By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--March 31, 2014
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An internal Department of Homeland Security document compiling statistics on arrests and deportations in 2013 showed that ICE agents encountered 193,357 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions but issued charging documents for only 125,478. More than 67,800 were released. The data came from an end-of-year "Weekly Departures and Detention Report." The Center for Immigration Studies, a research group that favors stricter enforcement of immigration laws, estimates ICE agents released more than a third of illegal immigrants with criminal records they detained.
ICE classifies illegal immigrants as criminal if they have been convicted of a crime, not including traffic offenseSo, yes. They're "real criminals," and that's not even taking into account the fact that that they're in the country illegally in the first place. Tell that to one of the President's faithful 'true believers' and they'll probably reply with something like "well, OK, but there must have been a legal reason that charges couldn't be filed." Wrong again. Most of the released illegals regained their freedom thanks to the President's "prosecutorial discretion policies."
"ICE released 68,000 criminal aliens in 2013, or 35 percent of the criminal aliens encountered by officers. The vast majority of these releases occurred because of the Obama administration's prosecutorial discretion policies," Jessica Vaughn, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, wrote in a memo summarizing the DHS document.The Key Findings from Jessica Vaughn's report appear below. Her organization watchdogs illegal immigration, and only managed to get the ICE enforcement records after filing a lawsuit. Be sure to "like" Robert Laurie over on Facebook and follow him on Twitter. You'll be glad you did.
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