(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ERO) officers working with federal law enforcement partners apprehended another record number of illegal foreign nationals, 1,406, in Boston in a targeted immigration enforcement sweep.  

In Operation Patriot 2.0, ICE ERO-Boston and ICE Homeland Security Investigations-New England officers led a multi-agency law enforcement effort. They targeted transnational organized crime, foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), transnational gangs, convicted felons and foreign fugitives in a several week operation. FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service and U.S. Marshals Service agents were involved.