DHS arrests 17,500 illegal immigrants under Laken Riley Act by 2025.

INTERMEDIATE: More than 17,500 illegal immigrants by 2025 were arrested for crimes requiring mandatory detention under the Laken Riley Act – the first law President Donald Trump signed into law in his second term.

The act is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia college student who was allegedly killed by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant and member of the Tren de Aragua designated gang who was arrested and released before his death.

The law mandates that illegal immigrants arrested – but not yet convicted – of certain crimes must be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for detention and processing.

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Eligible crimes include theft-related charges, DUI or DWI, and violent crimes including murder, rape, sexual assault, assault on police and firearms violations.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also announced Monday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has completed “Operation Angel’s Honor,” a two-week nationwide effort in Riley’s honor to target Laken Riley criminals.

That campaign alone achieved an average of more criminals arriving in other countries per day.

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“In honor of Laken Riley, ICE launched Operation Angel’s Honor – in the last two weeks alone they have arrested over 1,000 criminals under the authority of the Laken Riley Act,” Noem told Fox News Digital.

Noem praised Trump for giving his agency the power to go after millions of illegal immigrants living in the US, including those “let in” by previous administrations.

“We can never bring Laken back, but we can do everything in our power to bring these criminals to justice,” said Noem.

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Some of the Laken Riley Act enforcers captured in “Operation Angel’s Honor” include Sergio Luis Hernandez Gonzalez of Cuba, who was convicted of 17 counts of racketeering, two counts of trafficking cocaine, and theft of vehicles and others.

Jersson Andrey Poveda Delgado from Colombia was convicted of assaulting a police officer, while Yaser Garcia Ramirez from the Dominican Republic was charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute heroin, domestic violence and obstruction of justice.

One of the illegal immigrants, Santos Chim-Diego from Guatemala, was convicted of resisting assault on a police officer, DUI and child cruelty.

An Iraqi named Hamid Abdulimam Al Nassar was arrested during Operation Angel’s Honor after being convicted of obtaining a minor, several drug charges, fraud, embezzlement and aggravated assault.

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Another outlaw, Nathaniel Sterling from Jamaica, was arrested after being convicted of harassment, possession of weapons and disorderly conduct.

The recent arrest of Omar Barojas-Arenas was also under the Laken Riley Act, after he was convicted of kidnapping, and Jorby Joel Escuraina-Suarez of Venezuela was convicted of aggravated assault with a weapon.

Although DHS has called the implementation of the Laken Riley Act a success, many critics say that the law enforces deportation measures for people who may not pose a security risk – some point to the law’s use of arrests and convictions as an excuse for those involved to learn a lesson.

“This bill does nothing to improve security or fix our broken immigration system,” said Nayna Gupta, policy director of the American Immigration Council.

“Under the guise of preventing violence, this bill forces immigration officials to permanently detain and deport non-citizens who pose no risk to public safety, without due process,” he said in a statement after the law was passed.

“This bill also gives federal attorneys unprecedented power over immigration policy. This bill strips people of their basic rights and upends how the U.S. government applies immigration law,” Gupta concluded.