Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 16

ICE Chicago Deports 77 In Weekly JPATS Flight

CHICAGO, Ill.—Javier Mesa-Rios, 33, convicted of shooting a man to death during a robbery attempt in 1995, was one of 77 Mexican nationals deported last Friday by ICE.

Half of those removed, 38, had criminal convictions for violations ranging from murder and sexual assault, to burglary and drug possession. The large number of removals in one week reflects a national trend of increased deportations as ICE pursues its objective of restoring integrity to the nation’s immigration system.

Mesa-Rios was convicted in Cook County, Ill., in 1997 on charges of first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. Mesa-Rios shot and killed a man during an attempted robbery. He was sentenced to 20 years on the murder charge and five years on the attempted armed robbery charge.

Mesa-Rios, who illegally entered the U.S. by crossing the southwest border just a month before committing the murder, was released from prison July 13 and turned over to ICE for deportation.

ICE’s Chicago Office deports aliens to Mexico on a weekly Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS) flight that makes stops in Chicago and Kansas City.

“A priority for ICE is to get criminals off our streets and keep America secure,” said ICE Field Office Director Debbie Achim, who leads the ICE Detention and Removal Operations Office in Chicago. “We are bringing to bear the full force of our authority to locate and remove these criminals from the U.S.”

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