Feds to try deporting 60 gang members caught in sweep


By Greg Gross
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM

9:59 a.m. August 22, 2007

SAN DIEGO – A sweep by federal immigration agents and local authorities has netted 60 Mexican immigrants in North County with ties to violent street gangs, federal officials said Wednesday.
The two-week-long sweep is part of Operation Community Shield, an ongoing nationwide effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to dismantle transnational gangs.

“In general, it seems that gangs in San Diego are composed of about 20 percent foreign nationals, and the rest U.S. citizens,â€