Tom “The Hammer” Homan and his Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) troops just keep stacking up the wins. These are people who know the job, know how important it is, and are determined to get that job done. In Virginia, according to a report that came out Friday, they are getting part of it done, as ICE in that state has rounded up over 200 illegal alien criminals. Some of them are convicted criminals and known gang members.
People in the Old Dominion can sleep a little sounder tonight.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and law enforcement partners “apprehended 214 illegal aliens” in Virginia as part of a targeted operation, which included the apprehension of “dangerous” gang members and convicted murderer. (sic)
The operation focused on “transnational organized crime, gangs, and egregious illegal alien offenders” in Northern Virginia between March 1 and 13. The arrests included individuals allegedly connected to “notorious MS-13 and 18th Street gangs.”
ICE says they arrested several Salvadoran foreign nations with alleged ties to the Salvadoran gang MS-13, including individuals previously convicted of malicious wounding, larceny and weapons charges. In addition, officials said they arrested a Jamaican “alien,” who had previously been convicted of second-degree murder and “use of a firearm during the commission of a felony.”
Of course, this begs the question, for instance, was this Jamaican “alien,” who had been convicted of second-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, walking around loose? Or was he handed over by local law enforcement or the department of corrections? More details, hopefully, will follow, but at least ICE has him now.
This is what can happen when you’re working with a non-sanctuary jurisdiction.
The arrests come less than a month after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order directing state law enforcement and corrections officers to assist with federal immigration enforcement, underscoring that “Virginia is not a sanctuary state.”
The executive order paved the way for deputizing Virginia State Police and corrections officers to assist in federal immigration enforcement, citing Section 287(g), which allows state and local law enforcement officials to be deputized to support federal immigration enforcement.
In simple English: It’s working.
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It would seem that the apprehended goblins came from a variety of places, given the agencies involved in the operation:
ICE credited the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Attorney General, Virginia State Police and Virginia Department of Corrections for partnering in the apprehension of the individuals.
There will doubtless be a flood of whining from leftists about this mass bust, particularly in northern Virginia, residence of many a Washington insider and agitator. That’s fine. Let them complain. The law is the law, and ICE and Border Czar Homan are going about enforcing it, and it would be very interesting indeed to see any supporter of “sanctuary cities” point to any of these goblins and try to explain why the United States is somehow richer for their presence.
Meanwhile, we’ll keep track of the Trump administration’s racking up the wins.
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