BREAKING: Press Sec Karoline Leavitt details ‘heinous individuals’ arrested by ICE across the country

"Every day Americans are safer because of the violent criminals that President Trump’s administration is removing from our communities. On January 23, ICE New York arrested a Turkish national for entry without inspection. He was a known or suspected terrorist," she said.

"On January 23, ICE San Francisco arrested a citizen of Mexico unlawfully present in the United States who had been convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child aged 14 years or younger," she continued. "ICE St. Paul has arrested a citizen of Honduras who was convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. ICE Buffalo arrested a citizen of Ecuador who has been convicted of rape."

"ICE Boston arrested a citizen of the Dominican Republic who has a criminal conviction for second-degree murder. This criminal was convicted of murder for beating his pregnant wife to death in front of her five-year-old son. ICE St. Paul has also arrested a citizen of Mexico who was convicted of possessing pornographic material of a minor on a work computer. These are the heinous individuals that this administration is removing from American communities every single day," she said.

Border Czar Tom Homan announced last week that ICE deportations had started, saying: “It’s not only public safety threats that will be arrested. Because of sanctuary cities, we’re not allowed to get that public safety threat into jail, which means we gotta go to the neighborhood and find him, and when we find him, he may be with others. And unlike the last administration, we’re not gonna tell ICE officers not to arrest an illegal alien. So if they find others, they will be arrested. So sanctuary cities will get exactly what they don’t want: more agents in the neighborhood and more collateral arrests."

On Tuesday, the department reversed guidelines that restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from undertaking immigration enforcement in sensitive locations such as schools and churches, the Associated Press reported.

Under the prior "sensitive locations" guidance," authorities were required to get approval for enforcement operations at locations such as churches and schools, though there were exceptions allowed for national security cases.