LOS ANGELES - (INT) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 2,000 suspects in a nationwide operation targeting criminal aliens and public safety threats. The Los Angeles area leads nation with more than 200 arrests.

Nationwide, the enforcement action, dubbed Operation Cross Check, resulted in a total of 2,059 persons being taken into custody, with the Southland accounting for the largest number of arrests by any local jurisdiction.

Those arrested are from 94 countries and more than half have felony convictions, including voluntary manslaughter, child pornography, robbery, kidnapping and rape.

The Los Angeles-area arrests occurred in six counties, Los Angeles (101); Orange (51); San Bernardino (24); Riverside (22); Ventura (16); and Santa Barbara (4).

Story Date: March 12, 2015