A California-based immigration reform activist says while he's pleased that a special three-week sweep by immigration authorities resulted in the arrests of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants, it is still just a drop in the bucket.
Immigration authorities say the sweep targeted those who ignored deportation orders or returned to the U.S. illegally after being deported. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeswoman says more than 400 of those arrested were from Los Angeles and several Southern California counties. ICE teams from San Francisco and San Diego also participated in the raid. Rick Oltman, national spokesman for Californians for Population Stabilization, says the raids captured only a very tiny portion of the illegal population. "Eleven hundred and fifty people actually represent one-six-hundredth of the number of people who have been ordered deported from the [United States] but have failed to show up to deportation hearings. This is basically a no-brainer. These are the worst of the worst," Oltman contends. "These are the violent offenders and the drug traffickers and the sexual predators who have been determined unworthy to stay here, and certainly this law enforcement needs to go on. But it is not enough; it's not close to enough."
Immigration authorities say the sweep targeted those who ignored deportation orders or returned to the U.S. illegally after being deported. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeswoman says more than 400 of those arrested were from Los Angeles and several Southern California counties. ICE teams from San Francisco and San Diego also participated in the raid.
Rick Oltman, national spokesman for Californians for Population Stabilization, says the raids captured only a very tiny portion of the illegal population. "Eleven hundred and fifty people actually represent one-six-hundredth of the number of people who have been ordered deported from the [United States] but have failed to show up to deportation hearings. This is basically a no-brainer. These are the worst of the worst," Oltman contends. "These are the violent offenders and the drug traffickers and the sexual predators who have been determined unworthy to stay here, and certainly this law enforcement needs to go on. But it is not enough; it's not close to enough."
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