Most illgal immigrants deported last year were criminals

[LilOlLady]

Most illegal immigrants deported last year were criminals
By Alan Gomez and Kevin Johnson,
USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – The U.S. deported nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants last year, and an increasing number of them were convicted criminals, according to figures set for release Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security.
Deportations have been on the rise for the past decade, and the 396,906 illegal immigrants deported in fiscal year 2011 is the highest number yet, according to the figures.
Of the convicted criminals deported last year, 1,119 were convicted of homicide, 5,848 of sexual offenses, 44,653 of drug-related offenses and 35,927 of driving under the influence, according to the Homeland Security figures

Most illegal immigrants deported last year were criminals

Where are the law abiding hard working illegal aliens who only want to work and make a better life for the families? They are the criminals who were deported after they were hard working law abiding people. The cost of illegal alien crime and the lost of lives and rape of our children is too high a price to pay for cheap labor and blood stained votes. Immigration Reform should include deporting illegal aliens before they commit crimes.
How many American live would be saved by deportation of the 20 million?

 

[LilOlLady]

About 45 percent of all offenses were drug or immigration offenses. About 15 percent were property-related offenses such as burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and property damage. About 12 percent were for violent offenses such as murder, robbery, assault, and sex-related crimes.

Jim Kouri -- Illegal Aliens Linked to Rise in Crime Statistics

 

[waltky]

Largest deportation ever...

U.S. deports nearly 400,000 -- the most ever -- as immigration debate rages
Oct. 19, 2011 | The U.S. deported nearly 400,000 people in the past fiscal year -- the largest number of removals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's history, the agency's director said Tuesday.

John Morton announced the fiscal 2011 numbers in Washington, saying about 55% of those deported had felony or misdemeanor convictions. Officials said the number of those convicted of crimes was up 89% from 2008. Authorities could not immediately say how many of those crimes related solely to previous immigration violations. Individuals can be convicted of a felony for returning to the U.S. or being found in the U.S. after the government orders them to leave. Among the 396,906 people deported were more than 1,000 convicted of homicide. Another 5,800 were sex offenders, and about 80,000 people were convicted of drug-related crimes or driving under the influence. "We continue to hope for comprehensive immigration reform at a national level, working with the Congress, but in the meantime, we work with the resources we have, under the laws we have," Morton said.

The announcement comes as the Obama administration has sought to address critics on both sides of the immigration debate. Immigration advocates complain law enforcement officials are spending too much of their scarce resources rounding up families living in the country illegally but are otherwise law-abiding. Others say the administration isn't doing enough to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, including criminals and terrorists. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has said the agency is focusing its resources on criminals, recent border crossers, those who repeatedly cross the border and those people the department considers fugitives. Authorities say two-thirds of those deported last year either recently crossed the border or had done so repeatedly.

But House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, an outspoken opponent of the Obama administration's immigration policies, called the numbers inflated. He argued they include people who voluntarily agree to leave the country with no penalties and can return to the U.S. "We could free up millions of jobs for citizens and legal immigrants if we simply enforced our immigration laws," he said. The Washington, D.C.-based Immigration Forum also criticized the administration. "At $23,000 per individual to go through the complete deportation process, immigration enforcement without fixing our broken system is not sustainable," it said in a statement. "We cannot continue to spend billions of dollars, year after year, while denying we have a more fundamental problem -- that our immigration system no longer serves America well."

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Feds Caught and Released 28 Iranians Who Became Fugitives Inside U.S.; ICE Won’t Say What Happened to Them
By Edwin Mora
October 18, 2011 - During fiscal years 2009 and 2010, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, caught, detained and released at least 28 Iranian nationals inside the United States who then became fugitives when they failed to show up for immigration proceedings.

Four of the Iranians who became fugitives had been caught early in fiscal 2009 while President George W. Bush was still in office. The other 24 were caught after President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009. Two of the four Iranians caught and detained under the Bush administration were not released from detention until Obama came to office. Thus, a total of 26 Iranian nationals caught and detained by ICE in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 were released inside the United States under the Obama administration and then became fugitives.

CNSNews.com obtained this information--which had been updated as of Jan. 5, 2011--through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed with ICE. Over the last three business days, starting on Oct. 14, CNSNews.com attempted to find out from ICE how many of the 28 Iranians who were caught and released and became fugitives in fiscal 2009 and 2010--and who were considered fugitives as of Jan. 5 of this year--were still at large as of now.

ICE initially said that, given time constraints, it would be unable to immediately say whether any of the 28 Iranians it had considered fugitives as of Jan. 5 had been apprehended in the intervening time. When CNSNews.com told ICE it would wait to report on the data until ICE could find out how many of the Iranian fugitives had been apprehended since Jan. 5, ICE Spokesperson Gillian Christensen told CNSNews.com that ICE prioritizes going after immigrants who might be terrorists and that “is all we are going to be providing on this issue.”

"ICE fugitive operations teams around the country work every day to apprehend individuals who have ignored an immigration judge's order to leave the country. In keeping with ICE's focus on removing those who potentially pose a threat to national security or public safety,” Christensen told CNSNews.com in the statement, “ICE prioritizes the apprehension of individuals who may have ties to terrorist activity or who have serious criminal histories."

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[Katzndogz]

ALL illegal immigrants are criminals. The only issue is whether they committed additional crimes.

 

[yacofashion]

The U.S. deported nearly 400000 illegal immigrants last year, and an increasing number of them were convicted criminals. Originally posted here: Most illegal immigrants deported last year were criminals. This information .

 

[nitroz]

Honestly, it's still not enough.

 

[Angelhair]

Don't tell that to the pro-illegal orgs out there fighting tooth and nail (and winning, it seems) for these peolpe - including criminals! I guess most americans are fast asleep and really don't realize how serious illegal entry is. Oh well - whatever.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Aren't 100% of them criminals?