Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn't fooling around. Under the direction of the new border czar, Tom "The Hammer" Homan, they are fanning out across the country, just as Mr. Homan said they would, rounding up criminals who are in the country illegally. A New York Post piece published Wednesday presented some exclusive photos.
ICE arrested 308 illegal migrants, including an attempted murderer and a child molester, during raids in and around sanctuary cities across the country on President Trump’s first full day in office Tuesday, The Post has learned.
The Jan. 21 coast-to-coast raids — a multi-agency effort led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — brought the hammer down on criminal migrants near Denver, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Baltimore and Miami, a senior Trump administration official said.
Jennie Taer, the New York Post's Texas reporter covering the border and immigration, took to her X account and posted some examples of the first full day's catch. It reads like a veritable litany of people who we don't want in the United States. Until Monday, they were confident of staying here; not anymore.
🧵🧵🧵EXCLUSIVE: Here are some of the illegal migrants ICE arrested on Trump’s first day in office.
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) January 22, 2025
ICE made the arrests in Denver, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Seattle, Baltimore and Miami, a senior Trump admin official tells me.
PA: In Philadelphia, ICE captured Kodir Mazhidov, a… pic.twitter.com/QTRKii4Wg6
This first example is a real piece of work:
PA: In Philadelphia, ICE captured Kodir Mazhidov, a 22-year-old Tajikistan citizen, who was detained after violating the terms of his release from the immigration agency's custody.
On Dec. 29 of last year, Philly cops arrested Mazhidov for crimes including reckless endangering another person, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer and reckless driving.
But wait, there's more! A Venezuelan national, one Jose Barco-Chirino, was picked up in Colorado - at the state prison, no less. It's unclear whether he is completing his sentence and that's why he's being processed for deportation; one would think that, if he still has time left to serve, the better option would be to leave him where he is, as it would seem like that's where he belongs.
Venezuela, we might note, is the source of the vicious Tren de Aragua gangs that have been plaguing Colorado, among other places:
CO: ICE nabbed Jose Barco-Chirino, a Venezuelan national, at Colorado State Prison in Canon City, Colo., where he was serving time after being convicted of attempted murder, extreme indifference and felony menacing with a real or simulated weapon.
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) January 22, 2025
He was served with a notice to…
Next up, in Florida, are six Guatemalan nationals with rap sheets as long as your arm:
FL: In Miami, ICE arrested six illegal aliens from Guatemala who were living in Martin County, Fla. who had lengthy rap sheets including battery, child abuse, fraud, resisting arrest, DWI, trespassing and vandalism. They were detained as threats to public safety and for violating… pic.twitter.com/qIFzDleDXu
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) January 22, 2025
Next, in Georgia, another Guatemalan who was previously ordered out of the country, and who ignored the order; but he's leaving now.
GA: ICE busted Miguel Andres-Mateo, 20, a Guatemalan citizen, in Cornelia, Georgia, not far from Atlanta. Andres-Mateo had previously been convicted by the Habersham County Court for driving under the influence, and was previously ordered removed from the US in 2014 by an… pic.twitter.com/s28dHtlegk
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) January 22, 2025
And finally, a Mexican national who was convicted of the sexual abuse of a child:
WA: ICE Seattle arrested Mexican national Victorino Gaytan-Hernandez, who authorities said was in the US unlawfully. He was convicted for sexual abuse of a minor, and will be held in ICE custody until his deportation.
— Jennie Taer 🎗️ (@JennieSTaer) January 22, 2025
Another sex offender now in ICE custody is Edward Marlon…
There is, as I've been saying, a new sheriff in town, and he ain't fooling around.
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We have all seen, since President Trump reassumed office, the usual parade of photos of grandmothers and moms with kids lined up at the border, weeping at being denied entry. That's a canard. These people, the ones shown above, are the ones who are the targets of this effort. We don't want them here, there's no place for them here, and now they're on their way back to wherever they came from - or, at least, not here. Will some of them try to come back? Almost certainly, and if they're caught, they can be deported again. It's an effort we have to make; the shoe was on the other foot for far too long.
This is a good first-day effort, one that we can characterize as "a good start."
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