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May 20 10 tweets 4 min read Read on X
Governor Walz’s comments comparing ICE agents to the Gestapo is sickening.

ICE agents put their lives and safety on the line to arrest criminal illegal aliens let into our country.

🧵Below are just some of the criminal illegal aliens ICE has arrested in Tim Walz’s Minnesota:
On May 1, 2025, ICE arrested Abdirashid Elmi, a 50-year-old illegal alien from Somalia. His criminal history includes convictions for murder, driving while intoxicated, and disorderly conduct. Image
On April 24th, ICE announced the arrest of Erick Martinez Mondragon, a 25-year-old illegal alien from Mexico and a member of the 18th Street gang. He served time for robbery and possession of a firearm. Image
On April 25, ICE announced the arrest of Marco Quizhpi Granda, an illegal criminal alien from Ecuador. He was previously convicted for criminal sexual conduct with a child. Image
On January 26, 2025, ICE arrested Octavio Juarez-Bonilla, an illegal alien from Mexico. He previously possessed child pornography on a work computer. Image
On February 19, 2025, ICE arrested Thailand Oh, a 25-year-old illegal alien from Laos. Oh’s criminal history includes convictions for domestic assault and weapons charges. Oh has had a final order of removal since April 5, 2024. Image
On May 9, 2025, ICE arrested Jorge Padilla Mendez, an illegal alien from Ecuador. He was previously arrested for robbery. Padilla was ordered removed by an immigration judge on August 28, 2024. Image
On May 9th, ICE announced the arrest of Abymahel Torres-Arriaga, a 36-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. He has a conviction for selling heroin/meth/fentanyl from the Goodhue County District Court in Red Wing, MN. Image
On May 8th ICE announced the arrest of Edgar David Felipe-Mendez, an illegal alien from Guatemala. He has a previous conviction of conspiracy to sell heroin/meth/fentanyl from the Goodhue County District Court in Red Wing, MN. Image
On April 30, 2025, ICE arrested Blong Yang, His past criminal convictions include carrying a concealed weapon and fourth degree sexual assault. Yang has had a final order of removal since April 19, 2023. Image

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More from @DHSgov

May 21
We conducted a deportation flight from Texas to remove some of the most barbaric, violent individuals illegally in the United States.

No country on earth wanted to accept them because their crimes are so uniquely monstrous and barbaric.
Enrique ARIAS-Hierro, a Cuban national, was arrested by ICE on May 2, 2025. His criminal history includes convictions for homicide, armed robbery, false impersonation of official, kidnapping, robbery strong arm. Image
On April 30, 2025, ICE arrested Cuban national, Jose Manuel RODRIGUEZ-QUINONES. He has been convicted of attempted first degree murder with a weapon, battery and larceny, canine possession and trafficking. Image
Read 9 tweets
May 19
No American wants criminal illegal aliens loose on America’s streets and neither should our leaders who represent them.

DHS will continue arresting criminal illegal aliens and getting them out of our country.

🧵Examples of ICE arrests last week.
On May 15, 2025, ICE Boston along with federal partners from the U.S. Border Patrol, arrested Jose Reyes Alvarez, a 28-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador. Reyes is a confirmed MS-13 gang member who had been arrested in Evertt, MA for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Image
On May 15, 2025, ICE Los Angeles arrested Manuel Seberiano Garcia-Munoz, a 32-year-old illegal alien from Mexico. Although he was previously deported, Garcia again illegally entered the U.S. Garcia was arrested and convicted of ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON and sentenced to 4 years in prison.Image
Read 5 tweets
May 16
🧵ICE successfully detained and removed criminal illegal aliens from the sanctuary state of Massachusetts.

@POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem will not allow criminal illegal aliens to roam free, putting the lives of more Americans in danger.

Below are a few examples removed by ICE.
On May 7, 2025, ICE Boston arrested Irwin Alexander Martinez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, near Chelsea, Massachusetts. He is a MS-13 gang member. Image
On May 7, 2025, ICE arrested Noe Pena Garcia, a 24-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador and suspected MS-13 gang member. On January 12, 2024, Pena was arrested in Boston for carrying a dangerous weapon, dangerous weapon brass knuckles, and a stun gun. Image
Read 5 tweets
May 14
Our brave ICE agents conducted operations in Hawaii to protect communities from violent criminal aliens. Completely leaving out the facts and rap sheets of the criminals arrested shows the New York Times complete bias. This story was nothing but an attempt to mislead the public. Image
On January 23, HSI Honolulu arrested Rescue Suda, a citizen of the Marshall Islands. Suda has previous convictions for Felony Assault, kidnapping, and terroristic threats. Image
In February, Navor Salas-Cruz, 52, a citizen of Mexico was arrested by HSI Honolulu.

Salas-Cruz has multiple immigration encounters starting in 1996 including 2 prior removals and has a lengthy state criminal history ranging from assault, DWI, forgery, driving without a license, criminal contempt of court, family abuse.

Salas-Cruz has federal charges for one count of reentry of removed alien and one count of felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.Image
Read 6 tweets
May 13
ICE and the TN Highway Patrol have arrested 196 criminal illegal aliens during an operation in Nashville.

Despite the success of this enforcement operation, the Nashville Mayor has claimed these operations were done by “people who do not share our values of safety."
Inmar Antonio Penado-Membreno, a 34-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador. Penado-Membreno's criminal history includes a conviction for possession with intent to manufacture/deliver/sell cocaine to which he was sentenced 8 years imprisonment. He was also convicted of aggravated assault to which he was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.Image
Franklin Oswaldo Velasquez, a 33-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador is affiliated with the MS-13 gang. He is the subject of an active Red Notice in El Salvador for aggravated murder. Velasquez’s criminal history includes a conviction for possession of methamphetamines, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to appear, and criminal impersonation.Image
Read 6 tweets
May 10
🧵The narrative that DHS is deporting American children is FALSE and irresponsible reporting.

The claim that U.S. citizen children are being deported is FALSE. Image
Denisse Parra-Vargas failed to appear before her immigration judge and was issued a final order of removal in 2019. In this case, when Parra was taken into ICE custody she chose to bring her children with her to Mexico.

The father, Omar Gallardo-Rodriguez is a serial lawbreaker whose rap sheet includes assault of a family member and three DUIs. Gallardo-Rodriguez illegally entered the U.S. FOUR times.Image
Rather than separate their families, ICE asked the mother if she wanted to be removed with their children or if they wanted ICE to place the children with someone safe the parent designates. Image
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