Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens across the United States even as the federal government remains shut down. Despite the funding impasse driven by Democrat demands, ICE officers have carried out multiple operations targeting foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes, including child sexual assault, manslaughter, and domestic violence.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin praised the agents for continuing their work without pay during the shutdown. “Our brave ICE law enforcement will not be deterred by the Democrats’ government shutdown or by violence against them from removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from our communities,” McLaughlin said.
She noted that ICE officers face increasingly dangerous conditions, citing a more than 1000 percent increase in assaults against agents in recent months. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, criminals are not welcome in the United States,” McLaughlin added.
Among those arrested this week was Jose Alberto Hernandez-Alvarado, a Mexican national convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in Dallas County, Texas. In New York, ICE agents detained Kemar Hamilton of Jamaica, previously convicted of manslaughter and assault in the Bronx.
In Cherokee County, Iowa, Walid Soualmia, an Algerian national convicted of domestic abuse and intimidation with a dangerous weapon, was taken into custody. Additional arrests included Hugo Martinez-Jaimes of Mexico, convicted of cocaine trafficking in North Carolina, and William Sierra-Galeano of Colombia, convicted of attempted burglary in White Plains, New York.
The arrests underscore the Trump administration’s commitment to law and order, even amid a politically charged shutdown. ICE’s operations, carried out with limited resources, reflect the agency’s continued enforcement priorities—removing dangerous criminal aliens who pose threats to public safety.
