600 Illegal Aliens Nabbed by ICE in Recent Days


March 10th, 2008 @ 7:28pm
by Jon Zimney/KTAR News

More than 600 suspected illegal immigrants were rounded up in the Valley within the past week.

That means the people with Immigration and Customs Enforcement have their work cut out for them.

Vincent Picard with ICE says it is primetime for human smuggling. "January and February were fairly quiet months. The last week, however, we're seeing those numbers go right through the roof whether it's 80 people in a house in Avondale or 50 people in a house in Phoenix."

"We're seeing more houses, higher number in the houses, more smuggling on the roads."

The latest drop house bust happened in Avondale today. More than 50 suspected illegal immigrants were captured.

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