U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) director Kristi Noem celebrated reaching a major milestone during the crackdown on illegal immigration in the sanctuary city of Los Angeles.
Noem celebrated this milestone on X, noting that DHS made the 5,000th arrest on Tuesday. She stated, “That’s 5,000 criminal illegal aliens, gang members, child predators, and murderers taken off our streets. Precious lives saved. Families protected. American taxpayers spared the cost of their crimes AND the burden of their benefits.”
According to a DHS press release, a criminal illegal immigrant named Gustavo Garcia-Miranda was the 5,000th person to be arrested in Los Angeles since June. He is a convicted drug trafficker and aggravated felon who first entered the United States in 2008. Border Patrol arrested him for illegal re-entry.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) also announced the arrests of other violent illegal immigrants in a Tuesday press release, which included a Mexican man convicted of sodomy, a Honduran man convicted of child sexual assault and indecency with a child, as well as three other violent criminal illegal immigrants.
In addition, ICE thwarted a bomb threat in Texas on Monday. According to the DHS press release, a 36-year-old American citizen threatened officers at the Dallas Field ICE office, claiming to have a bomb with a detonator on his wrist. The man was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats.
The release noted that a Senior DHS official confirmed, “This incident comes just two weeks after a threatening letter with a white powdery substance was sent to an ICE office in New York City. Less than a week ago, a violent rioter was charged with assault in San Francisco after he threatened to stab an ICE officer and harm his family.”
“These incidents come after months of smears and rhetoric by activists, politicians, and the media comparing ICE law enforcement to the Nazi Gestapo, kidnappers, and the Secret Police,” it went on. “This shameful rhetoric has fueled a culture of hate against law enforcement resulting in a 1,000 percent increase in assaults against them. All sanctuary politicians, activists, and the media need to turn down their temperature.”
Secretary Noem addressed the officers who work to secure the U.S. border every day in her post. She wrote, “THANK YOU to our brave law enforcement officers.”
She then concluded, “Make no mistake: if you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and send you back. This is just the beginning.”