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VA: GOP AG Targets Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:18 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:18

A Turkish national living in Williamsburg is one of 36 sex offenders targeted for deportation in a statewide effort to crack down on illegal immigrants who have been convicted of sex crimes.

Operation Cold Play, a joint effort by the Virginia State Police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was announced Wednesday by Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell.

As part of the effort, state police and federal agents recently arrested 36 sex offenders registered in Virginia who were convicted of sex crimes but were no longer in jail. They are in federal custody while they undergo deportation proceedings.

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