A new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s Office revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released 13,000 detained illegal immigrants last year after agents determined they were not “enforcement priorities.” In addition, the report determined ICE is not gathering enough data on their “prosecutoral discretion” policy and without that data its impossible […]
Illegal Alien Jailed for Defrauding Other Illegal Aliens
May 13, 2015 By 2 Comments
An illegal alien and an accomplice, who operated a Mexican restaurant in La Vernia, TX, were sentenced by a federal judge for selling fake immigration documents to other illegal aliens. Chief US District Judge Fred Biery sentenced Yolanda Hernandez de Arteaga, 49, and Maria de Lourdes Montano-Vicencio, 57 to federal prison for scheming “individuals […]
Los Angeles votes to remove ICE agents from county jails
May 13, 2015 By 1 Comment
Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday voted 3-to-2 to cancel a 2005 agreement, known as “287-G,” with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to station agency deputies at county jails. The deputies had been permitted to take undocumented inmates into custody before their release to the general public. Nearly 100 people signed up to give public comment […]
Interactive Map Shows Deportations By County
May 12, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Center for Immigration Studies has just compiled and released an interactive map showing deportations by county under the since cancelled Secure Communities program. See the map here. The total number of removals shown is 406,441, which is a subset of all ICE removals. The three counties with the most cumulative removals over the period […]
113 congressional Republicans back states’ lawsuit against Obama’s amnesty actions
May 12, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Texas and 25 other states have challenged the legality of Barack Obama’s unilateral actions to ease deportations for illegals, and on Monday 113 top Republicans in Congress signed a brief backing the lawsuit: The Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (Va.), are siding squarely with the […]
Jeb Bush: I’m Fine With Obama’s Amnesty Executive Action
May 12, 2015 By 5 Comments
Legacy Presidential candidate Jeb Bush told FOX News he would not reverse President Obama’s executive action on amnesty if he were to find himself in the Oval Office. Instead, Bush argued Congress should pass amnesty to make it legal and official. Bush also believes: GOP voters “can be persuaded” to his way of thinking on the […]
