Illegal immigrant picked up for deportation (Milford Daily News)

Illegal immigrant picked up for deportation

By Danielle Ameden/Daily News staff
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Posted Oct 17, 2008 @ 11:23 PM

MILFORD — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers yesterday picked up a Brazilian woman in Milford who was wanted on a deportation warrant, authorities said.

The woman, an illegal immigrant whose name and age were not released, ignored an immigration judge's deportation order from April 2006, which led to the warrant, said ICE spokeswoman Paula Grenier.

"The next step in her case would be removal from the United States," Grenier said.

With Milford Police assisting, ICE agents picked up the woman sometime after 6 a.m. yesterday at her 7 Genoa Ave. home, Grenier said.

"It was a targeted enforcement action," Grenier said.

The federal agency has fugitive operation teams all over the country.

"Their specific mission is to identify and locate individuals who have already been ordered removed," Grenier said.

The Boston office arrested 1,557 of the immigration fugitives in Boston last fiscal year, she said.

"This is something we do every day," Grenier said.

Yesterday's arrest occurred without incident, she said.