BOSTON (WPRI) — A Haitian national with pending charges out of Fall River has been arrested as part of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sweep in Massachusetts, according to the federal agency.

Jordani Joseph, 26, apprehended, during "Patriot 2.0" — a weeks-long operation which ICE said focused on "transnational organized crime, gangs and egregious illegal alien offenders" in Massachusetts.

A senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson told 12 News that the crackdown would target "the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state."

Joseph's criminal history, according to ICE, includes pending charges for rape and kidnapping in Fall River.

From Sept. 4-30, 1,406 individuals illegally in the United States were reportedly arrested. ICE said mo

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