More than 10,000 Foreign Gang Members Arrested by ICE under Trump

More than 10,000 gang members have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during President Trump’s second term.

“These 10,000 criminals committed heinous crimes, including murder, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, robbery, and extortion,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement.

The 10,000^th gang member arrested was a member of MS-13 from Mexico.

He had previously been arrested for possession of a weapon and cocaine, and abducting a woman.

Among the gang members arrested were individuals wanted for multiple murders, including an MS-13 member who confessed to killing five people in his native El Salvador.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said a significant number of the gang members caught by ICE had been released into the US by the Biden administration.

“These vicious criminals murdered, assaulted, robbed, and terrorized innocent Americans for sport,” Mullin said.

“Thanks to the Secure America Act, ICE is turbocharged to arrest even more gang members and criminals from American neighborhoods.”

The Secure America Act, which was signed into law at the beginning of the month, funds immigration enforcement through 2029, providing $38 billion in additional funding, including $5 billion for technology and screening equipment.

In the middle of June, the Department of Justice announced that between 1 March and 31 May, 1,100 individuals were arrested as part of Operation Spring Cleaning, with charges filed against 600 individuals.

Over a thousand illegal firearms and thousands of pounds of drugs were also seized.