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| Sex Criminals From Abroad Are Arrested in Crackdown |
| By New York Times |
| Published: 11/03/2003 |
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Federal agents last week arrested more than 50 foreign citizens from 25 countries who were living in New York and New Jersey despite the federal government's desire to deport them after they were convicted of sex crimes, mostly against children. Asa Hutchinson, an undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department, and other federal officials said at a news conference at Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan that 56 immigrants had been arrested and charged with immigration offenses, and possibly faced deportation. They also said 16 fugitives were still being sought. The officials called the news conference to announce the arrests and to publicize Operation Predator, a three-month-old effort of the Department of Homeland Security and one of its agencies, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to find child predators and sex offenders who, Mr. Hutchinson said, had left the criminal justice system and "hit the streets" across the country. Under Operation Predator, the two agencies pool intelligence in an effort to thwart the people they call "domestic and international child predators." The arrests last week involved immigrants, but United States citizens who are suspected of sex crimes against children like traveling abroad to engage in sex with minors are being sought as well. Officials said that more than 1,300 people had been arrested across the nation through the program since July. All the new arrests represent cases that moved through criminal justice systems and then disappeared from the government's oversight. |
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