Border and Enforcement News

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson sector came under gunfire three times last week. Since October 1, the Tucson sector has had 80 reported attacks. The most recent ones were reported to the FBI, however the agency is not investigating the shootings. At the current rate, the assaults on agents could match an overall high of 341 in fiscal year 1999.

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Two dozen illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds could be deported or prosecuted after their arrests this week by federal authorities and suburban police, according to officials in Chicago. It was the third sweep targeting gang members and others with criminal records in Chicago's suburbs in the last 17 months, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Immigration agents and police from seven northwest and west suburban departments arrested 23 Mexican nationals and a Guatemalan in a sweep that began Monday night. Nineteen were known street gang members.

All had previous arrests on drug and other charges, including aggravated assault, firearms, theft, and traffic violations. All were men, mostly in their late teens and early 20s. The sweep was conducted as a result of investigations begun by local police and turned over to immigration agents.

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