ICE announces first Tren de Aragua gang members detained under the Alien Enemy Act
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday the arrest of alleged Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang members in Venezuela.
Officials say Franklin Jose Jimenez Braggio is the first person to be detained under the Alien Enemy Act, a person that Donald Trump cites last week.
“Tren de Aragua is a dangerous foreign terrorist organization that invaded our soil,” ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a press conference Friday afternoon. “The TDA has penetrated the United States, its northern border, its southern border and our waterways.
“Many of these members are cold-blooded killers, rapists, thieves, drug traffickers, arms traffickers and human traffickers. They are accused of the most outrageous crimes in our community and communities. They have been running in the United States.”
Stephen Miller said the Alien Enemy Act has resolved the law.
Officials said Franklin Jose Jimenez Braggio was the first to be detained under the Alien Enemy Act, a person that President Trump cites on Saturday. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement; ICE)
Lyon pointed out that Trump has promised to make violent TDA gang members a top priority.
“I am proud to say that over the past 48 hours, Ice and our local partners and other federal agencies have arrested more than 68 gang members, terrorists in the United States,” Lyon said. “To date, we have arrested 394 of these terrorists. Our goal is to eliminate TDA from U.S. land. We will not tolerate their illegal presence or threats posed to the U.S. public.”
ICE Director Tod Lyons spoke at a press conference with Florida law enforcement officers, and the state arrested the country for the first time nationwide through the Alien Enemy Act. (wofl/pool)
Trump cites the wartime alien enemy bill of 1798
During the War of 1812, World War I and World War II, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which allowed the expulsion of locals and citizens of enemy countries, was deported.
Jimenez-Brach, a well-known human trafficker and smuggler, is part of an ongoing investigation, officials said.
“During the operation, FDLE agents turned Bracho to a group of FHP soldiers and other task force members who put their cuffs on him,” Florida law enforcement wrote on X.
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