MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Deports Illegal Alien Gang Members, Including Kidnappers, Violent Assailants, Drug Traffickers, and Burglars

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public Affairs

MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Deports Illegal Alien Gang Members, Including Kidnappers, Violent Assailants, Drug Traffickers, and Burglars Deporting illegal aliens saves lives WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported more illegal alien gang members last week, including those convicted for crimes such as abduction, assault, drug trafficking, and burglary. “Last week, the brave men and women of ICE made our country safer by deporting illegal alien gang members, including kidnappers, violent assailants, drug traffickers, and burglars,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “The Trump Administration is working hard every single day to undo the damage caused by the Biden Administration’s reckless open-border policies. We will never apologize for deporting illegal aliens, because that’s how we save lives.” Among the illegal alien gang members deported last week are: Erik Alexis Valladares-Corea, an illegal alien from Honduras and MS-13 gang member, deported on August 24. His criminal history includes convictions for abduction, possession of a weapon, and illegal re-entry, and arrests for maliciously or unlawfully wound and cause bodily injury with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or kill, resisting an officer, speeding, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He illegally entered the United States through Texas in April 2015, and was RELEASED by the Obama Administration. After a Department of Justice (DOJ) Immigration Judge issued Valladares-Corea a final order of removal on May 19, 2020, the Trump Administration deported him on May 29, 2020. He then illegally re-entered the United States – a felony – at an unknown date and location. Balmore Vladimir Hernandez-Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member, deported on August 25. His criminal history includes a conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and arrests for human slavery or trafficking, smuggling contraband into prison, and resisting an officer. He illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. A DOJ Immigration Judge issued Hernandez-Lopez a final order of removal on June 14, 2007, and he was deported on June 1, 2016. After he illegally re-entered the United States – a felony – through Texas in February 2017, he was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol and deported by the Trump Administration on February 23, 2017. He then illegally entered the United States for a THIRD time at an unknown date and location. Enrique Carrasco-Polanco, an illegal alien from Mexico and Sinaloa Cartel member, deported on August 29. His criminal history includes convictions for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, drug possession, marijuana – sell, and illegal re-entry. He has previously been deported from the United States THREE times, in 2014, 2015, and 2017, after a DOJ Immigration Judge issued Carrasco-Polanco a final order of removal on October 14, 2014. He illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. Abner Geovani Del Valle-Lemus, an illegal alien from Guatemala and 18th Street gang member, deported on August 28. His criminal history includes convictions for battery, possession of a stolen vehicle, vehicle theft, burglary, and vandalism. He illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. Although he was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol in June 2014, he was RELEASED into the country by the Obama Administration. A DOJ Immigration Judge issued Valle-Lemus a final order of removal on July 8, 2026. Brian Damian Iglesias-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Uruguay and Latin Kings gang member, deported on August 24. His criminal history includes convictions for assault, burglary of a vehicle, joyriding, unlawful control of a vehicle, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, use or possession of drug paraphernalia, possession or use of a controlled substance, obstruction of police, and criminal trespass. He claims to have illegally entered the United States through New York in 2002. A DOJ Immigration Judge issued Iglesias-Rodriguez a final order of removal on June 17, 2021, and he was deported on August 7, 2021. He illegally re-entered the United States – a felony – and was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol on October 28, 2021, and was deported again on February 9, 2022. He then illegally entered the United States for a THIRD time at an unknown date and location.

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