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U.S. ending pursuit of illegal immigrants who commit minor crimes
mercurynews ^
| 12/21/2012
| Matt O'Brien/Contra Costa Times
Posted on 12/21/2012 3:41:06 PM PST by moonshinner_09
Federal agents no longer will scoop up jailed illegal immigrants who had been picked up by police for traffic offenses and other petty crimes, the nation's top immigration enforcer announced Friday.
"We are changing who" we seek to detain and deport to focus more on serious criminals, said John Morton, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Morton changed the national policy just as sheriffs around the Bay Area were rethinking their cooperation with the controversial federal Secure Communities immigration program, out of concern that it was leading to deportation of too many minor offenders.
The shift responds to the frustrations of immigrant communities in places such as Contra Costa County, which has turned over to federal agents so many illegal immigrants that it is now among the top counties nationwide in sending people without criminal records to deportation.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; dhs; ice; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration
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To: moonshinner_09
That’s right, the democrats can’t be diminishing their voter base now can they?
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:42:54 PM PST
by
Mastador1
To: Mastador1
Makes sense.
They need to gear up to go after gun owners.
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:44:14 PM PST
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: moonshinner_09
Not in Maricopa County, Arizona. We got SB-1070 and Sheriff Joe.
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:45:43 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: moonshinner_09
Amrican you are being layed off and replaced by cheaper voters.
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:47:16 PM PST
by
The Toll
To: moonshinner_09
So, I guess being in this country illegally and probably using someone else’s identity is now considered a “minor crime”. Must be some of Barry’s “transformation” stuff.
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:51:49 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(U.S. elections have become nothing but another cheap ripoff of American Idol.)
To: moonshinner_09
How about you throw them out for being ILLEGAL immigrants? Jeebus, Mexico has stronger I/I laws than we do. I’m sick of this s###!
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:53:06 PM PST
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: moonshinner_09
Gee, if illegals get a free pass on crime, I'm sure it'll be ok when the crime victim is a government employee.
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:58:16 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: moonshinner_09
Instead, they will pursue US citizens who have committed minor crimes.
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:05:27 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The one thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that crminals will always get them.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks moonshinner_09.
...jailed illegal immigrants who had been picked up by police for traffic offenses and other petty crimes...
IOW, pedophilia, rape, theft, robbery, breaking and entering, drug trafficking...
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:15:13 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: moonshinner_09
It is just the latest in a nonstop destruction of our society. Everyday the onslaught continues. The country is totally out of control.
To: moonshinner_09
Legalize even crime for the foreign invaders. Wow
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:21:32 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: moonshinner_09
Will states be barred from enforcing the coming federal gun laws and will the Feds only peruse the violent crimes with guns.
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:22:28 PM PST
by
nomobs
To: moonshinner_09
The “broken windows” theory, completely inverted.
To: moonshinner_09
And so Alamo Two begins - - - .
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:21:38 PM PST
by
Graewoulf
((Traitor John Roberts' Communal Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Laws, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
To: moonshinner_09
“U.S. ending pursuit of illegal immigrants who commit minor crimes”
We’ll wait until they commit major ones instead once they get some experience at it.
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:36:56 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: nomobs
It's illegal to own a gun if you've been arrested for DV. Which in most cases is a Misdemeanor.
So the Illegal Aliens do have more rights than most Americans.
ed
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:17:50 PM PST
by
husky ed
(FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
To: husky ed
CA has reduced so many felonies to misdemeanors in order to bypass 3 strikes, it stands to reason illegals never even experience justice under the law. Only citizens get that ‘right’.
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posted on
12/21/2012 7:52:35 PM PST
by
pacpam
(action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
To: moonshinner_09
I wonder when they will decide to not pursue LEGAL CITIZENS for the same offenses.
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posted on
12/22/2012 3:56:35 AM PST
by
trebb
(Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
To: moonshinner_09
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posted on
12/22/2012 4:22:40 AM PST
by
lowbridge
(Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
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