The Obama administration said Monday it arrested more than 3,100 immigrants who were illegally in the country and who were convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered fugitives or threats to national security.
The sweep was part of a six-day nationwide operation that the government described as the largest of its kind.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the sweep included every state and involved more than 1,900 of the agency's officers and agents.
The arrests come nearly a year after ICE pledged to focus on deporting illegal immigrants with serious criminal histories and those who posed national security threats, while going easier on many who stay out of trouble. The agency's director, John Morton, said the arrests underscored that focus.
Of the arrests nationwide, 2,834 individuals had prior criminal convictions and at least 1,063 had multiple criminal convictions, including murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, terroristic threats, drug trafficking, child abuse, battery on a child, sexual crimes against minors, and aggravated assault.
Of those arrested, 698 were also immigration fugitives who had previously been ordered to leave the country but failed to depart. Additionally, 559 were those who had reentered the country after having been deported.
Because of their criminal histories and prior immigration arrest records, at least 204 of those arrested during the enforcement action were presented to U.S attorneys for prosecution on a variety of charges, including illegal re-entry after deportation, a felony which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, said the ICE press release.
More than 1 million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office.
Immigration advocates say they feel betrayed by Obama, who vowed during his 2008 presidential campaign that the U.S. would have a reform of its immigration system in his first year in office.
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Looks like Obama does not need the latin vote, guess he already has enough dead people registered to vote for him.
The sweep was part of a six-day nationwide operation that the government described as the largest of its kind.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the sweep included every state and involved more than 1,900 of the agency's officers and agents.
The arrests come nearly a year after ICE pledged to focus on deporting illegal immigrants with serious criminal histories and those who posed national security threats, while going easier on many who stay out of trouble. The agency's director, John Morton, said the arrests underscored that focus.
Of the arrests nationwide, 2,834 individuals had prior criminal convictions and at least 1,063 had multiple criminal convictions, including murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, terroristic threats, drug trafficking, child abuse, battery on a child, sexual crimes against minors, and aggravated assault.
Of those arrested, 698 were also immigration fugitives who had previously been ordered to leave the country but failed to depart. Additionally, 559 were those who had reentered the country after having been deported.
Because of their criminal histories and prior immigration arrest records, at least 204 of those arrested during the enforcement action were presented to U.S attorneys for prosecution on a variety of charges, including illegal re-entry after deportation, a felony which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, said the ICE press release.
More than 1 million immigrants have been deported since President Obama took office.
Immigration advocates say they feel betrayed by Obama, who vowed during his 2008 presidential campaign that the U.S. would have a reform of its immigration system in his first year in office.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/po...orcement-arrest-more-than-3100-in-nationwide/
Looks like Obama does not need the latin vote, guess he already has enough dead people registered to vote for him.
