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Published Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 | 10:40 a.m.
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 | 4:33 p.m.
61 Nevada arrests reported in immigration sweep
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Federal officials say 61 arrests were made in Nevada as part of a nationwide campaign to catch people who illegally reenter the country after they've been deported.
Federal officials say 61 arrests were made in Nevada as part of a nationwide campaign to catch people who illegally reenter the country after they've been deported.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Wednesday the operation to identify and arrest previously identified deportees was part of a seven-day enforcement effort last week that netted 2,900 convicted people in the 50 states and four U.S. territories.
Officials say 45 people were arrested in the Las Vegas area, including a 44-year-old Mexican man who had been deported following a conviction for smuggling drugs and a 32-year-old Mexican man convicted of attempted lewdness with a child.
Sixteen people were arrested in the Reno area.
Officials say the sweep was the largest of its kind and involved more than 1,900 immigration officers.
Wow, 61 illegals arrested. UMC will be making money again real soon.
how come you never hear about arresting the people who gave these illegal alien criminals U.S. i.d.s?
I'm not going to complain about it only being 61. It's a tiny drop in the bucket, but it's a start. Keep at it, piece by piece, watch the crime rates and the losses at UMC and other fiscal factors start to clean up real quick.
Great just when I was thinking that I could afford to buy tomatoes for my salads again!
THANKS ICE!
SECURE THOSE BORDERS!! This is unacceptable, re-entering??? Something is seriously wrong with this country!! And don't somebody say we don't have the manpower. 61 so far and who knows how many more criminals are in your neighborhood but you know the number is plenty!!
Chunky says:
Wow... 61... that really makes a dent in our illegals population! That government of ours sure knows how to do things right!
Election ploy, nothing more!
That's what Chunky thinks!
I was wondering why its was so quiet this morning, no gardeners.... ;)
Its all about That crook Uncle Harry and Obumbler saveing there jobs!They have run this country into the ground!!!!!!!!
61 huh? There were about 61 illegals on eastern between Star Nursery and plant world Nursery. If you really want to make a dent to illegals then you should stake out at any of the home depot parking lots. If you want to get rid of the other half then you should raid the asian massage parlors around town to make a difference.
I think it's kinda funny because I bet all these illegal immigrants thought politicians actually cared about them... Welcome to America! You'll be lucky if we let you leave, otherwise pull up a seat and enjoy the daily hypocrisy.
61 less that will vote Democratic. I smell a job fair.
I suspect that these 61 poor souls made the mistake of registering as republicans!
They will be back in the Nevada before the bus is that drops them off at the border..
To My Fellow Bloggers;
If everyone really wants to see this problem go away, then fine the employers. I guarantee you, if you fine the employers let's say $10,000.00 per employee that is illegal, the problem will fix itself. We wouldn't even have to pay for the transportation costs for the illegals to go back to their own country. Just an old cop reflecting,
Gordon Martines
fining employers is not the way to go for the following reasons
1) if someone presents you the employer the relevant paperwork do you know if it is fake or not?
2) the online checking can show limited info and does not state if someone is using fake docs using someone elses info
the only way forward is to restructure the immigration dept favour investors and charge for the visas allowing more jobs to be created by foreign investors.
as for illegal immigration the only way to stop this is not to if that makes sense, the same happened in europe as soon as they made it legal to move through europe freely people didnt move around as much they headed further, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence until you experience it
Sorry to be repetitive but.....ONLY 61?????
BTW - GordonMartines is so right. WHY isn't this done throughout the whole country???? Fine the employers who hire the illegals. THEY are breaking the law, too, not just the illegals they hire. My guess most municipalities KNOW who hires the illegals....let's say hypathetically: John Smith, owner of Smith's Landscaping, is a pillar of the community and is a staunch political supporter as is Tom Williams, owner of Tom's Contruction. You think they'll be getting fined? Get the idea???
Saw a woman the other day who couldn't speak a word of english. She was trying to cash a US gov't check for $1000. What a country, for now.
Wow - a whole 61 huh? I'm impressed.... NOT!
61...what a joke. 61,000 wouldn't even make a dent. 61. hahaha.
How many countries did they get deported back to?
Which Home Depot did they hit?
Let's ask Senator Harry why employers are not fined. Certainly they can come up with a simple fine system that is easy to enforce--allowing local law enforcement (and the feds)to write the tickets at $10,000 per illegal. HEY HARRY, CAN'T YOU GET ANYTHING DONE?
Wow 61 illegals - culled from a city where probably half the population is illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile our hospitals are bankrupt, our schools destroyed, our parks swimming in filth, and our neighborhoods crumbling into crime-ridden ruin.
All because nobody dares do anything about this pandemic tsunami of illegal garbage.
Tell you what ICE, go to Broadacres Swapmeet on any Saturday, arrest and deport every last person inside and you'll have rid Las Vegas of 5000+ illegals.
Much better than the paltry 61 you spent millions of dollars and months of planning to arrest.
Why does Senator Harry keep PREVENTING ENFORCEMENT ON ILLEGAL INVADERS? Unacceptable that they wouldn't take and deport all the other illegals, not just the "criminal" repeat offenders who've been deported before.
Gee if they'd get around to deporting a few thousand of the ILLEGAL STUDENTS, it would help us balance our budgets and maybe even keep CCSD and State of Nevada from insolvency. Would also reduce cost deficits at UMC for all the ILLEGAL DIALYSIS FOR ILLEGALS at $100K a year per illegal.