Federal agents arrested immigrants who lost asylum pleas
By Ruth Morris
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
July 20, 2006
Federal agents have arrested 61 immigrants in a statewide operation that targeted people who lost asylum pleas but remained in the United States against judges' orders, officials said Wednesday.
Most of the arrests occurred in South Florida, with 35 in Miami-Dade and 16 in Broward County, said Barbara Gonzalez, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those arrested included a convicted criminal whom federal officials identified as Glenn Zazim Khan, 34, of Trinidad and Tobago. In a statement, ICE said a jury convicted him on manslaughter and aggravated assault charges. An immigration judge last year ordered him deported, the statement said, and agents caught up with him in Orlando last week.
Federal officials also are pursuing so-called fugitive aliens, or absconders -- men and women who have ignored a judge's order to leave the country after losing an asylum claim. The Department of Homeland Security estimates there are more than 590,000 such fugitives living in the United States, and special Fugitive Operations Teams have arrested about 31,000 since March 2003.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
July 20, 2006
Federal agents have arrested 61 immigrants in a statewide operation that targeted people who lost asylum pleas but remained in the United States against judges' orders, officials said Wednesday.
Most of the arrests occurred in South Florida, with 35 in Miami-Dade and 16 in Broward County, said Barbara Gonzalez, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Those arrested included a convicted criminal whom federal officials identified as Glenn Zazim Khan, 34, of Trinidad and Tobago. In a statement, ICE said a jury convicted him on manslaughter and aggravated assault charges. An immigration judge last year ordered him deported, the statement said, and agents caught up with him in Orlando last week.
Federal officials also are pursuing so-called fugitive aliens, or absconders -- men and women who have ignored a judge's order to leave the country after losing an asylum claim. The Department of Homeland Security estimates there are more than 590,000 such fugitives living in the United States, and special Fugitive Operations Teams have arrested about 31,000 since March 2003.
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