Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reported taking nearly 1,500 illegal aliens into custody during a large-scale sweep through the Boston area.
The operation was a monthlong effort “focusing on transnational organized crime, gangs and egregious illegal alien offenders,” ICE said in a June 2 statement.
“The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a safer place today thanks to the hard work and determination of the men and women of ICE and our federal partners. Working together, we were able to arrest almost 1,500 illegal aliens throughout the Commonwealth, most of whom had significant criminality in the United States or abroad,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde.
“To any criminal alien offenders victimizing Massachusetts residents, ICE is
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