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Monday, January 28, 2013

Details Emerge in Hyattsville ICE Raid

Local suspect was one of four arrested during two day federal immigration enforcement operation targeting fugitive illegal immigrants with history of sex offenses.

The US Department of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has released details surrounding last week's arrest of an illegal immigrant living in the Hyattsville area.  The raid, which was documented on a video posted to the US Army's Defense Video and Imagery Distribution video sharing website DVIDSHUB.net, was part of a larger push last week by federal immigration officials in Maryland to apprehend and deport fugitive illegal immigrants with previous convictions for sexual offenses.  The raids, dubbed Operation SOAR (which stands for Sex Offender Alien Removal) saw ICE agents arrest four fugitive illegal immigrants in Maryland. The raids were coordinated by agents from ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, which is responsible for …

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Video: ICE Captures Fugitive Illegal Immigrant in Hyattsville

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Video: ICE Captures Fugitive Illegal Immigrant in Hyattsville

Suspect from El Salvador targeted as part of operation against illegal immigrants with sex offense convictions.

A new video posted to a government website shows agents of the Beaureau of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arresting an illegal immigrant with a history of criminal sex offenses in the Hyattsville area.  The short video was uploaded Thursday, Jan. 24 to the US Army's Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System video sharing website DVIDSHUB.net by videographer Peter Nissen. Not much detail is provided by the videographer. For instance, the suspect is not identified in the video, nor is the exact location of the sting disclosed.  Here is what is known: the raid was carried out by the officers with the Baltimore office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations division. The arrest was part of …

Carolyn

5:53 am on Monday, January 28, 2013

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