The alleged crimes included drug distribution, rape, and homicide.
The White Home garden was lined on April 28 with mugshots of 100 unlawful immigrants who’ve been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since President Donald Trump took workplace.
The indicators had been printed with the names of every arrestee and particulars of their alleged crimes, which ran the gamut from cocaine and fentanyl distribution to baby sexual assault to first-degree homicide.
“We are going to hunt you down. You’ll face justice. You may be deported—and you’ll by no means set foot on American soil once more,” the White Home said on one other put up.
“Oh, and your mugshot could find yourself on a yard signal on the White Home.”
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt and border czar Tom Homan hosted a joint early-morning press convention after the indicators had been positioned, touting the outcomes from Trump’s crackdown on unlawful immigration.
That included a 95 to 96 % discount in encounters with border brokers since final 12 months.
“There’s been research performed that say 31 % of girls that make that journey via of use of cartels get sexually assaulted,” Homan stated.
“When President Trump has unlawful immigration down 96 % … what number of ladies aren’t being sexually assaulted by the cartels?
“What number of youngsters aren’t dying making that journey? What number of ladies and youngsters aren’t being intercourse trafficked into this nation?”
Leavitt highlighted different initiatives, corresponding to Trump’s choice to renew constructing a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, together with 85 miles of latest building and 75 miles of non permanent limitations.
She additionally drew consideration to latest victims of crime by the hands of unlawful immigrants.
“The primary piece of laws President Trump signed into regulation was the Laken Riley Act, which requires unlawful aliens arrested or charged with theft or violence to be detained,” Leavitt advised reporters on the press convention.
Leavitt additionally introduced the outcomes of the newly-launched Operation Tidal Wave, an anti-crime initiative involving ICE and Florida regulation enforcement, saying that “almost 800 unlawful aliens had been arrested throughout the first 4 days alone.”
“Amongst these arrested had been a Colombian assassin, alleged MS-13 and 18th avenue [Barrio 18] gang members, and a Russian with a purple discover for manslaughter,” she stated.
A purple discover is a world arrest warrant.
An April 27 raid by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Safety in Colorado Springs netted 100 extra unlawful immigrants, together with medication and weapons, she stated.
“Operation Tidal Wave is a preview of what’s to return round this nation: Massive-scale operations that make use of our state and native enforcement companions to get legal unlawful aliens off our streets,” Leavitt stated.