'Return To Sender'

Members of a team from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency attempt to gain entrance to an apartment building in search of a suspect during a sweep to capture illegal aliens with a criminal record in the Boston area, Wednesday, June 14, 2006, in Everett, Mass. More than 2,100 illegal immigrants have been arrested since the nationwide raid, dubbed "Operation Return to Sender," began May 26.

An agent from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency keeps watch at the side of a house while other agents from ICE are inside in search of a suspect during a sweep to capture illegal aliens with a criminal record in the Boston area, Tuesday, June 13, 2006, in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. More than 2,100 illegal immigrants have been arrested since the nationwide raid began May 26.

Jose Ignacio Ferreira DaSilva from Brazil is taken into custody during a federal sweep to capture illegal aliens with a criminal record in the Boston, Tuesday, June 13, 2006. More than 2,100 illegal immigrants have been arrested since the nationwide raid began May 26. Da Silva, 35, had been arrested in 2002 and deported, but had slipped back into the country. He now faces up to 20 years in prison.

Jose Ignacio Ferreira DaSilva from Brazil is taken from the police station in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston by members of a team from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Wednesday, June 14, 2006. DaSilva was apprehended during a sweep to capture illegal aliens with a criminal record in the Boston area and was booked at the local police station before being taken into federal custody.

A poster showing photographs of an arrested illegal immigrant and gang member stands in the foreground as Julie Myers, assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a press conference in Houston, Wednesday, June 14, 2006. Myers announced the arrests of more than 2,000 illegal immigrants in a nationwide sweep that began May 26.

Marc Raimondi of the Dept. of Homeland Security watches as a woman is questioned about a fugitive sought by members of a team from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency during a sweep to capture illegal aliens with a criminal record in the Boston area, Wednesday, June 14, 2006, in Everett, Mass. More than 2,100 illegal immigrants have been arrested since the nationwide raid began May 26.

Julie Myers, assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a press conference in Houston, Wednesday, June 14, 2006. Myers announced the arrests of more than 2,000 illegal immigrants in a nationwide sweep that began May 26.