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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday announced the arrests of five illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes, including manslaughter, child sexual assault and carjacking.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out the arrests, which involved individuals from Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala and Vietnam who had prior convictions for violent offenses, DHS said.
“Yesterday, ICE arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted for manslaughter, sexually assaulting a child, and carjacking,” DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. “These types of depraved criminals should never have been in the U.S. in the first place.”
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The Department of Homeland Security announced the arrests of five illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes, including manslaughter and child sexual assault. (Department of Homeland Security)
Bis said that ICE officers “are patriots who put their lives on the line to remove heinous criminals from our communities.”
“Next time you see an ICE officer, thank them for their service to our nation,” she added.
Angel Rodriguez-Padilla, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was convicted of manslaughter in Dallas County, Texas, according to DHS. (Department of Homeland Security)
Among those arrested was Angel Rodriguez-Padilla, a criminal illegal immigrant from Honduras who was convicted of manslaughter in Dallas County, Texas, according to DHS.
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Henri Oliva-Marroquin, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, according to DHS. (Department of Homeland Security)
DHS said that Henri Oliva-Marroquin, a criminal illegal immigrant from Honduras, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Pedro Bahena-Mendoza was convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in Cook County, Illinois, and is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, DHS said. (Department of Homeland Security)
The third individual identified by DHS was Pedro Bahena-Mendoza, a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico, convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in Cook County, Illinois.
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Convicted of aggravated assault, domestic violence and attempted sexual assault in Phoenix, Arizona, Nehimias Isaac Aguilar-Velasquez is an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, according to DHS. (Department of Homeland Security)
According to DHS, Nehimias Isaac Aguilar-Velasquez, a criminal illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was convicted of aggravated assault, domestic violence and attempted sexual assault in Phoenix, Arizona.
Hung Thanh Dinh was convicted of carjacking with use of a firearm in Malibu, California, and is an illegal immigrant from Vietnam, DHS said. (Department of Homeland Security)
Hung Thanh Dinh, the fifth individual identified by DHS, is a criminal illegal immigrant from Vietnam who was convicted of carjacking with use of a firearm in Malibu, California.
