UNITED STATES-IMMIGRATION- Immigration agents nab Haitian national convicted of 2017 church arson.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says officers with in Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts have arrested an unlawfully present Haitian national on violation of immigration charges.

ICE said on Friday that the Haitian was convicted of breaking into and setting fire to a church in 2017 and will now remain in IC custody pending deportation proceedings.

The Haitian national entered the United States in August 2015 as a nonimmigrant and violated the terms of his admission, ICE said.

In 2017, it said he was convicted of illegally entering and setting fire to a church building in Methuen, Massachusetts.

'Immigration law violators convicted of dangerous criminal behavior have no place in our neighborhoods,' said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons. 'ERO Boston officers continue to protect the security of our residents from such violent criminals who pose a real threat to the public safety of our communities.'

ICE said noncitizens placed into removal proceedings receive their legal due...