ICE reports more criminal migrants arrested as victim support program marks one year

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Thursday that it has arrested more suspected illegal immigrants who have been convicted of various crimes, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the agency’s reopening of its Migrant Crime Victim Support Program. The arrests and convictions described by ICE have not been independently verified.

ICE’s Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) was relaunched on April 10, 2025, with the goal of providing resources to victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants and victims’ families.

The program was first launched in 2017 during the first administration of President Donald Trump, but was replaced in 2021 by the Victim Engagement and Services Line, a different program under the Biden administration before being revived last year after Trump returned to office.

ICE said the anniversary of the program’s reopening comes just after several arrests were made Wednesday of suspected illegal immigrants convicted of crimes including injury to a child, assault and theft. ICE did not specify whether the individuals were newly arrested or transferred from local custody as a result of prior convictions, nor did it provide dates for the underlying convictions.

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Juan Lorenzo Hurtado-Flores, Vu Nguyen, Omar Alexander Rodriguez-Grande, Oscar Fransisco and Josue Coreas-Chavez. (ICE: Getty Images)

“The brave men and women of ICE law enforcement continue to target criminal illegal aliens in our communities to prevent another American from being raped, mutilated or murdered by an illegal alien who should NEVER have been in our country. America’s victims are [why] we are fighting,” Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Yesterday, ICE arrested several violent attackers, including a depraved monster who injured a CHILD. With every arrest, ICE makes America’s communities safer. We will never stop fighting for justice for victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens,” Bis continued.

The agency offered a sampling of some of the arrests. ICE did not say how many people in total were arrested nationwide in connection with the announcement.

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ICE’s Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) was relaunched on April 10, 2025. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Juan Lorenzo Hurtado-Flores, of Peru, was convicted of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and injury to a child in White Plains, New York, according to ICE.

Vu Nguyen, of Vietnam, was convicted of assault with a semi-automatic firearm in Pasadena, California, the agency said.

The agency said Omar Alexander Rodriguez-Grande, of El Salvador, was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Harris County, Texas.

Oscar Fransisco, of Guatemala, was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Palm Beach, Florida, according to the agency.

VOICE was first launched during the first administration of President Donald Trump, but was replaced in 2021 by another victim services program under the Biden administration. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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ICE said Josue Coreas-Chavez, of El Salvador, was convicted of theft in Riverhead, New York.

“Illegal aliens harming American citizens is unconscionable. But now, thanks to President Trump, we are able to help people who are victims of criminal aliens through the VOICE office,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said when announcing the program’s relaunch last year. “I am extremely proud of all ICE personnel: the officers and agents on the ground who fairly enforce immigration law, the support staff who organize these operations and manage the logistics, and those who help shine a light on those who have suffered harm at the hands of illegal aliens.”

VOICE was replaced in 2021 under the Biden administration by the Victim Engagement and Services Line to “serve as a more comprehensive and inclusive victim support system offered by ICE that will ensure services are offered to all victims, regardless of the immigration status of the victim or perpetrator.”

“Providing assistance to the most vulnerable in society is a core American value. All people, regardless of immigration status, should be able to access victim services without fear,” then-DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at the time.