DHS Names Five ICE Arrests For Child Abuse, Drugs And Guns
Jose Hernandez-Rodriguez, Rosa Maria Hernandez-Perez and three other Mexican and Russian nationals face charges from Indiana to New York.
- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a September 16, 2026 release titled "Worst of the Worst," names five arrests in five states.
- "Yesterday, the patriots of ICE worked tirelessly to arrest child abusers, reckless drivers, and drug traffickers from our communities," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.
- Charges include child sexual battery, opium trafficking, firearms trafficking, and injury-causing reckless driving.
Why it matters: A government publicizes its worst five cases to sell a policy that reaches far more ordinary people.