WASHINGTON — Varun Datta, a criminal illegal alien from India, convicted of four counts of sexual assault, resisting an officer, and driving under the influence of liquor. He was also charged with shoplifting, trespassing, and batteryU.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem, more than 17,500 criminal illegal aliens were arrested and detained with Laken Riley Act crimes.
The Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation signed by President Trump, mandates the federal detention of illegal aliens who are accused of theft, burglary, assaulting a law enforcement officer, and any crime that causes death or serious bodily injury.
The law is named after a Georgia nursing student who was killed by an illegal alien from Venezuela and member of the Tren de Aragua, who was previously arrested and released into the U.S. under the Biden administration in September 2022. He was previously arrested by NYPD for acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and RELEASED back into American neighborhoods. He then went on to commit the heinous murder of Laken Riley.
Earlier this week, Secretary Noem announced the end of Operation Angel’s Honor, a 14-day nationwide operation, launched in honor of Laken Riley, targeting illegal aliens who committed Laken Riley Act crimes. In total, ICE arrested 1,030 criminal illegal aliens during this operation.
“In honor of Laken Riley, ICE launched Operation Angel’s Honor – in the last 2 weeks alone arresting more than 1,000 criminal illegal aliens under the authority of the Laken Riley Act.” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “President Trump has empowered us to arrest and remove the millions of violent criminal illegal aliens unleashed on the United States by the previous administration. Now, these criminals will face justice and be removed from our country. We can never bring Laken back, but we can do everything in our power to bring these heinous criminals to justice. I am so proud of what our brave men and women of ICE have done to remove these criminals from America’s streets.”