Over 10K ‘worst of the worst’ illegal immigrants arrested in sanctuary city Los Angeles

 More than 10,000 illegal immigrants — including suspected murderers, kidnappers, sexual predators and carjackers — have been arrested in Los Angeles since a federal crackdown was launched in June, the DHS said Thursday.

The operation is part of a calculated effort by the federal government to weed out “the worst of the worst” undocumented immigrants in cities across the country. 

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Ambartsoum Pogosium, a criminal illegal alien from Armenia, convicted of kidnapping, homicide, fraud, burglary, larceny, and forgery.Department of Homeland Security

Over the past six months, ICE officials, along with DHS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), have carried out thousands of such arrests in the midst of a surge in protests throughout the city.

“This success of this operation is in spite of violent rioters who assaulted our law enforcement, threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at them, and attempted to obstruct lawful arrests of criminal illegal aliens,” the DHS said.

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More than 10,000 illegal immigrants — including suspected murderers, kidnappers and sexual predators — have been arrested in Los Angeles since a crackdown was launched in June.

Los Angeles, which operates as a sanctuary city under California law, has proposed measures in recent months to respond to the influx of ICE operations in the city — including legislation that would ban agents from wearing masks, a move aimed at preventing what critics say are “secret police” tactics.

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Rene Reyes-Miranda, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba, convicted of a sex offense against a child, sex offender registration violation, harassing communication, cocaine possession, robbery, burglary, larceny, probation violation, property crimes, possession of stolen property, and possession of burglary tools.Department of Homeland Security

“While ICE law enforcement officers face a 1,150% increase in assaults and an 8,000% increase in death threats, these Sanctuary politicians of Los Angeles County want to make it easier for violent political extremists to target our brave men and women,” DHS Assistant Secretary, Tricia McLaughlin, told The Post. 

DHS has released the names of ten “worst of the worst” offenders who were in the country illegally and booked on serious crimes, including rape, aggravated assault, armed carjacking, homicide, kidnapping, child sex offenses, attempted methamphetamine importation and aggravated sexual assault of a child.

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Juan Carlos Tamayo, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted of homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide, and multiple counts of attempted murder.Department of Homeland Security

“Some of the most heinous criminal illegal aliens arrested include murderers, kidnappers, sexual predators, and armed carjackers,” said McLaughlin. 

“Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass failed the people of California. They let these criminals roam free. Thanks to our brave law enforcement, California is safer with these thugs off their streets. Instead of thanking our law enforcement for removing criminals from their communities, Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass repeatedly demonized our brave law enforcement during these operations,” the DHS said in a statement. 

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DHS says the serious crimes include: rape, aggravated assault, armed carjacking, homicide, kidnapping, child sex offenses, attempted methamphetamine importation and aggravated sexual assault of a child.AP

In July, Newsom called on Trump to end the militarization of Los Angeles, siting the negative impacts of the raids on local communities. 

“Enough is enough – Stephen Miller and Trump’s chaos campaign needs to end now. They are violating constitutional rights, terrorizing neighborhoods and businesses, and targeting people because of their skin color and the language they speak. These heartless and cruel actions have real consequences for our economy and society,” Gov. Newsom said. 

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