Here Are ‘The Worst Of The Worst’ Arrested By ICE During The Dem Government Shutdown

Despite an ongoing government shutdown, the Trump administration continues to arrest illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes from coast to coast.

Over the weekend and into Columbus Day, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents picked up over 20 illegal aliens convicted of crimes, including murder, theft, and drug dealing, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. These arrests occurred as the government shutdown entered its third week, meaning ICE agents continue to work without pay. 

“While many Americans enjoyed the holiday weekend, our brave law enforcement worked without pay because of the Democrats’ government shutdown and continued to arrest the worst of the worst criminals — risking their lives to arrest murderers, pedophiles, and other serial criminals,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “We will not allow a government shutdown to stop us from making America safe again.” 

According to DHS, those detained during the arrests over the weekend included: 

• Silvino Juan Martinez-Montesinos, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child in New York County, New York
• Ruben Garibay Yanez, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of lewd lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Lancaster, California
• Aroldo Zavala-Murillo, an illegal alien from Honduras, convicted of lewd lascivious acts with a child under 14 or 15 in Los Angeles, California
• Jose Hernandez-Duran, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of indecent liberties with a child in Johnston County, North Carolina
• Boris Selioutsky, an illegal alien from Russia, convicted of possession of child pornography transported in interstate commerce in the Eastern District of New York
• Elder Serrano-Quintanilla, an illegal alien from Honduras, convicted of lewd and lascivious battery on a child in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Saul Penuelas-Gutierrez, an illegal alien from Mexico and San Clemente Varrio Chico gang member, convicted of murder in the second degree in Santa Ana, California
• Yuliana Fernandez-Ledezma, an illegal alien from Venezuela, convicted of abandoning or endangering a child in San Antonio, Texas
• Felipe Nava-Granados, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of assault and battery on a detention officer and attempted escape in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
• Khamsy Symoungkhoune, an illegal alien from Laos, convicted of aggravated assault, assault, firearms offense, larceny, and distribution of ecstasy in Ottawa County, Michigan. 
• Gregoria Salaz-Beltran, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted four times for DWI in San Antonio, Texas, and convicted twice for kill/poison/serious bodily injury animal cruelty in Waco, Texas
• Duzzlie Rigby, an illegal alien from the Bahamas and national of the Turks and Caicos Islands, with 17 convictions, including armed robbery, assault, battery, and carrying a concealed weapon in Florida   
• Victor Rodriguez-Mercado, an illegal alien from Ecuador convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States in the U.S. District Court of Florida
• Henry Rodriguez-Cruz, an illegal alien from Honduras, convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in Dallas County, Texas
• Urvano Velasquez-Diaz, an illegal alien from Guatemala, convicted of DUI and carrying a concealed weapon in Montgomery, Alabama
• Ruth Gonzalez-Salazar, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of smuggling aliens in Brackettville, Texas
• Jaime Barajas, an illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Illinois
• Omar Adalberto Gonzalez-Peguero, an illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, convicted of forgery in Patterson, New Jersey
• Omar Andrade-Galvez, an illegal alien from Honduras, convicted of unlawful restraint in Austin, Texas
• Mario Godinez-Lopez, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of theft of property in Georgetown, Texas

 During a government shutdown, ICE continues to work as those carrying out arrests and deportations are considered essential government workers. 

More than 19,000 of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) roughly 21,000 employees will work through a shutdown, according to a contingency plan released by DHS. And the working employees will assist in the agency’s law enforcement functions in cracking down on illegal immigration and illicit drugs.