Federal and local authorities arrested 30 gang members in three days in northern Virginia as part of an initiative to target foreign-born gang members, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
"This operation highlights the collaborative efforts of federal and local law enforcement in combating criminal street gangs These arrests will have a lasting and positive impact in our community, Sheriff Stan Barry said.
Of the members arrested, nine face criminal charges including re-entry after deportation, assault, grand larceny, carrying concealed weapons and grand larceny, according to authorities. The rest of the 30 arrested were done so on administrative immigration violations.
All but one of the gang members were foreign nationals and face deportation once their prosecution is finished, police said.
Of those arrested, 10 are from Honduras, seven from El Salvador, nine from Guatemala and three from Mexico. All suspects were part of the MS-13, Mexican Pride or Southside Locos gangs, according to ICE.
ICE encourages you to report suspicious activity to ICEs 24-hour hotline at 1-866-347-2423 or visit www.ICE.gov.
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Tell me again why we haven't shut down the border. Oh yeah-the guys just came here looking for a job and a better life for their families. I keep forgetting that.
ReplyDeleteI say we all call that number and tell them we need help in Salisbury!!!!
ReplyDelete9:38 - where in the article does it say that the bangers were illegals? Most likely they are young and home grown ...
ReplyDelete9:38...read paragraphs 3 & 4 in the article states they were in the country illegally and all but one gang member was a foreign national and they will face deportation after their hearings. Do you want these types of illegals to become citizens? Maybe you should move to Mexico where violence is a way of life under gangs and drug cartels. Who do you think is running things for the drug cartels in the USA? The illegal street gangs. Duh?
ReplyDelete10:44 What part of Re-Entry AFTER DEPORTATION did you not understand.. It means they are also charged with being here AGAIN illegally..
ReplyDelete10:44 AM is a complete idiot. I bet this liberal moron is also refusing to believe that his messiah Obama is a legal citizen born in the US.
ReplyDeletePeople like him are exactly the reason this country is in the shape it is in. They refuse to believe anything conservative even if it is in front of their eyes in black and white.
Why don't you take those foriegn nationals and allow them to stay in your home until they become legal citizens.
Why would ICE encourage people to contact them with suspicious activity reports when they have already acknowledged they don't intend to deport illegals turned in by AZ law enforcement? The freaking circus is getting OLD.
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