Extraordinary Number of Illegal Migrants Snared After Mass ICE Raid Around Washington DC

An extraordinary number of illegal migrants have been been snared in a mass US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raid around Washington DC.

More than 1,328 people were apprehended in the suburbs of the American capital as part of Operation Safe Community, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The two-week operation secured the capture of illegal migrants who had prior convictions for sexual battery, kidnapping, drink driving, hit-and-run, identity theft and robbery.

Among those snared in Virginia and Maryland – states with sanctuary-style policies in place – were also a number of individuals who had previously been arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and rape.

The mass raid even saw members of proscribed narco-terror groups MS-13 and Tren de Aragua captured by Ice agents, Fox News revealed.

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Of the 1,328 illegal migrants arrested, almost 400 have been convicted or charged with crimes on American soil.

The DHS confirmed that all individuals arrested will remain in Ice custody pending deportation from the US.

The mass Ice raids in the Washington DC suburbs come just weeks after a similar operation in Atlanta, Georgia.

Those raids – also dubbed Operation Safe Community – saw over 1,200 criminal illegal migrants across the state of Georgia arrested by Ice agents.

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