DHS salutes veterans turned ICE agents after major arrests across the country

SPECIAL On Veterans Day the Department of Homeland Safety honored the thousands of veterans who have transitioned from defending the U S in uniform to safeguarding the nation s borders and communities DHS honors the patriotism and heroism of Americans who served our country and continue to protect our homeland and freedoms by arresting the worst of the worst criminals across the U S a department spokesperson explained Fox News Digital Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin added that there are more than veterans serving as ICE agents a job where videos and reports in newest months show similarly dangerous situations and confrontations with armed civilian adversaries and violent protesters DHS ARRESTS CHICAGO S WORST OF THE WORST AMID SURGE IN DOMESTIC TERROR ATTACKS Just the previous 24 hours ICE arrested pedophiles rapists and other violent criminals We are eternally grateful to all Americans who have bravely served and protected our freedoms We are only the land of the free because of the brave Veterans-turned-ICE agents took part in several Veterans Day eve operations targeting sex offenders and child predators across locations ranging from Pennsylvania s Coal Region to the Utah desert On Monday ICE s Philadelphia office arrested Columbian national Albert Quinones-Quinones in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania UNION BOSS COMPARES ICE TO AL PACINO MOBSTER AS MORE DEMS PILE ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENTResidents in Pottsville known nationally for being home to America s oldest brewery Yuengling and a once-booming coal industry are safer now that Quinones-Quinones is off the street DHS revealed The illegal immigrant has a prior sexual assault conviction in local court and a longer criminal history according to the agency To the north ICE in Buffalo New York arrested Delbes De Jesus Hernandez-Vargas of the Dominican Republic He has a prior conviction in Bronx County New York for rape Also in The Bronx ICE corralled Luis Castillo-Flores another Dominican national with a violent prior rap sheet In Utah ICE agents took Guatemalan national Juan Guerra-Ubaldo into custody Monday The -year-old had been previously arrested for sexually abusing a minor in nearby Washington County Also out west Jesus Hernandez-Hernandez was captured by federal agents in Texas where he previously was convicted of sexually assaulting a child under