Federal authorities arrested 133 illegal aliens during an enhanced immigration enforcement operation focused on criminal offenders and other immigration violators. The five-day operation in western, central, and northern New York involved federal agents from myriad agencies, including ICE, FBI, DEA, CBP, USCIS, and U. S. Customs and Border Protection.

In what has become common practice in recent weeks, multiple federal agencies have banded together to conduct a targeted deportation operation in New York as part of President Trump’s “Operation Take Back America.” The operation calls for all federal law enforcement agencies to collaborate in the fight against illegal immigration, drug cartels, and the trafficking of dangerous drugs and human beings.

On Friday, ICE officials announced the results of the March 24-28 operation in and around the Buffalo area, extending throughout western and upstate New York. In the Buffalo and Rochester areas, 84 illegal aliens were arrested, and 48 were arrested in Syracuse, Albany, Rouses Point, and Massena.