Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) announced Friday afternoon that they arrested 86 criminal aliens and other illegal immigrants during a three-day enforcement action operation earlier this week. Criminal aliens differ from illegal aliens in that they have been convicted of another crime in the United States in addition to living in the country with authorization. “By removing criminal aliens from the streets, our ICE officers provide a valuable community service by improving public safety.”A week ago, ICE announced the arrest of 46 criminal aliens and other immigration violators in upstate New York. “Illegal aliens will not find safe harbor in New York.”This increased movement by ICE under President Donald Trump is in stark contrast to the previous administration. However, as ICE Deputy Director Thomas Homan has made clear, ICE does not exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement.

Source: GNN Liberia January 27, 2018 09:00 UTC