Immigration and Customs Enforcement released 200 murderers, 400 rapists, and 300 kidnappers in 2013 who were in the U.S. illegally while awaiting deportation proceedings.
“I was astonished at not only the huge number of convicted criminals who were freed from ICE custody last year – an average of almost 100 a day — but also at the large number of very serious crimes they had committed,” said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies.
The total number criminal illegal immigrants released last year was 36,007. Altogether, they committed around 88,000 crimes.
A total of 36,007 criminal illegal immigrants that were being processed for deportation were freed in 2013. Together, they committed nearly 88,000 crimes, according to the report, published Monday.
ICE gathered the statistics — which include a breakdown by crime — in response to congressional inquiry following another report released earlier this year by the Center of Immigration Studies.
That report, which was based on internal Department of Homeland Security documents, showed that ICE encountered over 193,000 illegal immigrant convicts. Charging documents were issued for 125,000, and nearly 68,000 were released.
That review also found that 870,000 illegal immigrants had been removed from ICE dockets despite being in defiance of the law. The number of illegal aliens targeted for deportation fell 28 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to the documents.
The 36,007 illegal immigrants reported Monday were freed by ICE during the final disposition of their cases. The 68,000 from the previous report were criminals who encountered ICE agents — often in jails — but were released without undergoing deportation proceedings.
The 36,007 were released by bond, parole, unsupervised release, or on their own recognizance.
Mexico’s Immigration Law: Let’s Try It Here at Home
Mexico has a radical idea for a rational immigration policy that most Americans would love.
Mexico, which annually deports more illegal aliens than the United States does, has much to teach us about how it handles the immigration issue. Under Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.
At a time when the Supreme Court and many politicians seek to bring American law in line with foreign legal norms, it’s noteworthy that nobody has argued that the U.S. look at how Mexico deals with immigration and what it might teach us about how best to solve our illegal immigration problem. Mexico has a single, streamlined law that ensures that foreign visitors and immigrants are:
ï‚• in the country legally;
ï‚• have the means to sustain themselves economically;
ï‚• not destined to be burdens on society;
ï‚• of economic and social benefit to society;
ï‚• of good character and have no criminal records;
ï‚• contributors to the general well-being of the nation.
The law also ensures that:
ï‚• immigration authorities have a record of each foreign visitor;
ï‚• foreign visitors do not violate their visa status;
ï‚• foreign visitors are banned from interfering in the country’s internal politics;
ï‚• foreign visitors who enter under false pretenses are imprisoned or deported;
ï‚• foreign visitors violating the terms of their entry are imprisoned or deported;
ï‚• those who aid in illegal immigration will be sent to prison.
Who could disagree with such a law? It makes perfect sense.
The Mexican constitution strictly defines the rights of citizens — and the denial of many fundamental rights to non-citizens, illegal and illegal.
Under the Mexico constitution, the General Law on Population, spells out specifically the country’s immigration policy. It is an interesting law — and one that should cause us all to ask, Why is our great southern neighbor pushing us to water down our own immigration laws and policies, when its own immigration restrictions are the toughest on the continent? If a felony is a crime punishable by more than one year in prison, then Mexican law makes it a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico.
If the United States adopted such statutes, Mexico no doubt would denounce it as a manifestation of American racism and bigotry.
We looked at the immigration provisions of the Mexican constitution.
1] Now let’s look at Mexico’s main immigration law.
Mexico welcomes only foreigners who will be useful to Mexican society:
ï‚• Foreigners are admitted into Mexico “according to their possibilities of contributing to national progress.” (Article 32)
ï‚• Immigration officials must “ensure” that “immigrants will be useful elements for the country and that they have the necessary funds for their sustenance” and for their dependents. (Article 34)
ï‚• Foreigners may be barred from the country if their presence upsets “the equilibrium of the national demographics,” when foreigners are deemed detrimental to “economic or national interests,” when they do not behave like good citizens in their own country, when they have broken Mexican laws, and when “they are not found to be physically or mentally healthy.” (Article 37)
ï‚• The Secretary of Governance may “suspend or prohibit the admission of foreigners when he determines it to be in the national interest.” (Article 38)
Mexican authorities must keep track of every single person in the country:
ï‚• Federal, local and municipal police must cooperate with federal immigration authorities upon request, i.e., to assist in the arrests of illegal immigrants. (Article 73)
ï‚• A National Population Registry keeps track of “every single individual who comprises the population of the country,” and verifies each individual’s identity. (Articles 85 and 86)
ï‚• A national Catalog of Foreigners tracks foreign tourists and immigrants (Article 87), and assigns each individual with a unique tracking number (Article 91).
Foreigners with f**e papers, or who enter the country under false pretenses, may be imprisoned:
ï‚• Foreigners with f**e immigration papers may be fined or imprisoned. (Article 116)
ï‚• Foreigners who sign government documents “with a signature that is false or different from that which he normally uses” are subject to fine and imprisonment. (Article 116)
Foreigners who fail to obey the rules will be fined, deported, and/or imprisoned as felons:
ï‚• Foreigners who fail to obey a deportation order are to be punished. (Article 117)
ï‚• Foreigners who are deported from Mexico and attempt to re-enter the country without authorization can be imprisoned for up to 10 years. (Article 118)
ï‚• Foreigners who violate the terms of their visa may be sentenced to up to six years in prison (Articles 119, 120 and 121). Foreigners who misrepresent the terms of their visa while in Mexico — such as working with out a permit — can also be imprisoned.
Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony. The General Law on Population says,
ï‚• “A penalty of up to two years in prison and a fine of three hundred to five thousand pesos will be imposed on the foreigner who enters the country illegally.” (Article 123)
ï‚• Foreigners with legal immigration problems may be deported from Mexico instead of being imprisoned. (Article 125)
ï‚• Foreigners who “attempt against national sovereignty or security” will be deported. (Article 126)
Mexicans who help illegal aliens enter the country are themselves considered criminals under the law:
ï‚• A Mexican who marries a foreigner with the sole objective of helping the foreigner live in the country is subject to up to five years in prison. (Article 127)
ï‚• Shipping and airline companies that bring undocumented foreigners into Mexico will be fined. (Article 132)
All of the above runs contrary to what Mexican leaders are demanding of the United States. The stark contrast between Mexico’s immigration practices versus its American immigration preaching is telling. It gives a clear picture of the Mexican government’s agenda: to have a one-way immigration relationship with the United States.
Let’s call Mexico’s bluff on its unwarranted interference in U.S. immigration policy. Let’s propose, just to make a point, that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) member nations standardize their immigration laws by using Mexico’s own law as a model.
Actually it was 88000.
The list of all their names needs to be posted so that local authorities can gather them up and toss their sorry asses back across the border.
Thanks to holder & his lover obuma!!
Grrrrr!
I trust they were sent back to their country of origin!
Released where? Not in the USA I hope!
That’s racial profiling at a top level .
Dick Edwards…yes into the USA..Isn’t it wonderful? NOT!
If they come around my neck of the woods, they’ll be hanging by their necks, in the woods.