On November 19, 2010 an article was published regarding "a four-day immigration dragnet stretching from the suburbs north of New York City to eastern Long Island" (Semple). A total of 54 illegal immigrants were arrested by federal law-enforcement officers. All of the illegal immigrants had been previously been deported with criminal records, but "secretly re-entered the country" (Semple).
According to Semple, "the tally was the largest number of once-deported immigrants ever ensnared in a single operation by immigration agents." Over the last 12 months immigration authorities have deported a record number of immigrants, "more than 195,700 of the deportees, or about half of the total, were convicted criminals" (Semple). Under the Bush administration, "about 32 percent of all deported immigrants were criminals" (Semple).
Suspects included people convicted of sexual assault involving a child as well as those involving assault with a weapon. I think that it is really good that the federal agents focus more so on illegal immigrants that are committing crimes in the country.
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