Thread: Arpaio claims inmates slated for deportation ending up back in jail

By Bob McClay
Originally published: Mar 20, 2014 - 5:30 pm
ktar.com


(Bob McClay/KTAR Photo)

PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has released the results of a three-month study that his office did on the cases of over 1,300 illegal immigrants that were held in MCSO jails.

The study found that 31 percent, or one in three prisoners, are back in the jail, even after having been previously arrested and turned over to ICE for deportation.

"There are only two explanations," said Arpaio. "Either they're out the back door (and) on the streets, with no action taken. They haven't been deported, most of them.

"Or they have been deported, and they keep coming across the border."

Arpaio accuses President Barack Obama of playing a shell game by using inflated deportation statistics to claim that record numbers of illegal immigrants are being deported.

Meanwhile, Arpaio said that he has not dropped his fight against illegal immigration.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement requested MCSO to conduct the study.

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by Catherine Holland
Posted on March 20, 2014 at 11:16 AM
Updated today at 3:13 PM
azfamily.com

PHOENIX -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is taking issue with the Obama administration's claim that more people in the U.S. illegally have been deported than ever before since President Barack Obama took office.

According to Arpaio, one-third of the people booked into jail on criminal charges had been arrested before and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation. He says jail data shows that many have multiple arrests, often for violent crimes.

The self-proclaimed "America's Toughest Sheriff," a moniker Arpaio actively cultivates, says the federal government is not being straight with the public on the issue of illegal immigration and how it is being handled.

"One of two things is happening," Arpaio said in a news release, "either the federal government is quietly ushering illegal aliens out its back doors and back onto our streets, or our border is still so wide open that deportees continue to re-enter the country illegally with remarkable ease."

According to numbers out of Washington, Obama's administration is on track to hit benchmark -- 2 million people deported since 2009. Critics pushing for tougher immigration laws say those numbers are inflated.

At the same time, activists across the country are pushing to an end to deportations completely.

Arpaio, who is known for his staunch views on illegal immigration and persistent determination to enforce immigration laws in Arizona, says he wants to know why one on three people arrested by his department and handed over to ICE for deportation proceedings wind up back on the streets of Maricopa County.

"Clearly, local tax dollars are being wasted," Arpaio said. "Law enforcement across the county arrests these offenders, officers place immigration holds to keep the offenders in jail, and then they are turned over to the federal government that brags about 'record deportations.' Yet our statistics paint a very different picture. These 'deportations' are either not happening or are exceptionally ineffective and that means Washington is failing the American people and hiding the truth."

Arpaio, who has long been outspoken in his criticism of the government's handling of illegal immigration and border security, acknowledged that recidivism is not a problem limited to criminals who are living in the U.S. illegally.

"American citizens who commit crimes also re-offend at an alarming rate, so this problem is not unique to illegal aliens. However, the difference is while we can’t absolutely stop U.S. citizens from re-offending, we can with illegal aliens. Simply stated: they cannot commit crimes if they are no longer in the country. The solution is that simple."

Arpaio scheduled a news conference Thursday afternoon to discuss findings developed by his office over the past several months. 3TV and azfamily.com will be there and will have the latest information as it develops.

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Statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that prioritizes the agency’s resources to identify criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety, and individuals apprehended at the border while attempting to unlawfully enter the United States. The ICE employees based in Arizona are committed to carrying out that mission with the utmost integrity. ICE personnel dedicate their professional lives to this effort, and in many cases, place themselves in harm’s way in order to protect public safety."


In December 2011, following DOJ’s findings of discriminatory policing practices within Maricopa County, ICE terminated its 287(g) jail agreement with Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. At that time, ICE also restricted MCSO access to the Secure Communities program and ICE officers assumed criminal alien screening duties at the Maricopa County Jail. ICE continues to screen every individual booked into the jail and places immigration detainers based on the enforcement priorities noted above. [ICE]

ICE’s Phoenix field office removed 34,868 aliens from the U.S. last fiscal year, including 21,596 convicted criminal aliens. The agency issued 7,442 new criminal alien charging documents in Arizona in Fiscal Year 2013, with the majority of those coming from Maricopa County as well as the state prison system. [ICE]

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Its called 'Planned Obsolescence Joe'

The Planned Obsolescence of the USA ..

by Kristin Tate 31 Mar 2014, 7:47 AM PDT
breitbart.com



A study conducted by Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff in Arizona, concluded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may not be successfully deporting a significant percentage of arrested illegal immigrants. ICE initially requested that Maricopa County carry out the study, which analyzed the location of 1,300 illegal immigrants after exiting jail and being put in ICE's custody for processing and deportation.

According to local news outlet KTAR, Arpaio found that 31 percent of the released immigrants ended back in U.S. jails after being processed for deportation.

Arpaio said of the results, "There are only two explanations. Either they're out the back door [and] on the streets, with no action taken. They haven't been deported, most of them. Or they have been deported, and they keep coming across the border."

Last year on Fox News, Arpaio accused the Obama Administration of releasing misleading deportation numbers, which he called "smoke and mirrors." Arpaio claimed that he sees the same illegal immigrants in his jail "six, seven, eight times. [They] keep coming back! How come they’re not being deported? That’s where they should be, they’re high-level violators... I always had a feeling that a lot of these people that we put on hold — turn over to ICE — really were not being deported."

Still, Arpaio said he will not give up the fight against immigration in his role as a sheriff, according to local reports.

Zack Taylor, Chairman of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO), told Breitbart Texas that America becomes endangered when illegal immigrants come back into the country after being deported.

"Transnational criminals are going to operate wherever they can,” Taylor said. “There are probably 1,000 U.S. cities with cartels already embedded in them."

Taylor added the only way to keep out dangerous illegal immigrants is to secure American borders.

"If they weren't here, they couldn't commit crimes," he said. Taylor also pointed out that criticism emanating from left-leaning media outlets makes it increasingly difficult for Border Patrol agents to effectively carry out their duties.

As Breitbart Texas reported in March, NAFBPO released a statement arguing, "This media campaign is an intentional weakening of America’s defenses through political deception. Those supporting this campaign are working to destroy America."

"America is not being told the truth by the media," Taylor concluded.

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