Thread: Illegal immigrants sent packing on ‘ICE Air’

Illegal immigrants sent packing on ‘ICE Air’


A Boeing 737, similar to the ones used by ICE.

By JOE DWINELL | joed@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2019 at 8:03 pm | UPDATED: June 6, 2019 at 8:34 pm


The 32 illegal immigrants caught in the latest sweep will be getting a ride back to their home countries courtesy of “ICE Air.”

Immigration officials said “Operation Crosscheck,” which netted suspects all over New England who were already ordered out of the country but still committed a crime, are all being flown home.

Some will be put on Boeing 737s owned and operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or similar jets chartered by ICE. A few others, an immigration official said, will be escorted on commercial flights by ICE agents.

“We call it ICE Air, similar to ‘Con Air,'” the official told the Herald Thursday following the announcement of the 32 illegal immigrants caught in the sting. “Con Air” was a popular movie starring Nicolas Cage, who plays a soon-to-be-paroled convict who helps quell an uprising on a prisoner transport plane.

An “ICE Air” flight leaves every week out of Pease Air National Guard Base in Portsmouth, N.H. Trips are made to staging areas in Louisiana and Texas. Those being deported are then flown to Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Africa and elsewhere as needed, the official said.

Illegal immigrants being deported where ICE Air does not fly were taken to Iraq, Germany and Israel this week by ICE agents, the Herald was told.

It’s all part of the agency’s mission to deport accused and convicted criminals who are caught again after already being told they are in the country illegally.

Operation Crosscheck netted 32 such suspects during a five-day sweep in late May, said ICE New England spokesman John Mohan.

“This is a continuing operation focused on criminal aliens with a final order of removal in the last five years,” said acting ICE New England Field Office Director Marcos Charles.

Of those arrested, most were convicted criminals and 27 had been issued a final order of removal and failed to leave the country, and two had been previously deported.

According to ICE, some of those caught included:

• A 45-year-old from Vietnam arrested in Boston. He had a conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
• A 31-year-old from Kenya tracked down in Lowell, with convictions for assault and battery and fraud.
• A 32-year-old from the Dominican Republic found in Bridgeport, Conn., with three convictions for identity theft and credit card fraud.
• A 32-year-old from Cape Verde busted in Brockton with convictions for armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition. He also had a charge of possession to distribute fentanyl on his record.

Operation Crosscheck started in New England and is being rolled out nationwide, said Charles.

“The lack of support from local law enforcement organizations and the political climate is making it more difficult,” Charles added Thursday. “But every criminal alien we arrest makes our communities safer.”

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/06...ng-on-ice-air/

GREAT NEWS!!!!! I'm so EXCITED!!!!! We're making progress slowly but surely. 144,000 IN; 32 OUT!!!!! Don't be depressed. We'll catch up with the IN's. May take a while.

Fiscal Year 2018 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report

Removals of convicted criminal aliens increased 14% over FY17 removal totals

Vital to the integrity of the nation’s lawful immigration system is the removal of immigration violators who are in the country illegally and have been ordered removed, after receiving all appropriate legal consideration.

In FY2018, ERO removed 256,086 illegal aliens, reflecting an increase of 13% over FY2017. The majority of removals (57%) were convicted criminals. Additionally, 5,914 of the removed illegal aliens were classified as either known or suspected gang members or terrorists, which is a 9% increase over FY2017.

Nearly 6,000 known/suspected gang members were removed in FY18

https://www.ice.gov/features/ERO-2018

Put them on an I.C.E. BARGE it will fit thousands!


Let the Coast Guard ship them back.

We cannot deport only 32 while we have 25 MILLION to get out of here and thousands are pouring over the border!