ICE: 38,000 Arrested After Re-Entering U.S. Illegally

June 11, 2008

ICE agents reported over the last eight months, they have arrested more than 38,000 illegal immigrants for re-entering the U.S., after they were deported back to their home countries.

That is more than double the number of such cases in all of last year.

Immigration investigators said a key reason for the dramatic increase is because of "Operation Repeat Offender, " which targets criminal aliens and immigration fugitives for further prosecution.

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