Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement initiated Operation Catch of the Day in Maine on Wednesday and arrested several people on its first day.
The Department of Homeland Security announced the new ICE operation, saying those arrested on day one include "illegal aliens" who have been convicted of many crimes, including aggravated assault, false imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child.
"Governor [Janet] Mills and her fellow sanctuary politicians in Maine have made it abundantly clear that they would rather stand with criminal illegal aliens than protect law-abiding American citizens," said Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
"We have launched Operation Catch of the Day to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in the state," McLaughlin said. "Under President [Donald] Trump and [Homeland Security] Secretary [Kristi] Noem, we are no longer allowing criminal illegal aliens to terrorize American citizens."
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