ICE 'Grossly Misrepresented' Crimes Committed by Released Illegal Aliens

The Obama administration continues to provide sanctuary for criminal aliens.

6.22.2016 News Trey Sanchez



It has been revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) "grossly misrepresented" the number of crimes committed by criminal aliens it released from custody, according to a new report by the Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR).

Through a request under the Freedom of Information Act, FAIR looked at fiscal year 2014 and discovered that out of the 30,558 criminal aliens released (not deported), ICE reported that only 1,423 of them were convicted of crimes when in fact it was nearly 10 times that number. In reality, there were 13,288 convictions among the criminal aliens ICE released back on the streets of America.

FAIR states that number is likely larger when criminal charges alone are considered: "It is important to note that not all criminal charges result in convictions. Thus, the number of offenses committed by criminal aliens ICE turned loose is likely significantly greater."

The report also notes that the number of criminal aliens deported has plummeted in recent years, even though the funding is there to increase deportations.

"As a result of Obama administration policies that place protection of illegal aliens—including criminals—over the safety of the American public, thousands of people have been needlessly victimized," FAIR's President Dan Stein charged:

"Rather than end dangerous politically-driven policies that have put a total of 85,000 deportable criminal aliens back onto the streets in the last three years, ICE tried to hide them by providing grossly inaccurate information to Congress and the American people.”

ICE uses a "priorities" list to determine which aliens are deemed deportable and according to the agency, these 13,000 criminally convicted aliens "were not considered sufficiently dangerous to be deported." But the crimes they committed certainly were, including homicide, kidnapping, assault, sexual assault, and drunk driving. And in FY 2015, ICE released another 20,000 deportable criminals to continue their assaults on the American public.

Forget sanctuary cities -- America is now a sanctuary country, thanks to the Obama administration.

H/T Breitbart

ICE 'Grossly Misrepresented' Crimes Committed by Released Illegal Aliens