ICE Raids Continue to Escalate

Seems that ICE is not going to back down from mounting criticism of its techniques. Stewart Powell of the Houston Chronicle reports:
The Bush administration is vowing to carry out its unprecedented crackdown on undocumented immigrants for the remainder of the year — without regard to any political fallout during the presidential campaign.

In a sign of its resolve, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have detained 1,755 people in raids conducted in May alone.

Nearly 3,700 illegal immigrants have been arrested in dozens of business sweeps since October, immigration officials told the Houston Chronicle, far ahead of the previous year’s pace.

Houston has seen the results of stepped-up enforcement as well. A total of 1,037 fugitive immigrants have been arrested by federal agents in the Houston area in the first seven months of the fiscal year — a monthly rate 44 percent higher than the previous year. Click here for the rest of story.

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