ICE Arrests 132 People in Washington DC, Virginia

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seek to arrest immigration fugitives, re-entrants, and at-large criminal aliens during an operation in Atlanta, Georgia on Feb. 9, 2017. Bryan Cox/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images

An operation carried out by federal immigration officials resulted in the arrest of more than 132 illegal immigrants in Washington and Virginia.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted “notable threats to public safety throughout Virginia and Washington,” calling it “Operation Eagle’s Shield.”