Immigration Officials Arrest 300 in California

The New York Times - Nearly 300 illegal immigrants who had committed serious crimes were deported or detained this week by federal agents in a demonstration of what immigration officials pledged was a new resolve to zero in on the most egregious lawbreakers. . . . More than 80 percent had convictions for serious or violent crimes and at least 100 have been removed from the country, with the others awaiting deportation proceedings. . . . Of the 286 people arrested, 63 had previously been deported. At least 17 face prosecution for re-entering the country without proper documents. . . . The deportees represented 31 countries, though the majority, 207, were from Mexico. [Read More]

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