ERO arrested 156 criminal aliens and immigration violators in the Chicago area in Operation Keep Safe.
By Pf Staff
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Chicago, IL. – Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 156 criminal aliens and immigration violators in the Chicago metropolitan area during a six-day enforcement action, which ended Thursday.
Ice arrested people in Waukegan and Park City.
During this operation, ERO deportation officers made arrests in the following 37 communities: Addison, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Bartlett, Berkley, Berwyn, Blue Island, Bolingbrook, Bridgeview, Burbank, Carol Stream, Chicago, Chicago Ridge, Cicero, Des Plaines, Elgin, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Geneva, Joliet, McHenry, Mt. Prospect, Naperville, Northfield, North Riverside, Orland Park, Palatine, Park City, Rolling Meadows, Rosemont, St. Charles, Stickney, Stone Park, Warrenville, Waukegan, West Chicago and Wheaton. Of the 156 arrested, 74 had criminal convictions. One hundred forty-seven men and nine women were arrested; they range in age from 19 to 64 years old.
Aliens arrested during this operation are from the following 11 countries: Mexico (125), Guatemala (10), Poland (6), El Salvador (4), Honduras (4), Philippines (2), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), Jordan (1), Lithuania (1) and New Zealand (1).
Most of the aliens arrested by ERO deportation officers during this operation had prior criminal histories that included convictions for the following crimes: battery, commercial sex, criminal trespass (vehicle), dangerous drugs, domestic violence, driving under influence, drug trafficking, felony burglary, homicide, illegal entry, indecency/sex conduct, larceny, obstructing justice, possessing cocaine, possessing controlled substance, possessing marijuana, reckless discharge of a weapon, retail theft, sexual assault, solicitation of a sex act, traffic offense and trespassing.
Fourteen of those arrested were immigration fugitives who have final orders of removal. Thirty-six others illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously deported, which is a felony. Depending on an alien’s criminality, an alien who re-enters the United States after having been previously deported commits a felony punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison, if convicted. The remaining 106 arrests were at-large aliens who are illegally present in the United States.
Criminal summaries
May 23 — a 42-year-old illegal alien from Mexico and a self-admitted Sureno 13 gang member was arrested near his residence in Chicago. He was twice convicted of willful infliction of corporal injury. He was ordered removed by an immigration judge, and ICE officers later deported him. He later illegally re-entered the United States and was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for unlawfully possessing a controlled substance with intent to deliver. He remains in ICE custody pending his removal.
May 23 — a 41-year-old citizen of Mexico and U.S. permanent resident was arrested in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. He has convictions for retail theft and possessing methamphetamine, which render him removable. He remains in ICE custody pending immigration court proceedings.
May 24 — a 44-year-old illegal alien from Mexico was arrested outside of McHenry County Jail in Woodstock, Illinois. He was convicted of Battery/Bodily Harm and was sentenced to 18 months’ probation. He remains in ICE custody pending his immigration court proceedings.
May 24 — a 28-year-old illegal alien from Mexico was arrested after a traffic stop in Palatine, Illinois. He was convicted of possessing a controlled substance and sentenced to two years’ probation. He remains in ICE custody pending his immigration court proceedings.