Thread: MS-13 gang member arrested in Maryland

I.C.E. News Release

June 13, 2011
Baltimore, MD

MS-13 gang member arrested in Maryland

Gang member previously deported in 1998

BALTIMORE – On June 10, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Baltimore arrested Saul Antonio Uriba, a known MS-13 gang member who was previously deported by ICE's legacy agency, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), in 1998.

Uriba, 34, from El Salvador, was convicted on July 11, 1996 in Arlington County, Va., of possessing burglary tools and tampering with an automobile. He was sentenced to three years in prison and was deported at the conclusion of his sentence.

On June 9, 2011, ICE's ERO office in Baltimore received an anonymous tip from ICE's Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) in Williston, Vt., that Uriba had reentered the United States and was residing in Maryland. The tip was called into the LESC which provided the information to ERO in Baltimore. Within 24 hours of receiving the tip, Uriba had been arrested by ICE ERO officers and was in custody.

"Street gangs pose a growing public safety concern to our communities," said ICE ERO Baltimore Field Office Director, Calvin McCormick. "Our ERO officers in Baltimore, working closely with the LESC, were able to identify, locate and arrest this gang member in the name of public safety and security. Removing known gang members from our streets is an important step in maintaining the safety and quality of life that the citizens of Maryland expect."
Uriba potentially faces federal criminal prosecution for illegally reentering the country after having been formally deported.

ICE ERO enforces the nation's immigration laws in a fair and effective manner. It identifies and arrests removable aliens, detains these individuals when necessary, and removes them from the United States. ICE ERO prioritizes the arrests and removal of convicted criminal aliens, those aliens who pose a threat to national security, immigration fugitives, and recent border entrants.

The LESC is a national enforcement operations facility administered by ICE. The LESC is a single national point of contact that provides timely customs information and immigration status and identity information and real-time assistance to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on aliens suspected of, arrested for, or convicted of criminal activity.

Additionally, the LESC maintains an around-the-clock toll-free tip line – 1-866-DHS-2ICE – for the public to report suspicious activity to ICE. Tip line callers provide information concerning a broad array of ICE investigative interests, including criminal and administrative immigration violations, child pornography, sex tourism, commercial and intellectual property crimes, contraband, smuggling, financial crimes, human trafficking/smuggling, identity and benefits fraud, and national security threats.

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.

U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1106/1 ... timore.htm

This is no surprise. Here in Maryland, there are constantly stories of gang activity, specifically MS-13 gang activity. But it's constantly swept under the rug in this heavily Democratic, pro-illegal alien state. Remember, we are the state that is led by a Governor who welcomes illegal aliens and calls them "New Americans." The Annapolis area and the suburbs surrounding the White House (yes, the White House) are flooded with illegal aliens. Sanctuary cities are all over Maryland, and organizations like Casa de Maryland aid & abet illegal aliens with tax dollars and assist them in finding jobs, housing, and government assistance. Maryland is the new California, and legal, taxpaying residents take a back seat to the needs of supporting the abundance of illegal aliens in our state.

As most of you know, our Governor recently signed the Maryland DREAM Act. Right now, a petition is being circulated in order to put that vote to we, the people. Over 44,000 signatures against this bill have already been collected, and we are only about 10,000 signatures shy of stopping this bill for this year and getting it on the 2012 ballot. We are so close, now the "big guns" are coming out. The ACLU is now coming after the legal taxpaying citizens of Maryland, and attempting to invalidate our petition.

Maryland needs help. But I am confident the hoopla surrounding this DREAM Act bill, the arrogance of the ACLU trampling on our rights, and the growing MS-13 gang population will turn the tides in our favor.

God Bless Maryland before we spiral down a hole we are unable to crawl out of......