Stopping illegals re-entering the US

The U.S. Attorney's office and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are working together to ensure illegal immigrants who commit crimes in United States don't come back. It's called Operation Repeat Offender.

If and when an illegal immigrant is convicted of a crime, he or she will do their time in the penal system. Upon release they are deported to their country of origin.

Ed Preciado, an assistant field office director of Detention and Removal Operations says if criminal aliens return they can and will be prosecuted for illegal reentry.

Take for example, Rodolfo Hernandez-Chavez. He's a Mexican citizen, his record revealed three prior removals to Mexico and a conviction for lewd acts upon a child and two convictions for illegal entry into the United States. He was charged with reentry after removal and was sentenced to 51 months imprisonment.

Arizona leads the nation in the number of illegal entries into the United States. Since October 2007 through May 2008 approximately 360 criminal aliens have been recommended for prosecution here in Arizona.

Last year throughout the nation 1,808 were prosecuted, this year that number has nearly doubled to more than 3,800.

Preciado says public safety is the top priority, "These are the people that victimize our communities, these are the people that we want to keep off of our streets and we try to protect our communities as much as possible."
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