Posted on Fri, Sep. 26, 2003
More than 50 sexual offenders detained by immigration authorities
Federal immigration authorities in South Florida have detained and put in deportation proceedings 56 foreign nationals from 18 countries convicted of sexual offenses against children, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday.
Officials said the detainees, 49 men and 7 women, were rounded up in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties over three days and taken to detention facilities to await deportation.
Crimes for which these foreign nationals were convicted include sexual battery on a minor, lewd and lascivious behavior and child abuse, the statement said. Another case listed in the statement was manslaughter involving a 4-month-old child.
The operation is the latest under a national initiative announced in July by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to rid the country of foreign sexual predators.
According to the statement more than 1,000 such sexual predators have been detained nationwide since July 9.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6869915.htmThe damage already done is catastrophic , but if the Feds secured the borders NOW , and rounded up the illegals already in the USA , we might survive . The time is now for American citizens to get their rumps off the sofa and eyes off the boob tube and make SURE the aforementioned measures are taken . Mass demonstrations must be organized NOW .