Mar 7, 2007 7:56 pm US/Pacific
30 Arrested In Immigration Raids In San Rafael
SAN RAFAEL (BCN) ―
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Federal agents from the Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency arrested an estimated 30 undocumented immigrants in the Canal area of San Rafael early Tuesday morning, the agency reported.
San Rafael police did not participate in the serving of the deportation warrants but were notified of them at 5 a.m. The operation lasted about two and a half hours, spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher said.
Lori Haley, a spokeswoman for ICE, said she did not know how many people were arrested or when the operation took place. She said the arrests are part of the agency's Return to Sender program, which targets people who have failed to obey final deportation orders issued by a judge.
There are three teams assigned to Return to Sender in Northern California, two of them in the Bay Area, she said. There are 52 fugitive operations teams nationwide and since the operation began in June 2006, there have been 18,000 arrests nationwide, Haley said.
The three Northern California teams made 157 criminal immigration arrests of fugitives and 343 non-criminal arrests and removed 162 fugitives between October 2006 and Jan. 26, Haley said.
Some of those who were arrested Tuesday were reportedly taken from their homes and Haley said this is a common practice.
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