More than 300 people were arrested in San Diego and Imperial counties in a raid that targeted deportable immigrants. According to officials with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, the sweep was a part of a statewide operation that totaled over 1000 arrests.

Of the 267 men arrested and 34 women arrested, at least 102 of them were targeted as immigration fugitives who refused to comply with a deportation order. According to ICE spokeswoman Lauren Mack, others were sought after for violations including returning to the country illegally after being deported. Others were arrested who were not initially targeted, but their illegal status was revealed to the agents during the sweep.

Among the arrested were U.S. citizens as well as illegal immigrants.

The arrests came after a three-week operation that concluded last week. According to Mack, the operation was coordinated between ICE’s fugitive operation teams and led by San Diego agents.

The agency reported a total of 1,157 arrests statewide. Some individuals had criminal records for offenses ranging from sexual assault and narcotics to voluntary manslaughter, and at least one person accused of making a terrorist threat.

In part of a coordinated effort between ICE and the San Diego Police Department, a 72-year-old legal U.S. resident from Bayview Heights was arrested as part of on suspicion of child molestation. He has been charged and is being held without bail, Mack said.

The bulk of the local arrests were made in San Diego, where 248 people were picked up; 35 more were in North County and 18 were found in El Centro, the spokeswoman said.

Mack said that this effort was part of an ongoing operation to track fugitive immigrants who rarely maintain a permanent address.

A written statement from Julie L. Myers, an assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security said, “The deployment of more fugitive operations teams, together with enhancements in our ability to track leads in these cases, have resulted in the arrest of record numbers of immigration fugitives this year and we expect that trend to continue”. The agency oversees ICE.

Mack said the 10 most common home countries of those who were arrested are Mexico, Guatemala, Vietnam, El Salvador, Honduras, Iraq, Cuba, Laos, Somalia and the Philippines. People hailing from 34 countries were arrested statewide.

Many have been sent back to their home countries, while the rest are awaiting deportation or in custody, Mack said.