The federals accuse 227 people for crimes of immigration in Arizona for a single week

Phoenix (azfamily) -The Office of the United States prosecutor says they presented criminal charges related to immigration for 227 people in a single week alone in Arizona while the federals continue to carry out directed and improved operations throughout the country.

According to prosecutors, operations were carried out during the first week of March. In particular, 120 were accused of illegally entering the country, while 92 additional cases involved people who illegally restart.

Prosecutors say that there were 12 cases against 15 suspects accused of smuggling illegal immigrants in Arizona. Another other person is accused of assaulting a border patrol agent of the United States.

Arizona’s family previously reported several busts related to immigration in the state, including one in February for smugglers. Border agents of the smuggling migrants of undocumented migrants migrants to a stash house in Yuma.

Earlier this week, federal officials announced an accusation for a Phoenix man who was in the country illegally and accused of human smuggling and drug charges.

During a border visit in Texas this week, vice president JD Vance Said arrests for illegal crosses fell sharply Because President Trump demanded that the government prioritize the issue in a way that his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, never did.

“The border crisis has become a matter of national intelligence and has also become something that requires the defense department to participate,” Vance said.

Arizona’s family reported that the Yuma area used to see about 40 apprehensions per day, but on Tuesday, The Yuma sector reported only one apprehension.

“Agents can spend their time looking for threats, looking for any violation of the federal law.” Head of the Border Patrol of Yuma Justin de la Torre He told Arizona Alexandra Rangel’s family reporter. “If we have a day when there is zero illegal ticket detections, that’s something very good.”

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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