Partnerships with local law enforcement net criminal alien arrests

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent this bulletin at 05/10/2012 03:24 PM EDT

Partnerships with local law enforcement net criminal alien arrests

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It was mid-afternoon when Mario Vidrio, an immigration enforcement agent assigned to the Escondido Police Department's Gang Task Force, responded to a call involving an unsafe lane change on one of Escondido, Calif.'s major thoroughfares. He didn't know that this traffic stop was going to help him take a dangerous criminal off the streets of southern California.

When Vidrio arrived at the scene, the subject did not have any identification, and when questioned, stated that he was a citizen of Mexico who was illegally in the United States. Vidrio immediately began conducting record checks, but several of them returned negative results. It wasn't until Vidrio transported the individual to back to the Escondido Police Department and ran his fingerprints against a series of databases that he received a positive result. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department had issued a $600,000 felony warrant for the arrest of this individual. He was charged with child molestation and had previously been deported.

This scenario is not unique. ICE's partnerships with local law enforcement agencies in northern San Diego Country have resulted in the arrest of more than 1,000 criminal aliens and immigration violators over the last two years.

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