More than 450 illegal immigrants and alleged drug criminals arrested in Arkansas

Little Rock – The greatest cooperation between the police to enforce the state of immigration in Arkansas' history has led to the arrest of 219 illegal immigrants in the past three weeks. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Clay Fowlkes, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, Announced the Culmination of Enforce and Remove, ”to Arrest Operation Across the State That In In In Intest Enforcement Agencies Operating in Arkansas, as well the Arkansas State Police and All 19 Arkansas Judicial Drug Task Forces, Who Coordined and Organized the Overall Operation. In addition to supporting the immigration enforcement, these Task Forces also arrested 253 people who were suspected of committing drug crimes and confiscated almost £ 15,000 illegal drugs worth millions and $ 43.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents Collaborated with the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and the Us Marshals Service, As Well as The Drug Task Forces and Arkansas State State Police, to Arrest 219 Illegal Immigrants During the Three Weeks of This Enforcement Operation, which Began February 5. In Total, Beat January 21, as President Donald Trump granted executive regulations to prioritize the enforcement of immigration laws. 375 illegal immigrants were arrested in Arkansas.

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“On January 21, the Ministry of Justice published all departmental components a memo that included all US lawyers' office, the DEA, FBI, ATF and US marshals that have instructed every agency to work together with the immigration and customs authority of the United States to concentrate our resources and attention to immigration official and the public prosecutor's office in the federal, state and local level and local level, “and US level,” said US level.

“In the memo, the change of guidelines were described in response to the President's first instructions on the day of the President and for the mission of the department of crucial importance to combat three of the most serious threats to the American people: firstly, cartels and other transnational criminal organizations, which caused uncertain limits and enormous drainage of illegal immigration. Secondly, brutal and unbearable violent crimes by members of these organizations and illegal extraterrestrials. Third, the fentanyl crisis and the opioid epidemic that poison our communities and have added an unprecedented burden on addiction, suffering and death.

“Since the Ministry of Justice has to work on exterminating these threats, the US law firms in Arkansas, together with each of our federal government, will continue to prioritize work with ICE in order to aggressively enforce the laws adopted by the congress to immigrate and the drug and violent offense. If these efforts are combined with our partnerships with our outstanding state and local law enforcement officers, we are confident that this first company will lead to additional successful operations in the coming days. “

“Our commitment to securing the municipalities in West -Arkansas remains steadfast because we enforce the efforts to enforce immigration,” said US lawyer Fowlkes. “We strive to maintain the law and to ensure public security and at the same time to maintain the highest standards for law enforcement authorities and law enforcement. Through the cooperation with our federal law enforcement partners, we will deal with the challenges of illegal immigration and protect our communities from criminals who try to join the United States illegally and to suspend our municipalities their criminal activities and associated violence. “

In preparation for the “Operation Enforces and Removing”, ICE, which worked with other federal and local partners, developed information about the locations of well-known illegal immigrants. The people who wanted to arrest and remove these agents had earlier encounters with law enforcement authorities and therefore knew addresses in various databases. Some criminals were previously convicted of crimes, while others had prior contact with the law enforcement authorities. Everyone was illegal in the country and are deported. Of the 219 arrests of illegal immigrants during the enforcement process, 127 people were edited by the office for Ice Enforcement and removed in Little Rock, 57 via the Fayetteeville office, 23 on the Fort Smith office, and 17 people on the Texarkana office.

The illegal immigrants in Arkansas came from 23 different countries. The crimes for which some of these people were previously convicted were: battery, stricter bodily harm, robbery, drug possession and distribution, domestic violence, sexual assault, illegal guns, an illegal casino, fake, hit-and run, indecent exposure and sexual assault against a minor.

“We will continue to use every tool and resource to identify, localize and record those criminal foreigners who threaten public security,” said Larry Adams, director of IS assistant. “Our enforcement efforts are steadfast and our commitment to protect our communities remains stronger than ever.”

At the same time, in which ICE worked in immigration surgery, the Drogen -Aksk Force officials carried out numerous drug investigations, the motorway ban, controlled purchases of narcotics, the execution of search command and other methods for arresting people who were known to have involved in drug trafficking. In addition to the 253 medication -related arrests and 43 confiscated weapons, civil servants overall the following medication: 225 pound methamphetamine, 65 pounds of cocaine, £ 14,542 Marijuana and 2,681 fentanyl pills and 90 grams of fentinel powder. The street value of these medication that is divided into a user level may be hundreds of millions of dollars. Depending on the special case, these people are pursued either at the state or federal level.

The 472 arrests announced today are the highlight of the first, but not last, collaborative law enforcement efforts that are to carry out the Ministry of Justice and bring all Arkansans to safety.

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