Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, his administration has swiftly arrested 460 illegal immigrants with criminal records, including offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, drug-related crimes, and weapons charges, reports revealed.
This followed President Trump’s executive order to deport from the US millions of illegal immigrants in the country.
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, made the arrests in the first days of President Donald Trump’s administration.
According to the report, information shows that between midnight January 21 and 9 am January 22, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, ERO, arrested over 460 aliens.
Those arrested include individuals with criminal histories of sexual assault, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, drugs and weapons offences, resisting arrest and domestic violence.
Agents arrested nationals from a slew of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Senegal and Venezuela.
Arrests took place across the U.S. including Illinois, Utah, California, Minnesota, New York, Florida and Maryland.
