The Biden administration allowed as many as 20 million people to enter the country illegally, and now we have very little idea where many of them are, what they are doing, or what intentions they may harbor.
But as of Saturday, when Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) wrapped up something called Operation Patriot, fewer illegal aliens are running around the Boston area. Fox News’ Bill Melugin has presented some details on his X account.
BREAKING: Multiple ICE sources confirm to @FoxNews that ICE targeted Massachusetts & Boston in its biggest operation yet, netting the arrests of 1,461 illegal aliens in MA & the Greater Boston area. 790 had criminal convictions or charges, while 277 had final orders of…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 2, 2025
Mr. Melugin’s post continues in part:
790 had criminal convictions or charges, while 277 had final orders of removal/deportation orders. The operation ended on Saturday.
The operation, dubbed “Patriot”, ran during the month of May, and it was launched in direct response to sanctuary policies in Massachusetts & Boston, ICE sources tells FOX.
Fox is told that hundreds of the arrested targets had been released by sanctuary jurisdictions in MA in cases where ICE detainers were ignored.
ICE plans to hold a press conference in Boston later this morning to announce the details of the operation.
Almost 800 with either criminal convictions or charges pending. 277 were under orders of removal. It’s not clear how much overlap there is between these two groups; perhaps Kamala Harris could have one of her people whip up a quick Venn diagram.
Bill Melugin has also reported on the operation live from Boston; watch:
President Trump has observed on more than one occasion that many of the people illegally in our nation aren’t exactly the best of people, and this ICE operation would seem to support that view. Mr. Melugin, on X, continues:
FOX embedded with ICE in the greater Boston area on Thursday as part of this operation. We were with 1 of 19 ICE teams deployed across Massachusetts that day, and we witnessed the arrests of an international murderer, two child rapists (one of whom was living next to a playground), one fentanyl trafficker, one adult rapist, and one child sexual assaulter, all in just a few hours.
Either a jail term or a plane ride home now awaits these people.
Note that Boston in particular and Massachusetts in general were targeted not despite, but precisely because of their “sanctuary” jurisdiction status. These are policies that protected a murderer, two child rapists, and a drug dealer, among others. There were also, as Mr. Melugin notes, collateral arrests of people in the country illegally, and they will now be repatriated as well.
There remain millions of people in the country illegally. The Trump administration has, from day one, made it plain that ICE and Homeland Security’s operational priority was the capture and removal of dangerous illegal aliens; those with criminal records or accused of crimes. It’s working. The people of Boston are a little safer today because of Operation Patriot. They are a little safer today because of the hard work of the ICE agents and the agencies that support them.
Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left’s lies, new legislation wasn’t needed to secure our border, just a new president.
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