ICE Arrest Operations in Virginia and Maryland Yield Multiple High-Profile Arrests
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“The brave men and women of ICE are hard at work every single day getting these dangerous illegal aliens out of our country,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said:
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Fox NewsHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox News that "the brave men and women of ICE are hard at work every single day getting these dangerous illegal aliens out of our country."
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Over the course of just two weeks in Virginia and Maryland, they arrested sexual assailants, kidnappers, drunk drivers, robbers, and gang members. While sanctuary politicians in Virginia and Maryland keep putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people, the Trump Administration will always put American citizens first. By arresting and removing illegal aliens from our communities, we will make America safe again. [Emphasis added]
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Fox NewsMullin added that "while sanctuary politicians in Virginia and Maryland keep putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people, the Trump Administration will always put American citizens first."
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Among those illegal aliens arrested in the operation is Eygner Wilfredo Huezo-Moran of El Salvador, who is wanted for murder in Richmond, Virginia.
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Washington TimesAmong the arrests ICE announced were: Eygner Wilfredo Huezo-Moran, from El Salvador, who faced an outstanding murder warrant in Richmond. He was arrested in Chesterfield by ICE and U.S. marshals, who turned him over to local authorities for his criminal case, but asked that he eventually be transferred back to the feds for deportation.
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Estrella Reyes-Funez, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, whose criminal history includes a conviction for felony hit-and-run and arrests for making a threat to bomb or burn, assault and battery on a family member, and violating a protective order. ICE officers arrested Reyes-Funez in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Reyes-Funez will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
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Washington TimesEstrella Reyes-Funez, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, who has been convicted of felony hit-and-run and had faced charges of threats and violating a protective order. She was arrested in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and is being detained pending deportation.
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01 Fox News FIRST ON FOX: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly arrested more than 1,000 illegal immigrants in the Washington, D.C., region in what federal sources said was one of the agency’s most successful operations to date.
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02 Washington Times “Over the course of just two weeks in Virginia and Maryland, they arrested sexual assailants, kidnappers, drunk drivers, robbers, and gang members,” he said in a statement announcing the arrests.
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03 New York Post An illegal immigrant from El Salvador who has faced a final deportation order since 2024 was caught and later released on bond at the Texas border in 2016 before his arrest last week for allegedly dealing fentanyl near a Virginia high school, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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04 New York Times Lawmakers Push Hochul to Block ICE From Taking Over Upstate Warehouse As a state law preventing the police from working with federal immigration officials goes into effect, a potential plan to use a warehouse as a detention center has drawn outrage.
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05 The Intercept This story was reported and produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in the court system. Sign up here to get their weekly newsletter.
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06 Breitbart The state of Iowa has taken its case to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit blocked a law making illegal immigration a state crime.
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07 Democracy Now We speak to journalist Aura Bogado, whose new investigation into Illinois law enforcement and prosecutorial collaboration with ICE has revealed that dozens of immigrants have been arrested and deported with the help of local officials in violation of the state’s sanctuary law. “Those are 150 individuals whose lives were very often changed, communities completely split apart,” says Bogado about her reporting. She further explains that while “there are constitutional rights for everybody, that [are] afforded to every person, … those rights are suspended in the immigration context. The bar that is needed to prove a case for deportability is so much lower.” Please check back later for full transcript.
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