ICE partners with the U.S. Attorney's Office and New Castle County Police to combat foreign gangs and child predators

WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) for the District of Delaware and the New Castle County Delaware Police Department (NCCPD), today announced the arrest of 12 illegal alien gang members and a child predator from the Dominican Republic. The arrests occurred over the past four months as part of Operation Community Shield.

During the last four months, ICE special agents arrested the 12 suspected foreign-born illegal gang members and filed immigration detainers against 18 others currently incarcerated in Delaware jails. Operation Community Shield is a national law enforcement initiative that partners ICE with other federal, state and local law enforcement, combining resources, authorities and expertise in an effort to target, disrupt and dismantle transnational gangs. Additionally, over the last year, ICE in Delaware has arrested over 275 illegal aliens. Forty-five of those have been prosecuted criminally.