1,030 Criminal Illegal Immigrants Arrested in ICE Operation Honoring Laken Riley

Arrested individuals include illegals alleged to have committed assaults, including a sexual exploitation of a child.

Police interact with demonstrators near the "Free Speech Zone" outside of the immigrant processing and detention center in Broadview, Ill., on Oct. 17, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

More than 1,030 criminal illegal immigrants have been arrested under the Laken Riley Act as part of Operation Angel’s Honor, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a statement on Dec. 22.

Operation Angel’s Honor was a 14-day nationwide ICE operation that has now concluded. The Laken Riley Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump on Jan. 29, named in honor of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Hope Riley from Georgia, who was murdered by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in February 2024.