Nearly 300 illegal immigrants arrested in San Diego, Calexico

Nearly 300 illegal immigrants, some with criminal records, were arrested during the weekend attempting to enter the United States from Mexico in the San Diego and Imperial Valley areas, authorities said Monday.

At border checkpoints including San Ysidro and Calexico, 294 immigrants were found hidden in vehicles, or were using fraudulent entry documents or documents legally issued to someone else,  the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. Among those arrested were 16 fugitives wanted on charges of battery, burglary, assault and probation violation.

A Guatemalan national showed border agents a U.S. birth certificate and federal Bureau of Prisons release authorization form with his photo. But suspicious officers at the San Ysidro crossing questioned the man and determined that the documents belonged to another person, the Homeland Security Department said.

The man was arrested and transported to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles to await arraignment for allegedly making a false claim to U.S. citizenship, the department said.

--Robert J. Lopez

Comments

[chatmandu]

Build the wall, build it now....

[rickys]

so wheres the news on this ? this happens everyday

[TAM60]

The citizens CA will be blame for their arrest. Carlos Fry, and the Pint Size Mayor will say we are Wrong.

[Tirau]

*This* is where we need to be investing some of our stimulus instead of those parasitic banks- each illegal caught and sent away is an investment in America.

[kelly]

Yay! Keep up the good work.

But why do they have to be transported to L.A.? Are there no jails/courts in the San Diego area?

[Terry Groves]

300 is a good start.

[Louweegie272]

These kind of arrests should happen every day. The border is obviously not secure, this is just more pro amnesty propaganda from the Times.

[2PAC]

Arrest all illegals! They are flooding America! To include Middle Eastern, European, Africans and last but not least Indians(India not Natives)!

[clint torris]

Only 300? Slow day.

[cyn123456]

Securing the borders
is KEY.
Don't feel like the bad guy
so much now.
Fair and square
rightfully done.
don't try to cross borders illegally.
It's 2010
Terrorists will intercept via borders
if we
don't command our borders
California
may suffer a blow.
Thank you homeland security
please exceed in effiency.

[USMC1969]

Only 300! That means that at least 900 more made it thru in that same period of time. We got a serious problem and no amnesty is going to fix. Severe enforcement will!

[common sense]

These broad sweeps almost always lead to high collateral damage, hurting many innocent people (sounds like up to 278, or 95%, of folks in this case), breaking up families, and stepping on due process rights. What we really need is to reform our broken immigration system in a reasonable way, so that those living here can contribute fully to our society. We need everyone's help to put our country and economy back on track. It's time for Congress and the President to take action.

[Javier Solis]

Sure keep on cheering about the 300 being deported. At that rate, say lets say somewhere between 12 million and 20 million undocumented people divided by 300 per day mutiplied by 365 days per year (109,500), well you do the math. LOL!! It will take the ICE somewhere between 109 years and 182 years to deport all the 12 - 20 million undocumented people at 300 per day. Keep cheering all you want because immigration cannot be stopped unless you know the cause. We aint leavin and you aint makin us go. You aint deportin me homies.

[starchief5]

That's about how many cross over every 15 minutes.

[Matt]

keep up the good work, theres a lot more where that came from

[Tara Murphy]

Many illegal immigrants are self-deporting due to the economy which doesn't look like it's going to improve any time soon. Apprehensions are down because crossing attempts are down. Remittances to Mexico and Central America are down significantly, and the popular, majority mood in the U.S. is to object to anything that looks like amnesty. There's no way that legalizing a low-wage worker can do anything positive for the U.S.: he, his wife & children would all be eligible for means-tested programs and they would flock to social services, sinking that ship. Will the churches, sanctuary cities, immigrant neighborhoods, and advocacy groups fill the gap? I doubt it.

[Illegal?]

Ya these poor immigrants are a security threat to AMERICA. Get real.

[DenyDeportNow]

Bad news the 300 is NOT causing a (tiny) dent in the 12M because the 300 were not here they just tried to get in. So the 12M remains 12M
Here in California (should i say MEXifornia) we are getting more broke, we loose more jobs, we see more signs in spanish, what used to be a nice state turns into Tijuana, what a tragedy

[Harry]

Securing the borders
is KEY.
Don't feel like the bad guy
so much now.
Fair and square
rightfully done.

Posted by: cyn123456 | March 08, 2010 at 09:27 PM

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cyn123456~~~

I agree.

That's why it's really important that we elect an anti-illegal immigration candidate into office, the guy who understands all the problems that illegal immigration has caused.

Just who did you vote for president during the primary election of '08, mind if I ask???

[Stephen]

This is the tip of the iceberg. Obama is going to try and shove amnesty down our throats before the November elections. Americans will NEVER accept another amnesty. Illegal immigration costs the US more than 350 BILLION annually. Our government says there are 11 million illegal aliens in the US. That's a lie! It's closer to 25 million and growing. Americans must demand a ZERO tolerance towards ALL illegal immigration. Abolish sanctuary cities and empty the jails of illegals. Make E-Verify mandatory nationwide. The free ride is over, we're broke! ILLEGAL ALIENS GO HOME!

[ltfd]

E-verify. Go after the employers.

[RWh]

Until we take away the promise of amnesty from illegals, they will never stop coming. Thanks to our president and a few senators, that promise is hanging in the wings and our president is waiting to spring it on the American people. I wonder when our president and our representatives in Washington are going to start being concerned about American citizens instead of foreign nationals.

[Morris]

For what it cost to handle those 300 illegals, it only takes the stroke of the Presidents pen, MANDATE E-VERIFY. cut off all government contracts for independents that have illegal immigrants working for them, suspend the business license of companies that have unverified socials in their employ, require all new corporations, to sign an agreement that they will comply with the mandate, every hire will have to be entered into the database.

That is how you remove the magnet, next step, reduce AFDC, to 2 children for a maximum of 10 years, reinstate the welfare to work program, that will be a warning to illegals to stop having stair stepped children, and encourage legal citizens to work, because in essence they are working for the little money they get now for nothing.

It will create jobs, reduce healthcare cost, save the budget, ease congestion, etc.

[ed]

We should adopt Mexicos laws on illegal immigration:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=14632

[wd]

It's about time. If they would do this every day then myself and all the other hard workers won't have to keep paying for everyone else who is here illegally