@SecMayorkas is in Toyko, to meet with Japanese partners to discuss DHS support for U.S. strategic objectives in Japan, including cybersecurity collaboration, travel facilitation, & maritime security cooperation.
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@SecMayorkas and @USAmbJapan Rahm Emanuel discussed opportunities for DHS to further U.S. strategic equities in Japan and the wider Indo-Pacific region.
While at the @USEmbassyTokyo, @SecMayorkas met with DHS colleagues stationed in Tokyo from @USCG, @TSA, @CBP, and thanked them for advancing our mission with excellence and selfless service to our nation.
.@SecMayorkas met with Minister @nishy03 where they discussed cybersecurity issues and potential cooperation to counter forced labor.
They also discussed ways to confront cybersecurity threats and malign foreign activity in the Indo-Pacific maritime space.
Through engagements in 🇸🇬 Singapore and 🇯🇵 Japan, Secretary Mayorkas’ trip to Asia advanced our #DHSmission to safeguard our nation, both at home and abroad. Read more ➡️ dhs.gov/news/2022/10/2…
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America is NO LONGER a safe haven for the world’s criminals. If you come here and break our laws, we will hunt you down and lock you up.
🧵Here are the WORST OF THE WORST removed yesterday by the heroic men and women of @ICEgov:
ICE Houston arrested Oscar Antonio MACHADO Portillo, a 33-year-old citizen of El Salvador. MACHADO’s criminal history includes a conviction for indecency with a child-sexual contact in Dallas County, TX.
ICE Dallas arrested Javier Alejandro ESCALANTE, a 29-year-old citizen of Mexico. ESCALANTE’s criminal history includes a conviction for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, alien smuggling, illegal entry and illegal re-entry in Tucson, AZ.
While our nation celebrated Independence Day, the men and women of ICE worked to enforce the law and put the safety of American citizens FIRST.
🧵Here are just a few arrested over the weekend:
ICE Houston arrested Efrain ROJO-Chavez, a 38-year-old citizen of Mexico. ROJO’s criminal history includes a conviction for assault of a family member in Houston, TX.
ICE San Antonio arrested Jose TORRES-Ordonez, a 41-year-old citizen of Mexico. TORRES’ criminal history includes a conviction for assault causes bodily injury family member in Austin, TX.
While rioters and bad-faith politicians attempt to stop immigration enforcement in Los Angeles — @ICEgov continues to arrest criminal illegal aliens.
Under @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem, law enforcement is committed to making America SAFE again.
🧵WORST OF THE WORST — LA EDITION:
Juventino Acevedo Rodriguez is a registered sex offender and criminal illegal alien from Mexico who reentered the United States illegally after he was removed. He was convicted for having oral sex with an unconscious victim. He is in custody pending removal.
Jesus Zamora-Lopez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico and a known MS-13 gang member, was convicted for assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to three years in prison. He was also convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and petty theft. He was ordered removed by an immigration judge in 1997 and has entered the U.S. illegally at least two times since. He is in custody pending removal.
Under the leadership of @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem, our brave ICE officers are removing the WORST OF THE WORST from American streets.
🧵Here are just a few arrested yesterday:
ICE Atlanta arrested Jose Manuel VALDEZ-Masias, a 60-year-old citizen of Mexico. VALDEZ’ criminal history includes a conviction for second-degree murder in Wake County, NC.
ICE Denver arrested Pedro OLEA-Camacho, a 57-year-old citizen of Mexico. OLEA’s criminal history includes a conviction of indecent contact with a child in Muscatine County, IA.
ICE arrested 11 Iranian nationals illegally in the U.S. over the weekend. These arrests reflect @Sec_Noem’s commitment to keeping known and suspected terrorists out of American communities.
🧵The criminal illegal aliens arrested include an individual with admitted ties to Hezbollah, a known or suspected terrorist, and an alleged former sniper for the Iranian army.
In Houston, ICE arrested Hamid Reza Bayat, an Iranian national an immigration judge ordered removed nearly 20 years ago, on Aug. 4, 2005.
Twice convicted of drug crimes and once convicted of driving on a suspended license, Bayat served time before receiving his final order of removal. He’s now in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
On June 22, in Tempe, AZ, ICE agents arrested Mehrzad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian citizen with a final order of removal convicted of threatening a law enforcement officer and being an alien in possession of a firearm.
Eidivand entered the U.S. in San Ysidro, California, in June 2012. In August 2013, an immigration judge granted him a voluntary departure, which allows an alien to leave the country without a formal ICE removal, but he never left. Eidivand will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.