COSTA MESA - Forty-six people have been flagged for immigration violations in the month since a federal agent began staffing Costa Mesa's jail, officials said Wednesday.
That's about 10 percent of the roughly 450 people booked since Dec. 4. Of those identified, six have been deported. Twenty are being processed for deportation, and the other 20 will be sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, said Jim Hayes, a regional director for the agency.
Previously, Hayes said, the city was referring five to seven arrestees a week for immigration checks.
Two of those detained have been deported multiple times, have lengthy criminal records and will face federal prosecution, Hayes said. Sentences of up to 20 years in prison are possible, agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said.
Hayes could not provide a breakdown of the offenses for which the people, nearly all Mexican males, were arrested.
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