NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A nationwide crackdown on gangs across the United States produced nearly 1,800 arrests in the past four months, federal authorities said Wednesday.
The arrests, part of an annual effort to disrupt gang-related criminal activities, took place in 28 states, The New York Times reported.
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"We now have over 890 gangs in the United States that we've been able to target," said Brandon Alvarez-Montgomery, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Of the 1,759 arrested, 338 were foreigners, the newspaper said. Nearly all the foreigners arrested face deportation proceedings, Alvarez-Montgomery said.
