January 20, 2026 | Rapid Response | Sonali Patel

Who Are Democrats Protecting?

Rapid Response

Criminals. Democrats are protecting heinous criminals who have committed the most egregious crimes against American citizens.
 


 

Just this past weekend, ICE arrested dangerous criminals during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, including:

  • Yang Koua Moua, a criminal illegal alien from Laos, with convictions for homicide and robbery. Moua is an admitted “Oriental Lo” gang member.
  • Tze Thao, a criminal illegal alien from Laos, with a conviction for homicide. Abdikadir Sheik Yusuf, a criminal illegal alien from Somalia, with convictions for assault, forgery, and obstruction and arrests for drug possession and theft.
  • Arnoldo Jose Hernandez-Perez, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, with convictions for sexual assault and driving under the influence. 
  • Blong Xiong, a criminal illegal alien from Laos and convicted sex offender. This monster’s criminal history includes a conviction for sodomy on a 12-year-old girl and sexual assault. 
  • Blong Xiong, a criminal illegal alien from Laos and convicted sex offender. This monster’s criminal history includes a conviction for sodomy on a 12-year-old girl and sexual assault.
  • Dat Quoc Ly, a criminal illegal alien from Vietnam, with a criminal history including multiple arrests for driving under the influence, larceny, assault and making terrorist threats and an arrest for fraud.
  • Jorge Cordoso-Luna, a criminal illegal alien from Cuba, with convictions for aggravated assault with a weapon, larceny, assault, possession of cocaine, and robbery with a gun.
  • Deth Oudone Phaengsy, a criminal illegal alien from Laos, with convictions for possession of a weapon and aggravated assault with a gun. Phaengsy is an Asian Boys” gang member.
  • Pedro Garcia-Bravo, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, with a criminal history of fraud, identity theft, and driving under the influence. 
  • Jonathan Paul Yuquilema-Ganan, a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador, with criminal convictions for driving under the influence and stealing a vehicle.
  • Pao Xiong, a criminal illegal alien from Laos, with multiple convictions for driving under the influence, aggravated assault with a weapon assault, and possession of amphetamine.
  • Gilberto Gallardo-Reyes, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, with a criminal history including driving under the influence, fraud, and violating a court order.
  • Silvano Lun Velasco, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico, with convictions for driving under the influence and commercial sex.

DHS has arrested over 600,000 illegals since President Trump took office, 70% of whom have been charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. 

Every time Democrats demonize immigration enforcement officers and obstruct immigration enforcement operations, they are emboldening and protecting these heinous criminals.