SOME ICE STATS FOR COSTA MESA
Percentage of arrestees interviewed by ICE-- Jan-April 2007
Jan--38%; Feb-- 62%; Mar-- 55%; Apr-- 61%
180 people were put on ICE holds for being in the country illegally during this period.
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Percentage of arrestees interviewed by ICE Jan-April 2008
Jan--7%; Feb--0%; Mar--5%; Apr--16%
65 people were put on ICE holds for being in the country illegally during this period.
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The CMPD advises that the lower percentages and overall lower numbers so far in 2008 are caused by the construction at the Costa Mesa police station and the closing of the jail for more than a month.
Most of the construction is apparently finished and the jail is open for business again, so we may see an increase in the numbers starting with the May 2008 report which will be out in early June.
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