Immigration

ICE agents arrest 42 people in Colorado and Wyoming in five-day operation



Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 42 people in Colorado and Wyoming in a five-day operation that ended Wednesday, ICE officials announced Thursday afternoon.

John Fabbricatore, acting field director based in Denver, spoke at a news conference in Centennial, to announce the arrests. The event was part of a national ICE effort to call out local law enforcement agencies that it deems uncooperative because they decline to hold people beyond their normal release dates because of immigration detainers.

A breakdown of how many of the 42 people arrested were from the Denver-metro area as well as the criminal allegations against them or whether they were only facing final deportation orders was not provided at the news conference. The Denver Post has requested the information.

Thirty-six people were from Mexico, and the rest were from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil and Kenya, ICE said.

Nine of those arrested had pending criminal charges, said ICE spokeswoman Alethea Smock.

 





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