ICE Arrests Illegal Sex Offenders, Rapists, Fentanyl Dealers in Sanctuary Cities

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested illegal alien sex offenders, rapists, fentanyl traffickers and burglars in sanctuary jurisdictions this week.

“Contrary to what Senators Dick Durbin and Alex Padilla said today at Secretary Noem’s Senate hearing, nearly 70 percent of illegal aliens arrested by ICE have criminal records. Just yesterday, ICE arrested MS-13 gang members, child predators, and drug traffickers,” Lauren Bis of the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement:

These are the public safety threats we eliminate from American communities every day. Nearly 70% of ICE arrests involve illegal aliens accused of or convicted of a crime. in the United States. [Emphasis added]

Among the illegal aliens arrested this week is Gasper Florentino, from Mexico. Florentino is an MS-13 gang member who was previously convicted of aggravated sexual battery of a victim between the ages of 13 and 14, as well as rape by force, threat or intimidation in the sanctuary city of Fairfax, Virginia.

Similarly, in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, ICE agents arrested Juan Leonardo Alvarado-Gonzalez of Guatemala, who had previously been convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.

Yancarlos Marte-Morel, of the Dominican Republic, was arrested in the sanctuary state of Massachusetts after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

ICE agents arrested Rudy Euceda of El Salvador, previously convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance, in the sanctuary state of New York, while Minh Tai Son Tran of Vietnam, previously convicted of three counts of burglary, was arrested in the sanctuary city of Fairfax, Virginia.