NEW ORLEANS, July 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

Our ICE law enforcement officers celebrated Freedom 250 by arresting criminal illegal aliens from American communities

WASHINGTON -- Over Independence Day weekend, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from communities across the country, including those convicted for murder, sexual exploitation of a minor, forcible sexual abuse, and other horrific crimes.

"While Americans celebrated the 250thanniversary of the greatest nation on earth, the brave men and women of ICE were arresting the worst of the worst, including multiple murderers, pedophiles, rapists, kidnappers, dr...