While the swamp rats and their media lapdogs are busy wailing about “inhumane” raids, ICE is out there doing God’s work, hauling in the absolute dregs of humanity who’ve been preying on our communities like wolves in a sheep pen. We’re talking child rapists, murderers, gangbangers, and drug-pushing thugs – the worst of the worst that slithered in under the Biden-Harris open-border circus. Under President Trump’s iron fist and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s no-nonsense leadership, ICE has cranked up the heat, arresting hundreds of thousands and deporting even more in a blitz that’s making neighborhoods safer faster than you can say “build the wall.” But don’t take my word for it – the results are piling up like empty beer cans at a tailgate, and the revelations just keep coming. As of January 12, 2026, this isn’t some feel-good fairy tale; it’s a full-throated takedown of the criminal invasion that’s been bleeding us dry.
The Trump Surge: From Slumber to Scorched Earth
Remember when ICE was handcuffed by sanctuary city clowns and leftist lawyers, forced to tiptoe around while predators roamed free? Those days are deader than disco. Since Trump stormed back into the White House on January 20, 2025, ICE has unleashed hell, ramping up arrests by nearly 40 percent in the first 100 days alone. By December 2025, they’d nabbed over 328,000 illegals, with deportations hitting 327,000 – and that’s not counting the 1.9 million who self-deported when they saw the writing on the deportation notice. Seventy percent of those ICE collars? Criminal aliens with rap sheets longer than a CVS receipt, convicted or charged with everything from homicide to sexual assault. The feds identified 435,000 criminal illegals loose in the U.S. as of July 2025, including 13,099 convicted murderers and 15,811 sex assaulters. By May 2025, ICE had locked up 752 of those killers and 1,693 pervs, proving they’re not messing around.
And the ops? Epic. Take Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, where 2,000 agents swarmed in December 2025 for the largest immigration bust ever, targeting Somali fraud rings and criminal networks. They hauled in pedophiles, domestic abusers, and gang members – the kind of scum Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey let roam free with their sanctuary nonsense. One revelation: A Somali sex offender convicted of raping a child under 12 was finally cuffed after years on the loose. Meanwhile, in Maryland, ICE detentions doubled to over 3,300 in 2025, snagging twice as many as before, with hundreds facing fresh charges.
Nailing the Nightmares: The Worst of the Worst in Chains
Let’s get gritty with the fresh catches – these aren’t your garden-variety border jumpers; they’re the monsters nightmares are made of. Just yesterday, on January 11, 2026, ICE exec Todd Lyons crowed about nabbing an Ecuadorian murderer, rapist, and extortionist who’d been hiding in Minneapolis since Biden’s lax days, despite a 10-year prison stint back home. Or take Juan Perez-Tello, a Mexican perv convicted of lewd acts with a kid under 14 – collared in early January 2026. Then there’s Jose Barrera-Bolanos, another Mexican child sex assaulter, and Julio Miguel Gonzalez, a Cuban homicide convict.
Flash back to December 30, 2025: ICE wrapped the year by arresting child rapists, violent abusers, and drug traffickers nationwide. In Minneapolis, Mahad Abdulkadir Yusuf, a Somali sex offender, got the boot after sanctuary policies shielded him for years. November 2025 saw scoops like Ninuos Tamo, an Iraqi with 10 felony convictions; Elias Trejo-Rivera, a Honduran sex batterer; and Mauricio Alberto Espinal, a Honduran rapist. September 2025? ICE grabbed Miguel Barrera-Corona in California with 49 prior arrests, and Aldo Bahena, a Mexican cartel murderer fresh out of an 18-year bid. August 2025 brought a violent thug with 38 arrests and 15 convictions. March 2025 in Utah: MS-13 gangsters, child rapists, human traffickers. And in January 2025, over 308 serious criminals in 24 hours, including murderers and child rapists.
These aren’t isolated wins; they’re a pattern. ICE’s Salt Lake City field office alone deported fugitives wanted for murder, nabbed TdA and Sureños gang members, rapists, and child molesters in April 2025. Revelations keep dropping: Efren Cortez-Velez, a child cruelty convict; Sahal Shidane, a child sex offender; Luis Miguel Perez-Miranda, an MS-13 murderer deported six times before.
“Regardless of staged political theatrics, ICE is going to continue to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota and elsewhere,” said ICE Director Todd M. Lyons. “Some of these criminal aliens have had final orders of removal for 30 years, but they’ve been free to terrorize Minnesotans. ICE’s arrests prevent recidivism and make communities safer, but it feels like local politicians want to ignore that part and drum up discontent rather than protect their own constituents.”
Below are the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens that our brave ICE officers arrested, despite the efforts of rioters and sanctuary politicians to protect them:
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Hernan Cortes-Valencia, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico with a final order of removal dated Dec. 1, 2016, who’s been convicted of sexual assault against a child, sexual assault-carnal abuse and four DUIs.
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Sriudorn Phaivan, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal from March 8, 2018. He’s been convicted of strongarm sodomy of a boy, strongarm sodomy of a girl, another aggravated sex offense, nine counts of larceny, unauthorized use of a vehicle, four counts of fraud, vehicle theft, two counts of drug possession, obstructing justice, possession of stolen property, receiving stolen property, burglary and check forgery. He also has pending charges for two counts of receiving stolen property, flight to avoid prosecution or confinement and burglary.
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Ge Yang, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal from Oct. 16, 2012. He’s been convicted of strongarm rape, strongarm aggravated assault against a family member, aggravated assault with a weapon, an additional sex offense and domestic violence involving strangulation.
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Vannaleut Keomany, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal dated Dec. 17, 2009. He’s been convicted of two counts of attempting to commit strongarm rape.
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Tou Vang, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal dated Oct. 31, 2006. He’s been convicted of sexual assault and sodomy of a girl under the age of 13 and procuring a child for prostitution.
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Chong Vue, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal dated March 11, 2004. He’s been convicted of strongarm rape of a 12-year-old girl, kidnapping a child with intent to sexually assault her, and vehicle theft.
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Kou Lor, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal from Aug. 16, 1996. He’s been convicted of sexual assault, rape, rape with a weapon, statutory rape without force, two counts of burglary and shoplifting.
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Pao Choua Xiong, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal dated Jan. 10, 2003. He’s been convicted of rape, fondling a child, two counts of domestic violence, burglary, larceny and disorderly conduct.
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Gabriel Figueroa Gama, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico who was previously removed from the U.S. in 2002 and later convicted of homicide, battery, assault and amphetamine possession.
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Abdirashid Adosh Elmi, a criminal illegal alien from Somalia who’s been convicted of homicide.
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Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, a criminal illegal alien from Somalia with a final order of removal dated Feb. 18, 2022. He’s been convicted of two counts of negligent manslaughter with a vehicle, two counts of DUI, larceny and damage to property.
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Mongong Kual Maniang Deng, a criminal illegal alien from Sudan who’s been convicted of attempt to commit homicide, weapon possession and DUI.
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Aldrin Guerrero Munoz, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico with a final order of removal from Dec. 17, 2015. He’s been convicted of homicide and assault.
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Gilberto Salguero Landaverde, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador with a final order of removal dated June 25, 2025. He’s been convicted of three counts of homicide.
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Aler Gomez Lucas, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala with a final order of removal dated May 24, 2022. He’s been convicted of negligent homicide with a vehicle and DUI.
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Galuak Michael Rotgai, a criminal illegal alien from Sudan who’s been convicted of homicide and assault.
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Shwe Htoo, a criminal illegal alien from Burma who’s been convicted of negligent homicide with a weapon.
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Mariama Sia Kanu, a criminal illegal alien from Sierra Leone with a final order of removal from July 5, 2022. She’s been convicted of two counts of homicide, four DUIs, three counts of larceny and burglary.
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Thai Lor, a criminal illegal alien from Laos with a final order of removal from June 15, 2009. He’s been convicted of two counts of homicide.
How It’s Working Out: Safer Streets, Whining Libs, and a Border on Lockdown
So, is this blitz paying off? Hell yes. Deportations hit 622,000 by late 2025, with fiscal year 2026 already at 56,392 by November. Detentions smashed records at 68,990 by December 2025, up from 40,000 at year’s start. Border crossings plummeted, self-deportations skyrocketed, and crime in hot spots like Minneapolis is taking a nosedive as these predators get shipped out. Trump’s vow for a million deportations a year? On pace for nearly 600,000 in the first year, with interior enforcement outpacing border grabs for the first time since 2014.
Sure, the left screeches about “non-criminals” making up more arrests – the share with convictions dipped to 35 percent by September 2025. But that’s because the low-hanging fruit – the obvious thugs – are getting cleared out first, forcing agents to chase the rest. And let’s be real: Being here illegally is a crime, period. Critics whine about tactics like tackling resisters or plainclothes ops, but when you’re dealing with armed robbers and child exploiters, you don’t send invitations. Even the occasional screw-up – like detaining citizens by mistake – pales next to the lives saved by yanking these animals off the streets.
The real win? Coordination with locals in red states like Idaho and Texas, where arrests spiked, versus blue-state obstruction that’s getting steamrolled. Polls show 62 percent of Americans back these ops, because who doesn’t want murderers and rapists gone?
America First Triumph: The Swamp’s Worst Nightmare
This ICE rampage is the frontline in Trump’s war to reclaim our sovereignty, slashing drug flows, cutting crime, and putting citizens first. While libs clutch pearls over “moms and grandfathers,” the truth is these raids are gutting the criminal underbelly that’s terrorized us for years. Revelations from ops like the one nabbing a monster with 13 child indecency convictions prove it. The border’s secure, the interior’s getting scrubbed, and the bad guys are learning: Play stupid games, win a one-way ticket home. Trump’s delivering, and America’s roaring back. Stay frosty – the clean-up’s just revving up.