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.
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.
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.
On January 26, 2025, ICE arrested Octavio Juarez-Bonilla, an illegal alien from Mexico. He previously possessed child pornography on a work computer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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SANCTUARY CALAMITY. There are currently 33,179 criminal illegal aliens in Gavin Newsom’s custody with active ICE detainers.
DHS is calling on @CAgovernor and California’s sanctuary politicians to stop shielding illegal alien murderers, sex offenders, and drug traffickers and turn them over to ICE.
Recent public safety threats released directly from California jails into American communities include:
Elvin Joel Centeno Verde, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras convicted of obstruction of police and arrested multiple times within the past five years for drug trafficking and drug sales. ICE lodged an immigration detainer that was not honored and he was released. On October 27, 2025, ICE apprehended Centeno and removed him from the United States.
Sara Hassanzadeh, a criminal illegal alien from Iran, arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on an ex-spouse. On September 8, 2025, Hassanzadeh was booked into the San Diego Sheriff’s Office. ICE lodged an immigration detainer, which local authorities rejected and released Hassanzadeh back into the community.
While Hollywood celebrities embarrassed themselves trying to drum up hatred of @ICEgov officers from the Grammys, DHS law enforcement was hard at work arresting sex offenders, child abusers, and criminals convicted of assault in Minnesota.
Some of the criminals arrested during Operation Metro Surge on Friday and Saturday include:
Fong Vang, a criminal illegal alien from Laos convicted of receiving stolen property and property damage.
Ernesto Alexander Dominguez-Cruz, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador convicted for assault, disorderly conduct, and driving under the influence.
Operation Metro Surge continues to remove criminal illegal aliens from the neighborhoods of Minnesota. We are putting Minnesotans FIRST and getting violent criminals out of our communities.
The brave agents of @ICEgov risk their lives every day to arrest and deport the WORST of the WORST.
Those we’ve recently arrested in Minnesota include:
Bee Yang, a criminal illegal alien from Thailand, convicted of first-degree kidnapping, assault on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and larceny.
Wilson Johny Encalada Molina, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador, charged with rape in the third-degree of a minor and convicted of endangering the welfare of a child.
Every single day ICE law enforcement officers are risking their lives to arrest murderers, pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and terrorists from American neighborhoods.
See for yourself the worst of the worst @ICEgov arrested yesterday:
Julio Noyola-Campos, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of trafficking a schedule I controlled substance in Wake County, North Carolina.
Felipe Avila-Jimenez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of importation of methamphetamine in Carlsbad, California.
On day one, President Trump unleashed ICE to target the WORST OF THE WORST criminal illegal aliens.
Since January 20, 2025, ICE has taken enforcement action against dangerous criminal illegal aliens, pedophiles, murderers, gang members and terrorists including:
Khor Bozorov, a criminal illegal alien from Uzbekistan wanted in his origin country for belonging to a terrorist organization. ICE arrested Bozorov in Kansas on November 9, while he was working as a commercial truck driver.
Jaan Shah Safi, an Afghan national who entered the United States under Joe Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome.” He provided support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K), and his father is a commander of a militia group in Afghanistan. ICE arrested Safi in Waynesboro, Virginia in December 2025.