{"id":204690,"date":"2026-03-05T00:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204690\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:14:09","slug":"ice-arrests-convicted-felon-in-fresno-as-part-of-nationwide-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204690\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Arrests Convicted Felon in Fresno as Part of Nationwide Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Thai national convicted of firearm possession in Fresno as part of a nationwide operation targeting individuals with criminal convictions, federal officials announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Phonesack Xaiyavong was taken into custody in Fresno after being convicted for possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, according to ICE.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno arrest was part of a broader operation that included four other arrests across the country, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other arrests announced Wednesday included individuals from Guatemala, Honduras, Burma and Mexico, with convictions ranging from sexual offenses involving minors to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, ICE arrested some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including pedophiles, child predators, drug traffickers, and other monsters,\u201d Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Thai national convicted of firearm possession in Fresno as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-204690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}