Calif. immigration sweep nets 280 arrests

Immigration agents arrested 280 people in California in their biggest push yet to round up suspected illegal immigrants with criminal records, authorities said Friday.

More than 400 agents and local law enforcement officers fanned out across the state in the three-day search led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“These are not people who we want walking our streets,” ICE director John Morton said. “We’re going to focus on those people who choose to pursue a life of crime in the United States rather than pursue the American dream of education, hard work and success.”http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34384337/ns/us_news-security/Associated Press