[USA] ICE arrests more than 1,700 during largest ever nationwide gang surge / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), September 2008
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0810/081001washington.htm
"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today the arrests of 1,759 gang members and associates, criminals and immigration violators as part of a comprehensive law enforcement operation led by ICE agents. Law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level partnered during this four-month long public safety surge, which ended yesterday, that targeted violent street gangs and their criminal associates in 53 cities across 28 states."
Factsheet: Operation Community Shield: Targeting Violent Transnational Street Gangs
http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/factsheets/opshieldfactsheet.htm