Convicted murderer, child predators rounded up in Christmas weekend ICE crackdown: ‘Greatest gift’

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FIRST ON FOX: A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers "continued delivering the American people the greatest gift of 2025" by keeping up operations over Christmas weekend, arresting a murderer and child predators. In a statement to Fox News Digital, DHS said that "while Americans celebrated the Christmas season and prepare for the new year," ICE "continued arresting the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens across the country." Among those arrested on Sunday was a Cuban criminal illegal alien named Julio Miguel Gonzalez, who was convicted of homicide-willful kill in Miami. Another, Juan Perez-Tello, from Mexico, was arrested by ICE and had been convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old in Santa Barbara, California. 'WORST OF THE WORST': THE 10 MOST VIOLENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NABBED IN 2025 Jose Barrera-Bolanos, another criminal illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested on Sunday. He has a conviction for sexual assault of a child in Denver . A third Mexican illegal arrested by ICE this weekend was Carlos Esqueda-Ortega, who has multiple convictions, including illegal re-entry after deportation, possession of a controlled substance for sale, inflicting corporal injury of a spouse/cohabitant, and felon/addict in possession of a firearm in San Diego , Santa Rosa, Stockton and Manteca, California. In Texas , Mexican illegal alien Gustavo Benitez-Barrueta was arrested by ICE. He has been convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute/sell in Austin. DHS UNLEASHES SCATHING RESPONSE AFTER WALZ ASKS AGENCY TO ‘REASSESS’ ENFORCEMENT "While Americans across the country spent time with their families this Christmas season, ICE continued delivering the American people the greatest gift of 2025: getting criminals out of our neighborhoods and protecting our families," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. "ICE officers arrested heinous…