ICE Arrests 271 Across the State of Florida and Puerto Rico [Image 1 of 12]

MIAMI-DADE, FL, UNITED STATES

03.20.2018

Photo by Keith Gardner 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested 271 aliens as part of an enforcement action targeting immigration violators and those who pose a threat to public safety. The enforcement action ran March 18 through 22. ERO officers made the arrests across the state of Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Of those arrested by ICE during the enforcement action, 99 had criminal records that included felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as 1st degree murder, attempted murder, vehicular manslaughter, rape, aggravated assault, attempted robbery, battery, burglary, child neglect, cruelty toward a child, domestic violence, drugs charges such as possession and trafficking, weapons offenses, abuse of the elderly. Additional convictions included driving under the influence, fraud, harboring aliens, illegal entry and re-entry to the United States, resisting an officer, traffic offenses, trespassing and workman’s compensation fraud. As part of the action, ERO officers apprehended 49 ICE fugitives and 39 individuals who were previously removed from the U.S., as well as two known gang members and one individual with an Interpol Red Notice.

• Date Taken: 03.20.2018
• Date Posted: 03.27.2018 12:24
• Photo ID: 4247069
• VIRIN: 180320-O-MX570-662
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 31.25 MB
• Location: MIAMI-DADE, FL, US