Gov uses catch and release--on illegal aliens who then split
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From The Washington Times, headline is linked.
11 illegal aliens fail to appear for court date
By Gary Emerling
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Eleven illegal aliens who were released by federal authorities after a traffic stop in Fairfax County on Sunday did not show up for immigration proceedings yesterday.
"None of them came back, and I think that the fact that these aliens failed to appear showed the challenges of immigration enforcement," said Manny Van Pelt, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Mr. Van Pelt said about 30 percent of illegal aliens who are ordered to appear for immigration proceedings fail to show up. Of those who do appear, about 85 percent become fugitives if a judge orders them to be deported.
"We know full well that the honor system doesn't work and it doesn't make our job any easier when we're trying to focus on violent criminal aliens and trying to thwart terrorism," he said.
ICE officials had ordered the 11 Mexican nationals, three of whom are children, to show up for further immigration processing at the ICE agency in Northern Virginia yesterday morning. A Fairfax County police officer had found the aliens riding in a Dodge Ram van early Sunday morning when the officer had stopped the vehicle for making an illegal U-turn in Annandale.
That morning, ICE officials processed the aliens, but later released them and told them to appear at the ICE offices yesterday. Officials had said they did not know where the aliens were staying in the meantime.
There are about 465,000 fugitive illegals nationwide, Mr. Van Pelt said. ICE officials deported 157,281 aliens nationwide last year, he said.
"In this case, none of these aliens were criminals or threats to national security," he said. "We're committed to enforcing immigration law, but do we go after terrorists or gangs like [Mara Salvatrucha] to keep another 9/11 from happening, or do we go after day laborers? It's a challenge that requires balance and prioritizing."
Federal authorities will now issue a notice that will be sent to an address the aliens had given to ICE officials. If the aliens do not show up at any immigration proceedings, a judge will issue an order for their deportation.
The illegals will have 30 days to appeal the deportation ruling before federal authorities input the aliens' personal information into the National Crime Information Center as "fugitive absconders."
Any law-enforcement officials who come in contact with them would be allowed under the law to detain them until they are turned over into ICE custody and eventually deported.
... more at linked article
This has got to be the stupidest policy I think I have heard of. Basically the Government is using "Catch and Release" on illegals in the stupid hope that they'll show up in front of the same people they know will have them deported. Of course those people have enough information to know that they need to split the scene ASAP lest they find themselves sent back to their country of origin.
Even if some of these people do show up for the hearings, they very well may split after the hearing when they also find themselves released pending the actual deportation.
This is what our tax money buys for us. Immigration enforcement policies that don't enforce our laws, and don't make sure that people that came to this country illegally are dealt with properly. I'm sure some morons will say we aren't spending enough on the problem, that we need to collect still more money and spend it on the problem, but there's no guarantee even one dime more would make these Immigration officials keep their part of the bargain.
Sadly, it may not even be that simple - the Immigration officials may literally be hampered by rules and regulations that were established by bleeding hearts that demand that we treat illegals as "innocent until proven guilty" and "in the most humane method possible", blah blah blah. Whenever topics like this come up on local talk radio, invariably there's some organizational representative for the Latino and Hispanic community that comes on and tells us all how our policies are anti-immigrant and racist, even when we let stuff like the above idiocy happen again and again.
Whose fault is this - blame it on all politicians, both Democrat and Republican. The vast majority of them don't want to tackle the problem. They'd rather offer amnesty, put into place programs that invite and accept "guest workers" or do other stupid things that let illegal aliens get away with sneaking into the country. It's got to end, and all of these gutless wonders in Congress and the Senate need to stand up and do something about it. (Apologies in advance to the very few Congress people that really want to do the right thing).
11 illegal aliens fail to appear for court date
By Gary Emerling
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Eleven illegal aliens who were released by federal authorities after a traffic stop in Fairfax County on Sunday did not show up for immigration proceedings yesterday.
"None of them came back, and I think that the fact that these aliens failed to appear showed the challenges of immigration enforcement," said Manny Van Pelt, a spokesman for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Mr. Van Pelt said about 30 percent of illegal aliens who are ordered to appear for immigration proceedings fail to show up. Of those who do appear, about 85 percent become fugitives if a judge orders them to be deported.
"We know full well that the honor system doesn't work and it doesn't make our job any easier when we're trying to focus on violent criminal aliens and trying to thwart terrorism," he said.
ICE officials had ordered the 11 Mexican nationals, three of whom are children, to show up for further immigration processing at the ICE agency in Northern Virginia yesterday morning. A Fairfax County police officer had found the aliens riding in a Dodge Ram van early Sunday morning when the officer had stopped the vehicle for making an illegal U-turn in Annandale.
That morning, ICE officials processed the aliens, but later released them and told them to appear at the ICE offices yesterday. Officials had said they did not know where the aliens were staying in the meantime.
There are about 465,000 fugitive illegals nationwide, Mr. Van Pelt said. ICE officials deported 157,281 aliens nationwide last year, he said.
"In this case, none of these aliens were criminals or threats to national security," he said. "We're committed to enforcing immigration law, but do we go after terrorists or gangs like [Mara Salvatrucha] to keep another 9/11 from happening, or do we go after day laborers? It's a challenge that requires balance and prioritizing."
Federal authorities will now issue a notice that will be sent to an address the aliens had given to ICE officials. If the aliens do not show up at any immigration proceedings, a judge will issue an order for their deportation.
The illegals will have 30 days to appeal the deportation ruling before federal authorities input the aliens' personal information into the National Crime Information Center as "fugitive absconders."
Any law-enforcement officials who come in contact with them would be allowed under the law to detain them until they are turned over into ICE custody and eventually deported.
... more at linked article
This has got to be the stupidest policy I think I have heard of. Basically the Government is using "Catch and Release" on illegals in the stupid hope that they'll show up in front of the same people they know will have them deported. Of course those people have enough information to know that they need to split the scene ASAP lest they find themselves sent back to their country of origin.
Even if some of these people do show up for the hearings, they very well may split after the hearing when they also find themselves released pending the actual deportation.
This is what our tax money buys for us. Immigration enforcement policies that don't enforce our laws, and don't make sure that people that came to this country illegally are dealt with properly. I'm sure some morons will say we aren't spending enough on the problem, that we need to collect still more money and spend it on the problem, but there's no guarantee even one dime more would make these Immigration officials keep their part of the bargain.
Sadly, it may not even be that simple - the Immigration officials may literally be hampered by rules and regulations that were established by bleeding hearts that demand that we treat illegals as "innocent until proven guilty" and "in the most humane method possible", blah blah blah. Whenever topics like this come up on local talk radio, invariably there's some organizational representative for the Latino and Hispanic community that comes on and tells us all how our policies are anti-immigrant and racist, even when we let stuff like the above idiocy happen again and again.
Whose fault is this - blame it on all politicians, both Democrat and Republican. The vast majority of them don't want to tackle the problem. They'd rather offer amnesty, put into place programs that invite and accept "guest workers" or do other stupid things that let illegal aliens get away with sneaking into the country. It's got to end, and all of these gutless wonders in Congress and the Senate need to stand up and do something about it. (Apologies in advance to the very few Congress people that really want to do the right thing).