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FIRST ON FOX: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Wednesday hauled in some of the "worst of the worst" illegal immigrants convicted of heinous crimes against children, part of an ongoing federal effort to target violent offenders living in the U.S. unlawfully.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that under President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem , ICE is prioritizing arresting pedophiles, abusers and sexual predators.

McLaughlin said 70 percent of ICE arrests target illegal immigrants who have criminal convictions or pending criminal charges in the U.S.

ICE BUSTS SEVERAL CONVICTED CRIMINALS, INCLUDING CHILD RAPIST WHO THREATENED TO KILL 11-YEAR-OL

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