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U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a major sweep in San Francisco and other Northern California cities in which federal officers would look to arrest more than 1,500 undocumented people while sending a message that immigration policy will be enforced in the sanctuary state, according to a source familiar with the operation.
Officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, declined to comment Tuesday on plans for the operation.
The campaign, centered in the Bay Area, could happen within weeks, and is expected to become the biggest enforcement action of its kind under President Trump, said the source, who requested anonymity because the plans have not been made public.
Federal immigration officials in the Bay Area arrested 27 people this week, most with past criminal convictions, as part of a national sweep targeting cities that prohibit cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said Thursday.
The arrests in San Francisco, San Jose, Sunnyvale and Morgan Hill — and more than 100 in Los Angeles — were part of a four-day sweep that began Sunday. Overall, ICE officials acting in eight states and Washington, D.C., arrested 498 people from 42 countries who were in the United States illegally.
Of those, 181 had no previous criminal conviction, according to ICE. The remaining 317 had been convicted of crimes ranging from trespassing to rape, with the largest single offense driving under the influence.
SB54 bars law enforcement officers in the state from arresting individuals based on civil immigration warrants, asking about a person’s immigration status, keeping an undocumented inmate in jail on an immigration hold, or participating in any joint task force with federal officials for the purpose of enforcing immigration laws.
originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: 727Sky
Who said it was secret?
It was one of Trump’s main campaign platforms. They've been saying it's coming for two years now.
.....its made up BS meant to sell papers to riled up locals
originally posted by: kurthall
a reply to: 727Sky
Now this is a witch hunt! A guy who had been in the U.S. for 30 years was deported, and his family is still here, no criminal record, speaks fluent English (that is a BIG one for me). There is a better way to go about all of this, without ripping families apart. I do agree we have a problem, I just don't agree that this is the way to fix it.
Come on Muller.......
originally posted by: watchitburn
I think we can let them stay, but only in a 1 for 1 swap.
We let one illegal become a citizen, but one leftist snowflake gets deported to the country the illegal came from.
I think that's perfectly reasonable.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: Mach2
Think of that tax money as a subsidy that keeps food prices down.
Isnt so bad from that perspective