US Border Patrol Called Raid 300 Miles From Border 'Targeted'. Open Source Evidence Suggests Otherwise
In early January, agents from the El Centro division of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) descended on the central Californian city of Bakersfield and the surrounding Kern County as part of “Operation Return to Sender”. The unit said the mission was highly targeted and aimed to apprehend immigrants with criminal records.
Yet exactly how targeted the mission was has become a point of significant tension, with rights and labour groups claiming it was anything but.
El Centro sector, which is based in the southern United States border city of the same name, said the operation resulted in the arrest of 78 people. Most were Mexican nationals and many had lived in the US for decades. According to a lawsuit, 40 people were deported after the operation. Some were removed from the US within days of being arrested.
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