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Top 10 ICE Stories for 2017

Officers and agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had a busy year in 2017. New leadership set up the agency to increase immigration enforcement efforts.

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ICE Arrests 800 MS-13 Gang Members in FY2017

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents arrested nearly 800 members of the hyper-violent transnational MS-13 gang in operations carried out across the U.S. in Fiscal Year 2017. The arrests came as part of an emphasis from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security that resulted in the arrest of nearly 5,000 total gang members.

ICE Agents bust transnational gang members.

101 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in ICE Operation

Federal officers in New Jersey arrested 101 illegal immigrants–most with criminal histories–during a targeted, five-day operation that ended Friday. Those arrested include people with convictions for sexual assault of a minor, child abuse, distribution of drugs, possession of child porn, a variety of sexual offenses, and other violence.

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ICE Arrests 42 Criminal Aliens Released by Sanctuary New York

Immigration officers based in New York City arrested 42 criminal aliens released by sanctuary jurisdictions. Thirteen other foreign nationals were also arrested as part of a six-day targeted operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

ICE ERO Officers arrest criminal alien.

Oregon Rep. Angered after ICE Asked Possible Suspect for Identification

An Oregon congresswoman seems is angry that immigration officers contacted a suspect and asked him for identification. The man turned out to be a U.S. citizen and not the person they were searching for. The congresswoman is demanding answers from the responsible agency about what appears to be routine police work.

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ICE Busts Twice-Deported Criminal Alien

Immigration officers arrested a Mexican national in New York City. The criminal alien has been removed from the U.S. twice before after a conviction for child endangerment.

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ICE Busts 32 Sex Offender Criminal Aliens in Sanctuary City

Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrested 32 criminal aliens previously convicted of sex crimes in the sanctuary jurisdiction of Long Island, New York. The arrests came during Operation SOAR (Sex Offender Alien Removal), a 10-day operation that ended on August 3.

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ICE Arrests Two Criminal Aliens Released by Sanctuary County

Middlesex County, New Jersey, considered a sanctuary jurisdiction by immigration experts, released more criminal aliens under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. ICE officers were forced to arrest the criminal aliens on the streets after they were released by the New Jersey county.

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Ice Operation Leads to Arrest of 95 Criminal Aliens in Texas

A targeted immigration enforcement action landed nearly 100 criminal aliens in jail during a four-day operation carried out in the Texas Gulf Coast region. The roundup led to the arrest of criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives in eight counties between Houston and Victoria.

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ICE Sweeps 75 Criminal Aliens Off Texas, Oklahoma Streets

Immigration officers swept up 75 criminal aliens and others wanted for enforcement actions in a three-day operation in Texas and Oklahoma. The arrests included aliens with felonies including child abuse, aggravated assault, reckless conduct with a firearm, and drug trafficking.

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Feds Forcing Release of Criminal Aliens, Says Texas Sheriff

New federal immigration policies are endangering our nation’s communities by forcing the release of criminal aliens back into the community. These are the words of Jackson County, Texas, Sheriff Aj (Andy) Louderback, who appeared on the nationally syndicated Laura Ingraham Radio Show on Thursday.

Texas Sheriffs Discuss Criminal Aliens and PEP