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Press release: response from the defendants received, representatives from ICE, DHS and HHS will be testifying at the hearing. Documents were provided and are posted herein for the members of the public

Posted on | August 20, 2014 | No Comments

Dear Dr. Taitz:

Attached please find Defendant’s Response to [your] Discovery Demand.

We intend to have witnesses present at the hearing. A witness list will be filed shortly. Representatives from Border Patrol (Chief Oaks), ICE (Deputy FOD Fierro) and HHS ACF (Ms. Brooks) will be present.

Daniel Hu

AUSA

Here is the list of 27 documents submitted with the e-mail by the US attorney representing the defendants. The public is asked to review these documents and comment, whether the information in these documents and testimony matches the information they have in regards to trafficking of illegal aliens by the government:

Written Testimony of Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (June 24, 2014):

http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/06/24/written-testimony-dhs-secretary-jeh-johnson-

house-committee-homeland-security

Written Testimony of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, CBP Commissioner R. Gil
Kerlikowske & ICE Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas S. Winkowski (July 9,
2014): http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/09/written-testimony-fema-cbp-and-ice-
senate-committee-homeland-security-and

Written Testimony of CBP Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald D. Vitiello & ICE Enforcement and
Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Thomas Homan (June 25, 2014):

http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/06/25/written-testimony-cbp-and-ice-

house-committee-judiciary-hearing-titled-%E2%80%9C

Written Testimony of CBP Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Kevin Oaks:

http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/03/written-testimony-cbp-house-committee-

homeland-security-hearing-titled-%E2%80%9Ccrisis-texas

Fact Sheet: Artesia Temporary Facility for Adults With Children in Expedited Removal:

http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/06/20/fact-sheet-artesia-temporary-facility-adults-

children-expedited-removal

DHS OIG Report: ICE’s Release of Immigration Detainees, OIG-14-116 (Revised) (August 2014):

http://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/2014/OIG_14-116_Aug14.pdf

FY 2013 ICE Immigration Removals (2013 Removal Statistics):

http://www.ice.gov/removal-statistics/index.htm

2011 Operations Manual ICE Performance-Based National Detention Standards
(PBNDS): https://www.ice.gov/detention-standards/2011/
United States Border Patrol, Southwest Border Sectors, Family Unit and Unaccompanied Alien Children
(0-17) apprehensions, FY 14 through July, compared to the same period for FY 13:

http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/SWB%20Family%20and%20UAC%20

Apps%20through%20July.pdf

Memorandum from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Exercising Prosecutorial
Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children (June 15, 2012):

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/s1-exercising-

prosecutorial-discretion-individuals-who-came-to-us-as-children.pdf

Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):
http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals- daca

Renew Your DACA: http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-
childhood-arrivals-process/renew-your-daca
Frequently Asked Questions (DACA):

http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-

process/frequently-asked-questions
I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals:

http://www.uscis.gov/i-821d

Filing Tips for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals:

http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-

process/filing-tips-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals
General information: How do I request consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals?:

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/daca.pdf

Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Graphic/Flowchart):

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Humanitarian/Deferred%20Action%20for

%20Childhood%20Arrivals/daca-consider.pdf

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Toolkit: Resources for Community Partners:

http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Humanitarian/Deferred%20Action%20for

%20Childhood%20Arrivals/DACA-toolkit.pdf

Data Set: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: http://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-
studies/immigration-forms-data/data-set-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals

Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for

Childhood Arrivals: http://www.uscis.gov/i-821d-addresses

Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Fee Exemption Guidance:

http://www.uscis.gov/forms/forms-and-fees/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-

arrivals-fee-exemption-guidance

Credible Fear Screenings: http://www.uscis.gov/uscis-tags/unassigned/credible-fear- screeningsQuestions & Answers: Credible Fear Screening:

http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/questions-answers-credible- fear-screening

Reasonable Fear Screenings: http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-

asylum/asylum/reasonable-fear-screenings

Questions & Answers: Reasonable Fear Screenings:

http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/questions-answers-

reasonable-fear-screenings

Respectfully submitted,
/S/ Colin A. Kisor COLIN A. KISOR Deputy Director District Court Section
Office of Immigration Litigation
Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
450 Fifth Street NW Washington DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 532-4331
Fax: (202) 305-7000
E-mail: colin.kisor@usdoj.gov

/s/ Daniel D. Hu DANIEL D HU

Assistant United States Attorney
State Bar No. 10131415
S.D. I.D. 7959

Southern District of Texas

1000 Louisiana, Suite 2300
Houston TX 77002
(713) 567-9000 (PHONE); (713) 718-3300 (FAX)
Email: Daniel.Hu@usdoj.gov

Counsel for Defendants