ICE not effective enough, prof says

Immigration enforcement should have caught more offenders, professor says. Officials consider recent figures a great success.
By Daniel Tedford

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Of the 520 illegal immigrants eligible for deportation in Costa Mesa this year, 360 were actually kicked out of the country and 12 had been previously deported. The statistics have led some to question the effectiveness of having a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer at Costa Mesa’s jail.

Louis DeSipio, an associate professor at UCI of Chicano/Latino Studies with an expertise in immigration, believes the 520 statistic shows a lack of production by the ICE agent.

“This is a significant new investment in ICE resources to have staffing at the jail,â€