The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled an eye-opening new initiative on Monday, introducing a “Worst of the Worst” webpage. This platform highlights information on criminal illegal immigrants arrested during the enforcement operations under the Trump administration.

This digital resource offers users the ability to search through a vast database of hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal immigrants apprehended across all 50 states. According to a DHS news release, many of these individuals have been involved in severe offenses such as homicide, assault, rape, drug trafficking, child molestation, cruelty toward children, battery, and armed robbery, among other crimes.

“While Americans were enjoying their weekends and holiday shopping, ICE law enforcement was diligently apprehending pedophiles, gang members, and drug traffickers,” stated DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Today, we launched a ‘worst of the worst’ website so every American can see for themselves the criminal illegal aliens we are arresting, the crimes they committed, and the communities we’ve removed them from. This holiday season, remember to express gratitude to law enforcement officers for their efforts in keeping America safe.”

Among the individuals spotlighted on the “Worst of the Worst” webpage are Cesar Ramos-Cruz from El Salvador; Rodrigo Roman Basantes from Ecuador; Geilond Vido-Romero, a Venezuelan citizen and member of the Tren de Aragua gang; and Ge Her from Laos. These names represent just a fraction of those featured on the platform, as the DHS aims to keep the public informed about these arrests.

The newly launched page will initially showcase 10,000 arrests, with plans for continuous updates by the DHS. For more details, interested individuals can visit the DHS website.

“Under Secretary (Kristi) Noem’s leadership, the hardworking men and women of DHS and ICE are fulfilling President Trump’s promise and carrying out mass deportations – starting with the worst of the worst – including the illegal aliens you see here,” the page states. 

McLaughlin, as well as the Trump administration, has accused the media of “whitewashing” facts about the arrests of illegal immigrants with violent criminal histories and portraying them as victims of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

“As the media whitewashes the facts, day in and day out, our brave men and women of ICE risk their lives for the American people,” McLaughlin said. “Americans don’t have to rely on the press for this information — with this transparent tool, they can see for themselves what public safety threats were lurking in their neighborhoods and communities.”

Immigration authorities making an arrest in Washington D.C. (ICE)

The launch of the webpage comes as officials in sanctuary states and cities refuse to allow local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities or honor immigration detainers.

In addition, many have engaged in “malicious lies and hoaxes, driven by hateful rhetoric from the mainstream media, which continue to distort the work of the brave men and women” carrying out immigration enforcement operations, DHS said.

Some of the illegal immigrants featured on the webpage were arrested this past weekend:

Cesar Ramos-Cruz, of El Salvador, who was convicted of indecent liberties with a child in Alamance County, North Carolina; and Rodrigo Roman Basantes, from Ecuador, who has convictions for sexual assault — victim less than 13 — and endangering the welfare of a child for sexual conduct in Hudson County, New Jersey.

Also included is Geilond Vido-Romero, a Venezuelan citizen and Tren de Aragua gang member, who was convicted of escape of a prisoner; and Ge Her, from Laos, who has a third-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction involving force or coercion in Ramsey County, Minnesota.