The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested multiple convicted criminal illegal aliens over the weekend as part of the Trump administration's ongoing immigration enforcement campaign.

In a press release, DHS said those arrested had prior convictions for crimes including homicide, child sexual assault, aggravated rape, assault with a deadly weapon, drug trafficking, burglary and child abuse.

The agency identified individuals arrested in states including North Carolina, Colorado, California, Louisiana, Virginia, Texas, Georgia, Florida, Utah, and Nevada.

Among those listed were a Mexican national convicted of homicide in North Carolina, a Mexican national convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Colorado, a Guatemalan national convicted of felony assault in Virginia, and several foreign nationals convicted of cocaine trafficking offenses.

"Over the weekend the men and women of ICE were hard at work arresting criminal illegal aliens convicted for homicide, child sexual abuse, assault, rape, and drug trafficking," Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.

She said the administration would continue arresting and removing criminal illegal immigrants from the United States.

The arrests come as the Trump administration has made immigration enforcement and deportations a centerpiece of its second-term agenda.

The administration has directed ICE to increase arrests and removals, prioritizing illegal immigrants with criminal convictions while expanding enforcement operations nationwide. Administration officials have argued the effort is aimed at improving public safety, while critics contend broader enforcement actions have swept in some immigrants without serious criminal records and have raised due process concerns.

DHS did not specify whether all of the individuals arrested over the weekend had final removal orders or provide additional details on the timing of their convictions.