Nearly
100 members of the notoriously violent MS-13 street gang were among the young
immigrants admitted into the U.S. under the classification of “unaccompanied
minor” during the past 11 months, according to recent government data.
As CNS News reported, a
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement study found 99 gang members had
received the status, including nearly two-thirds who were also granted “Special
Immigrant Juvenile” status.
The immigrants
arrested were targeted as part of ICE’s Operation Matador,
described by the agency as a “unified effort to combat the proliferation of
MS-13 and other transnational criminal gang activity in Long Island, the New
York City metropolitan area and the Hudson Valley.” Read More
