The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations in Newark, New Jersey, conducted the operation, which lasted approximately two weeks. 38 illegal immigrantsAccording to reports on Thursday, press release From the Federal Immigration Service.
The operation, which took place from April 15 to April 26, involved the arrest of “violent criminals” who had previously been convicted or were facing charges.
“We will use the full force of our immigration authorities.”
One of the detained individuals, a 36-year-old Honduran national, had previously been “convicted of felony rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault and lewd acts,” ICE reported. He had been deported in 2017.
ICE also arrested a 27-year-old man from the Dominican Republic who was “convicted of a felony count of endangering a child through sexual activity by a noncustodial person.”
The detained Mexican woman, 39, had been convicted of prostitution and drunk driving and had previously been deported from the United States.
Others detained include a 26-year-old Chilean national convicted of theft and a 46-year-old Colombian national charged with “money laundering, promoting gambling and conspiracy/promotion of gambling.”
In response to the arrests, John Tsoukalis, director of ERO’s Newark field office, said, “Anyone who enters our country illegally and breaks our laws should know that we will use the full force of our immigration authorities to bring them to justice.”
“These individuals were taken into ERO custody and placed into removal proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act,” Tsoukalis noted.
ICE focuses primarily on detaining illegal immigrants who have committed additional crimes in addition to entering the country illegally.
“In FY23, ERO arrested 73,822 aliens with criminal histories. This group had 290,178 related charges and convictions, an average of four per person. This included 33,209 assault charges, 4,390 sex offenses and sexual assault charges, 7,520 weapons offenses, 1,713 murder charges or convictions, and 1,655 kidnapping offenses,” ICE reported.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced Thursday the arrests of six Chilean nationals indicted in connection with a burglary ring that targeted homes in several states, including New York and Maryland, the Department of Justice said. press releaseThe suspects stole jewelry, collectibles and other items.
The suspect was charged with “one count of conspiracy to sell and receive stolen property across state lines and one count of receiving stolen property across state lines.”
“The arrest of a group of foreign-born individuals engaged in interstate crime demonstrates how important cooperation between various law enforcement agencies is,” Tsoukalis said.
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