President Donald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, are continuing to crack down on illegal alien crime, and a recent mass arrest has shown how deep the problem really became under former President Joe Biden.
“Eighteen criminal illegal aliens have been charged as the result of an immigration-related identity theft investigation following a multi-agency effort with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a press release on Friday.
“Each individual has been charged with aggravated identity theft, misuse of Social Security numbers, and false statements regarding citizenship with the intent to engage unlawfully in employment. If convicted on all counts, each faces a minimum penalty of two years, up to 12 years, in federal prison,” it said before listing the individuals who were apprehended:
- Luvin Daniel Hernandez Amador, of Honduras, was indicted on Feb. 27, 2025;
- Elvin Donahel Hernandez Amador, of Honduras, was indicted on Dec. 17, 2024;
- Elmer Modesto Amador, of Honduras, was indicted on Oct. 1, 2024;
- Junior Eduardo Ferrufino Andino, of Honduras, was indicted on Oct. 1, 2024;
- Noe Ardon, of Honduras, was indicted on June 25, 2024;
- Sindi Yamileth Mejia Avila, of Guatemala, was indicted on Dec. 17, 2024;
- Cristian Daniel Diaz-Garcia, of Honduras, is scheduled for trial in April 2025;
- Pedro Amaya Enriquez, of Honduras, was indicted on June 25, 2024;
- Juan Resendiz Ledesma, of Mexico, was indicted on June 25, 2024;
- Erlin Maradiaga-Flores, of Honduras, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and sentenced on Oct. 17, 2024, to 2 years in federal prison;
- Nidia Maradiaga-Flores, of Honduras, is scheduled for trial in April 2025;
- Allan Gomez-Zelaya, of Honduras, pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft on Jan. 30, 2024. Sentencing set for April 15, 2025;
- Elieser Gomez-Zelaya, of Honduras, had a superseding indictment returned on Sept. 27, 2023;
- Juan Molina-Salles, of Honduras, was indicted Sept. 6, 2023.
“These cases were investigated by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Tampa, the Department of Transportation – Office of Inspector General, the Social Security Administration – Office of the Inspector General, the United States Border Patrol, the Department of Labor – Office of Inspector General, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Karyna Valdes and Christopher F. Murray, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Wheeler, III,” the press release continued.
Homan issued a stark warning to criminal aliens in February, vowing that they would all be arrested and reaffirming his promise to immigrant terror groups to “wipe you off the face of the earth.”
He also issued a warning to blue cities that are sheltering illegals by refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Homan, a former acting director of ICE during Trump’s first administration, told an engaged audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February that the number of illegal immigrant “gotaways” had, by then, dropped by 95%, Fox News reported.
“We had about 1,800 a day in 2023. You know how many we had yesterday? Forty-eight,” he said. “You’re talking about 2,000 miles of border, and only 48 people escaped. But that’s 48 too many. I’m not going to be happy till that number’s zero.”
Homan also announced that in Trump’s first month in the Oval Office, ICE arrested 21,000 illegal aliens.
“I’m happy with the numbers, but I’m not going to be satisfied until every criminal alien gang member, every criminal alien, every Tren de Aragua is eradicated from this country and [we’ve] sent their ass to Gitmo, where they belong,” he said.
Addressing criminal migrant groups such as Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and El Salvador’s MS-13—both recently designated as “foreign terrorist organizations” by the Trump administration—Homan declared that the administration is delivering on its promise to eliminate them.
“He’s going to wipe you off the face of the earth,” he said. “You have killed more Americans than every terrorist organization in the world combined. You are now a terrorist organization. So, word out to anybody that assists them, anybody that sells their drugs on a street, anybody assists these cartels in any way, you are helping a terrorist organization.”
