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MIAMI -- Federal immigration authorities arrested 183 fugitives and other illegal immigrants across Florida last week, the largest total ever in a single week in the state, officials said Monday. Those arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement included convicted people convicted of sex offenses, child abuse, cocaine trafficking and weapons violations. They were originally from 26 countries and most will eventually be deported back to those countries. ``Anybody who is a fugitive from justice is a danger to the community,'' said Michael Rozos, the field director in Miami of ICE's ``Operation Phoenix'' effort to find and deport fugitive illegal...

More than $1 million spent to help incarcerate, investigate rising number of illegal aliens who commit crimes in area McALLEN - Federal and state governments have funneled more than $1 million into Hidalgo County over the past three months to help incarcerate and investigate the rising number of illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the area. Hidalgo County is so inundated with undocumented immigrants who commit felonies and misdemeanors that more money came in from Washington last year than it did for some entire states so local authorities could get a handle on the costs associated with their incarceration. The...