Thread: ICE Arrests Nearly 80 in Michigan During Four-Day Immigratio

ICE Arrests Nearly 80 in Michigan During Four-Day Immigration Sweep
By Elizabeth Llorente

Published January 24, 2011
Fox News Latino


Immigration officials in Michigan arrested 77 foreign-born criminals and immigration violators during a four-day enforcement operation, the federal authorities have announced. Of those arrested, 75 were Latinos.

During the operation, which concluded late Thursday, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, made the arrests in Kent, Calhoun, Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Berrien, St. Joseph and Mason counties.

Most of the 77 arrested were non-criminals who had civil violations, mostly for failing to obey a final order of deportation by an immigration judge. More than 20 others had prior criminal convictions, and six had returned to the United States illegally after having been deported. A few others were arrested after immigration agents ran into them while taking others into custody and they could not produce immigration documents.

The offenses of those who had committed crimes and had been convicted included manslaughter, criminal sexual conduct, weapons violations, reentry after deportation, and assault and disorderly conduct, among others. Since many of the individuals have outstanding orders of deportation or have been previously deported, they are subject to immediate removal from the country, ICE officials said.

"A top priority for the Detroit Field Office is to locate and arrest criminal aliens and ultimately remove them from our country in a safe and humane manner," said Rebecca Adducci, field office director for ICE in Detroit. "This operation is yet another example of the critical role that targeted immigration enforcement plays in protecting our communities."

ICE officials said the arrested included 64 males and 13 females from five different countries: Mexico, with 41, Guatemala, with 27, Honduras, with 27, and Laos and China, each with one.

The sweep was part of ICE's Fugitive Operations Program, which is responsible for locating, arresting and removing at-large foreign-born criminals and immigration fugitives, they said.

ICE officials say the number of immigration fugitives in the United States is slightly under 525,000, a decrease of more than 71,000 since October 2007.

ICE last year removed more than 392,800 undocumented immigrants from the United States, which is a record number. Of that number, more than 195,700 had criminal convictions.

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Wish they would come into MY part of MI and get rid of all these illegals around here! This town is so ridiculous they fly the Mexican flag for an entire month in front of City Hall.

ICE needs to do sting operations. Offer free something or hold a fake rally and then check everyone who comes for ID and documents. Kinda like fish in a barrel.

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Nothing but showboating, at that rate we'll be free of them in about 10,000 years

Simple solution. Secure the border and offer a $20 reward to the first person who turns in an illegal. Be the best $3.5 billion stimulus yet.

Of course passing a regulation stating that illegal aliens are commiting an international crime we simply deport them. If they want to try and sue in an international court let em... not like we'd actually pay. Screw giving them any sort of court date or legal representation. Show me your papers... no papers? Bye bye... end of story. Seriously.... when was the last last time an person was in immigration court proving innocence as far as being a legal resident/citizen.