Thread: MASSIVE SWEEP DEPORTS HUNDREDS

Originally Posted by Populist

And we should also tax highly the remittances that are sent to Mexico.

I have said the same thing for a long time

Overall, there are an estimated 595,000 immigration fugitives in the United States, down 37,000 from a year ago -- marking the first-ever decline, ICE authorities said.

ICE is proud of this??! Big whoop if there's a slight decline, there's still almost 600,000 immigration fugitives on our streets endangering our families! This is the story, not this alleged "first-ever [very slight] decline." I'm sure the MSM will ignore this most important part.

IMO, this sweep was not "massive" at all. WE SHOULD MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THIS IS A VERY SMALL START IN A PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE YEARS, AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY WAY TO PROMOTE AMNESTY.

Al Rantel (KABC 790) reported that of the 1300 illegals arrested, 800 of them were already in our jails, and should have already been deported!

These raids are a joke and do not fool us. Keep on doing them for about five years and get back to me.

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"In many cities, there has been a rising backlash to special treatment of illegal immigrants, including in Los Angeles, where officers have long interpreted the department's Special Order 40 as prohibiting them from asking the immigration status of suspects in most routine cases. Anti-illegal immigrant groups are suing to overturn the order."


RISING BACKLASH. Do you think our voices are being heard? Even if its for show it says they hear us. If it is just for show, they hear us even louder.

Originally Posted by Paige

They will just revolve back in.

Exactly why we need that fence built. At the rate they are doing it according Congressman Bilbray it will take 400 years. James town was started 400 years ago. Do you thing we can wait that long.

NOW, if anyone in CA remembers the Northridge earthquake we had freeways totally repaired and retro-fitted months ahead of time. The contractors got paid a bonus for every day they finished early. Trust me if they contracted to private contractors with incentives like that, it would be finished.

Starting today, I'm going to capture alive three roaches a day and release them outside the back door.

I'll report back here when there are no more to catch.

Oct 3, 10:56 PM EDT


SoCal Immigration Raids Net 1,300-Plus


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal authorities rounded up more than 1,300 illegal immigrants in Southern California during the past two weeks in what officials said Wednesday was the largest sweep of its kind.

The raids targeted immigrants who had criminal records, defied final deportation orders or re-entered the U.S. illegally, according to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

About 90 percent of those taken into custody fell under those categories and included suspected street gang members.

"These aren't people that we want in our communities. These aren't just people looking for work," said Jim Hayes, director of the ICE office in Los Angeles.

Most of the immigrants were found at their homes, workplaces or jails.

Nearly 600 already have been returned to their native countries, officials said. Others will be prosecuted for illegal re-entry to the U.S. after felony deportations, a crime that can carry up to 20 years in prison.

The illegal immigrants arrested in the sweeps represented about 30 countries, though more than 1,100 were Mexican.

The operation by ICE fugitive operation teams resulted in 1,327 arrests, exceeding the 1,297 arrests the agency made last year in raids targeting meat processing plants in six states.

There are believed to be nearly 597,000 immigrant fugitives in the U.S., according to ICE.

In recent years, local authorities have worked with ICE to identify thousands of illegal immigrants in county jails. Those immigrants are handed over to ICE and placed in deportation proceedings after their criminal cases finish and they serve their prison sentences, Hayes said.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ ... SECTION=US

Link to today's local call-in discussion on public radio at http://www.scpr.org/programs/pattmorrison/

http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/200...ds_100307.html

Federal Immigration Officials Announce Largest Raid Ever
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
October 03, 2007
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For the last few weeks, pro-immigrant activists protested federal immigration raids in the Southland. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports that today, immigration officials revealed those raids have been part of a two week operation that's turned out to be its biggest to date.

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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers disclosed details of the operation at the federal building in downtown Los Angeles.

Julie Myers: In total, ICE officers took more than 1300 individuals into custody. And they represented more than 32 different countries, including Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, even Ireland and Russia.

Guzman-Lopez: Sixty of the people arrested were from countries other than Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras. Agents made the arrests in L.A., Orange, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. The government's already deported 600 of those arrested, Myers says.

This operation's news to most English speakers. But it's been common knowledge among many Latino immigrants for at least a week.

[Sound of street noise]

Guzman-Lopez: At the corner of Cesar Chavez and Soto in Boyle Heights, Idalia Hernandez waits for a bus. She heard about the raids from Spanish-language news last week. Hernandez was born in the United States. But some of her relatives here are undocumented.

Idalia Hernandez (speaking in Spanish): Uno que es inmigrante no tenia tanto miedo como ahorita.

Guzman-Lopez: She says some relatives are afraid to take their kids to school, or to go to work or shopping.

The immigration agency's Julie Myers says the federal government is not targeting all undocumented immigrants. For the last four years, 75 law enforcement teams across the country have tracked dangerous criminals who are also illegally in the U.S.

Myers: During this operation we located some very dangerous aliens, including aliens with ties to violent street gangs, as well as aliens who had prior convictions for drug trafficking, domestic violence, and sex offenses.

Guzman-Lopez: Agents arrested many people without violent criminal records. One hundred fifty of the undocumented arrestees had no other felony convictions. Agents picked up another 115 for ignoring deportation orders.

Advocates of illegal immigrants say arrests like these divide families and spread fear in immigrant neighborhoods. Myers responded that federal immigration agents will arrest anyone who's not legally in this country.

Officials are increasingly going after undocumented inmates in U.S. jails. Eight hundred of those arrested in this operation were nabbed while in custody for another crime. L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca told KPCC's Patt Morrison his department helped out.

Sheriff Lee Baca: The key to our being a part of it is if they committed a crime, whether it's drunk driving, domestic violence, a robbery, a crime of property, or a crime of violence. Either way, then is when we ask the question: Where were you born?

Guzman-Lopez: The arrests touched a nerve among some Southland residents. Minutes after Baca's comment, a listener named Maribel vented her frustration with suspected felons born in other countries.

Maribel: If you're arrested and you are a criminal and you say, "Yo no naci aqui, yo soy de Mexico, yo soy de Guatemala" – hell, pick them up and take them back. Do your crime over there.

Guzman-Lopez: While immigration reform advocates call for amnesty, the federal government is stepping up enforcement. An immigration fugitive enforcement team formed in Orange County this summer helped arrest 62 people for this operation.

The title of this article is so misleading. These raids were not "massive." Only 1300 of 600,000 dangerous illegal alien fugitives were arrested, and of these 1300, 800 were already in jail.

Originally Posted by Gogo

Originally Posted by Paige

They will just revolve back in.

Exactly why we need that fence built. At the rate they are doing it according Congressman Bilbray it will take 400 years. James town was started 400 years ago. Do you thing we can wait that long.

NOW, if anyone in CA remembers the Northridge earthquake we had freeways totally repaired and retro-fitted months ahead of time. The contractors got paid a bonus for every day they finished early. Trust me if they contracted to private contractors with incentives like that, it would be finished.

Thats right
it is so, so, so right !!!

BUT...
But...
but..
they spent the funds somewhere else already.... Just ask them