Operation Return to Sender
Operation Return to Sender | |
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Part of Secure Communities | |
Operation Name | Operation Return to Sender |
part of | Secure Communities |
Type | Illegal immigration dragnet |
Roster | |
Executed by | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) |
Mission | |
Target | Illegal immigrants who had been convicted of crimes in the United States |
Objective | Identifying, arresting, and deporting illegal immigrants who had committed crimes, ignored final orders of deportation, or re-entered the country after being deported. |
Timeline | |
Date end | April 2007 |
Date executed | May 26, 2006 |
Results | |
Arrests | 23,000 |
Accounting |
Operation Return to Sender is the name for a massive sweep of illegal immigrants by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency that began on May 26, 2006.
According to ICE, the campaign has focused on individuals deemed to be the most dangerous, including convicted felons and gang members, particularly those of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, as well as repeat offenders, some of whom had already been deported. As of late April 2007, over 23,000 illegal immigrants had been arrested.[1]
Overview
On Sept. 19, 2006 ICE conducted a sting operation and arrested 11 immigrants in Danbury, Connecticut who came to be known as "The Danbury 11."[2] A federal agent disguised himself as a contractor and enlisted the men to work on a construction site before handing them over to ICE. 9 of the 11 were later released on bail. In January 2007, due to a major push within Operation Return to Sender, raids in the Los Angeles Metro area netted 338 illegal immigrants who were arrested at their homes and apartments and 423 who were identified in area jails since Jan. 17. Those already jailed will be transferred to federal custody when they finish serving their state sentences, said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The sweep netted illegal immigrants from 14 countries in all, including Mexico, Honduras, Ukraine, India, Japan, Poland and Trinidad and Tobago.
An ICE press release from June 14, 2006 claims that Operation Return to Sender ended June 13, 2006 and brought in "More Than 2,100 Criminal Aliens, Gang Members, Fugitives and Other Immigration Violators".[3] However, this is contradicted by numerous citations that the operation is ongoing, including one[4] from the Contra Costa Times newspaper dated March 9, 2007, which quotes ICE as having arrested 13,000 more people from mid-June 2006 through January 2007, and also outlines the ACLU of Northern California's involvement in filing FOIA requests to find out more information about how ICE is conducting this operation. Raids in Marin County, California under "Return To Sender" occurred in early March 2007, showing that the operation continues.[5] On June 6, 2007 ICE arrested 29 individuals in New Haven, Connecticut as part of Operation Return to Sender and arrested a few days later in nearby North Haven. Some of these individuals had no criminal or immigration history.
See also
References
- ^ McKinley, Jesse (28 April 2007). "San Francisco Bay Area Reacts Angrily to Series of Immigration Raids". The New York Times.
- ^ "- CCSU Club Central".
- ^ "DHS: ICE Apprehends More Than 2,100 Criminal Aliens, Gang Members, Fugitives and Other Immigration Violators in Nationwide Interior Enforcement Operation". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Best Tips and References".
- ^ "Marin Independent Journal - Fate of detained becomes clearer". www.marinij.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26.
- "San Francisco Bay Area Reacts Angrily to Series of Immigration Raids" - New York Times, April 28, 2007.
- "Agency Nabs Illegal Immigrants Across U.S." - Associated Press, June 14, 2006.
- "Boston Among Cities In Illegal Immigrant Blitz" - Associated Press, June 14, 2006.
- "ICE Press Release on Operation Return to Sender" June 14, 2006.
- "Immigration Raid has Chilling effect on Mendota community" March 2007.
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United States and
international laws
organizations
- Department of Homeland Security
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- U.S. Border Patrol (BORTAC)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- Board of Immigration Appeals
- Office of Refugee Resettlement
- US v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
- Ozawa v. US (1922)
- US v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)
- US v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975)
- Zadvydas v. Davis (2001)
- Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting (2011)
- Barton v. Barr (2020)
- DHS v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal. / Wolf v. Vidal (2020)
- Niz-Chavez v. Garland (2021)
- Sanchez v. Mayorkas (2021)
and events
- 2006 protests
- Brooks County, Texas
- Central American migrant caravans
- Economic impact
- Effects
- Eugenics in the United States
- Guest worker program
- Human trafficking
- Human smuggling
- Immigration reduction
- Immigration reform
- List of people deported from the United States
- Mexico-United States border crisis
- Mexico–United States border wall
- Labor shortage
- March for America
- Illegal immigrant population
- Reverse immigration
- Unaccompanied minors from Central America
- DREAM Act (2001–2010)
- H.R. 4437 (2005)
- McCain–Kennedy (2005)
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2006
- STRIVE Act (2007)
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007
- Uniting American Families Act (2000–2013)
- Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
- SAFE Act (2015)
- RAISE Act (2017)
- US Citizenship Act of 2021
and points of entry
- "Wetback" (1954)
- "Peter Pan" (1960–1962)
- "Babylift" (1975)
- "Gatekeeper" (1994)
- "Endgame" (2003–2012)
- "Front Line" (2004–2005)
- "Streamline" (2005–present)
- "Return to Sender" (2006–2007)
- "Jump Start" (2006–2008)
- "Phalanx" (2010–2016)
- "Faithful Patriot" (2018–present)
organizations
- Arizona Border Recon
- California Coalition for Immigration Reform
- CASA of Maryland
- Center for Immigration Studies
- Center for Migration Studies of New York
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
- Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Community Change
- Federation for American Immigration Reform
- Improve The Dream
- Mexica Movement
- Mexicans Without Borders
- Migration Policy Institute
- Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
- Minuteman Project
- National Immigration Forum
- National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
- Negative Population Growth
- No More Deaths
- NumbersUSA
- Save Our State
- Utah Compact
- Borderland (TV series)
- Missing in Brooks County