The Trump administration’s efforts to arrest illegal immigrants and gang members will lead to a decrease in crime in America, according to a statement made by a former FBI agent to Fox News Digital.
Within the initial 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration, Immigration Customs and Enforcement detained a minimum of 32,809 illegal immigrants and 1,155 individuals with suspected gang affiliations. Among the over 32,000 illegal immigrants taken into custody, 14,111 had prior criminal convictions, while 9,980 individuals had pending criminal cases.
ICE arrests during this period included 39 individuals identified as known or suspected terrorists. By comparison, in the equivalent time frame in 2024, 14 known or suspected terrorists had been apprehended after crossing the border.
Former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam told Fox News Digital these arrests are making America safer.
Keycy Robinson Alexi Barrera-Rosa (L) is charged with killing his girlfriend, Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra (R). (ICE; Charles County Sheriff’s Office)
ICE Miami worked with law enforcement agencies in Operation Tidal Wave, which recently resulted in nearly 800 illegal immigrants being arrested.
Among those arrested were an alleged MS-13 gang member, a convicted Colombian murderer, a Russian national with an Interpol Red Notice for manslaughter and members of the 18th Street gang.
Rafael Juarez Cabrera, one of the illegal immigrants captured, is a Guatemalan national and alleged MS-13 gang member. Authorities said he has illegally reentered America on three separate occasions and has a felony reentry conviction.
Among the individuals arrested during Trump’s first 100 days is Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding after she allegedly shielded an illegal immigrant from ICE agents.
Tom Homan, White House border czar, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Gilliam said it’s important for action to be taken against people like Dugan.
“It’s very important because whether it is the people that ICE is arresting, these judges, the leakers, or the people in the former Biden administration that allowed these people to go to hotels with the purpose of extending their stay until another liberal president could come in and try to change the laws where they could vote,” Gilliam said.
Fox News’ Alexandra Koch and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
