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Feds arrest immigrant felons in Texas, Oklahoma in US sting

DALLAS (AP) - Federal immigration authorities say they have arrested more than 100 undocumented immigrants with prior criminal convictions living illegally in North Texas and Oklahoma.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrests Monday as part of a five-day operation carried out last week.

More than 2,000 people were arrested nationwide in the operation.
ICE regional spokesman Carl Rusnok says 47 of the 109 people arrested regionally were convicted of felonies.

They include a Balch Springs man who was convicted this year of indecency with a child involving sexual contact.

http://www.kristv.com/story/28310445...ma-in-us-sting

271 immigrants with criminal records rounded up in Texas

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say federal agents have captured 271 immigrants with criminal records during a five-day immigration sweep of Texas.

An ICE statement Monday said the arrests were part of a nationwide operation that netted a little more than 2,000 immigrants with criminal histories in the sixth operation of this type ICE has run since 2011.

Enrique Lucero, who is field office director of ICE's enforcement and removal operations in San Antonio, said agents there arrested 87 immigrants with criminal records across central and south Texas.

Lucero said of 49 of those had felony convictions, with the other having misdemeanor violations.

Those arrested came from 11 different nations in Central and South America, as well as Mexico, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Iraq.

http://www.kristv.com/story/28310863...ed-up-in-texas

An ICE statement Monday said the arrests were part of a nationwide operation that netted a little more than 2,000 immigrants with criminal histories in the sixth operation of this type ICE has run since 2011.

Really? Six one week "sweeps" since 2011? And only 2,000 illegal aliens arrested nationwide from the latest sweep? I'd be ashamed to release such a report. What were they doing the other 51 weeks a year? And what are they going to do with the other illegal aliens who don't have a felony record yet? There's 20 million or more illegal aliens in the United States. They're everywhere. There's 2,000 or more at every Walmart Super Store on Fridays. There are millions at check cashing facilities across the country every weekend.

This is shameful, truly shameful, that we spend billions a year on DHS and this is all we get for it.

Originally Posted by Judy

Really? Six one week "sweeps" since 2011? And only 2,000 illegal aliens arrested nationwide from the latest sweep? I'd be ashamed to release such a report. What were they doing the other 51 weeks a year? . . .

. . . in fiscal year 2014, which ended last Sept. 30, some 315,943 individuals were deported,

while from Oct. 1, 2014 until Jan. 31 of this year, 80,359 immigrants were repatriated . . .


U.S. deports people eligible for immigration relief, lawyers say

@ http://www.alipac.us/f12/secure-comm...ncerns-315761/

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

. . . in fiscal year 2014, which ended last Sept. 30, some 315,943 individuals were deported,

while from Oct. 1, 2014 until Jan. 31 of this year, 80,359 immigrants were repatriated . . .


U.S. deports people eligible for immigration relief, lawyers say

@ http://www.alipac.us/f12/secure-comm...ncerns-315761/

According to this article, there were 414,000 illegal aliens deported in FY 2014, 5% less than in FY 2013.

Between the fiscal year of 2013 and 2014, the number of undocumented immigrants deported by DHS dropped 5 percent. In 2014, DHS deported 414,481 people.


DHS deported 414,481 undocumented immigrants from the United States in fiscal year 2014.

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/...ons-down-2014/

The question was why not "sweep" 52 weeks a year, instead of only 6 times since 2011? And if you only catch 2,000 a "sweep" nationwide, that's only 12,000 in the past 4 years, so why bother with "sweeps" when they are so seldom and generate such low numbers?

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271 immigrants with criminal records rounded up in Texas

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The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say federal agents have captured 271 immigrants with criminal records during a five-day immigration sweep of Texas.

An ICE statement Monday said the arrests were part of a nationwide operation that netted a little more than 2,000 immigrants with criminal histories in the sixth operation of this type ICE has run since 2011.

Enrique Lucero, who is field office director of ICE’s enforcement and removal operations in San Antonio, said agents there arrested 87 immigrants with criminal records across central and south Texas. Lucero said of 49 of those had felony convictions, with the other having misdemeanor violations.

Those arrested came from 11 different nations in Central and South America, as well as Mexico, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Iraq.

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