90% of those taken into custody in had prior criminal convictions.
Federal agents nab nearly 200 people in L.A.-area immigration raids targeting criminals
Federal immigration agents arrested nearly 200 people in the Los Angeles area during a five-day dragnet targeting criminal offenders living in the country illegally, U.S. officials said Thursday. Agents arrested 188 people in an operation targeting “at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and immigration fugitives,” according to a statement from U.S.
ICE arrests nearly 190 immigrants in Southern California operation, most with criminal convictions
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 190 people across 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, May 25. About 90 percent – 169 of the 188 people – arrested in the six-county sweep that ended Wednesday had prior criminal convictions, the agency said.