Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) have a question for Immigration and Customs Enforcement: How were 156 repeat-offender criminal illegal aliens never deported? Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, reports ICE has disclosed that of 33,007 illegal immigrants with criminal records released from government custody in […]
GOP senators demand to know why repeat-offender criminal illegals were never deported
June 19, 2015 By 7 Comments
Texas seeks more judges for burgeoning immigration backlog
June 18, 2015 By 5 Comments
The number of Texas-based immigration cases stuck in federal court has grown by about 60% in the last two years; through April of this year, some 77,000 immigration cases were still waiting to be heard. To combat the growing problem, Rep. Henry Cuellar wants to secure money for 55 more immigration judges and support staff: […]
Hungary is building a border fence. Why can’t the U.S.?
June 18, 2015 By 4 Comments
Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced Wednesday that Hungary will erect a 13 ft.-high, 110 mile-long fence along its border with Serbia to keep out the thousands of illegal immigrants crossing into the country: The number of migrants entering the European Union on the overland route through the Balkans, mostly across the southern Hungarian border with Serbia, […]
280 illegal alien criminals arrested across six states
June 18, 2015 By 5 Comments
Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted sting operations across six states that led to the arrests of 280 illegal alien criminals. From Kansas’s KAKE News: “Those are the types of individuals that we are aggressively going after, said ICE Spokesperson Gail Montenegro. “We will arrest them and put them in deportation proceedings.” In all, I.C.E. agents […]
D.C. quadruple-murder suspect hires immigration specialist
June 17, 2015 By 5 Comments
Darron Wint, the sole suspect arrested in connection with a quadruple D.C. homicide, has hired a defense attorney specializing in immigration issues after the federal government flagged him for potential deportation: Darron Wint appeared in D.C. Superior Court Tuesday for a hearing on the appointment of his new attorney, Sean R. Hanover, whom his family […]
REPORT: ICE Records Reveal Steep Drop in Worksite Enforcement
June 17, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Obama administration has largely abandoned efforts to enforce the laws against hiring illegal workers, according to internal ICE statistics. In the first five months of this fiscal year, ICE conducted just 181 workplace audits and brought charges against just 27 employers. This is a small fraction of the worksite activity ICE completed in 2013, […]
