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'Biggest crackdown ever' on illegals in Los Angeles
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by Susan Marie Kovalinsky | December 11, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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US Immigration agents have conducted a sweeping raid in Los Angeles, California, and rounded up suspected illegal aliens who have criminal records.
Immigrations and Customs enforcement officers are focusing increasingly on those illegal immigrants who have criminal records.
Among those arrested were those who had felony convictions, as well as many sex offenders, ICE officials reported.
LOS ANGELES — Immigration agents say they have arrested 280 people in California in what authorities call the biggest crackdown yet aimed at rounding up suspected illegal immigrants with criminal records.The major sweep announced Friday occurred in local communities.
In addition to the 280 with criminal records, Immigration and Customs Enforcement say another six people who are under deportation orders were also arrested.
ICE chief John Morton said in August the agency's fugitive operations teams would focus increasingly on finding immigrants with criminal records.
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at 12:47 on December 11th, 2009
About time. All that needs to be said.
at 13:09 on December 11th, 2009
Well, I think the fact that they are placing emphasis on the criminal convictions is trying to sound a compassionate note for such who are not criminal.....seems so....
at 14:15 on December 11th, 2009
!00% agreement. I'm more interested in getting the thugs and criminal type gone, than i am about the rest.
Sometime.....who knows when, who knows who, someone is going to have to come up with a coherent policy to handle the rest of the problem.