U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Saturday that the agency arrested many "criminal illegal aliens" on Thursday and Friday, including individuals who were convicted of crimes including "rape, child molestation, and aggravated assault with deadly weapons."

Reacting to the latest arrests, a senior DHS official encouraged more people to sign up to join ICE and "help remove the worst of the worst—including murderers, rapists, terrorists, pedophiles, and gang members from our communities."

The arrested included David Pineda-Medrano, from Guatemala, who was "convicted of attempted first-degree child sexual abuse and sexual abuse of a minor and assault causing bodily injury" as well as Junior Alexi Medina-Fuentes, from Honduras, who was "convicted of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon in Harris County, TX."