Border czar Tom Homan knows how the media works. He understood even before President Trump was sworn in that once the new administration hit the ground running on its enforcement of immigration laws that the media would begin its psychological campaign to gain Americans’ sympathy and turn them against the Trump administration’s efforts. "It’ll be kids in cages with an exponent,” TPUSA founder and president Charlie Kirk quipped. But Homan told Trump there’s a simple way to combat that, and it’s by showing Americans who was arrested, where and why.
So far, Americans have gotten a very good look at the criminal aliens that have been taken off our streets. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security highlighted a handful of them.
Townhall would typically embed the images DHS shared for each arrest but the feature isn't working after Monday's cyber attack on X. The individuals below were arrested on March 6 for crimes including sexual assault of minors, rape, child pornography, bestiality, narcotics and weapons offenses, burglary, and theft. You can see their photos in DHS's thread here.
Axel Ramirez-Hernandez, a Guatemalan national, was arrested by ICE New York City on convictions of sexual assault of a victim under 16 years old.
ICE Philadelphia arrested a 40-year-old citizen of Bhutan. Criminal history includes a conviction for rape, sexual assault, and corruption of minors.
ICE New Orleans arrested Honduran citizen, Olvin Rodriguez-Inestroza. His criminal history includes active warrants for 394 counts of pornography involving juveniles and 2 counts of sexual abuse of an animal.
ICE Seattle arrested Jose Alfredo Verduzco-Sandoval, a Mexican national. His criminal history includes convictions for distributing narcotics and weapons offenses.
ICE San Francisco arrested Mexican national, Fernando Menchaca-Fernandez. Criminal convictions include burglary, theft, and prisoner in possession of a weapon.
Noe Mendoza-Garcia, a Mexican citizen, was arrested by ICE San Francisco. Mendoza-Garcia has been convicted of molesting a child and rape.
Last month, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the release of a multimillion dollar ad campaign that warned criminal aliens considering entering the U.S. illegally: "Don’t even think about it. If you come here and break our laws, we will hunt you down. Criminals are not welcome in the United States.”