Operation Angel's Honor: ICE Arrests 1,000+ Illegal Immigrants in 2 Weeks to Honor Slain Laken Riley

{ "title": "Operation Angel's Honor: ICE Arrests 1,000+ Illegal Immigrants in 2 Weeks to Honor Slain Laken Riley", "article": "In a two-week operation aimed at honoring the memory of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials apprehended over 1,000 individuals with criminal histories. The operation, dubbed Operation Angel's Honor, was conducted under the authority of the Laken Riley Act, a law passed by the Senate in 2024. The law was named after Riley, who was brutally murdered by an undocumented immigrant in February 2024. According to ICE Director Todd Lyons, the operation serves as a reminder of the impact of immigrant violence and crime on victims and their loved ones. 'ICE's mission is to ensure that no more Americans will fall victim to illegal alien crime,' he said. Some of the individuals arrested during the operation include those accused of heinous crimes such as rape, assault, and indecent liberties with a child. The list of 'worst of the worst' criminal aliens apprehended during the operation includes: * Alejandro Ojose-Asto, a 37-year-old with a history of rape and assault * Carlos Gomez-Diaz, a 27-year-old convicted of sexual exploitation of a child * Jose Jimenez-Munoz, a 30-year-old arrested for being armed with a deadly weapon with intent to kill * Fernando Manzanares-Cruz, a 40-year-old with a history of assault and battery on a pregnant victim * Jamie Escobar-Mirales, a 37-year-old with a history of rape of a child * Javier Diaz-Cabrera, a 35-year-old with a history of illegal sexual contact with a victim under 13 * Braulio Rosas-Ayala, a 40-year-old with a history of rape and sodomy * Brandon Barrientos-Garcia, a 28-year-old with a history of assault by strangulation and domestic assault The operation, which concluded on December 22, was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on social media. 'In honor of Laken Riley, @ICEgov launched Operation Angel's Honor— in the last 2 weeks alone arresting more than 1,000 criminal illegal aliens under the authority of the Laken Riley Act,' she wrote. The Laken Riley Act was passed by the Senate just hours after President Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The law aims to empower law enforcement to remove violent criminal aliens from the country and bring them to justice."