The US Immigration authorities have arrested a Tongan man who was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
The arrest was part of an operation sting that saw 112 people arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a four-day operation in Los Angeles and other counties.
The operation ended Thursday last week.
“Those with deportation orders could return to their countries immediately, while the rest will go before an immigration judge”, Californian media reported.
“Many of those arrested had been released from jail under a 2014 state law that prevents local law enforcement agencies from holding immigrants convicted of lesser crimes once they serve their sentences, ICE Deputy Field Director David Marin told the Los Angeles Times”.
In some cases, immigration officials take custody of convicts upon their release from jails in California. In others, the convicts are released into the community and immigration agents go out to re-arrest them, as they did this week.
