In response to the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched Operation Salvo to get gang members off the streets of the sanctuary state.
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The New York operation is just the beginning of an effort that will expand nationwide to arrest dangerous gang members, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. As of Wednesday, Operation Salvo had resulted in 54 arrests, with the majority of those arrested already deported.
“Operation Salvo is just the beginning of a broader and a much more sustained effort to go after not only transnational criminal organizations and networks, but also illegal criminal aliens throughout the country,” said Noem. “The Trump Administration is using every single tool that we have
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