Thread: ICE: We are not engaged in a 'backdoor' amnesty

August 26, 2010
ICE: We are not engaged in a 'backdoor' amnesty

By now, you all have probably heard about the startling story we had Wednesday( http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 69978.html ) about the Department of Homeland Security reviewing thousands of pending immigration cases and moving to dismiss those filed against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records.

It's a move that has stunned immigration attorneys locally, who went into immigration court in recent days expecting their clients to be sent packing. The story is also seizing some national attention (see Fox News clip above).

In addition to the review of cases involving non-criminals, ICE told the Chronicle this week about another significant policy change, one that we didn't have the space to examine in much depth on Wednesday.

ICE officials provided us a copy of a new memo dated Aug. 20 that instructs government attorneys to review the court cases of people with pending applications to adjust status based on their relation to a U.S. citizen. Morton says that the effort could affect up to 17,000 cases.

After our story ran, Richard Rocha, deputy press secretary for ICE, sent us an expanded statement in addition to the limited response from the agency included in the story. Here's the new statement:

This Administration is committed to smart, effective immigration reform, prioritizing the arrest and removal of criminal aliens and those who pose a danger to national security. In 2010 to date, ICE has removed more than 150,000 convicted criminals- a record number. ICE is not engaged in a "backdoor" amnesty and has placed more people in immigration proceedings this year than ever before. ICE has implemented a new policy to expedite the removal of criminal aliens and those who pose a danger to national security by ensuring these cases are heard.


http://blogs.chron.com/immigration/arch ... t_443.html

Here is the story as posted on ALIPAC


Feds moving to dismiss some deportation cases
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-210401-feds.html+moving

Related

New ICE Document in Obama's Stealth Amnesty

http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1108414-.html#1108414

There are some people in DHS/ICE who need to be cleaned out because they are not following the directives of Congress.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

There are some people in DHS/ICE who need to be cleaned out because they are not following the directives of Congress.

Dixie

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Go BACK UP one rung in the corruption ladder - > CONGRESS.

NEWS: Arizona reelects world-class thug.

Notice they waited until Congress was on their long break before they implemented their plan. I would guess this was planned several mths ago.

This Administration is committed to smart, effective immigration reform, prioritizing the arrest and removal of criminal aliens and those who pose a danger to national security.

He clearly admits that the Administration is "reforming" immigration, something that the Congress and the Senate have sole authority.
The Administration claimed that Arizona was usurping power from Congress, and now the Executive is usurping law making power from the Legislative.

This is un-American.

and in Houston, Two sisters have apparently already benefited from this new policy

TX: 2 Sisters Benefit from Shift in ICE Policy
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-210598.html

Originally Posted by jamesw62

and in Houston, Two sisters have apparently already benefited from this new policy

TX: 2 Sisters Benefit from Shift in ICE Policy
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-210598.html

Ditto james! Thanks for posting this, as it's the first thing that came to mind after reading the heading. Sure the heck looks as if there is a new policy in place, granting amnesty by defacto in our immigration courtrooms across this country!

It seems we can no longer get anything from our government but lies.