More Than 160 People Arrested in L.A.-Area Immigration Operation This Week

More Than 160 People Arrested in L.A.-Area Immigration Operation This Week: Federal Officials

POSTED 2:01 PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2017, BY LOS ANGELES TIMES, UPDATED AT 02:21PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2017

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Ada Camacho of SEIU-USWW, left, joins a crowd protesting alleged I.C.E. sweeps in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2016. (Credit: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

Immigration officials said Friday that they arrested more than 160 people — most of them with criminal histories — during an operation this week across Southern California.

The arrests, which officials have described as routine and not part of a crackdown promised by President Trump, have sparked fear and anger in immigrant communities.

“Many of the arrestees had prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as child sex crimes, weapons charges and assault,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a statement. “The arrestees included nationals from a dozen countries. Ninety-five percent were male.”

The arrests sparked a protest in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday evening.

Click here to read the full story on LATimes.com.

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More Than 160 People Arrested in L.A.-Area Immigration Operation This Week: Federal Officials

POSTED 2:01 PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2017, BY LOS ANGELES TIMES, UPDATED AT 02:21PM, FEBRUARY 10, 2017

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Ada Camacho of SEIU-USWW, left, joins a crowd protesting alleged I.C.E. sweeps in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2016. (Credit: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

Immigration officials said Friday that they arrested more than 160 people — most of them with criminal histories — during an operation this week across Southern California.

The arrests, which officials have described as routine and not part of a crackdown promised by President Trump, have sparked fear and anger in immigrant communities.

“Many of the arrestees had prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as child sex crimes, weapons charges and assault,” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a statement. “The arrestees included nationals from a dozen countries. Ninety-five percent were male.”

The arrests sparked a protest in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday evening.

Click here to read the full story on LATimes.com.

http://ktla.com/2017/02/10/more-than...ral-officials/

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They need to do what they did in South Florida. Don't let the cities know that they are picking up illegals and tell them they are picking up people with warrants and not mention their immigration status. Pick them up and take them in paddy wagons to the immigration facility. If you don't let the local agencies know about the immigration status then when people phone they do tell the truth. No one besides those involved will know and there will be no protests.

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Immigration arrests in L.A. spark fear, outrage

Ship 'em out!

200 Immigration Arrests Reported Across Georgia

UPDATE
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"Officials said Friday night that 37 of those detained in Los Angeles have been deported to Mexico."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...210-story.html

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Fact Sheet


ICE arrests 161 in Los Angeles-area operation targeting criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants, and immigration fugitives


• A total of 161 foreign nationals were taken into custody in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas last week during a five-day enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants, and immigration fugitives.
• Of those arrested, 151 had prior criminal convictions, or 94 percent of those arrested.
• Arrests included:
• A previously deported aggravated felon from Honduras with prior convictions for drug trafficking, spousal battery, and petty theft. Records show he was recently released by local authorities despite an ICE detainer
• A Mexican national with a final order of removal with prior convictions for drug trafficking, a weapons violation, and spousal battery
• An Australian national with a conviction for lewd and lascivious acts with a child
• The stats cover the entirety of the agency’s fugitive operations arrests in Los Angeles and surrounding areas from Monday through Friday.
• Last week’s enforcement operations were conducted in accordance with routine, daily targeted operations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fugitive operations teams every day to arrest criminal aliens and other individuals who are in violation of our nation’s immigration laws.
• ICE deportation officers conduct targeted enforcement operations every day in locations around the country as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to protect the nation, uphold public safety and protect the integrity of our immigration laws and border controls.
• These are existing, established fugitive operations teams. ICE does not conduct sweeps, checkpoints or raids that target aliens indiscriminately.
• This operation targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens and gang members, and individuals who have violated our nation’s immigration laws, including those who re-entered the country after being deported and immigration fugitives ordered deported by federal immigration judges.
• Some of the individuals arrested during this operation will face criminal prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for illegal re-entry after deportation.
• Those not being criminally prosecuted will be processed for removal from the United States. Those who have outstanding orders of deportation, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to removal from the country. Reports of ICE checkpoints and sweeps are false, dangerous and irresponsible. These reports create panic


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and put communities and law enforcement personnel in unnecessary danger. Any groups
falsely reporting such activities are doing a disservice to those they claim to support.
• During targeted enforcement operations ICE officers frequently encounter additional
suspects who may be in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws. Those
persons will be evaluated on a case by case basis and, when appropriate, arrested by ICE.
# ICE #

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE is a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.
For more information, visit: www.ICE.gov. To report suspicious activity, call 1-866-347-2423.

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Only 2,527 DEPORTED from L.A. region Oct. 1 to March 7, 2015