Thread: ICE arrests 76 criminals across the state of Florida and Puerto Rico

I.C.E. News Releases

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

04/26/2017

ICE arrests 76 criminals across the state of Florida and Puerto Rico


MIAMI – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 76 criminal aliens last week in an enforcement action targeting individuals who pose a threat to public safety. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers made the arrests across the state of Florida.

Of those arrested by ICE during the enforcement action, which was conducted from April 18-21, 57 had criminal records that included felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as lewd & lascivious behavior, sexual battery, child sex crimes, sex offenses, aggravated assault with deadly weapon, weapons charges and drug violations.

Additionally, 19 had less serious or violent violations to include; larceny, petty theft, trespass, driving under the influence, fraud, driving with no driver’s license.

"ICE is committed to making our communities safer by removing threats to our public safety," said Marc J. Moore, Field Office Director for the Miami Field Office of ERO, which oversees all of Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “Communities across Florida and Puerto Rico are safer today because of the hard work of our ERO officers.

Thirteen of those detained during the action are previously removed individuals who may be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for felony re-entry after deportation.

During the operation, ERO was supported by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the Diplomatic Security Service.

The arrests were made in the Florida counties of: Broward (16), Collier (2), Duval (4), Hillsborough (4), Martin (20), Miami Dade (16), Orange (11), and municipalities in Puerto Rico (3).

Some examples of arrests from the action include:

• On April 18, ERO officers arrested a Jamaican citizen in Oakland Park who is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. In 2002 the subject was convicted of attempted sexual battery on a minor. The subject is currently pending a removal hearing by an immigration judge.
• On April 19, ERO officers arrested a Haitian citizen in the West Palm Beach area. The subject was previously convicted in 2001 for attempted sexual battery; and burglary of a dwelling. The subject has had an Immigration Removal Order since 2015.
• On April 20, ERO officers arrested a Bahamian citizen in Miami who has been a lawful permanent resident since 1983. The subject has convictions from 1995 for sexual assault, burglary, robbery, kidnapping an adult and was registered as a sex offender. The subject is currently pending removal proceedings before an immigration judge.
• On April 21, ERO officers arrested a Mexican citizen in Miami who has previously been removed from the US on two separate occasions. The subject was convicted for the crimes of cocaine possession, aggravated assault on family with a weapon, and false imprisonment. The subject is currently pending criminal prosecution for illegal re-entry into the US.

Those arrested represented many countries throughout the world, including: Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, South Africa, St. Kitts, Ukraine, Vietnam.

Arrested individuals who have outstanding orders of deportation, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to immediate removal from the country. The remaining individuals are in ICE custody awaiting a hearing before an immigration judge, or pending travel arrangements for removal in the near future.

All of the targets in this operation were amenable to arrest and removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
ICE deportation officers carry out targeted enforcement operations daily nationwide as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to protect the nation, uphold public safety, and protect the integrity of our immigration laws and border controls.

These operations involve existing and established Fugitive Operations Teams.

During the targeted enforcement operations, ICE officers frequently encounter other aliens illegally present in the United States. They are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and, when appropriate, they are arrested by ICE officers.

In fiscal year 2016, ICE conducted 240,255 removals nationwide. Ninety-two percent of individuals removed from the interior of the United States had previously been convicted of a crime.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ic...nd-puerto-rico

That's good, but you've got to ramp up the numbers. You need to remove thousands per week in the State of Florida and Puerto Rico to ever get ahead of this curve. Thousands per week. There are 30 million illegal aliens to be deported. Do the math. Please. Management by Objectives. By the numbers.

ICE arrests 20 immigrants in Martin County in larger 'targeted' removal action

Melissa E. Holsman , melissa.holsman@tcpalm.com
6:19 p.m. ET April 26, 2017


(Photo: Keith J. Gardner/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)


Federal agents arrested 76 people across Florida and Puerto Rico during a removal enforcement action that targeted individuals who “pose a threat to public safety” according to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE arrested 20 people in Martin County — the highest amount in one county — during a four-day operation April 18-21 across Florida.

Federal immigration officials reached Wednesday declined to discuss the targeted enforcement, but records show bulk arrests of individuals identified with criminal records has happened routinely across the United States, including before President Donald Trump’s administration called for increased action against people in the country illegally.

Of those arrested during the enforcement roundup, 57 had criminal records that included convictions for felonies including lewd and lascivious behavior, sexual battery, child sex crimes, weapons charges and drug violations. Nineteen others had less serious violations, such as driving with no driver’s license, DUI, larceny, petty theft and fraud.

"ICE is committed to making our communities safer by removing threats to our public safety," said Marc J. Moore, field office director for the Miami Field Office of Enforcement Removal Operations, in a prepared statement. “Communities across Florida and Puerto Rico are safer today because of the hard work of our (Enforcement and Removal Operations) officers.”

The roundup occurred without help from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Christine Christofek.
“ICE did not inform us that these arrests would be taking place, nor did they request our assistance in the operation,” Christofek said in an email. “We have no information to provide ... about who the individuals were or where they were when they were taken into custody.”

According to immigration and customs officials, other arrests in Florida included 16 people in Broward County, 16 in Miami-Dade and 11 in Orange County. Three people were detained in Puerto Rico.

Those arrested who have outstanding deportation orders, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to immediate removal from the country, according to a news release.

All others are in ICE custody waiting to appear before an immigration judge. During the past year, the agency conducted 240,255 removals nationwide, records show.

http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/cri...ion/100942052/

"larger targeted removal action"

YES!! You must do Management by Objectives. By the numbers. Target large groups at a time. Ramp it up. You've got 30 million to remove, you need to do the math and see that on average each ICE agent has to remove 1,500 a year for 10,000 agents, to get them out of here in 2 years. That's 125 a month, that's 7 a day, PER AGENT. Do the math. You work in teams of 2, that's 14 a day, 250 a month, 3,000 per year for the 2 person team. If it's more agents, then do the math, it's has to be more. This is how business works, this is Management by Objectives. If agents don't know the numbers of their goal, they won't organize their work appropriately. They've got to target large groups at a time.

I wonder if all they'll ever go after are the criminal aliens? Targeting this group seems like it would cause the least public uproar. It's easy to say we are going after the "bad guys" and get support. But will they start targeting the "good ones" and in numbers that matter? I don't see much movement in that area and really wonder if we ever will.

Yes, we will. They all have to go. There are no "good ones". They're all "bad ones". If they were "good", they wouldn't be in the United States to begin with. They all gotta go.

Originally Posted by Scott-in-FL

I wonder if all they'll ever go after are the criminal aliens? Targeting this group seems like it would cause the least public uproar. It's easy to say we are going after the "bad guys" and get support. But will they start targeting the "good ones" and in numbers that matter? I don't see much movement in that area and really wonder if we ever will.

Your guess is as good as mine at this point. However, I feel the President Trump has flopped around on the issue of amnesty so much that we all have great reason to be concerned about the future. Right now he has the same policy as Obama did, go after the "bad guys."

I'm guessing your real question is, "what happens when the "bad guys" crowd dissipates?" Well, on that let me remind you of some things he's said in the past.

Excerpt:

AMNESTY

The question of what to do with those here is where Trump gets quite dodgy. Popular usage of "amnesty" refers to any policy that allows an illegal immigrant stay by granting either citizenship or legal status.

So, where does Trump stand on amnesty? Well...

It's complicated. And it's complicated because Trump can't give a straight answer. And Trump can't give a straight answer because the options are either amnesty or mass deportation. (For most activists there is no grey area.) Anything that is not mass deportation is, at this point, considered amnesty. Here's the problem: the country - and even Republicans - overwhelmingly support a pathway to citizenship OR a pathway to legal status, not deportation. Trump seems unwilling to really say one way or the other, knowing he'll either be on the side of the unpopular and impossible or on the side of the "RINO's." And when he does say one way or the other, he usually contradicts himself, often within minutes.

This is easily the biggest question of the immigration debate and yet it's completely absent from his paper on immigration. So, what has he said? Everything.

His first take was to secure the border, and then decide what to do later. This is basically the position of all Republican candidates, and specifically popularized by Marco Rubio after failing on a comprehensive package. Trump later added that terrific, outstanding, and fantastic illegal aliens could stay, as long as we got rid of the criminals. Then it was some good ones can stay, some good ones will go. Well, we will see. During the first Presidential debate, it became everyone gets deported and then most of the good ones get expedited right back in. When asked about "Dreamers" - illegal immigrants brought in as kids - it flopped from they can probably stay to they had to go. Then he picked up birthright citizenship and wants to not only deport illegal immigrants but those born in the United States who have long been considered US citizens. Naturally, he seemed to walk back some of this, but, again, who can really tell?

Trump's most frequent answer - as indirect and convoluted as it may be - is that he supports amnesty, or at least what is commonly referred to as amnesty.

His regularly argues that illegal immigrants must leave, but then can be expedited back into the country. I guess this makes some people feel better about Trump's pro-amnesty position, but it seems both expensive and impractical. What exactly is the point of deporting and immediately re-importing 11 million people?

And there's more. Not long after Trump finally released his immigration plan Trump tweeted out the following: "When foreigners attend our great colleges & want to stay in the U.S., they should not be thrown out of our country." So after going Rambo about foreigners stealing American jobs - especially those in STEM fields - Trump proposes letting millions of foreign college students stay indefinitely, and maybe make them citizens. Trump - who complained about the H1-B program in his "white paper" and tech firms hiring foreigners over Americans - added: "I want talented people to come into this country—to work hard and to become citizens. Silicon Valley needs engineers, etc." Some say he makes stuff up as he goes along. I say, you think?

FINAL TAKE:

Donald Trump's position on the border isn't, in practice, much different than the rest of the Republican field's. All of the candidates support border security first, though the details are diverse. Everyone wants to crack down on sanctuary cities and deport criminal aliens. After the border is secured, everyone wants to "decide what to do" with the illegal immigrants already here. Trump is especially dodgy on the what to do with them question, though allowing them to stay is his most frequent position.

I fully expect the details of what Trump believes on immigration and amnesty to change. If he has given an interview since you started reading this, there's a good chance it already has. Understanding Trump's position is like taking a pound each of salt, flour, and sugar, blending them together, and then trying to separate them out again while someone is whacking you with a bat. While you are blindfolded.

So what's Donald Trump's position on amnesty and illegal immigration? Beats me.

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-does-trump-believe-on-illegal-immigration-3303686

Most of the current I.C.E. Agents have jobs to do at the Ports of Entry at the borders, airports and harbors.
Most Ports of Entry are open 24/7/365 so the current agents are going to be there when they are working.
They can't go to the interior to round up illegal aliens to deport.