Thread: ICE tells Irving to stop turning over some illegal immigrant

Does anyone know if they at least get the deportation order put against them for being in the country illegally? That at least helps if they reenter.

There is no way they should just be let go.


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ICE tells Irving to stop turning over some illegal immigrants
05:53 PM CST on Tuesday, November 20, 2007
By BRANDON FORMBY / The Dallas Morning News



Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told Irving city officials this week to stop referring illegal immigrants who have been arrested for Class C misdemeanors, according to a memo Irving officials provided to The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday.

The move is expected to dramatically alter which North Texas arrestees are interviewed by ICE and have deportation holds placed on them as part of the Criminal Alien Program. Irving officials estimate that about 60 percent of the more than 1,700 suspected illegal immigrants they have turned over to ICE since last year faced only Class C misdemeanor charges.

An ICE official reached Tuesday said he was researching the matter and could not confirm any details.

Class C misdemeanors range from assault to public intoxication to criminal trespass to hot checks.

Penalties include a fine of up to $2,000 and up to 180 days in jail.

According to the memo, ICE officials said the CAP program "continues to evolve with more and more" law enforcement agencies asking for assistance daily.
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Document: See the memo sent to City of Irving officials

The Dallas, Denton and Collin county sheriff's departments and Farmers Branch, Garland and Grand Prairie police departments are among the North Texas law enforcement agencies who use CAP.

Irving drew national attention earlier this year for the number of people it was turning over to immigration authorities under CAP. Its use of the program has also ignited passionate opinions and rallies from people on both sides of the nationally charged illegal immigration debate. The Mexican consul even issued a warning to immigrants from his country so they would avoid the city.

Supporters of the program say CAP allows the city to use existing federal programs to combat law-breakers who are in the country illegally. But Hispanic activist groups have lambasted Irving for using the program. They say people are effectively being turned over for deportation for minor traffic infractions. The new guidelines effectively grant their demands to scale back on who receives deportation holds.

GUIDELINES
The Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Detention & Removal Operations office has issued guidelines to local law enforcement agencies that are referring arrestees for immigration holds under its Criminal Alien Program. Referrals include:

Any foreign national arrested and prosecuted (or referred to the district attorney for prosecution) for a Class B misdemeanor or above

Any foreign national arrested for any criminal offense who has a criminal history indicating at least one conviction (including deferred adjudication) for a Class B misdemeanor or above

Any foreign national arrested for any offense who was out on bond for a Class B misdemeanor or above at the time of arrest

Any foreign national arrested for any criminal offense who is in possession of a firearm at the time of arrest

Any foreign national arrested for any offense who has an Immigration Alien Query hit or National Crime Information Center wants/warrants hit for an immigration law violation. This includes fugitives/absconders and prior deported felons

The guidelines also allow for referrals for anyone arrested who is believed to pose a threat to public safety or national security

Source: Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement

This is intolerable!

ICE needs to it's duty and is evidently "in need of comprehensive deportation reform".

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion." Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

If there were only 10 million of them, do you think ICE would have so much trouble dealing with them.

I don't want any class of crime,committed by any class of illegal to be accepted in this country.

Those that commit a B today will commit an A tomorrow.

This goes to show how ungrateful illegals are. They come here and commit crimes.

How in the hell can they pick and choose which laws they want to enforce and expect anyone to respect the law of the land?

Next ICE will want the arresting officer to drive the IA to Mexico. After they take them home and feed them and let them "play with the dog"

does anyone know this ICE Officials name... It's time to go after their job. We pay a huge amount of taxes for a Bu_l Sh_t service .. no way Jose .. start working on your resume.. your gone

There is a pdf in the article with the memo but there are no names in it.

Originally Posted by wmb1957

They say people are effectively being turned over for deportation for minor traffic infractions.

Um. No. We don't deport people who drive badly. We deport people who entered the country illegally.

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

does anyone know this ICE Officials name... It's time to go after their job. We pay a huge amount of taxes for a Bu_l Sh_t service .. no way Jose .. start working on your resume.. your gone

Sadly this will boost their careers as Bush tries to realize his dad's dream of a one world order. These elites are citizens of the world and not accountable to the American people...

All Illegal aliens need to be reported to ICE and at minimum all should receive deportation orders and be placed in a virtual cue to be deported as slots become available to stuff them in.

And slots for deportee's should be mandated by the US Government for mandated deportations every month. ICE's performance evaluations should be directly effected by their ability to fill up their mandated slots of deportee's every month and not just the number of deportation orders issued.