CMC – Jamaican nationals were among criminal migrants deemed the “worst of the worst” who were detained in recent days by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
The department says the criminals include those convicted of sexual assault of a child, assault, and human trafficking.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said pedophiles, violent thugs, and human traffickers have been removed from American communities.
McLaughlin said the arrests included Jamaicans Duane Alando Spence, who was convicted for aggravated battery-great bodily harm in Miami, and Marvin McGregor, who was convicted of third-degree murder, firearms possession, and recklessly endangering another person in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
She said others arrested included Brett Archer, a Barbadian national convicted of assault in Brooklyn, New York, Randolfo Agusto Diaz-Cabrera, a Dominican Republic national convicted of second-degree sexual conduct against a child in Kings County, New York; Desiderio Marte Vargas, another Dominican Republic national, convicted of attempted murder and unlawful possession of a weapon in Paterson, New Jersey; Cubans Duniesky Eugenio Delgado-Gazo, convicted for aggravated assault in Pensacola, Florida and Yusney Figueroa Arguelles, convicted of robbery with a firearm in Orlando, Florida.
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McLaughlin said under President Donald Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is targeting and removing “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens terrorising American families”.
McLaughlin said 70 per cent of ICE arrests are of criminal illegal immigrants with charges or convictions in the United States.
“In 2026, with a 120 per cent increase in manpower, ICE is unleashed to arrest even more criminal illegal aliens and get them out of our country,” she said.
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We need to deport the ones we have here too.
Prepare yourself fellow Antiguans for an influx of criminals into the country in the not too near future.
If I can visualise this incoming problem, I surely hope that our reactionary authority figures can visualise this serious issue to our homeland security as well.
Here’s hoping that ABLP “proactive” measures are being discussed – as of now – and strict security is being put in place by our Department Chief of Immigration Katrina Yearwood; the Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin; and our king of split reactionary measures, the Prime Minister Gaston Browne.
Difficult times requires difficult measures…
So you mean to tell that individuals you were tried, convicted, and served time were released and not deported?
Sounds to me like your justice system dropped the ball and now you are making it look as if you are doing something.
I told GB to build a bigger prison a few years back, in fact I specifically stated he should build just a “gun prison” for those who likes to ” buss the gun”, so I hope he is in the process of that project?
@Brix. Can you believe that our ernest warnings to this man has turned into sarcasm these days? This is how far our non- confincence for this man has reached.
And there a thousands here in the Diaspora that have lost their confidence as well.
But we still say good luck to @Dave Ray on his mission to represent this administration in a positive light, because no one, and I mean no one trust this man right now.
They still love Antigua, but they just can’t continue to believe in this man GB.
If you think Antigua’s talk bad about Trump, then you should hear what some of our very Antiguan’s has to say about GB.
And the biggest mistake he made,is when he went after Viv, and this fool doesn’t even know it.
But like I said, when a snake is cornered, their first instinct is not to run, but to strike.
GB is cornered, big time..so if you don’t want to be bitten, you better back out the way before he strikes. That’s for those who are around him by in the way.
The onliest criminals we have here to deport is the ALP politicians, the house breakers are not as deadly as these ALP politicians.