Inside ICE: Volume 4, Issue 2

ICE Operation Return to Sender Yields 178 Arrests in South Florida

An ICE operation dubbed “Return to Sender” yielded the arrest of 178 fugitives and immigration status violators in Miami during a weeklong detention and removal effort that culminated on February 2.

The arrests came as a result of targeted enforcement actions in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Those arrested represent 18 different nations. Some of those arrested have previous felony convictions for crimes including lewd and lascivious assault, domestic abuse, fraud, and grand theft.

Among those arrested was 33- year-old Hassan Abdulla Hussan Alihussein, of Jordan, who entered the country as a visitor, and was ordered removed by an immigration judge on June 2, 2003. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) subsequently upheld Alihussein’s order on July 16, 2004. Alihussein had been on the run evading law enforcement since 2004.

Operation Return to Sender is an integral part of the Secure Border Initiative (SBI), a comprehensive multi-year plan launched by the Department of Homeland Security to secure America’s borders and reduce illegal migration. Under SBI, Homeland Security seeks to gain operational control of both the northern and southern borders, while re-engineering the detention and removal system to ensure that illegal aliens are removed from the country quickly and efficiently. SBI also involves strong interior enforcement efforts, including enhanced worksite enforcement investigations and intensified efforts to track down and remove illegal aliens inside this country. Also as part of SBI, 424 illegal aliens were deported from Miami to their respective home countries in January 2007. Of those deported, 131 had criminal convictions.

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