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Feds Arrest 183 Illegal Immigrants in Fla.
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| 4/24/06
Posted on 04/24/2006 11:20:43 AM PDT by LouAvul
MIAMI - Federal immigration authorities arrested 183 fugitives and other illegal immigrants in Florida alone last week, the state's largest roundup in a single week, officials said Monday.
The arrests included people convicted of sex offenses, child abuse, cocaine trafficking and weapons violations. They were originally from 26 countries and most eventually will be deported.
"Anybody who is a fugitive from justice is a danger to the community," said Michael Rozos, the field director in Miami of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Operation Phoenix" effort to find and deport fugitive illegal immigrants.
"These operations have been going on for years, but they have become more focused," he said.
Of the 183 arrested, 130 were fugitives who had already been ordered deported by an immigration judge. The remaining 53 were also illegal immigrants who happened to be present when fugitives were taken into custody, Rozos said.
The fugitive operation is separate from another ICE-led crackdown on employers who hire and harbor illegal immigrants. Rozos said both are part of the Secure Border Initiative, a Homeland Security Department plan intended to beef up enforcement of existing immigration laws inside the U.S. and toughen border security.
Ninety-five of those arrested were in South Florida, 35 were arrested in Tampa, 30 in Jacksonville and 23 in Orlando, according to ICE.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderlist; ice; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; shamnesty
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Well, with an admitted number of 12 million illegals (translation: 30 million illegals), 183 arrests isn't a confidence inspiring number.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:20:49 AM PDT
by
LouAvul
To: LouAvul
>183 arrests isn't a confidence inspiring number.
But its starting to send a message.
To: LouAvul
From 26 countries? Good grief, it's worse than I thought.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:22:57 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Call me a Jingoist, I don't care...)
To: LouAvul
Expect resident crank "DAne" to show up and REALLY get this thread mucked up.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:23:44 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Call me a Jingoist, I don't care...)
To: subterfuge
Helicopter+Drop+Now= a good start.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:23:59 AM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Somebody important make The Call.....pitchforks and lanterns.!)
To: LouAvul
The arrests included people convicted of sex offenses, child abuse, cocaine trafficking and weapons violations.And how many more like this are out there just waiting to be found? I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth here, but it's damn aggravating to think how many truly bad people could get picked up and shipped back RIGHT NOW if the will was there to do it.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:24:14 AM PDT
by
Caveman Lawyer
(Cluckin' defiance)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
"But its starting to send a message."
According to the article, the "operations have been goin on for years." If that's true, the message just ain't gettin' out.
That said, 183 is better than 0.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:25:35 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: LouAvul
Slightly off topic. But shouldn't we Americans promote a national boycott of all illegal labor? After all, we have all the money. Perhaps it's time to tighten the belt a little and mow our own yards, cook our own meals and clean our own houses. Just a thought...
To: LouAvul
Just like the joke of a 100 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean, it's a start.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:26:24 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(If it's treason, there's no doubt a democrat is standing behind it.)
To: LouAvul
George Bush must be weeping today.
To: LouAvul
183 arrests isn't a confidence inspiring number. Coupled with the arrests made last week and some of those being employers, it's at least a beginning. I'm not going to be too quick to criticize when ICE is starting to do the right thing. If it's forgotten in a couple weeks, I'll be speaking out loudly.
j
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:28:33 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(-- Married a WAC in '65 and I'm still reenlisting. :-)
To: LouAvul
So, have they all been released yet?
Of course, they all will have promised to return at a later date for their hearing, I'm sure.
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
But its starting to send a message.
According to Forbes, 95% of us works for the other 5%. If you really want to send a message, focus on the 5% part of the equation.
If no one hires the illegals, they will go home by themselves which is allot cheaper than playing a government funded game of hide and seek.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:30:14 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball
"The arrests included people convicted of sex offenses, child abuse, cocaine trafficking and weapons violations. They were originally from 26 countries and most eventually will be deported."
"Most"?! Which ones fit the criteria for remaining in the country? It must be the child abusers and molestors, since Florida is a haven for the scumbags.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:32:21 AM PDT
by
Tarkus2040
(We need more Patton and less patent leather! --Michael Savage)
To: LouAvul
20,000,000 - 183 = 19,999,817 to go.
Realistic estimate;
40,000,000 - 183 = 39,999,817.
Assuming 183 per day; it will take 299.95 years, or 598.85 years (40,000,000).
I think the government is trying to drag its feet on this one!
This is not good enough!
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:32:21 AM PDT
by
Herakles
(Liberals are stone stupid and proud of it!)
To: LouAvul
were all of them released on a promise that they'd show up for their court date?
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:32:46 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: LouAvul
A drop in the bucket that I can't help but to think is just window dressing for the November elections. Do this several times a day for the next 6 months and I might change my mind about Bush's "sincerity" of wanting to get a handle on illegal immigration.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:33:53 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
("truth is not invalidated by suppression"--nicmarlo)
To: LouAvul
Have they given 'em their court dates and let 'em go yet?
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:33:57 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: GodGunsGuts
If all of us in the US were truly against illegal immigration this would not be an issue. As it turns out those who benefit the most from illegal immigrants are the ones who make the most money from it. It's all about money.
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:35:16 AM PDT
by
manwiththehands
("'Rule of law'? We don't need no stinkin' rule of law! We want AMNESTY, muchacho!")
To: LouAvul
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Operation Phoenix"
Arising from the ashes of its former self????
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posted on
04/24/2006 11:35:37 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(If you build it, they won't come...)
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