Posted on 01/26/2018 6:27:19 PM PST by Kaslin
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) announced Friday afternoon that they arrested 86 criminal aliens and other illegal immigrants during a three-day enforcement action operation earlier this week.
Federal officers targeted criminal aliens in North Texas and Oklahoma, but arrested other immigration violators, such as those who came into the country legally and overstayed their permission or immigrants who committed criminal acts that would make them eligible for deportation. The press release states that of the 86 arrested, 55 had criminal convictions; 82 were men and four were women. They range in age from 19 to 61 years old." Those arrested hailed from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Jordan, Laos, Liberia, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, and Zimbabwe. Criminal aliens differ from illegal aliens in that they have been convicted of another crime in the United States in addition to living in the country with authorization.
Most of the aliens targeted by ERO deportation officers during this operation had prior criminal histories that included convictions for the following crimes: sexually exploiting a minor, assault, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, drug possession, burglary, obstructing police, larceny, manufacturing methamphetamine, firearms offense, smuggling, receiving stolen property, illegally entering the U.S., and driving under the influence (DUI), the press release continues.
This operation focused on targeting immigration fugitives and criminal aliens in North Texas and the state of Oklahoma, but we routinely conduct operations daily, said Bret Bradford, field office director of ERO Dallas told the press. By removing criminal aliens from the streets, our ICE officers provide a valuable community service by improving public safety.
A week ago, ICE announced the arrest of 46 criminal aliens and other immigration violators in upstate New York.
Operations like this one demonstrate ICEs continued focus on the arrest of dangerous criminal aliens as well as those who enter the United States illegally, said Thomas Feeley, field office director for ERO Buffalo, said at the time. Illegal aliens will not find safe harbor in New York.
This increased movement by ICE under President Donald Trump is in stark contrast to the previous administration. According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a "Congressional Research Service report released in August 2012 found that over a 33-month period, between October 2008 and July 2011, more than 159,000 illegal aliens were arrested by local authorities and identified by the federal government as deportable but nevertheless released back onto the streets."
According to last week's press release, "ICE continues to focus its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security. ICE conducts targeted immigration enforcement in compliance with federal law and agency policy. However, as ICE Deputy Director Thomas Homan has made clear, ICE does not exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement. All of those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and, if found removable by final order, removal from the United States."
Per the article, these were "criminal" aliens. Not exactly the worhing type.
Yes, in Tulsa you could pick up at least 1,000 on Friday night at Woodland Hills Mall!
Abilene (3), Amarillo (3), Alvarado (2), Arlington (3), Athens (1), Breckenridge (2), Corsicana (1), Dallas (11), Denton (2), Fort Worth (3), Friona (2), Garland (1), Grand Prairie (1), Greenville (3), Hereford (8), Jacksonville (1), Kaufman (1), Longview (3), Lubbock (11), Mansfield (1), McKinney (1), Plano (1) and Terrell (4). A total of 16 arrests were made in Oklahoma in the cities of Oklahoma City (11) and Tulsa (5).
Soccer players? ;) Cameroon is the tipoff
Yes
I’ve seen that amount of illegals
in Fairfield Kentucky, at a laundromat,
in 3 hours....they ALL must go...not
just those who commit crimes while
been illegal squatters here in the USA.
I was in the construction trade in the
late 60’s, not an illegal in sight.
There were even a lot of black construction
professionals back then. I have a black friend
that does small construction jobs on the side
of his regular job. He STILL cannot see the affects
of the take over that’s been going on for 40 years.
(he voted for Obama twice, and has nothing good to
say about the Republican party). Sad.
Wow! Thanks, very much.
Not exactly the worhing type.
86 is a spit in the bucket by the way. There are literally thousands of wets up there that the smell of them overwhelm the stock yards
After about 15 minutes, my buddy started laughing...there were roughly a dozen people in the laundromat, all Hispanic.
He said, "they think you're migra. I suppose it made sense, what 60ish white guy would be washing his clothes at 8 AM on a Sunday morning?
I replied to him with "no soy migra".
Targeting and hitting the targets - slow way to do it but it gives me hope that once Trump puts the Dems in their place there will be bigger and more effective moves - gonna take an effort just to get solid documentation info on a lot of folks who have not been “checking” in....
-—This is winning.——
Yes, it is.
It must be noted that the origins included Jordan and the Philippines. I would think that the fact will get around and cause discomfort, anxiety and sweat among those that over stayed visas or such.
The number may not be great but in Texas and Oklahoma is meaningful. Anyway, there is now fear induced into the illegal community. “What am I going to do?”
I think the word you are trying to recall is “stoolhole”
That’s what the nurses in the hospital were talking about
Previous administration counted people who were turned back at the border as actual deportations to pad their numbers. In other words, numbers from those years are fiction.
There are a lot of deportations going on, anyone already under deportation orders is fair game and many are being rounded up nation wide. Many have been here years since being ordered to be deported by an immigration court. Gathering up random illegals not already under deportation orders requires giving them a hearing and the previous administration made sure there was a backlog in immigration courts that kept new cases from being heard for years.
New deportations facilities are being built, and staffed with additional immigration judges so the backlog can be broken and deportations of all illegals can proceed.
Yes, it is feeling pressure, confusion, discomfort that will cause some to self-deport. As more are deported, more will self-deport and the tide will turn at some point.
I heard lots of sirens in the middle of the night when we lived in Rancho Cucamonga, California {2005-2007} It was ICE raids. They were rounding up illegals/criminals. Sounded very close to our home that night!
Anyone can see the very real seriousness of this so called ‘immigration’ issue...
Just walk into an open back bay door of ANY machine shop anywhere in southern california and yell as loud as you can “LA MIGRA, LA MIGRA!!!”.
I dont think that I need to describe what happens next.
>>>Rancho Cucamonga, California
*shivers. That whole area is saturated with illegals. Ontario, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Pomona, Pasadena.
Millions of em. MILLIONS!!!
Thanks for that clarification, Tammy.
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