South Texas Court Sees Steady Flow of Deportees Commit New Crimes

McALLEN, Texas — Illegal Immigrants with drug or violent convictions continue to move into south Texas as court documents reveal many commit even more crimes. On Monday, federal authorities saw 12 new felony cases in federal court, out of those cases, 10 were by illegal immigrants with prior convictions. In many of the cases, local police arrest the individuals on unrelated charges and then federal authorities move in to charge them in federal court. During the hearings this week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Ormsby read the illegal immigrants their charges and ordered they be held without bond pending further court hearings. -- More...