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SoCal Illegals Sent Packing in Massive Sweep

Feds nab 1,300+ in biggest-ever roundup of immigrants

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 3, 2007 9:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Feds have arrested more than 1,300 immigrants in Southern California over the last two weeks, in what Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is calling its biggest roundup ever. Ninety percent have criminal records or standing deportation orders, and 600 have already been deported, reports the...   Read full story »

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