The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday, October 26, highlighted five recent arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Michigan, describing the people arrested and citing criminal histories for each of them. The arrests took place in Detroit and Grand Rapids between October 12 and October 18, and DHS said two of the five had final orders of removal from immigration judges.
Source: Jurelist — DHS statement summary
In Grand Rapids, DHS said Amilcar Jose Suarez Barreto, from Venezuela, was arrested on October 12. The department listed a criminal history that it said includes arrests for felony armed robbery, assault, trespassing, property damage, felony possession of a weapon, shoplifting, larceny, resisting an officer, obstructing justice and escaping electronic monitoring. DHS said he entered the United States in July 2023 through Texas and received a final order of removal on January 27, 2025. Also in Grand Rapids, Anderson Jesus Rosales Ramos, from Venezuela, was arrested on October 16; DHS listed an arrest for second-degree retail fraud and said an immigration judge issued a final order of removal in his case on January 19, 2024.
In Detroit, DHS said Sarah Jane Hulbert, from the Philippines, was arrested on October 16. The department said she has convictions for aggravated identity theft of between $10,000 and $100,000 against a person aged 60 or older and for domestic violence, and it listed further arrests including driving under the influence, forgery and computer fraud. DHS said she was lawfully admitted in August 2004 and became inadmissible after her criminal convictions. Two more Detroit arrests followed on October 18: Kelvin Ramon Castillo Rodriguez, from Venezuela, for whom DHS listed an arrest for assault and said he entered near Hidalgo, Texas, in April 2023; and Elmer Domingo Lopez Tomas, from Guatemala, for whom DHS listed an arrest for a felony weapons offence and said he did not leave after his authorized stay ended in July 2025.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in the statement that ICE officers were arresting and deporting people across the country, including in Michigan. “At DHS, we will always enforce the law and protect the American people,” Mullin said. The criminal-history details above are DHS's account of each case; an ICE arrest does not by itself mean a person will be deported, and people in immigration proceedings retain rights to appeals, motions and other legal relief.
Source: INUS News — immigration enforcement in Michigan
The announcement is the latest in a series of DHS releases highlighting enforcement arrests state by state, and it lands as immigration enforcement remains a central issue for diaspora communities in Michigan and across the United States.