The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says several Caribbean nationals were among 105 foreign nationals taken into custody during a five-day operation in New Jersey.
On Friday, ICE said they arrested two from Cuba, 10 from the Dominican Republic, four from Jamaica and one from Trinidad and Tobago.
Arrests were also made of persons from other countries including, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt Taiwan and Venezuela.
The immigration enforcement agency said the age of the immigrants ranged from 18 to 65, and that most were previously convicted of a variety of offenses.
Some of the convictions included sexual assault on a minor, child abuse, possession of narcotics, distribution of narcotics, extortion, driving under the influence (DUI), fraud, domestic violence, theft, possession of a weapon, robbery, promoting prostitution, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, endangering the welfare of a child, credit card fraud, insurance fraud, shoplifting and illegal reentry.
ICE said the operation, which was spearheaded by its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), targeted at-large criminal aliens, illegal re-entrants and other immigration violators, and was supported by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) New Jersey Field Office.
Of those arrested during the operation, ICE said 80 per cent had prior criminal convictions and/or pending criminal charges.
“These outstanding results, which were made possible by our officers and law enforcement partners, highlight the tremendous commitment that ICE ERO has to public safety throughout the state,” said John Tsoukaris, Field Office Director of ERO Newark.
“Our focus has been and will continue to be on arrests of illegal aliens who have been convicted of serious crimes or those who pose a threat to public safety,” he added.
ICE said the immigrants will undergo removal proceedings before an immigration judge.
For those under a final order of removal, the ICE said arrangements will be made to remove them from the US.
What is going on with the immigration officers it is nothing new, it is going on for hundreds of years against certain kind of people.The government is very much racist against certain people,because if you are deporting permanent residents who is living in the United States over 25years, 30years and. Worked to build the country, some people getting children in the United States. If you are deporting permanent residents who is living in the country legally, for minor offenses. Supposed they did committed murder I wondered what would be their penalties, you are deporting permanent residents who is living in the United States for decades for minor offenses. How are the United States is criticising the communist countries for human rights abuses and, they are doing worst to their people. So deporting permanent residents who is living in the United States for decades, what are the government is planning to do with all those people properties, and money.Which they are unable to obtain during the short ordeals, because they are in jails awaiting the day for their deportation without any money. I Strongly believe that all the countries residents who the United States deported back to their countries without no money, because they left all their belongings. All the government’s should come together, and filed a lawsuit against the United States for taking away their citizens belongings. It is full time that the government should challenge the United States for taking away their citizens belongings,by means of false pretenses. Some of those problems with some of the permanent residents,is over 10,15,20years. Once a person got himself into trouble, goes to prison and served their times.Without continuing getting themselves into more trouble over a period of time, that should never comes against the person records. Now the same traps that Donald Duck Trump is doing to the permanent residents who is living in the United States over two decades, is the same thing. They are planning after he left office, they are going to impeach him for all types of bullshit he did and.Most lightly he is going to spend sometime in prison, I am looking towards that day to come. When the former President going to prison, like how he was wishing for Hillary Rodham Clinton going to prison about some bullshit text messages.