South Florida: Immigration staff arrest 111

November 8, 2008

Immigration officials on Friday completed a five-day sweep that resulted in the arrests of 111 undocumented immigrants, most with deportation orders, in South Florida and Central Florida.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 43 in Miami-Dade County, 23 in Broward County and 13 in Palm Beach County. In addition, they arrested 16 each in Orlando and Tampa, ICE stated.

Of those arrested, 96 had orders to leave the country and 20 had criminal histories ranging from driving while intoxicated to cocaine trafficking, ICE stated.

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