Immigration Sweep Yields 761 Arrests(20 Mil to go...)

myway.com ^ | Jan 23, 2007 | GILLIAN FLACCUS

[kellynla]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Federal officials said Tuesday they arrested more than 750 illegal immigrants over the past week in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in what they described as one of the biggest such sweeps in U.S. history.

The weeklong series of raids in the five-county region targeted illegal immigrants who had previously been deported for crimes or had ignored final deportation orders.

The raids netted 338 illegal immigrants who were arrested at their homes and apartments and 423 who were identified in area jails since Jan. 17. Those already jailed will be transferred to federal custody when they finish serving their state sentences, said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The sweep netted illegal immigrants from 14 countries in all, including Mexico, Honduras, Ukraine, India, Japan, Poland and Trinidad.

Of the 761 people arrested, more than 450 have already been deported, Kice said.

The raids were a major push within Operation Return to Sender, a crackdown that has resulted in 13,000 arrests nationwide since June. Immigration officials have also identified 3,000 inmates in state and local jails who will be deported.

[kellynla]

"Officials estimate 600,000 illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation orders are still at large"

[kellynla]

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[Sender]

Operation Return to Sender

Wait...don't send them here!

[snowangel321321]

"Oh those people who want immigration laws enforced are racists!"

Hello? Ukraine? Poland?

[umgud]

If they can hold on just a little longer, they'll most likely be legalized.

[Herford Turley]

This just goes to show that it can be done.

[jordan8]

This is fine, but as I've said it's really just a propaganda push for the coming amnesty. I'm watching Frontline's episode on the crystal meth problem right now which shows how that problem went from mom and pop labs to an epidemic when Mexican drug dealers (and by extension the Mexican government) got involved. It's chemical warfare, exactly what we just hanged Saddam for, made possible by those who voted against the fence.

[org.whodat]

This just goes to show that it can be done.

Just trying to get those poll numbers out of the cellar.

[Ode To Ted Kennedys Liver]

Keep it up. Only a few million to go.

[struggle]

A couple of Mexicans stole my car and parked it in Santa Ana about 7 years ago.

[Redbob]

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, Grasshopper."

[ApplegateRanch]

Operation Return to Sender

They come; we send; they return to sender?

[kellynla]

and its a nice ride...
want it back? LOL

[kellynla]

according to Bush, they deported 6 million last year...
well if they can deport 6 million, they sure as hell can deport 18 million by tripling their efforts!

[gubamyster]

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