Thread: ICE agents arrest 14 illegals in Las Vegas as part of three-state sweep

March 15, 2017 - 2:08pm

ICE agents arrest 14 undocumented immigrants in Las Vegas as part of three-state sweep

ICE agents arrest thirty-nine-year-old Jose Martinez Cornejo in Las Vegas on Sept. 24, 2010 during a three day ICE Fugitive Operation. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By WESLEY JUHL
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 14 foreign nationals last week in Las Vegas during what the agency described as a routine operation targeting at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives.

The five-day operation, which ended Friday, yielded 61 arrests, mostly in Nevada but also in California and Idaho.

Fifty-five of those arrested had criminal histories, including prior convictions for sex crimes, drug offenses and domestic violence, the agency said in a statement.

Some of those arrested will be prosecuted for re-entry after deportation, and others will be processed for removal from the U.S. Individuals with outstanding deportation orders will be subject to immediate removal from the country, ICE said.

Mexican nationals made up the bulk of the arrests with 45 cases. Reno had the largest number of arrests during the operation, but enforcement actions took place in 11 communities.

ARREST TOTALS BY CITY/COMMUNITY

Reno: 25
Las Vegas: 14
Sparks: 5
Stead: 4
Elko: 3
Winnemucca: 3
Lovelock: 2
Truckee, California: 2
Battle Mountain: 1
Portola, California: 1
Sun Valley, Idaho: 1

Contact Wesley Juhl at wjuhl@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0391. Follow @WesJuhl on Twitter.

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ICE arrests 61 illegal aliens in Nevada, 25 in Reno

I keep reading these reports and I'm pleased and glad it is being done and the figures are being put out there.

What I want to see as well is, how many are being deported.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

I keep reading these reports and I'm pleased and glad it is being done and the figures are being put out there.

What I want to see as well is, how many are being deported.

The purpose of sending I.C.E. Agents out to hunt them down and arrest them is so they can be deported.