ICE Steps Up MS-13 Crackdown: HSI/ERO Lead Multi-State Sweeps, Hundreds Arrested

ICE’s updated feature details coordinated HSI and ERO efforts against transnational gangs, with MS-13 highlighted as a top priority. The page outlines historic and ongoing initiatives (Operation Community Shield, Operation Matador) and cites field actions in Houston, Long Island/NYC, and California’s Central Valley. It emphasizes interagency cooperation, arrests and removals, and past seizures of firearms and narcotics. The piece functions as an agency explainer but aligns with recent multi-region operations indicating a renewed enforcement push in 2025.