United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has nabbed a Jamaican national, who was earlier convicted for murder during targeted enforcement operations in the New York City metropolitan area.

Mosiah Wright is among several immigrants apprehended in the operations aimed at arresting individuals with criminal convictions and outstanding immigration violations. Wright was a previously removed immigrant who had re-entered the United States unlawfully.

ICE reports Wright had previously been convicted of murder by the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota noting that his criminal history includes convictions or arrests related to carrying a concealed weapon illegally, drug possession, resisting arrest and probation violations.

Other nationals nabbed

Nationals of El Salvador, Ecuador and Honduras were also arrested during the operation. ICE says those apprehended included individuals convicted of crimes such as murder, rape, sexual abuse of a child under the age of 11, forcible touching and sexual contact with a person incapable of consent.

“While sanctuary politicians continue to prioritise criminal illegal aliens over law-abiding New Yorkers, our officers are on the front lines every day keeping our communities safe from murderers, rapists and pedophiles that prey on our most vulnerable citizens,” explains Kenneth Genalo, field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York.

“Protecting New Yorkers from criminal illegal aliens will always be a priority for this office. We will never waver in our commitment to arrest criminal illegal aliens and remove them from our country,” Genalo says.

ICE said its Enforcement and Removal Operations division is responsible for identifying, arresting and removing non-citizens who violate U.S. immigration laws and who, according to the agency, pose threats to public safety. 

The agency reports that the operation formed part of its ongoing efforts to enforce immigration laws and apprehend individuals with serious criminal records in the New York metropolitan area.