The harassment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers began before Renee Good was shot last week in Minnesota. But since then, harassment and assaults on ICE officers have become nothing short of chaotic. However, it is organized chaos, and President Donald Trump has vowed to find out who is funding radical leftist groups behind the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis. But despite the protests, ICE is continuing to track down and arrest some of the most violent criminals who are among the millions of illegal immigrants former President Joe Biden and his administration allowed into the country.
#EXCLUSIVE ICE arrests 13 members of some of the world’s most dangerous criminal gangs in Sanctuary Minnesota—Including MS-13 and Paisas members.
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) January 14, 2026
ICE Director Todd Lyons saying, “We’ve arrested over 1,000 criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota since starting this operation with… pic.twitter.com/MJtUgoiUSD
As ICE and the Department of Homeland Security continue to highlight the history of some of the worst of the worst criminals who have been apprehended, ICE Director Todd Lyons had this to say about this latest haul of criminal illegal immigrants,
We’ve arrested over 1,000 criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota since starting this operation with DHS. We’re picking up the worst of the worst offenders, and as these cases come in, we’re finding that a significant number of the aliens we arrest — in addition to having serious criminal histories in the U.S. and abroad — are part of dangerous gangs that terrorize communities all over the nation.
My colleague Bob Hoge recently reported on one group of violent criminal illegals. Included are several Laotian illegal immigrants wanted for horrific crimes against children, such as sodomy, sexual assault, and child prostitution. Five of them had deportation orders, one going as far back as 2003. The latest round of ICE arrests is no better. Many of those arrested are also wanted in other countries.
Just a few names from the latest list are: Jose Miguel Reyes Jovel, an El Salvadoran who is a known MS-13 gang member. He has been convicted of homicide, drug-trafficking, and selling amphetamines. He was arrested in El Salvador in 2011 for aggravated homicide. Joshua Fornoh, meanwhile, is from Liberia and has been convicted of third-degree criminal sexual assault and giving false information to law enforcement.
It isn't just Minnesota Democrat State Fraud being dealt with.
— Adam Absaroka (@AAbsaroka) January 7, 2026
DHS & ICE have arrested hundreds of the worst migrant criminals in the country. pic.twitter.com/Srk6yqu5wM
The list of undesirables rolls merrily along. Htun Min Pai is an illegal immigrant from Burma. He is a former South Side Crips member who has been convicted on multiple counts of felony drug possession and one misdemeanor count of drug possession and fraud. Also, you can add vehicle theft and DUI to his resume. Finally, Jose Alberto Benitez Rodriguez is an illegal immigrant from Mexico and is an active member of the Paisas gang. His crimes include nine counts of burglary, three counts of assault, two counts of larceny, drug possession, possession of fraudulent immigration documents, and seven counts of illegal reentry.
The scariest part is that there seems to be no shortage of these guys. But these are the people that throngs of angry liberal white women are taking to the streets to defend. In the case of Renee Good, they are dying for these thugs who would not think twice about adding them to their list of victims.
But despite roaming bands of leftist agitators, the Trump administration is getting the upper hand. During an interview on the Fox News Channel on Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that more immigration officers would be sent to Minneapolis, and on Tuesday, President Trump announced that, beginning February 1, federal payments to sanctuary cities and states will cease.
Breaking Minnesota ICE now has 18 pages of arrested criminals for your review. I support these arrests and deportations - https://t.co/5nTrIlol1k
— Rick Weible (@weible_rick) January 13, 2026
Editor's Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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