Thread: Media Report of Raids on Tulsa Illegals Draws Outrage

Media Report of Raids on Tulsa Illegals Draws Outrage
By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
July 18, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - A series of raids in Oklahoma last week led to the arrests of 127 criminal aliens, fugitives and other immigration violators despite a TV station's news report that not only exposed the operation to the public, but also described the people and the vehicles being used in the effort.

The raids in Tulsa on Wednesday, July 12, led to the apprehension of 46 illegal aliens from Mexico and marked the beginning of a four-day statewide operation conducted by federal immigration agents and local law enforcement officers.

That afternoon, KTUL -- also known locally as NewsChannel 8 -- posted a news article on its website entitled "Dozens of Illegals Targeted in 'Operation Return to Sender.'"

The article began by acknowledging that "officially, this story wasn't supposed to be released until Friday."

"But, early this morning, NewsChannel 8 learned that federal authorities were scattered throughout Tulsa conducting numerous raids against illegals with federal warrants," the article by reporter Burt Mummolo continued.

"'We're conducting a federal operation here,'" an operative is quoted as saying.

"That's the only sound bite you will hear in this story, as federal officials tried to keep the wraps on the Oklahoma chapter of 'Operation Return to Sender,' a nationwide crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to apprehend illegal aliens with federal warrants," the story noted.

"Today's target was Tulsa," Mummolo stated. "Three passengers were off-loaded from a white van entering the sheriff's barbed-wire yard when we were there. Roughly 40 are expected to be taken into custody by day's end.

"Sources say the operation is set to conclude Friday in Oklahoma, by which time more details regarding the fugitives will be released," the story concluded.

The official statement from ICE's Dallas office was released on Monday, July 17, after the operation had moved to Oklahoma City and resulted in 81 additional arrests between Thursday and Saturday.

"Among the 127 individuals arrested in the Oklahoma operation, so far 100 have already been returned to Mexico," Carl Rusnok, director of communications for ICE's Central Region, noted in a statement for the press.

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"Among the 127 individuals arrested in the Oklahoma operation, so far 100 have already been returned to Mexico," Carl Rusnok, director of communications for ICE's Central Region, noted in a statement for the press.

1 by 1 is fine by me........

Oh, just who is outraged by nabbing illegal aliens and returning them to their home country ? The illegals theirselves along with their pro=illegal activist and Vicente Fox I suppose, I hear only cheers by legal oklahomans.

Ya.....they are the only ones.