First images of ICE’s mass deportation efforts show arrests of MS-13 gang members suspected of murder
Fox News was exclusively involved with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Boston as the agency targeted suspected criminal aliens, including MS-13 gang members and murder suspects, as part of a mass deportation effort under President Donald Trump.
Fox News testified ICE Boston make eight arrests, including multiple MS-13, Interpol red warrants, murder and rape suspects, and a volatile Haitian gang member with 18 convictions in recent years who told our cameras he’s “not going back to Haiti” and “f— — Trump , Biden forever!”
ICE also made what is known as a “collateral” arrest, where ICE arrests an illegal alien who was not their initial target.
In that case, the illegal was with an MS-13 gang member who was released by the sanctuary jurisdiction on Tuesday with an outstanding ICE detainer.
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Bill Melugin was involved with ICE Boston and witnessed the agents’ arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)
Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan had previously warned that collateral arrests were something that would happen in sanctuary jurisdictions.
Bill Melugin was involved with ICE Boston and witnessed the agents’ arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)
As ICE Boston arrested a violent illegal alien in one neighborhood, Fox News heard a woman yelling “thank you” to the agents.
Bill Melugin was involved with ICE Boston and witnessed the agents’ arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)
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The arrests come as the Trump administration is rapidly making good on its promise to launch a historic mass deportation operation, which it has said will focus primarily — but not exclusively — on threats to public safety.
Bill Melugin was involved with ICE Boston and witnessed the agents’ arrests. (X/ @BillMelugin_)
In the early days of the Trump administration, ICE made more than 460 arrests of illegal immigrants, including those with criminal histories that include sexual assault, domestic violence, and drug and gun crimes. The arrests took place across the US, including Illinois, Utah, California, Minnesota, New York, Florida and Maryland.
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Agents arrested nationals of a number of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.
Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
