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September 29, 2008

ICE sweep nets 63 arrests of immigrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested 63 illegal immigrants during a 5-day sweep in Chickasha and elswhere in the Oklahoma City area.

ICE says in a news release the operation ended Wednesday with arrests made in Oklahoma City, Norman, Harrah, Mustang, Edmond, Chickasha, Jones and other areas in Central Oklahoma. The release says 45 of those arrested had final orders of deportation. Nine have criminal convictions for crimes including involuntary manslaughter, assault, theft, extortion, and drug and alcohol offenses.

The immigrants are from Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Nicaragua, Cambodia, Ghana, Guatemala and Honduras.

In another immigration related matter last week, an official of a Norman company has pleaded guilty helping hire illegal immigrants.

Virginia Hudson of Oklahoma City admitted in federal court she knowingly accepted false documentation from illegal immigrants hired by A-1 Electric Heat and Air.

The felony charge filed against Hudson indicates A-1 "encouraged and induced" immigrants to enter the country illegally.

Hudson faces up to three years in prison but her attorney says he expects her to receive probation.

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