Full Breakdown
Trump Administration Celebrates Over 10,000 Illegal Alien Gang Arrests in First 18 Months
6/26/2026, 4:52:41 AM
Core Milestone and Enforcement Drive
Since President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested more than 10,000 individuals identified as members of transnational gangs. The 10,000th arrest was of Javier Hernandez Rosas, a Mexican national alleged to belong to MS-13, with prior cocaine possession, abduction and weapons offenses. The arrests are part of the administration’s immigration-enforcement push, funded by the Secure America Act—a $70 billion package that also boosted Customs and Border Protection staffing to a record 21,471 agents.
Notable Gang Members Detained
ICE operations have focused on MS-13 and the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). Highlighted detainees include Josue Saul Garcia-Lopez (MS-13, Virginia), wanted in El Salvador for extortion and robbery; Danny Granados-Garcia (MS-13, Connecticut), accused of murdering a pastor in El Salvador; and Yorvis Michel Carrascal Campo (TdA, Colorado), charged with murder, racketeering and drug trafficking.
Timeline of Arrests
Key milestones include the inauguration (Jan 2025), the first 2025 arrests (e.g., “Fantasma” in Nebraska, Dec 2025), and the 10,000th arrest in June 2026, when Mullin announced the milestone.
Data Summary
Total arrests exceed 10,000 illegal alien gang members, primarily from MS-13 (Salvadoran) and TdA (Venezuelan). Cited crimes include murder, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, racketeering, robbery and extortion. DHS reports nearly 900,000 deportations since Jan 2025.
Why It Matters
The campaign seeks to remove individuals deemed a direct threat to public safety. Politically, the figures are used to contrast current enforcement with the prior Biden administration, which officials claim released many gang members. The milestone also justifies continued funding under the Secure America Act.
Official Statements & Responses
Secretary Mullin said ICE “has delivered on the administration’s goal of making the country’s communities safer” and credited the Secure America Act while accusing the previous administration of “releasing” gang members. Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin noted that a detainee “confessed to five savage murders, including the live dismemberment of a victim.”
Conflicting Reports & Gaps
The claim that “many of these gang members were released into our country by Joe Biden” appears only in statements from Trump officials; no source provides data to verify or refute it. Details on the legal outcomes of the arrests are also missing.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Under President Trump’s leadership, ICE has arrested more than 10,000 gang members,” — Markwayne Mullin, DHS Secretary
- “Many of these gang members were released into our country by Joe Biden,” — Markwayne Mullin, DHS Secretary
- “These vicious criminals murdered, assaulted, robbed, and terrorized innocent Americans for sport.” — Markwayne Mullin, DHS Secretary
- “These vicious criminals murdered, assaulted, robbed, and terrorized innocent Americans for sport. Thanks to the Secure America Act, ICE is turbocharged to arrest even more gang members and criminals from American neighborhoods.” — Markwayne Mullin, DHS Secretary
What’s Next
DHS says ICE will keep using Secure America Act resources to pursue further arrests and expand deportations, aiming to raise the cumulative removal total beyond the current 900,000.
