ICE Enforcement and Angel Families

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it arrested at least a dozen noncitizens convicted of sexual and violent crimes across multiple states over the weekend, timing the announcement to a White House Angel Families remembrance event hosted by President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News ICE agents worked 'around the clock' to target what she called the 'worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens,' listing arrests that include Mexican national Gerardo Moran‑Cisneros, convicted of lewd acts with a child under 14 in Los Angeles, and Ecuadorian Pedro Pichasaca‑Dutan, convicted of rape in New York City. Other arrests cited involve convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13 in New Jersey, aggravated criminal sexual assault of a child in suburban Chicago, indecency with a child in Texas, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in North Carolina. The roundup is being used by DHS political leadership to contrast frontline enforcement with so‑called sanctuary policies and media 'ignoring' victims, even as broader data on how representative these cases are of the overall noncitizen population remain absent from the release. The episode illustrates how individual horrific crimes are being highlighted to justify Trump’s wider mass‑deportation push and to rally public support around Angel Family narratives ahead of the midterms.