Thread: 84 arrested in San Diego County I.C.E. Raids

Nationwide criminal-alien crackdown nets scores of local arrests

Posted: Sep 28, 2011 1:51 PM PDT Updated: Sep 28, 2011 1:51 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Eighty-four criminal aliens and immigration fugitives were jailed in the San Diego area as part of a weeklong crackdown that netted 2,900 arrests across the United States, federal officials announced Wednesday.

Throughout Southern California, more than 200 convicted criminal aliens were taken into custody during last week's targeted "Cross Check" sweeps, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

The operation netted 103 arrests in Los Angeles County, 37 in Orange County, 20 in Riverside County, 19 in San Bernardino County, 26 in Ventura County and nine in Santa Barbara County.

Of those taken into custody in the city of San Diego, the North County and the Imperial Valley, 34 had felony criminal convictions for serious crimes, including firearms violations, robbery, and assault and drug convictions, and four were sex offenders, ICE reported.

The San Diego County arrestees include:

-- a 54-year-old Vista woman from Mexico who is an illegal re-entrant criminal alien convicted of carrying a firearm -- a short-barreled shotgun -- during an illicit drug deal;

-- a 31-year-old Mexican man living in San Diego, convicted of possession of methamphetamine and illegally carrying a handgun;

-- a 34-year-old Vietnamese man and San Diego resident convicted of possession of illegal drugs for sale;

-- a 33-year-old Mexican man, living in San Diego, convicted of being an accessory to a homicide;

-- a 46-year-old Mexican man staying in San Diego who is an illegal re-entrant criminal alien convicted of petty theft and being under the influence of a controlled substance; and

-- a 26-year-old Mexican man residing in Chula Vista who is an illegal re-entrant criminal alien convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and a drug offense.

The nationwide operation involved more than 1,900 ICE officers and agents from all 24 of the agency's Enforcement and Removal Operations field offices, as well as coordination with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Arrests occurred in all 50 states and four U.S. territories.

All of those taken into custody had prior criminal convictions, including at least 1,282 aliens who had multiple criminal convictions.

More than 1,600 of the arrestees had felony convictions, including manslaughter, attempted murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, drug trafficking, child abuse, sexual crimes against minors and aggravated assault. A total of 42 are gang members, and 151 were convicted sex offenders.

The results of the enforcement drive "underscore ICE's ongoing commitment and focus on the arrest and removal of convicted criminal aliens and those (who) game our nation's immigration system," ICE Director John Morton said.

"Because of the tireless efforts and teamwork of ICE officers and agents in tracking down at-large criminal aliens and fugitives, there are 2,901 fewer criminal aliens in our neighborhoods across the country," he said.

http://www.cbs8.com/story/15572058/nati ... al-arrests

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REGION: Operation targeting criminal illegal immigrants nets 84 in San Diego County

By EDWARD SIFUENTES esifuentes@nctimes.com | Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 7:00 pm

Dozens of illegal immigrants with criminal convictions and others wanted for deportation were caught in San Diego and Imperial counties, including many in North County, as part of a nationwide operation, federal officials announced Wednesday.

During the weeklong operation, known as "Cross Check," 2,900 people were arrested in the country. Eighty-four of them were arrested in the region, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"There were 84 total arrested in the San Diego area. Most were (arrested) in North County," said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the agency in San Diego. "One or two in Imperial Valley."

Mack said she did not know exactly how many were arrested in North County only that it was the majority of the local cases.

Of those taken into custody in the region, 34 had felony criminal convictions for serious crimes, including weapons violations, robbery, assault and drug convictions, according to ICE. Four of the arrestees were sex offenders.

Among those arrested in North County was a 54-year-old Mexican woman living in Vista, according to federal officials. The woman, whose name was not released, was in the country illegally and had been convicted of carrying a short barrel shotgun while committing a drug trafficking offense, according to ICE.

There were also 20 people arrested in Riverside County, 37 in Orange County and 103 in Los Angeles County, according to ICE.

Contact staff writer Edward Sifuentes at 760-740-3511

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcou ... z1ZMLNJZEH

And as far as the Mexicans ones go, Calderon, take all your best and brightest back home (which involves far too many of these kind). We don't need this kind of best and brightest!

I'm also glad that my tax dollars are well spent raising their young and putting food on their tables! Because this is the best mexico has to offer and I'm sure ICE wouldn't have to look too hard to find more people like this in southren california. Feel safer already glad to see the tip of that ice berg removed!