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120 Illegal Immigrants Deported To Mexico
Marshals Service Flies Aliens Home

POSTED: 10:08 am EDT July 14, 2005

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detention and Removal Officers deported 120 Mexican citizens this week.

Field Office Director Mary Loiselle, who leads removal efforts in the metropolitan area said, "This is the largest recorded flight of deportees originating entirely from the Washington Field Office and departing from Dulles International Airport."

Among the 120 deportees, officers said 56 are convicted criminals. The agency said 36 were convicted for violent offenses ranging from malicious wounding to manslaughter, 15 were convicted of drug-related crimes, and six are classified as child sex predators with convictions ranging from child molestation to indecent liberties on a child under the age of 13.

All of the deportees this week were transported to Mexico on U.S. government aircraft operated by the U.S. Marshal Service.