Did you see this?

Question

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20071004-9999-1n4raid.html

"LOS ANGELES – More than 1,300 illegal immigrants in five Southern California counties were arrested in the past two weeks during one of the nation's largest immigration sweeps, federal officials said yesterday.

“In this operation, we located some very dangerous aliens, including those involved in street gangs, as well as those with various criminal records that include drug trafficking, domestic violence and sexual assault,” Myers said.

Roughly 90 percent of the immigrants taken into custody had criminal records, re-entered the United States illegally or resisted deportation orders, she said. About 600 have been deported in the operation that began Sept. 19.

More than 500 alleged immigration violators were at large and taken into custody in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, officials said.

Nearly 800 “previously unidentified deportable foreign nationals” were discovered when ICE officers searched jails in those counties, Myers said. Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have agreements with the federal government allowing sheriff's officials to check the immigration status of inmates.

The majority of those arrested are Mexican citizens, officials said, but the sweep found alleged immigration violators from more than 30 other countries. "

I saw that 28 gangmember/criminals were picked up in the San Fernando valley, 21 of whom were illegally here, 7 of whom had legal status being revoked. I presume that is part of the total.

What do you think?

Answer 1

Well, clearly there are both good and bad elements to the story, but overall, it's quite clear how poorly we control the border, if the majority of deported felons return. The good news would appear to be that ICE is getting more cooperation from local authorities to check through the local prisons to make these determinations. I would imagine that this would include running the fingerprints through the NCIC database as many of these people would be using various aliases. The bad news would appear to be that these efforts have a far more limited impact than we would prefer to believe.

Answer 2

I think it is great. It is a step in the right direction, BUT it is only 1,300 out of millions. What is going to stop them from coming back again? We have a woppen 70 miles of fence built and not enough border patrol agents. When I start seeing numbers like 100,000 then I will think our government is getting serious about deporting illegal criminal aliens.

Answer 3

Yes I saw it, it was covered in Australia alot better:http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s2051321.htm

"Why do I read this in Australia's media, but not in the US? Why does US MSM only report on deported Mexican illegals, totally ignoring the fact that we are also deporting non-Mexican or non-hispanic illegals?

Ahhh it's sounds soo much better when latino pro-illegal alien groups claim it's all about race, doesn't it?"

Answer 4

If we send them back, they'll just return. We need parallel walls with barbed-wire barriers between, drones, dogs, etc. Heck, it might be cheaper to just build a town on floating garbage (illegals don't distinguish garbage from earth) and offer free cerveza. Then float it away. Bye, now.

Answer 5

Well, I'm glad they seem to be doing something, however, after deportation, they will just come right back. Until we secure our borders, it seems to me that this will be an on going thing. It's bad enough that we support these people in so many ways. I just wonder how much it costs to find them, arrest them, and send them back.

Answer 6

If someone is deported from the U.S. and returns they should be put in jail for 10 years before being deported again.
And if they do it again put them in prison for 25 years.

Answer 7

I'm glad to see this. I was wondering when there will be a big raid. I figure they are waiting for the illegal immigrants to concentrate in the sanctuary cites before they raided them/

Answer 8

Wow...It is about time that they start enforcing the laws. I wonder why the enforcement all of a sudden? I wonder what they are playing at now?

Something smells fishy about all of this...not that I am not HAPPY about the enforcement, but I wonder what is the reason why Bush is telling them to enforce it.

Answer 9

It's time. I would've thought they'd have checked prisons and jails long before this. They certainly do move in mysterious ways these days.

Answer 10

It's about time, Texas had to start first. It's okay ya'll, you don't have to live in fear of criminals-let's fix it!