Child Abusers Top ICE’s List Of ‘Worst Of The Worst’ Illegal Aliens
The Federalist describes recent ICE operations – carried out amid protests in Minneapolis – that targeted and arrested immigrants whom the Department of Homeland Security characterized as among the “worst of the worst,” including people convicted of child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor, and aggravated assault. DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin is quoted saying the agency removed “monsters who sexually abused and raped children” and vowed, “If you come to our country illegally and break our laws, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and remove you from our country.”
The article lists several individuals DHS says were taken into custody, naming their nationalities, locations of conviction, and charges (e.g.,continuous sexual abuse of a child in California; second‑degree sexual exploitation of a minor in North Carolina; sexual assault of a minor in Texas; unlawful electronic sexual communication in Colorado).
Federal data cited in the piece say about 435,000 noncitizens with criminal convictions are not in custody, with roughly 29,000 convicted of murder and/or sexual assault. DHS added some 10,000 names to its “Worst of the Worst” (WOW) public list across December 2025 and January 2026 – described as a fraction of suspects arrested the prior year.
The article notes a record ICE detainee population of about 73,000 – an 84% increase from early 2025, according to CBS – and attributes the rise to the Biden-to-Trump transition in enforcement priorities. DHS is said to report that a large share of detainees face or have convictions for crimes beyond immigration violations; McLaughlin told the media that 70% of arrests in President Trump’s first year involved people with criminal records or charges.
The Federalist contrasts its account with media outlets that it says emphasize detainees without criminal records, and it cites DHS statements about new funding (dubbed the “One Big Stunning Bill”) to expand detention capacity – aiming for an average daily population of 100,000 and 80,000 new ICE beds.
The article closes with reporter attribution: Matt Kittle, senior elections correspondent for The Federalist.
As the Minneapolis mob and their fellow privileged leftists protest and hold signs declaring, “Renee Good, ICE Bad,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to do the hard, thankless work of removing “the worst of the worst” criminal illegal immigrants from crime-battered communities across the country.
On Thursday, the roundup included perps convicted of sexual abuse of children, sexual exploitation of a minor, and aggravated assault, according to the latest Department of Homeland Security report exclusively provided to The Federalist.
“Yesterday, our law enforcement arrested monsters who sexually abused and raped children. These are the type of sickos we are getting OUT of our neighborhoods,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement to The Federalist.
Sex offenders brought into custody include the following:
Leonel Antonio Carranza Nunez, a Mexican foreign national found guilty of “continuous sexual abuse” of a child in Santa Ana, California.
Wilman Rodas-Argueta, an alleged criminal illegal alien from Honduras who was convicted of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor in Robeson County, North Carolina, according to DHS.
Lazaro Sebastian Chiroy-Ticum of Guatemala, who, according to DHS, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor in Williamson County, Texas.
Nerlin Jhonatan Perez-Amaya, an alleged Honduran illegal immigrant, convicted of unlawful electronic sexual communication in Grand Junction, Colorado.
‘We Will Hunt You Down’
In September 2024, Department of Homeland Security officials reported to Congress that they had tracked some 435,000 illegal aliens with criminal convictions not in custody. About 29,000 of those criminal illegal immigrants had been convicted of murder and/or sexual assault.
In December 2025 and January 2026, DHS updated its “Worst of the Worst” (WOW) website, adding another 10,000 criminal illegal aliens — “a mere fraction of the total” suspects — that immigration law enforcement officials arrested in the previous year.
Corporate media outlets on Friday decried the record 73,000 illegal immigrants in custody. CBS News reported the number is the “highest level recorded by the agency and an 84% increase from the same time in 2025, when its detention population hovered below 40,000, the internal statistics show.”
The increase has everything to do with a Trump administration committed to mopping up the flood of illegal immigrants that flowed into the United States during Joe Biden’s tenure in the White House.
Internal DHS data, according to CBS, shows about half of the detainees awaiting deportation have been charged or convicted of other crimes beyond breaking the nation’s immigration laws.
But McLaughlin told the broadcast network content provider that 70 percent of illegal immigrants arrested by ICE during President Trump’s first year in office have criminal records or are facing charges, including those with connections to terrorism.
Accomplice media outlets have lamented that a growing number of illegal immigrants picked up by ICE have “no criminal records.” But they do. That record began with their illegal entry into the United States.
McLaughlin said there’s much more work to do.
“Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE now has historic funding to secure enough detention capacity to maintain an average daily population of 100,000 illegal aliens and 80,000 new ICE beds,” she told CBS News.
As to the long list of violent offenders, the DHS official told The Federalist that the agency is not going to allow criminal illegal aliens “to prey on children and victimize innocent Americans.”
“If you come to our country illegally and break our laws, we will hunt you down, arrest you, and remove you from our country,” McLaughlin said.
Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.
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