Filipina with prior convictions among 10 arrested in ICE crackdown

A 33-year-old Filipina, Karen Empaynado, with prior convictions and at least nine previous arrests, was among 10 "criminal illegal aliens" apprehended by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a New Year's crackdown.

Empaynado has a criminal history dating back to 2011 in Florida, including charges for burglary, grand theft, battery, trespassing, witness tampering, and violating a domestic violence injunction.

The other individuals arrested in the operation were undocumented immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba.

All apprehended individuals will undergo removal proceedings.

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