ICE's use of force to arrest the 61-year-old Alfonso Garcia Vega was condemned as excessive by his family and immigrant advocates.
The people arrested face "criminal or administrative immigration charges," said ICE spokesperson Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe.
Agencies in several states signed up in late February for the revived 287(g) Task Force Model program. No Arizona agencies have yet applied.
GILBERT, Ariz. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - An Arizona man is speaking out after his father's ICE arrest outside of their Gilbert home last Tuesday. "They took a part of me. Just stripped away," said Alonzo Zavala Barajas, son of a man arrested by ICE. Barajas, 23, was born and raised in Arizona, living alongside his parents and sister.
GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — A Gilbert family is without their father after they say he was detained by ICE in their neighborhood on Tuesday. Alonzo Zavala Barajas said his dad was living undocumented in the U.S. for nearly 23 years. He started a life with ...
Republicans in the Arizona Senate approved legislation that would force local and state law enforcement to help federal officials carry out the Trump administration’s deportation effort.
According to ICE data, as of earlier this month, there are 41,169 undocumented immigrants in ICE detention facilities. More than half of them, 22,538, had no criminal record. Wright is concerned more undocumented immigrants without criminal records will be picked up as the Trump administration applies more pressure on ICE to meet a quota.
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Cologuard Classic ROCQfest brings '90s rappers on Friday and country acts on Saturday to Rillito Park, while Rialto hosts Andy Grammer and Marsalis is at the Fox.
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