FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested five illegal aliens convicted for “repulsive” crimes Tuesday, the agency announced Wednesday.
“Yesterday, ICE arrested more monsters from our communities, including murderers, pedophiles, and drug traffickers,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis told the Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday. “ICE is NOT backing down and will continue to remove criminals from our communities.”
Bis cited a Harvard University/Harris poll from last month, finding that 80% of U.S. voters say they support “deporting immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes.” She said this demonstrates broad support for “the Trump administration’s commonsense efforts to deport criminal illegal aliens from our country.”
ICE provided the Daily Signal with names and mugshots for five illegal aliens “convicted for repulsive crimes including first-degree murder, sexual exploitation of a minor, lewd or lascivious acts with a minor under 16 years old, cruelty toward a child, and manufacturing or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.”
1. Omar Israel Hernandez
ICE arrested Omar Israel Hernandez, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE claimed he had been convicted of first-degree murder in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
2. Guillermo Bernabe Pablo-Gutierrez
ICE arrested Guillermo Bernabe Pablo-Gutierrez, an illegal alien from Guatemala. ICE claimed he has been convicted in Columbia, Tennessee, of four counts of attempting to engage in sex with a minor and three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor involving a photograph.
3. Rey Alfredo Ornelas-Virgen
ICE arrested Rey Alfredo Ornelas-Virgen, an illegal alien from Mexico. ICE claimed Ornelas-Virgen had been convicted in Boise, Idaho, of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor under 16 years old, cruelty toward a child, and child fondling.
4. Claudio Jassel Payamps-Rosario
ICE arrested Claudio Jassel Payamps-Rosario, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE claimed Payamps-Rosario had been convicted in Camden County, New Jersey, for manufacturing or distributing a controlled dangerous substance and possession of a firearm.
5. Omar Gutierrez-Espinal
ICE arrested Omar Gutierrez-Espinal, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic. ICE claimed he has been convicted of conspiracy with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine and of receiving stolen property in Brooklyn, New York.
ICE Backing Down?
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday temporarily ordered ICE to cease conducting vehicle stops, causing some of President Donald Trump’s supporters to worry that the administration was de-emphasizing deportations.
Border czar Tom Homan told the Daily Signal Tuesday, however, that the pause would not slow down the rate of deportations.
“Let me address that: I’m sick and tired of reading about how the administration has lost their guts with mass deportations,” he said.
ICE reportedly arrested 10,000 people in five days last month, as the Trump administration attempts to deport some of the 10 million illegal aliens who entered the country under President Joe Biden.
ICE officers fatally shot a 25-year-old Colombian man, Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, Monday while trying to stop his vehicle in Biddeford, Maine. Last Tuesday, an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, during a vehicle stop in Houston, Texas. Agents claimed Araujo had been attempting to evade arrest and rammed his van into an ICE vehicle, prompting the agent to shoot in self-defense. Araujo’s family and their attorney contest the claim.
