ICE multi-state enforcement action results in dozens of arrests
Jul 5, 2026

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers executed a massive multi-state enforcement sweep over 48 hours, arresting dozens of undocumented immigrants with prior criminal convictions. The operation involved 10 named individuals from El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, and Senegal, with convictions ranging from murder and sexual offenses to drug trafficking. ICE attributed the expanded enforcement capacity to 12,000 newly deployed law enforcement officers funded under recent federal legislation.
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