IT’S WORKING: Homeland Security Busts 5 ‘Career Criminals’ On First Day Of NYC Raids As Trump Revs Up Immigration Crackdown

On the first day of the Trump administration’s major operation targeting illegal immigrants, five individuals with extensive criminal histories were arrested in New York City, according to The NY Post.

In Queens, a Mexican national with a prior arrest for attempted murder was taken into custody, while another Mexican man, previously charged with three separate counts of rape and sexual assault, was apprehended in the Bronx, law enforcement officials reported.

Meanwhile, in upper Manhattan, a Dominican national who was wanted for a double murder back in his home country was also captured by authorities.

These arrests were part of a series carried out by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Monday, with additional federal agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), joining in to make more arrests.

The operation began in New York City early Tuesday morning, starting in the Bronx, and expanded to all five boroughs by the end of the day.

Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, even participated in the operation, traveling in an armored vehicle while agents forcibly entered apartments and arrested suspects, handcuffing them.

One of the first individuals arrested was “a criminal alien with kidnapping, assault and burglary charges,” according to Noem.

Among those detained was Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, a 25-year-old member of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, who is suspected of being involved in an armed break-in at an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, an incident that has come to symbolize the ongoing border crisis.

These raids in New York City came after President Trump ordered a nationwide initiative aimed at arresting and deporting illegal immigrants, beginning with sanctuary cities as the primary targets.

Last week, over 7,300 illegal immigrants were arrested across the United States, with 1,179 taken into custody on Sunday alone. Tom Homan, Trump’s newly appointed border czar, has stated that millions are expected to be deported by the time the operation concludes.

Soon after being sworn in for a second term on January 20, Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border and deployed 1,500 U.S. military troops to assist with enforcement.

Within just a few days, there was already a noticeable reduction in the number of migrants crossing the border, with Fox News reporting fewer than 600 people encountered on Sunday—about half the number seen the previous week during the final days of the Biden administration, and far fewer than the 6,000-plus daily encounters at the height of the crisis.

{Matzav.com}