Months Zero Releases (Aug 13, 2026) · Fox News · CBP Stats

NewsNation: DHS Secretary Mullin on 15 straight months of zero releases and border enforcement.

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BREAKING 8/13: MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN – ICE DEPORTS KILLERS, RAPISTS, DRUNK DRIVERS

KILLERS. RAPISTS. VIOLENT ASSAILANTS. OFF AMERICAN STREETS – AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY. DHS says ICE deported more criminal illegal aliens in the last week, including those convicted of voluntary manslaughter, attempted murder, rape, and assault.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin: “Every day, the brave men and women of ICE are arresting and deporting illegal aliens from our country. In the last week, we’ve deported killers, drunk drivers, rapists, and violent assailants… Deporting illegal aliens saves lives. Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, we are making America safe again.”

NAMED DEPORTATIONS (per DHS, Aug 13):

• Daniel Romero-Alverez (Mexico) – voluntary manslaughter; illegal re-entry; DUI arrests – deported Aug 6
• Yero Lee (South Korea) – attempted murder – deported Aug 4
• Francisco Lux Juarez (Guatemala) – rape (strongarm) – deported Aug 7
• Floyd Tayler (Canada) – unlawful imprisonment; fourth-degree assault – deported Aug 7
• Lezman Donery Gomez Lopez (Honduras) – felony burglary – deported Aug 6

Source: DHS – MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN (Aug 13, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/13: KY LANDLORD ILLEGAL ALIEN – RAPE, TRAFFICKING, SEX ABUSE DETAINER

MONSTER LANDLORD. PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED. BACK ON U.S. SOIL. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer on Rolando Cenobio Vasquez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico charged with rape, human trafficking, and sexual abuse while working as a landlord in Louisville, Kentucky.

Per DHS: Louisville police arrested Vasquez on July 29. He had been renting a room to a mother and her 15-year-old daughter when the alleged abuse of the teenager began in December 2025 — sexual violence, threats against the child and family, and occasional money offered to keep quiet.

CHARGES (per DHS):

• THREE counts of rape
• THREE counts of sodomy
• Human trafficking
• Promoting human trafficking with a victim under 18
• Sexual abuse

RAP SHEET / HISTORY: Prior conviction for DUI. First illegally entered through Texas in August 2013 — Border Patrol arrested him and he was deported to Mexico. He then illegally re-entered at an unknown date and location. ICE lodged the detainer with Louisville Metro Department of Corrections the same day he was arrested.

DHS Spokesperson: ICE wants Kentucky officials to hold him and hand him over so he can be removed from our country. Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin, ICE is unleashed to go after dangerous illegal aliens like this one.

Sources: DHS press release (Aug 13, 2026) · Fox News

WDRB: Louisville landlord accused of raping teen faces human trafficking charges.

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BREAKING 8/12: WORST OF THE WORST – ICE NABS MURDERERS, KIDNAPPERS, GUN ASSAILANTS

ANOTHER DAY. ANOTHER ROGUE’S GALLERY OFF AMERICAN STREETS. DHS says yesterday ICE arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens – convicted of assault to murder, attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, kidnapping, and drug trafficking. Secretary Markwayne Mullin: remove these criminals and crime rates fall – the American people are SAFER.

NAMED ARRESTS (per DHS, Aug 12):

• Rie Hachiyanagi (Japan) – THREE counts assault to murder; assault/battery with dangerous weapon (fire poker, rock, scissors); mayhem; home invasion – Framingham, MA
• Mohamed Elshenawy (Egypt) – attempted murder, terroristic threats, battery against police – Red Bluff, CA
• Eder Hernandez-Morales (Mexico) – assault with semiautomatic firearm, willful discharge of firearm, vandalism, theft, stolen property, controlled substance – Los Angeles, CA
• Victor A Calles-Flores (El Salvador) – kidnapping; transport of stolen vehicle – West Palm Beach, FL
• Sergio Calvio-Ayala (Costa Rica) – conspiracy to distribute / possession with intent to distribute cocaine – Newark, NJ

DHS: nearly 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. Full threat gallery: WOW.DHS.Gov

Source: DHS – WORST OF THE WORST (Aug 12, 2026)

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GANGBUSTERS 8/12: ICE DEPORTS SURRENOS, PAISAS, BLOODS, TRINITARIOS KILLERS

GANG BAGGAGE – GONE. DHS confirms ICE deported more criminal illegal alien gang members last week – including killers, sexual assailants, drunk drivers, and drug traffickers. Secretary Mullin: “Deporting illegal aliens saves lives.”

AMONG THE DEPORTED (per DHS):

• Jonas Perez-Rodriguez (Mexico, Surenos) – manslaughter, DUI causing bodily injury, aggravated assault by a prisoner – deported Aug 4
• Jhony Mejia (Honduras, Surenos) – attempted willful murder, prisoner with sharp instrument – deported Aug 9
• Jose Enrique Galindo-Arteaga (Mexico, Paisas) – sexual assault conviction – deported Aug 3
• Carlos Narciso Villarreal (Mexico, Bloods) – attempted B&E, stolen goods; arrests for assault on a female, domestic violence – deported Aug 3
• Miguel Andres Veras Martes (Dominican Republic, Trinitarios) – drug trafficking, dangerous weapons during crime of violence – deported Aug 4

Source: DHS – GANGBUSTERS (Aug 12, 2026)

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CALIFORNIA SANCTUARY CRACKED: OPERATION GUARDIAN ANGEL – 362 CRIMINAL ILLEGALS PULLED FROM JAILS

LOST ANGELES CAN’T HIDE THEM ANYMORE. DOJ Central District of California reports that Operation Guardian Angel – launched to neutralize California’s sanctuary-state blockade – has forced the transfer of 362 criminal illegal aliens from county jails into federal custody across L.A., the Inland Empire, and the Central Coast. 769 federal arrest warrants issued; 347 charged with illegal re-entry after removal or other federal crimes (guns, drugs, violence).

How it works: federal warrants for aliens just booked locally. Jails must honor the warrants – SB 54 sanctuary rules don’t stop a federal arrest warrant. ICE ERO LA Field Office Director Thomas Giles: California politicians force locals to dump rapists, gang members, and murderers back on the street – this partnership keeps them off the streets.

AMONG THOSE TAKEN (per DOJ): child sex offender who re-entered after removal; five-time deportee “Sharky” with multiple felony robberies; four-time deportee with drug trafficking/DV/robbery history; and Jose Cristian Saravia-Sanchez – accused of shooting and killing an Inglewood man who tried to stop a catalytic converter theft (local LE blocked from honoring ICE detainer under state law; now faces federal re-entry + alien-in-possession charges too).

Sources: DOJ USAO CDCA – Guardian Angel year mark (Aug 12, 2026) · NY Post

KTLA: Operation Guardian Angel targets criminal illegal aliens in California sanctuary jails.

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MISSISSIPPI: OPERATION MUDDY WATERS – 70 ARRESTED IN CHILD EXPLOITATION SWEEP

ICE HSI AND PARTNERS JUST WRAPPED A TWO-WEEK STATEWIDE CRACKDOWN. Operation Muddy Waters netted 70 arrests across Mississippi for child exploitation, solicitation of children, CSAM possession/distribution, and sex-offender compliance violations. Among those snared: criminal illegal aliens who allegedly traveled across state lines to prey on kids – plus noncompliant registered sex offenders.

NAMED ILLEGAL ALIEN PREDATORS (per ICE):

• Cristian Abel Argueta Giron (Honduras) – traveled from Tennessee to Mississippi to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a child
• Rahul Mondal (Bangladesh) – living in Tuscaloosa, AL; allegedly contacted a 14-year-old boy via social media
• Jose Arevalo Garcia (Mexico) – noncompliant sex offender; prior sexual assault conviction (2010)
• Enrique Bravo Gonzalez (Mexico) – noncompliant sex offender; felony sexual offense against a child (2022)

HSI Gulfport ASAC Matthew Reidell: those who hide behind screens to exploit children will not remain hidden. Partners included U.S. Attorneys (N/S Mississippi), MS AG, DPS, Marshals, and local sheriffs/PD.

Sources: ICE.gov – Operation Muddy Waters (Aug 10, 2026) · Fox News

WREG: Operation Muddy Waters targets child exploitation in Mississippi.

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GUN RUNNER NAILED: ILLEGAL ALIEN BOUGHT 91 FIREARMS + 40,000 ROUNDS

DEADLY TRADE – SHUT DOWN. Samuel Rodrigo Melo Santos, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, pleaded guilty (Aug. 6) to alien in possession of a firearm and making false statements in acquisition of a firearm. In just over a year he bought 91 firearms for $56,448 and 40,000 rounds of ammunition – for illegal re-sale to anyone who would buy, including people who cannot legally own guns. One firearm later recovered in Mexico.

Melo Santos illegally entered via Arizona in May 2024, was arrested by Border Patrol and deported – then illegally re-entered. ATF led; ICE HSI and DEA assisted. DHS: once sentenced, ICE will remove him.

Sources: DHS – 90+ firearms plea (Aug 10, 2026) · DOJ USAO Oregon

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NORTH CAROLINA: ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH 10 COUNTS PRODUCING CHILD SEX ABUSE MATERIAL

HSI TAKES DOWN ANOTHER PREDATOR. Francisco Rosales Ortiz, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, indicted in Western District of North Carolina on 10 counts of production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), possession/access with intent to view CSAM, and unlawful possession of a firearm by an alien. Alleged abuse June 2025–March 2026 in Gaston County; also illegally possessed three firearms.

Arrested by Gastonia PD April 2, 2026; transferred to U.S. Marshals Aug. 3. Secretary Markwayne Mullin: once he faces justice, he will be removed so he can never prey on American children again. Ortiz claims illegal entry in 2005.

Source: DHS – HSI CSAM charges (Aug 10, 2026)

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BREAKING 8/11: BROWARD BACKSTABBER – ILLEGAL ALIEN CHARGED WITH MACHETE MURDER

ANOTHER CATCH-AND-RELEASE BODY COUNT. DHS says ICE lodged a detainer on Edy Jose Rivas-Rizo, a criminal illegal alien from Nicaragua, charged with first-degree murder after allegedly chasing and stabbing his roommate to death with a machete in Hallandale Beach, Florida (Aug. 2). Surveillance allegedly caught the attack; witnesses say the victim’s last words were: “that guy just killed me.”

Rivas-Rizo illegally entered through California in April 2022, was arrested by Border Patrol — then RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration. ICE detainer filed with Broward County Jail Aug. 3. Secretary Markwayne Mullin: deporting illegal aliens saves lives.

Sources: DHS – BROWARD BACKSTABBER (Aug 11, 2026) · Local reporting: WPLG Local 10

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FLORIDA ROADS: HSI ARRESTS CUBAN ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH EXPIRED CDL

ILLEGAL ALIENS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF 18-WHEELERS = AMERICAN DEATHS WAITING TO HAPPEN. ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Jacksonville arrested Jose Carlos Valdivia-Vera, an illegal alien from Cuba with a final order of removal and an expired Commercial Driver’s License (temp 1-year CDL expired June 6). Arrest: Aug. 6.

Secretary Mullin: every illegal alien behind a semi puts Americans at risk — “We will relentlessly pursue any and all illegal alien truck drivers and the companies that employ them.” Ties into Operation Highway Shield (DHS/DOT): second wave removed 800+ dangerous truckers in 3 days, including 51 illegal aliens.

Sources: DHS – Cuban CDL arrest (Aug 11) · DHS/DOT Operation Highway Shield

U.S. Department of Transportation: What is Operation Highway Shield?

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UPDATE 8/11/2026 — ICE KEEPS ROUNDER UP THE WORST OF THE WORST

WAKE UP FOLKS — ICE IS STILL CLEANING HOUSE. DHS just dropped a fresh “Worst of the Worst” roundup: criminal illegal aliens convicted of child sex crimes, kidnapping, child pornography, DUI, and more. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin: if you’re here illegally — LEAVE NOW, or ICE will find you, arrest you, and deport you.

YESTERDAY’S ARRESTS INCLUDE (per DHS):

• Minor Giovani Sosa-Salguero (Guatemala) — TWO counts lewd/lascivious acts with a child under 14 + THREE DUI convictions — Los Angeles, CA
• Marcos Jaimez (Mexico) — lewd act with a child 14–15, molesting a child, prostitution-related disorderly conduct, controlled substance — San Bernardino, CA
• Cristian Bahena-Estudillo (Mexico) — kidnapping, prohibited weapon, court-order violation — Waukegan, IL
• Ruidong Jin (China) — child pornography — Chester County, PA
• Christopher Molina-Esquivel (Venezuela) — procurement for prostitution — Murfreesboro, TN

Source / full release: DHS — WORST OF THE WORST (Aug 11, 2026) · More cases: WOW.DHS.Gov

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GEORGIA: OPERATION SAFE COMMUNITY — 1,226 ILLEGAL ALIENS ARRESTED

ICE Operation Safe Community – Atlanta just netted 1,226 illegal alien offenders across Georgia. ICE says 720 had U.S. criminal charges or convictions — sex crimes, crimes against children, assault, drugs, burglary, weapons, DUI and more. This is what enforcement looks like when the gloves come off.

Source: ICE.gov official release

WSB-TV: ICE announces Operation Safe Community results in Georgia (1,226 arrests).

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RECORD MONTH: ICE HITS ~51,000 ARRESTS IN JULY 2026

Federal immigration authorities report about 51,000 arrests in July — the highest monthly total under this administration (up from ~43,000 in June). New tactics, more pressure, more removals. The invasion is being reversed — one arrest at a time.

Reporting: Stateline — ICE monthly arrest high

Video roundup: ICE arrests surge / related enforcement coverage.

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