Almost 300 Arrested in Immigration Enforcement Push
The Orlando Sentinel reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) arrested 286 people in California in a 3 day operation to apprehend suspected immigrants with criminal records and, undocumented immigrants without criminal records in California.
This enforcement action was conducted by the USICE’s Fugitive Operations Program, which is responsible for identifying, apprehending, and deporting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives who have ignored final orders of deportation.
The majority of the individuals arrested, had prior convictions for serious or violent crimes, according to USICE officials. Some will be prosecuted federally for illegal re-entry after deportation. A conviction for illegal re-entry alone, carries a sentence from 2 to 20 years.
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