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The Department of Homeland Security has added another 5,000 people with criminal histories to its public immigration enforcement database, bringing the number of individuals displayed on the searchable government website to more than 40,000.
The database, known as WOW.DHS.gov, or “Worst of the Worst,” allows users to search profiles of people DHS identifies as illegal immigrants who have been arrested and whose criminal histories include offenses ranging from homicide and sexual crimes to weapons violations, drug trafficking and gang activity.
“The Trump Administration is committed to transparency, and that’s why this website allows the American people to see for themselves what kind of dangerous illegal aliens ICE is removing from their communities,” Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Breitbart News.
DHS launched the database Dec. 8, 2025, and has repeatedly expanded it in blocks of thousands of names as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues arrests and removals around the country.
The department announced an earlier 5,000-name expansion in July that pushed the database above 40,000 entries. DHS said at the time that the site represented only a portion of the people arrested during immigration enforcement operations.
The latest additions include individuals DHS says have criminal histories involving murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, sexual offenses against minors, kidnapping, weapons violations and narcotics trafficking.
Among the people highlighted by DHS is Jose Alberto Mendoza, a Mexican national whom the department identifies as a member of the Surenos gang. Mendoza was arrested in San Jose, California, and DHS lists homicide, aggravated assault involving a weapon, assault, weapons possession and another weapons offense in his criminal history.
DHS also highlighted Selina Shiuli, a Bangladeshi national arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina. The department lists second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in her criminal history.
Eddy Lopez, a Mexican national identified by DHS as a Surenos gang member, was arrested in Soledad, California. DHS said his criminal history includes attempted murder, drug possession and gang activity.
Douglas Benitez-Herrera, a Honduran national arrested in Ray Brook, New York, is listed with a criminal history that includes manslaughter, driving under the influence of alcohol, robbery, weapons possession and illegal reentry.
Sengkha Koulavongsa, a Laotian national arrested in Fresno, California, is listed by DHS with drug trafficking, burglary and a parole violation.
Marco Nunez-Mitjan, a Cuban national arrested in Orlando, Florida, has a criminal history DHS says includes lewd or lascivious acts involving a minor, failure to register as a sex offender, burglary, larceny and forgery.
Byron Arevalo-Pacheco, a Guatemalan national arrested in Yazoo City, Mississippi, is listed with offenses including molestation of a minor, false imprisonment, illegal reentry and a probation violation.
DHS identified Marco Lual, a Sudanese national arrested in Phoenix, as having a criminal history including attempted sexual assault, attempted kidnapping, indecent exposure and a probation violation.
Free Gendemeh, a Sierra Leonean national arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, is listed with drug trafficking, carrying a concealed weapon, weapons possession, menacing, flight to avoid prosecution, receiving stolen property and tampering with evidence.
Richard Vieira, a Brazilian national arrested in Shirley, Massachusetts, is listed by DHS with assault and battery, weapons possession and intimidation.
The department’s descriptions of the individuals and their criminal histories come from DHS and ICE records. The database combines people with varying types of criminal records and immigration circumstances, and the specific entries should not be read as indicating that every listed offense resulted in a conviction unless DHS identifies it as such.
The federal government has increasingly used the database as part of the Trump administration’s effort to publicize arrests of immigrants with serious criminal records.
In a previous DHS update on the program, the department said the site contained more than 35,000 people after an earlier 5,000-person expansion. By July, DHS said the number had surpassed 40,000.
The site is organized to let users search individuals and review the criminal histories DHS associates with them. The administration has promoted it as a transparency tool intended to show the types of people being targeted through immigration enforcement.
The database does not represent every person arrested by ICE.
DHS has said it is a selected public listing drawn from a much larger population of immigration offenders arrested nationwide.
“This is still just a fraction of the total amount that the brave men and women of ICE work every single day to get off our streets and out of our country,” Mullin said. “We will never stop removing illegal aliens, and we will never apologize for putting the safety of the American people first.”
The Trump administration has made arrests of immigrants with criminal histories a central component of its enforcement strategy.
Mullin said earlier in September that DHS had directed immigration officers to concentrate resources on what the administration calls the “worst of the worst” as well as people accused of violating immigration parole requirements.
ICE has also continued broader enforcement against other people who are unlawfully present in the United States, including individuals encountered during operations targeting specific offenders.
DHS has issued frequent releases throughout 2026 highlighting arrests of people with convictions or criminal histories involving homicide, sexual offenses, robbery, assault, narcotics trafficking and crimes against children.
The public database is intended to consolidate a portion of those cases into one searchable location rather than leaving the information distributed across individual ICE and DHS announcements.
With the addition of another 5,000 profiles, DHS says more than 40,000 people are now displayed through the “Worst of the Worst” website as the administration continues its expanded immigration enforcement campaign.
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