Posted on 09/23/2008 8:11:18 AM PDT by SmithL
HUNTINGTON BEACH - Surf City police have referred 262 suspected illegal immigrants arrested in connection with various crimes to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials as part of a relationship police established more than a year ago.
Those who were referred to ICE for detention were arrested from March 2007 to August of this year on suspicion of endangering the public’s safety by committing crimes such as burglary, assault or driving under the influence, Huntington Beach police officials said.
Huntington Beach police typically made 450 arrests a month during that same time period.
ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice said any local law enforcement agency can contact ICE if they suspect an arrestee is an illegal immigrant. Costa Mesa and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department have more formal relationships with ICE and either have trained officers to run immigration checks at the jail or have an ICE official working at the department.
In Costa Mesa, police have made about 800 ICE referrals since March 2007. They made about 450 arrests a month in that time period.
About two years ago, ICE substantially expanded its program to identify and detain suspected criminal illegal immigrants that included increased efforts to work with law enforcement agencies such as Huntington Beach.
Huntington Beach police Chief Ken Small said he started the program after talking with several agencies and officers about the referrals.
“I think it is a terrific program because I haven’t found anyone who wants undocumented people that endanger our public safety to stay in the U.S.,” he said.
In the heavily immigrant neighborhood of Oak View, some agreed with Small. The same immigrants, however, said they feared that an undocumented immigrant could potentially be mistakenly arrested for a crime he or she didn’t commit and face deportation.
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Country of origin:
232: Mexico
10: Guatemala
7: El Salvador
3: Honduras
2: Brazil:
Countries with one arrestee from a foreign country: Costa Rico, Argentina, Germany, Peru, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, and Wake Island.
Suspected Offenses:
87: Driving under the influence
54: Possession, sale or transportation of drugs
24: Burglary
19: Battery and/or assault
16: Outstanding court warrants
9: Existing immigration detainers
Suspected offenses with eight or less arrested: theft, forged official documents, lewd or lascivious acts with a child, auto theft, felony vandalism, resisting or obstructing an officer, hit and run, receiving stolen property, indecent exposure, rape, attempted murder, and weapons possession.
If Santa Ana did the same thing as HB, the city would become a ghost town in three years.
A Sanctuary for Americans?????
If Santa Ana did the same thing as HB, the city would become a ghost town in three years.:
Same for City of Commerce.
That city name is rapidly becoming an oxymoron...
Go HB!
Used to live there, now I live in LB, which could use some deporting of it’s own.
So, out of 450 arrests 262 were illegal aliens? Just dam!
ping
If they deport all the illegal aliens the Slater Slums will be completely vacated.
Wish they’d do that here.
Instead, they’re talking about re-naming one of our streets “Cesar Chavez Blvd”.
Jesus wept.
It’s a mandate of the politically correct to have at least 1 Cesar Chaves Boulevard. I believe Los Angeles has 4 or 5 of them. LOL!
Oh, also mandatory is the Martin Luther King Boulevard. You’ll need 3 or 4 of those as well.
Mike Cutler sent out an email today about some MS-13 arrests:
Twenty-six alleged members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, have been charged in a superseding indictment that now charges 70 criminal counts, A
As alleged in the superseding bill of indictment, the murders committed by MS-13 members occurred in Greensboro, N.C., and Charlotte. Those involved in the murders allegedly received assistance from other MS-13 members in avoiding detection from law enforcement. In addition, MS-13 members are alleged in the superseding indictment to have discussed plans to murder an individual who they believed was cooperating with law enforcement.
Those charged in the 70-count superseding indictment include: Umana; Fernandez-Gradis; Manuel de Jesus Ayala, a/k/a “Chacua”; Heverth Ulises Castellon, a/k/a “Misterio” and “Sailor”; Julio Cesar Rosales Lopez, a/k/a “Stiler”; Juan Gilberto Villalobos, a/k/a “Smoke” and “Smokey,” “Juan Alberto Irias” and “Freddy”; Juan Ruben Vela Garcia, a/k/a “Mariachi”; Jose Amilcar Garcia-Bonilla, a/k/a “Psicopata,” “Sicario” and “Lucio Caesario”; Yelson Olider Castro-Licona, a/k/a “Diablo”; Carlos Ferufino-Bonilla, a/k/a “Tigre”; Nelson Hernandez-Ayala, a/k/a “Sixteen”; Mario Melgar-Diaz, a/k/a “Nino”; Alexi Ricardo Ramos, a/k/a “Pajaro”; Carlos Roberto Figueroa-Pineda, a/k/a “Drogo”; Cesar Yoaldo Castillo, a/k/a “Chino”; Edgar Miguel Granados-Alvarez, a/k/a “Gorilon” and “Alexander Granados”; Michael Steven Mean, a/k/a “Cholo”; Johnny Elias Gonzalez, a/k/a “Solo”; Jaime Sandoval, a/k/a “Pelon”; Santos Canales-Reyes, a/k/a “Chicago”; Jose Efrain Ayala-Urbina, a/k/a “Peligroso”; Oscar Manuel Moral-Hernandez, a/k/a “Truchon”; Santos Anibal Caballero Fernandez, a/k/a “Garra”; Manuel Cruz, a/k/a “Silencioso”; Javier Molina, a/k/a “Big Psycho” and “Gringo”; and Mario Guajardo-Garcia, a/k/a “Speedy,” “Iran Guerro-Gomez” and “Luis Angel Galindo.” All of the defendants except for Ayala, Castro-Licona and Ferufino-Bonilla, who remain fugitives, are currently in federal custody where they have remained since being arrested on the original indictment charges in June 2008.
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/September/08-crm-846.html
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