ICE Nabs Illegal Migrants Accused Of Human Rights Violations, Hiding In US In Nationwide Sweep
Federal immigration authorities last month arrested 11 illegal migrants allegedly involved in human rights violations abroad who were hiding out in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehended…
Federal Immigration authorities last month arrested 11 illegal migrants allegedly involved in human rights violations abroad who were hiding out in the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehended the foreign nationals, hailing from all corners of the globe, in a nationwide sweep from June 10 to June 14, according to a press release from the agency. The sweep, conducted by the agency’s National Fugitive Operations Program, apprehended illegal immigrants accused of various human rights abuses abroad, such as extrajudicial killings, rape, forced abortions, religious persecution and other crimes.
“These individuals fraudulently entered the United States in an attempt to escape justice in their home countries,” Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Daniel Bible stated in the press release.
“Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center, the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor and the men and women of Enforcement and Removal Operations who made the arrests, our communities are safer and 11 known or suspected human rights violators will not receive safe haven in the U.S.,” Bible continued.
The nationwide sweep included ICE offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco and St. Paul in order to identify and apprehend the illegal immigrants, according to the press release.
Among those arrested are three Central Americans implicated in human rights violations such as extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances; three Africans implicated in extrajudicial killings, rape and recruiting child soldiers; one individual from Asia who admitted to targeting females for forced abortions and sterilizations; two individuals from the Caucasus who admitted to persecution of religious minorities and organizing violence against political opposition groups; and two former members of paramilitary groups from Asia and the Caribbean, according to ICE.