The U.S. Department of Homeland Security just launched a new public website called “Worst of the Worst,” promoting a searchable database of what officials describe as the most dangerous criminal noncitizens arrested during recent immigration enforcement operations .

The database, first announced Monday, is billed by DHS as a transparency tool showcasing immigrants arrested for “homicide, assault, rape, drug trafficking, child molestation, cruelty toward a child, battery and armed robbery,” among other serious crimes. The agency said the site reflects mass removal efforts aimed at “violent criminals” and the “worst of the worst” offenders.

In searching the database, two Maricopa residents pop up.

One of the people included on the site is Manuel German Buitimea-Del Cid, who was arrest

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