Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
Globe investigation reveals criminal immigrants offend at higher rates than ICE says
A years-long investigation into more than 300 illegal immigrants released from custody over a four-year span has revealed that the same criminals released later reoffend at a rate greater than immigration officials have intimated in the past – offenses that include rape, murder and child molestation. The Boston Globe has the details: They were…
Read MorePresident Obama’s Justice Department ignoring judge’s order for info into White House amnesty program
President Obama’s Justice Department is refusing to comply with a federal order that it hand over details of the benefits provided to more than 100,000 illegal immigrants because of the president’s unilateral action on immigration — an issue mired in controversy because of executive overreach and the challenges facing those tasked with enforcing our immigration…
Read MoreSenator: ‘Sanctuary city policies impose a very real cost’
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Wednesday on the Senate floor introduced an amendment that would discipline local officials that don’t collaborate with federal immigration officials when it comes to sharing information about illegal immigrants – an enforcement breakdown that for good reason has many Americans bemoaning our failed immigration system. The Morning Call has the details: The…
Read MoreCalifornia border-patrol agent: ‘We don’t know who we’re releasing’
A surge of Central American illegal-immigrant children and families, as well as nearly 500,000 visa overstays, is making some border-patrol agents question public safety. Why are they concerned? Because there is so great a backlog of illegal immigrants that it’s making it difficult for officials to conduct timely background checks on everyone that comes through…
Read MoreReport: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to deport nearly 20,000 criminal illegal immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in 2015 declined to deport almost 20,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions – more than 200 of whom were convicted of murder; more than 900 of sex crimes and more than 12,000 of drunken driving, according to a government report. The Washington Examiner has the story: Overall, those released into…
Read MoreSupreme Court divided over challenge to President Obama’s executive-amnesty order
The Supreme Court this week is divided over a challenge to President Obama executive-amnesty order that would grant work permits to 5 million illegal immigrants. The New York Times has the story: A 4-4 deadlock seemed a real possibility, one that would leave in place an appeals court ruling that blocks the plan and…
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