30 August 2010, 11:43 am
I ask this question because some people claim that ICE now refuses to do their job, but would they have caught 102 gang members in Arizona if they were sleeping on the job? http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1008/100824phoenix.htm ICE gang surge nets 102 arrests in Phoenix, Yuma PHOENIX - A total of 102 individuals with ties to 19 different street gangs are facing criminal charges or deportation following a six-day, multi-agency enforcement action in Phoenix and Yuma, Ariz. spearheaded by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The arrests were made as part of Operation Community Shield, an ongoing initiative by ICE-HSI's National Gang Unit in which the agency uses its powerful immigration and customs authorities in a coordinated strategy to attack and dismantle criminal street gangs across the country. As part of the initiative, ICE partners with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to target the significant public safety threat posed by transnational gangs.... Read More »