Immigration Raids in West Michigan

As reported in the Grand Rapids Press:

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 77 illegal residents, immigration fugitives and immigration violators in a four-day enforcement project in Western Michigan, the agency said this morning.

Those arrested face deportation and criminal charges.

The operation targeted the Grand Rapids area, with arrests reported in Kent, Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Berrien, Calhoun, Mason and St. Joseph counties.

Of those arrested, 22 had prior convictions. Six had previously been deported, but returned to the U.S. Illegally, an ICE official said."

www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/01/77_arrested_in_immigration_cra.html

P.S.

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