72% Of San Diego Immigrants Arrested Were Noncriminals: Report

SAN DIEGO, CA -- Roughly 72 percent of the San Diego immigrants arrested in the first three months of 2018 were designated as noncriminals. The Los Angeles Times said the number of noncriminal arrests in the region is the highest in the U.S.

The Los Angeles Times reported that San Diego's Immigration and Customs Enforcement office arrested more than 1,600 people in both San Diego and Imperial counties. Of that number, only 637 people had a history of crime.

A spokeswoman for ICE told the Los Angeles Times that the high number reflects the "trends involving illegal immigration activity at the local borders, apprehensions made during routine fugitive operations and individuals encountered at the local jails."

However, "some attorneys speculated that ICE was pushing to make more arrests before SB 54, a California bill limiting local police cooperation with federal immigration officials, took effect in January," the newspaper reported.

The report comes as the Trump administration is suing the state of California over laws they said protect immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

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