ICE to Deport Criminal Aliens Arrested in MA:  ICE agents have arrested several illegal aliens wanted for serious crimes in a sweep of Boston area communities.  The Boston Herald reports that while sanctuary cities such as Boston have made it more difficult to apprehend criminal aliens for deportation, agents were able to capture three serious offenders over the past month.  Sergio De Almeida, who entered the U.S. after being convicted of murder in Brazil, was arrested on August 5, and will be deported.  Nelson Jeovanny Pena-Escobar, a citizen of El Salvador who had been deported twice in 2008, has been arrested for two counts of aggravated rape and assault and battery on a child under 14.  Santo Martire Baez-Arias of the Dominican Republic, who was deported last year, was arrested on Aug. 7 for trafficking fentanyl and is awaiting deportation again.  Commenting on the arrestees, an ICE official said "We're not talking about someone coming here trying to make a better life."   

Undocumented Kenyan Faces Death Penalty for 12 Murders:  Texas prosecutors will seek the death penalty for an illegal alien from Kenya facing trial for smothering 12 elderly women to death.  Charles Scudder of the Dallas Morning News reports that Billy Chemirmir was arrested last March for the killings at senior living complexes mostly in Dallas and Plano between May 14, 2016 and March 20, 2018.  Two women who survived his attacks told police that he posed as a maintenance worker in order to gain access to the victim's apartments. All of the victims were smothered to death with a pillow before Chemirmir stole their jewelry.  The Kenyan is also suspected of killing 7 additional women during the same period.  If convicted of the charged 12 murders, Chemirmir will become among the worst serial killers in Texas history.