Agents arrest 37 undocumented criminals in Oklahoma as part of nationwide sweep

Federal immigration officials said all of the 2,901 individuals taken into custody had prior criminal convictions including:

At least 1,282 had multiple criminal convictions. More than 1,600 were arrested with felony convictions including manslaughter, attempted murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, drug trafficking, child abuse, sexual crimes against minors and aggravated assault.

42 were gang members and 151 were convicted sex offenders.

681 of those arrested were also immigration fugitives who had previously been ordered to leave the country.

Some 390 were illegal re-entrants who had been previously removed from the country multiple times.

At least 146 of those arrested during the enforcement action were presented to U.S. attorneys for prosecution on various charges including illegal re-entry after deportation, a felony which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, immigration officials said.