Trump’s ICE Removes Baby Killer Among 670,000 Deported Criminals—While Millions More Flee on Their Own

An illegal immigrant from Mexico who shook his girlfriend’s 18-month-old baby to death in a brutal 2006 attack has been shipped out of America—one among the more than 670,000 criminal aliens President Donald Trump has removed since returning to office.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun sharing detailed criminal records of the dangerous felons being expelled from American communities. The rogues’ gallery reveals exactly why this nation desperately needed a return to law and order.

The Baby Killer Who Never Should Have Returned

Akira Salinas-Ruiz murdered little Santiago Teniente Jr. by violently shaking the toddler until he suffered fatal head trauma. The baby’s body bore bruises on his neck and stomach consistent with the savage attack.

A Wisconsin court convicted Salinas-Ruiz of first-degree reckless homicide in 2007. He received a 20-year prison sentence after pleading no contest.

Here’s where the breakdown in border security becomes crystal clear: Salinas-Ruiz had been encountered at the border in 2002 and agreed to “voluntarily return” to Mexico. He came back anyway. An immigration judge ordered his deportation in 2008 while he sat in prison, yet he remained on American soil until Trump’s ICE finally arrested and removed him on February 17.

The Rapist Biden’s Policies Set Loose

Salvadoran national Ruben Alonso Hernandez-Lainez, 29, committed second-degree assault and second-degree rape in Frederick County, Maryland. But he never should have been in the country to victimize anyone.

Border Patrol agents caught Hernandez after he snuck across the border in 2021 near Hidalgo, Texas, in May 2022. Then came the Biden administration’s reckless catch-and-release policies that forced agents to turn him loose on American streets.

One year later, in May 2023, Maryland police arrested Hernandez for rape and assault. He received a slap-on-the-wrist sentence—three years and four months with all but 18 months suspended, plus five years of supervised probation.

ICE managed to deport Hernandez on January 30, just days before Maryland enacted a dangerous new law barring local and state police from communicating with federal immigration authorities. The timing underscores how sanctuary policies actively shield violent criminals from deportation.

Cold Case Killer Finally Expelled After 16 Years

Jamaican illegal immigrant Kemar Hamilton murdered 58-year-old Edgar McCalla, a father of seven, during a 2009 robbery outside the victim’s Bronx home. Hamilton had crossed the border illegally just one year before pulling the trigger.

The case went cold when DNA from a prepaid cell phone found at the murder scene yielded no matches. Two years passed before police arrested Hamilton during a traffic stop—he was carrying a loaded firearm. His DNA finally connected him to McCalla’s murder.

Despite receiving a deportation order and serving over a decade in prison, Hamilton remained in the United States until Trump’s ICE arrested him upon his release from an Alden, New York facility on October 6. He was deported on January 8.

Mass Self-Deportation Proves Enforcement Works

The official removal figures tell only part of the story. More than 2 million illegal immigrants have self-deported since Trump took office, according to ICE data. They’re leaving on their own because they know the free ride is over.

Trump’s enforcement numbers haven’t yet reached his stated goal of one million removals annually through ICE operations alone. But when combined with the millions fleeing voluntarily, the administration is achieving the largest reduction in illegal immigration in modern American history.

The Message Is Clear

“Immigration enforcement plays a critical role in public safety,” Acting ICE Director Todd M. Lyons declared. “Criminal illegal aliens like these, who completely disregard our immigration laws and our criminal laws, don’t belong in the United States—and ICE is going to continue keeping our cities, communities and neighborhoods safe by arresting and removing them.”

Every baby shaker, rapist, and murderer removed from American soil represents a crime prevented, a family protected, and a community made safer. These aren’t statistics—they’re real criminals who exploited broken borders and sanctuary policies to prey on Americans.

The Trump administration is systematically dismantling the immigration chaos that endangered every American community. Each deportation flight sends an unmistakable message: America is no longer a sanctuary for foreign criminals. The welcome mat for violent felons has been permanently removed.

This is what putting America first looks like in practice.