ICE Arrests Two Long-Time Sedona, Arizona Residents in Targeted Operation

ICE agents took two men, ages 44 and 52, into custody during a targeted operation in West Sedona, Arizona on Saturday, September 19, 2026. Both men lived and worked in Sedona. ICE gave the Sedona Police Department courtesy notice that agents would be 'in town' before the operation; municipal police said they had no participation in the arrests. One man was taken into custody on federal criminal charges, while the other was apprehended on a standing deportation order stemming from prior state felony convictions. Names and specific charges were not immediately released.