3,100+ illegal aliens arrested in nationwide ICE operation, 64 in AZ

Catherine Holland, AZ Family

4/2/2012

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more than 3,100 criminal aliens in a six-day nationwide operation that’s the largest of its kind. More than 60 of those arrests took place here in Arizona.

As part of Operation Cross Check, arrests were made in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories.

“The results of this targeted enforcement operation underscore ICE’s ongoing commitment and focus on the arrest and removal of convicted criminal aliens and those that game our nation’s immigration system,” said ICE Director John Morton in a news release Monday morning. “Because of the tireless efforts and teamwork of ICE officers and agents in tracking down criminal aliens and fugitives, there are 3,168 fewer criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators in our neighborhoods across the country.”

Operation Cross Check involved nearly 2,000 ICE officers from dozens of field offices collaborating with federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies.

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