<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested more “worst of the worst” illegal aliens this week as Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those arrested on Monday included illegals convicted of sex crimes, human trafficking, and assault. The arrests come as the Trump administration is looking to increase deportations before Christmas and offering a $3,000 stipend and free flight home for those who choose to self-deport.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This Christmas season, Americans can rejoice that these criminal illegal aliens are off their streets,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “Just yesterday, ICE arrested convicted sex abusers, violent assailants, and human traffickers. Our ICE law enforcement delivered the best gift for all Americans this year: safer neighborhoods.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to DHS, those arrested included:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Armando Meza-Arango, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of burglary habitation with intent of sex offense and indecent exposure in Sterling County, Texas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Jesus Bautista-Mendiola, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of felony sexual battery in Columbus, Ohio.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Jovanne Heath, an illegal alien from Jamaica convicted of robbery and assault in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Agustin Perez-Otero, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury or death, and felony possession of methamphetamine in Kuna, Idaho.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Ismael Arroyo, an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of alien smuggling and possession with intent to distribute marijuana in Laredo, Texas.</span></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Over the past two weeks, ICE arrested over 1,000 illegal aliens while <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/us-news/ice-rounds-up-over-1000-illegal-immigrants-during-two-week-operation-to-honor-laken-riley/">conducting</a> an operation in honor of Laken Riley, the 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered while out on a job by an illegal alien from Venezuela. The arrests were conducted under the authorization of the Laken Riley Act, which was signed by President Donald Trump in January. The law requires federal officials to arrest non-citizens accused of violent and theft-related crimes in the United States.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We can never bring Laken back, but we can do everything in our power to bring these heinous criminals to justice. I am so proud of what our brave men and women of ICE have done to remove these criminals from America’s streets,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. </span></p>

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