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3 days ago
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Largest ever ICE operation results in nearly 1,500 illegals arrested in blue state
Operation Patriot, the largest ever ICE operation, resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,500 illegals, including murderers, rapists, drug traffickers and child sex predators, in the deep blue sanctuary city-heavy state of Massachusetts. Operation Patriot concluded on Saturday after netting 1,461 illegal aliens throughout the Greater Boston area and the state of Massachusetts, which includes numerous sanctuary jurisdictions. Sources at ICE told Fox News that 790 of those arrested had criminal convictions or charges and 277 had final removal or deportation orders. The sources said that all the targeted criminals were roaming the streets of Massachusetts cities freely before being apprehended. The operation ran throughout May and included ICE teams from other states in the Northeast and authorities from the FBI, DEA, and ATF. 36 Chinese, Taiwanese Nationals Arrested After Ice Raids Underground Nightclub In Los Angeles Fox News was embedded with ICE Boston on Thursday as part of this operation. While Fox News was embedded with ICE, agents arrested a murderer, two child rapists, including one living next to a playground, one fentanyl trafficker, one adult rapist, and one child sexual assaulter, all within the span of a few hours. Read On The Fox News App Prior to this, the largest ICE operation was Operation Tidal Wave in Florida, which netted 1,120 arrests. Fox News was told Operation Patriot was significantly more difficult because, unlike Florida, ICE received no local assistance from Massachusetts sanctuary jurisdictions. Sources said the operation was in direct response to leaders in the city of Boston and Massachusetts refusing to cooperate with ICE. The sources said "hundreds" of the arrested targets had been released by local sanctuary jurisdictions with ICE detainers ignored. ICE also said it encountered daily interference from anti-ICE activist groups throughout Massachusetts. 'Rampant' Abuse In Blue State Migrant Shelter System, Says Former Director: 'Colossal Mess' Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey has responded to ICE's operations in her state with outrage. Healey took to social media on Sunday evening to demand answers after ICE agents arrested 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes, who was an illegal and a junior at Milford High School in Milford, Massachusetts. In her post, Healey says she is "disturbed and outraged" and that she wants answers immediately explaining why the student was taken into immigration enforcement's custody. Healey asserted that "the Trump Administration continues to create fear in our communities, and it's making us all less safe." Homeland Security Removes 'Sanctuary Jurisdictions' List From Its Website Speaking during a press conference on Monday, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons commented on the resistance from Massachusetts leaders, saying: "If sanctuary cities would change their policies and turn these violent criminal aliens over to us into our custody instead of releasing them into the public, we would not have to go out to the communities and do this." Lyons said the operation "just showed we need to come back and we're going to keep coming back because ICE is going to make sure that we keep our community safe and keep our neighborhood safe from these sex offenders and these criminal aliens." Click Here For More Immigration Coverage The press conference was held the same day that an illegal alien in Massachusetts named Lorenzo Lopez Alcario was arraigned on charges of raping a child with force. A copy of the charges obtained by Fox News Digital alleges that the child was tied during the rape. Commenting on the arraignment and on Operation Patriot, Jon Fetherston, a former Massachusetts migrant shelter director, told Fox News Digital that Democratic Governor Maura Healey's resistance to federal immigration enforcement operations is "not only unsafe for ICE agents, it's unsafe for all of us." Fetherston added that Healey's policies are "creating a climate of lawlessness, where even convicted criminals are shielded from federal enforcement." "That's not compassion — it's recklessness," he said. Healey's office did not immediately respond to a request by Fox News Digital for article source: Largest ever ICE operation results in nearly 1,500 illegals arrested in blue state
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7 days ago
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Trump DHS issues warning after anti-ICE protesters attempt to disrupt arrest
The Department of Homeland Security is warning would-be disrupters to avoid interfering with federal immigration enforcement operations after it said a demonstrator attempted to disrupt a federal immigration arrest in New York City on Wednesday. Nearly two dozen anti-ICE protesters were also detained in another part of the city later that day. Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that ICE agents contacted Federal Protective Service (FPS) on Wednesday morning and "requested assistance as their officers were conducting arrests" in the lobby of a federal immigration court building. McLaughlin said FPS officers responded and saw several protesters filming and taking pictures of law enforcement personnel in the lobby. She said that at approximately 11:45 a.m. a person attempted to forcibly interfere with ICE agents attempting to place someone in custody. Trump Administration Sets New Goal Of 3,000 Illegal Immigrant Arrests Daily McLaughlin said ICE reported the incident to FPS as "an assault on one of their officers." The person was briefly taken into custody, issued a U.S. district court violation notice and released, according to McLaughlin. Read On The Fox News App In response to the incident, McLaughlin said, "Anyone who actively obstructs law enforcement in the performance of their sworn duties will of course face consequences which could include arrest." Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Later that day, nearly two dozen anti-ICE protesters were detained by the New York Police Department outside a federal building in Manhattan on Wednesday night after a chaotic protest led to police struggling with demonstrators. An NYPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital that officers responded to a 911 call for a "disorderly group" in front of a DHS building at approximately 6:35 p.m. Nypd Hunts For Man Accused Of Beating Off-duty Cop And Stealing His Gun, Alleged Accomplice Arrested The spokesperson said that "upon arrival, officers observed approximately 20-30 demonstrators sitting in the roadway, blocking vehicular traffic" and that "the demonstrators were instructed verbally numerous times to vacate the roadway and did not comply." As a result, the spokesperson said 23 individuals were taken into custody, 18 individuals were issued criminal court summons and five individuals were arrested and charged, according to the NYPD spokesperson. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement this month that assaults against ICE officers rose by more than 400% from the same time last year. He placed part of the blame on politicians who "are careless with their politically motivated rhetoric."Original article source: Trump DHS issues warning after anti-ICE protesters attempt to disrupt arrest
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Trump DHS issues stark warning to Dems harassing ICE agents: 'Not playing games'
The Trump Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning Democrats and leftists doxxing ICE agents and impeding immigration enforcement operations that it is "not playing games." In response to an online video of a Democratic state representative in Tennessee allegedly stalking ICE agents, DHS said, "This Administration is not playing games with the lives and safety of our ICE officers." The DHS statement claimed that "people doxxing our officers and impeding ICE operations are siding with vicious cartels, human traffickers, and violent criminals." The statement came in response to a video posted on social media by Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., allegedly showing Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn "stalking" ICE agents in the Nashville area. House Gop Targets Another Dem Official Accused Of Blocking Ice Amid Delaney Hall Fallout The video appears to show Behn and another woman in a car saying they were following and "bullying the ICE vehicles and state troopers." Read On The Fox News App "This is a win," Behn said, laughing. Ogles said that Behn and her companion were "openly admitting they were trying to stall law enforcement from stopping illegal aliens." Ogles said "this isn't just reckless, it's aiding and abetting." In response to the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that "attacks and demonization of ICE have resulted in officers facing a 413% increase in assaults." McLaughlin said DHS "has the ability to trace phone numbers and track location information" and that "any individual who participates in the doxxing of our brave federal immigration agents will be identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." Acting Ice Director Demands Tim Walz Apologize For Calling Agents 'Modern-day Gestapo' DHS and the U.S. Secret Service on May 1 served a search warrant on the home of a Los Angeles resident accused of posting fliers in various Southern California neighborhoods with the names, photos, phone numbers and locations of ICE officers working in the region. Earlier this year, anti-ICE activists began putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers working in the Los Angeles and Southern California area. The posters include the faces of several ICE agents and say, "These armed agents work in Southern California. ICE and HSI racially terrorize and criminalize entire communities with their policies. They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families and fracturing communities. Many people have died while locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers." Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Abigail Jackson, a spokesperson for the White House, told Fox News Digital that "whether it's [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz slandering ICE officers as 'Nazis' or members of Congress physically assaulting them, the Democrat party is truly unhinged, and their dangerous behavior is putting lives at risk. Watch: Democrat Lawmaker Charged With Assaulting Federal Agents Laughs Off Fundraising Questions "They are defending illegal terrorists and attacking those who are keeping Americans safe," Jackson added, noting the administration "will hold anyone accountable who commits a crime against [federal law enforcement officials]." Behn did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for article source: Trump DHS issues stark warning to Dems harassing ICE agents: 'Not playing games'
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02-05-2025
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California home of suspect accused of doxxing ICE agents raided and searched
Federal authorities on Thursday searched the California home of a suspect accused of doxxing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service served a search warrant on the Irvine home of the unidentified suspect, who was not home at the time. No arrests were made. Ice Touts Record-breaking Immigration Enforcement During Trump's First 100 Days Authorities told Fox News the suspect lives with his parents and was previously arrested during an anti-Israel protest on the University of California, Irvine, campus last year. He is accused of posting fliers in various Southern California neighborhoods with the names, photos, phone numbers and locations of ICE officers working in the region. Read On The Fox News App Democrat Lawmaker Demands Congress Act On Securing Us Border After 'Transparent' Ice Facility Visit "The men and women of ICE signed up to do a law enforcement mission, and that's what they're doing. They're out there making communities safer," acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Fox News. "I take it personally because if you have a problem with the men and women of ICE, take it up at Congress, change the federal law or, you know, take it up with me. I represent them, but don't put their families at risk. Don't put them at risk just because they're out there doing their job." Earlier this year, anti-ICE activists began putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers working in the Los Angeles and Southern California area. "CAREFUL WITH THESE FACES," the posters said in Spanish. "These armed agents work in Southern California. ICE and HSI racially terrorize and criminalize entire communities with their policies. They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families and fracturing communities. Many people have died while locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers," the posters say. The posters were displayed after the Trump administration began arresting and deporting criminal illegal immigrants, a major hallmark of President Donald Trump's campaign. "These pathetic activists are putting targets on the backs of our law enforcement as they shield MS-13, Tren De Aragua and other vicious gangs that traffic women and children, kidnap for ransom and poison Americans with lethal drugs," a Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News in a statement at the time. "These individuals will be held accountable for obstructing the law and justice. This shouldn't be controversial."Original article source: California home of suspect accused of doxxing ICE agents raided and searched
Fox News
01-05-2025
- Politics
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California home of suspect accused of doxxing ICE agents raided and searched
Federal authorities on Thursday searched the California home of a suspect accused of doxxing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service served a search warrant on the Irvine home of the unidentified suspect, who was not home at the time. No arrests were made. Authorities told Fox News the suspect lives with his parents and was previously arrested during an anti-Israel protest on the University of California, Irvine, campus last year. He is accused of posting fliers in various Southern California neighborhoods with the names, photos, phone numbers and locations of ICE officers working in the region. "The men and women of ICE signed up to do a law enforcement mission, and that's what they're doing. They're out there making communities safer," acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told Fox News. "I take it personally because if you have a problem with the men and women of ICE, take it up at Congress, change the federal law or, you know, take it up with me. I represent them, but don't put their families at risk. Don't put them at risk just because they're out there doing their job." Earlier this year, anti-ICE activists began putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers working in the Los Angeles and Southern California area. "CAREFUL WITH THESE FACES," the posters said in Spanish. "These armed agents work in Southern California. ICE and HSI racially terrorize and criminalize entire communities with their policies. They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families and fracturing communities. Many people have died while locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers," the posters say. The posters were displayed after the Trump administration began arresting and deporting criminal illegal immigrants, a major hallmark of President Donald Trump's campaign. "These pathetic activists are putting targets on the backs of our law enforcement as they shield MS-13, Tren De Aragua and other vicious gangs that traffic women and children, kidnap for ransom and poison Americans with lethal drugs," a Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News in a statement at the time. "These individuals will be held accountable for obstructing the law and justice. This shouldn't be controversial."
