More than 1,600 immigrants detained in Southern California this month
Washington – According to the Ministry of Interior Security, between June 6 and June 22, immigrant executive teams arrested 1,618 immigrants to be deported in its areas around Los Angeles and Southern California.
DHS did not respond to the requests of information about how many of the arrested crime and the breakdown of these convictions.
As immigration arrests occurred in Southern California, the demonstrators protested the actions of the federal government, and the audience sometimes faced immigration officials or recorded their actions. A DHS spokesman said that 787 people were arrested for the attack, obstacle and illegal Assembly between 6 June and 22 June.
The figures about the Los Angeles operation, published by the White House on June 11, showed that approximately one -third of those arrested so far have previously criminal convictions.
. “Area of Responsibility” The US immigration and customs protection includes the Los Angeles Metropolitan region for the Los Angeles Field Office and the Orange County in the south, as well as Orange County in the East and shore to San Luis Obispo district.
The data obtained from the first days of the Los Angeles enforcement operation show that most of the arrested were never accused of crime or convicted of crime.
DHS Deputy Secretary Ticia McLaughlin said on Monday that 75% of the arrests under the Trump administration were migrants who are criminal convictions or waiting. However, the data published by immigration and customs conservation, this figure Lower in recent weeks.
Nationally, the number of people arrested without criminal conviction has increased significantly and according to the public data obtained by the CATO Institute, criminals who do not contain violence from 1 October to 15 June, the beginning of the federal financial year. The most common crimes are migration and traffic crimes.
According to CATO, seriously 7% of those detained.
Immigration officials have recently intensified President Trump’s efforts to fulfill the promise of deportation. In California, this meant the arrest of people in courthouses, farms and home depot parking lots.
However, with the target of 3,000 daily arrests throughout the country, administrative officials still complain that agents have not been able to arrest enough immigrants.
Democrats and immigrant community leaders argue that agents target people randomly. Despite the chaotic nature of raids and protests in Los Angeles, the DHS in Southern California has been arrest for more than two weeks for more than two weeks – a per day of approximately 101 arrests per day – a relatively small contribution to the daily goal of daily.
Lawyers say that perhaps the arrests are greater success than themselves, the fear that these actions are the fear of stocked.
Times staff writer Rachel Uranga contributed to this report.
