2BOSTON, MA — In one of the largest immigration enforcement operations in recent history, federal agents apprehended more than 1,400 illegal aliens across Massachusetts during a month-long crackdown on transnational crime and violent offenders.

Dubbed Operation Patriot 2.0, the joint initiative united ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations with the FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals, ATF, CBP, and other federal partners.

The coordinated effort, which ran from Sept. 4 to Sept. 30, targeted individuals tied to organized crime, gangs, and serious criminal offenses — leading to arrests spanning every corner of the Commonwealth.

Key Points

ICE and federal partners arrested 1,406 illegal aliens during Operation Patriot 2.0.

Over 600 detainees had prior convict

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