Much of the federal government may be closed for business, but the men and women of ICE continue to remove the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal aliens from communities large and small.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are keeping up the pace even as leftist city mayors, blue state governors, and woke law enforcement officials do all they can to undermine their mission and put their lives at risk.
The latest in-custody list of dangerous criminal aliens includes pedophiles, domestic abusers, and drug traffickers, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s latest tally, exclusively provided to The Federalist.
“Our officers continue to risk their lives every day to arrest criminal illegal aliens despite not getting paid and the more than 1000% increase in assaults against them,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to The Federalist.
“Just yesterday, DHS arrested criminal illegal aliens convicted of child sex crimes, assault, domestic abuse, manslaughter, drug trafficking, and burglary,” she added, reiterating that “under President Trump and Secretary Noem, criminals are not welcome in the United States.”
‘Worst of the Worst’
Jose Alberto Hernandez-Alvarado. The criminal illegal alien from Mexico was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in Texas, according to Homeland Security.
Kemar Hamilton, a Jamaican foreign national, was convicted of manslaughter and assault in the Bronx, DHS reported.
Walid Soualmia. The criminal illegal alien from Algeria was convicted of domestic abuse assault first offense with a dangerous weapon and intimidation with a dangerous weapon in Cherokee County, Iowa. The Cherokee Chronicle reported in 2023 that a man identified as Walid Soualmia, 35 at the time, was arrested and booked into the Cherokee County Jail on charges of third-degree kidnapping, going armed with intent, domestic assault with a weapon, and possession of a dangerous weapon while intoxicated. Soualmia allegedly brandished a .380 ACP pistol toward his wife, according to the publication. Cherokee police arrested Soualmia again in May on charges of violating a no-contact order, the Chronicle reported.
Hugo Martinez-Jaimes. The criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico was convicted of trying to traffic cocaine by possession in Columbus County, North Carolina.
“Community safety is our mission! ICE in Atlanta arrested Hugo Martinez-Jaimes, a 47-year-old Mexican illegal alien convicted of attempting to traffic cocaine in NC. Together, we’re working to keep our neighborhoods safe,” ICE posted on X last week.
Community safety is our mission! ICE in Atlanta arrested Hugo Martinez-Jaimes, a 47-year-old Mexican illegal alien convicted of attempting to traffic cocaine in NC. Together, we’re working to keep our neighborhoods safe.
pic.twitter.com/eirQjXy6WA— ICE Atlanta (@EROAtlanta) September 30, 2025
William Sierra-Galeano, a Colombian foreign national in the U.S. illegally, was convicted of attempted burglary in White Plains, New York.
‘Will Not Be Deterred’
The work of rounding up criminal aliens continues even with maximum resistance from anti-ICE politicians.
In Chicago over the weekend, police officers were reportedly ordered to stand down and not assist Border Patrol agents pinned down by ICE-hating rioters. According to Fox News, on Saturday morning, anti-ICE agitators used a vehicle to ram into immigration enforcement agents and surrounded and entrapped them with 10 vehicles. An armed woman was shot at the chaotic scene.
“Our brave ICE law enforcement will NOT BE DETERRED by the Democrats’ government shutdown or by violence against them from removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from our communities,” McLaughlin said in the statement.
“We will not let political games or violence against law enforcement slow us down from making American safe again,” the assistant secretary said in a press release issued Monday after ICE agents spent the weekend bringing into custody “vicious child sexual predators, gang members, drug traffickers, robbers, rapists, and reckless drunk drivers.”