Illegal alien with 24 convictions among ‘worst of the worst’ arrested in Minnesota ICE operation: DHS

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) connected Friday announced the apprehension of what it called the "worst of the worst" transgression amerciable immigrants during Operation Metro Surge successful Minnesota, including a antheral with 24 transgression convictions. 

The bureau blasted authorities and section leaders for refusing to cooperate with national migration enforcement.

DHS said the arrests amusement the results of ICE enforcement operations successful sanctuary jurisdictions, contrasting the agency’s actions with what it described arsenic the refusal of Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to grant ICE detainers. 

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That policy, DHS claims, has resulted successful hundreds of transgression amerciable aliens being released backmost into section Minnesota communities.

"As our instrumentality enforcement are facing rampant unit against them, they arrested murderers, cause traffickers and an amerciable with 24 transgression convictions successful Minneapolis," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. "These are the criminals Governor [Tim] Walz and Mayor [Jacob] Frey are protecting. No American wants these criminals for neighbors."

DHS arrested much amerciable transgression aliens Thursday during Operation Metro Surge, identifying 13 of them successful a merchandise archetypal shared with Fox News. (DHS and Getty Images)

DHS said the arrests were made arsenic portion of Operation Metro Surge, a targeted enforcement effort focused connected removing transgression amerciable aliens from Minnesota neighborhoods. The section said the cognition prioritizes offenders with superior transgression histories, including convulsive crimes.

According to DHS, criminals arrested successful the authorities during the cognition see Hien Quoc Thai, a Vietnamese nationalist who was antecedently convicted of murder.

Brian Anjain from the Marshall Islands has 24 transgression convictions, including battle causing bodily injury, home abuse, nationalist nudity, theft, interference with authoritative acts, nationalist intoxication and trespassing, DHS said.

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Hien Quoc Thai of Vietnam was antecedently convicted of murder, according to DHS. (Department of Homeland Security)

Eddy Xol-Lares of Venezuela was convicted of conspiracy to person with intent to administer 5 kilograms oregon much of cocaine portion aboard a vessel.

Those arrested besides see transgression amerciable immigrants from Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico, Honduras, South Africa and Romania, according to DHS.

DHS said the cognition besides resulted successful the arrests of radical convicted of crimes including home violence, assault, fraud, individuality theft, forgery, restraining bid violations, spot harm and aggregate drunken driving offenses, with respective facing anterior charges involving kidnapping, robbery with deadly weapons, weapon possession and narcotics offenses.

Brian Anjain from the Marshall Islands has 24 convictions, including battle causing bodily injury, home abuse, nationalist nudity, theft, interference with authoritative acts, nationalist intoxication and trespassing, according to DHS. (Department of Homeland Security)

The section claims that since President Donald Trump took office, astir 470 transgression amerciable immigrants person been released backmost into Minnesota communities owed to sanctuary-style policies.

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DHS besides said it is urging Walz and Frey to grant ICE detainers for much than 1,360 aliens, including convulsive criminals presently successful custody, arguing that practice would amended nationalist safety.

Additional accusation astir those arrested nationwide is disposable done the agency’s public-facing database astatine wow.dhs.gov, which tracks enforcement actions involving superior offenders.