ICE arrests 115 illegal aliens in Southern California operation
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers arrested 115 individuals for violating federal immigration laws in the San Diego and Imperial counties during a three-day targeted enforcement operation that ended Thursday. Fifty of the immigration violators arrested were convicted criminals and seven others illegally re-entered the U.S. after removal. All but seven of the arrests took place in San Diego County. Seven others had re-entered the United States after being removed on the basis of an Immigration Judge’s final order of removal. Depending on the alien’s criminal history, an alien who illegally reenters the United States, after having been previously removed, has committed a felony punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison.
“This week’s operation targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens, individuals with final orders of removal, those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed, and individuals who have otherwise violated our nation’s immigration law,” said Greg Archambeault, field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in San Diego. “Operations like this reflect the vital work ERO officers do every day to protect the nation, uphold public safety and protect the integrity of our immigration laws and border controls. We will continue to conduct similar operations, while seeking to ultimately deport at-large criminal targets and other immigration fugitives who pose a threat to public safety.”
The arrests include:
A 43-year-old Mexican national and Center Street Locos gang member in Oceanside, California, who had previously been removed from the U.S. on four prior occasions. He has multiple criminal convictions, including grand theft, controlled substance for sale and driving under the influence.
A 55-year-old citizen of Kazakhstan who is wanted by authorities in Kazakhstan for alleged tax evasion and embezzlement. He was taken into ICE custody at his Oceanside residence Tuesday pursuant to a “Red Notice” arrest warrant issued by Interpol in September.
A 52-year-old citizen of Mexico sentenced to 30-months in federal prison in 2009 after being convicted of illegal re-entry after deportation. He has three criminal convictions for spousal abuse, including battery, inflicting injury and threatening to terrorize, and was ordered removed by an immigration judge in 1998. He had previously been removed from the U.S. to Mexico on 10 prior occasions.
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Four of the individuals arrested during this operation will face federal criminal prosecution for illegal re-entry after deportation. The arrestees who are not being federally prosecuted will be processed administratively for removal from the United States. Those who have outstanding orders of removal, or who returned to the United States illegally after being deported, are subject to immediate removal from the country. The remaining individuals are in ICE custody awaiting a hearing before an immigration judge, or pending travel arrangements for removal in the near future.
Of the public safety targets who remain at large, those believed to be residing in or around the San Diego area include:
A citizen of Mexico convicted of statutory rape, sex with a minor in 2012. He was previously removed from the United States in 2003.
A citizen of Mexico convicted of domestic violence in 2010 and known associate of the “ESD” street gang. He was last removed from the United States in 2007 and illegally re-entered on an unknown date.
While the vast majorities of cities in America do cooperate with ICE, state laws in California force ICE to focus additional resources to conduct at-large arrest in the community, putting officers, the general public and aliens at greater risk and increase the incidents of collateral arrests.
These arrests were driven by leads developed by the local field office in conjunction with the Pacific Enforcement Response Center and the National Criminal Alien Targeting Center. ICE focuses its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security. However, ICE does not exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement. All of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States. https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/03/ice-arrests-115-illegal-aliens-in-southern-california-operation/
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“This week’s operation targeted public safety threats, such as convicted criminal aliens, individuals with final orders of removal, those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed, and individuals who have otherwise violated our nation’s immigration law,” said Greg Archambeault, field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in San Diego. “Operations like this reflect the vital work ERO officers do every day to protect the nation, uphold public safety and protect the integrity of our immigration laws and border controls. We will continue to conduct similar operations, while seeking to ultimately deport at-large criminal targets and other immigration fugitives who pose a threat to public safety.”
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I am glad that this is going on and wish ICE ongoing success in their operations in California. I can’t wait for a court ruling so that our local area can actively support ICE in this state.
Good work keep it up
The Trump administration sued the state of California this month in federal court over restrictions the state has put on state and local law enforcement agencies cooperating with federal immigration agents. ICE says limits on access to local jails will force it to make more arrests in the community.
Immigration operations are common across the country but the three in rapid succession in California came after Homan said he was devoting more resources to the state and warned that, "California better hold on tight."
https://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/849284/16 Good job indeed.
Good news.
Indeed it is. It makes my day to see ICE so busy out here in sanctuary Californication.
I am a resident of CA and have absolutely no problem with rounding up the hard core criminals and gang members. I do however have a problem with arresting a hard working father who was taken in front of his daughters on the way to school. His big crime, a past DUI.
I live in So California, and I agree 100% with what you say.
If there were no sanctuary rules, the family man with the presumably old DUI would not have been in a jail and many of the others would have been picked up there after doing time and sent home out of America. So this man and others swept up with little or no criminal records are casualties of the sanctuary state. Ice would never have gone after quite a few who were swept up if pre sanctuary rules were in place. So, every time a liberal complains about innocents being swept up, remind them that it’s on them that it happened.
if California has a problem with arresting people in front of their children (something I think is awful), then they should repeal their stupid sanctuary city law and allow ICE to target the criminals aliens while they’re in custody. California forced ICE onto the street to arrest people in public so they reap what they sow and have nobody to blame but themselves. ICE’s job is to remove illegal aliens from the country and that’s what they’re doing, whether cities make it easy or difficult.
You are 100% right on. Illegal aliens are beginning to realize that there is no place more dangerous to hide than in sanctuary cities and states. ICE is quadrupling down on the number of agents in those places. They can afford to temporarily Short their numbers in red states because they know we will willingly help pick up the slack and the administration won’t enforce Arizona on the helpers now. When Sessions prevails in his lawsuit, our California county will literally leap to The assistance of ICE.
“Rodney Scott, the chief patrol agent in the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector, said earlier this month that California’s statewide sanctuary law was undermining normal cooperation between his agency and local law enforcement.
In a little-reported declaration in support of the Department of Justice’s March 6 lawsuit against California, Scott recalled multiple instances in which a Border Patrol agent in the San Diego sector determined that releasing a criminal alien to a local law enforcement would likely result in the person being released without notification to federal authorities.
“In each instance, the Border Patrol Agent determined it was not appropriate, consistent with his or her federal responsibilities to ensure the enforcement of immigration law, to release a criminal alien to the state and local law enforcement,” Scott said in a court declaration. “This was because, although the alien was subject to removal, if released to California law enforcement, the alien would ultimately be released into the public.” https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/03/border-patrol-agents-refuse-to-turn-over-wanted-felons-because-of-californias-sanctuary-laws/
Three ICE targets that got away because the mayor of Oakland betrayed America were apprehended upon being caught engaging in additional crimes. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/20/illegal-immigrants-who-dodged-california-ice-raid-after-dem-mayors-tip-off-re-arrested-for-new-crimes.html