Since the immigration executive orders signed by Trump this year, ICE has arrested more than 41,000 people across the country who are known or suspected of being in the country illegally, up nearly 40 percent over the same period in 2016, officials said. Nearly 75 percent of those arrested during that period this year are convicted criminals.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested nearly 190 people in Southern California in a five-day operation that targeted “public safety threats,” including criminal foreign nationals, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives, authorities announced Thursday.
Of the 188 people arrested in the six-county operation, which ended Wednesday, 169 — or about 90 percent — had prior criminal convictions, the agency said. They included 15 people convicted of sex crimes, including a criminal rapist, a previously deported cocaine trafficker, and two people convicted of cruelty to a child.
Arrests were made in the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, Ventura and Santa Barbara.
“Operations like this are emblematic of the vital work ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers do every day seeking to locate, arrest, and ultimately deport at-large convicted criminals and other immigration fugitives who pose a threat to public safety,” said David Marin, field office director for Enforcement and Removal Operations in Los Angeles, in a statement. “By taking these individuals off the streets and removing them from the country, we’re making our communities safer for everyone.”
While the vast majority of arrestees were from Mexico — 146 — they also came from countries including Russia, Armenia, Thailand, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cambodia and Guatemala.
At least eight people arrested now face federal prosecution for re-entry after deportation, which is a felony and is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, officials said.
Those who are not being criminally prosecuted will be processed for removal from the country. Meanwhile, those who have outstanding deportation orders, or who re-entered the U.S. illegally after being deported, can be immediately removed, officials said.
Since the immigration executive orders signed by Trump this year, ICE has arrested more than 41,000 people across the country who are known or suspected of being in the country illegally, up nearly 40 percent over the same period in 2016, officials said. Nearly 75 percent of those arrested during that period this year are convicted criminals.
In the greater L.A. area, ICE officers made 2,273 administrative arrests, of which 2,049 were criminal aliens, officials said.