[Smlr_net] More than 300 L.A.-area arrests made in crackdown on immigration violations

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In California, the three-week operation led to the arrest of more than 900 immigrants, most of whom committed crimes, ignored deportation orders or returned to the U.S. after removal, officials say.

By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

May 27 2008

In an ongoing push to deport immigration violators, federal officers have arrested more than 300 immigrants in the Los Angeles area in the last three weeks.

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