Posted on 07/04/2015 6:17:06 AM PDT by cotton1706
Slowly but surely, some of Donald Trump‘s Republican rivals have come out to condemn his remarks about Mexican immigrant rapists and criminals. George Pataki got the ball rolling this week, and criticisms by Rick Perry, Marco Rubio, and others followed.
But Ted Cruz––who defended Trump earlier this week––is still praising him. In a Meet the Press preview clip out tonight, Cruz told Chuck Todd,”I like Donald Trump. He’s bold, he’s brash.”
He refused to get caught in a bout of Republican infighting. When Todd asked him if “rhetoric matters,” Cruz said, “I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration. The Washington cartel doesn’t want to address that.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...
Cruz or lose, baby!!!! Cruz is laying the ground work for the debates here. This most recent killing of the lady walking on the pier in San Francisco by the ILLEGAL immigrant who had been deported FIVE times is bound to come up, even if Trump and Cruz have to bring it up. You can call it a scare tactic, a la the democrats, but America needs a wake up call as to the danger of this unbridled criminal immigration.
Political courage is not tolerated in the Republican Party. That is pretty clear by now.
Both parties are currently under the control of globalists.
Trump and Cruz are standing up on our side. Someone else is standing up on the left.
Someone is going to score with this topic, big time. I am not year clear, which side it will be.
I like what is happening so far, in the GOP race.
Ted Cruz is the only other candidate who actually gets it when it comes to criminal illegals as far as I’m concerned.
Obama actually KNOWS that Trump is right (he betrayed it with his gang-bangers comment ) but he chooses to ignore it completely.
Cruz who promoted giving Soros Puppet Barry unlimited power to open the flood gates of massive cheap foreign labor invasion with an Open treaty How Machiavellian of this DC insider who will make Millions along with his Goldman Sachs employed wife thanks to this Treason Treaty.
Cruz and all the other Gop traitors will regret empowering this Radical American hater once the details of this Treason treaty are unleashed in 2016 election cycle.
At least Cruz can talk about immigration without sounding like a dunce.
The Non-Deported: ICE Still Releasing Criminal Aliens at a Rapid Pace
By Jessica Vaughan, May 28, 2015
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has published an investigative report on violent criminals released by ICE. Aptly titled “Convicted, but free to roam: Giving little notice, federal authorities have released thousands of detained undeportable immigrants — sometimes with grave results”, the article tells the story of a rapist and a murderer turned loose by ICE. Such criminal alien releases are continuing at an alarming pace in 2015.
According to documents provided to the House Judiciary Committee for a hearing last month, ICE released 30,558 convicted criminal aliens in FY 2014. These individuals had been convicted of 79,059 crimes, including 175 homicides, 373 sexual assaults, 186 kidnappings, and 14,014 impaired driving offenses (see the listing of conviction categories here).
As of the end of March, ICE had released another 10,246 criminal aliens. This pace of criminal releases is down from 2013 and 2014 — but only because ICE is arresting far fewer people to start with, not because there are fewer to arrest. ICE arrests of criminal aliens are down 32 percent since this time last year, according to ICE records. Arrests of the most serious offenders are down by 22 percent over last year.
The newspaper’s report focuses almost entirely on cases in which the criminal aliens were released because their home countries would not accept them back. These are known as “Zadvydas” cases, after the Supreme Court decision on the issue.
But according to ICE records, only 2,457 (8 percent) of the 30,558 convicted criminal releases in 2014 were Zadvydas cases. The majority of convicted criminal releases occurred because of Obama administration policies that require ICE officers to let the offenders go. In some cases, judges will allow aliens to be released after a bond hearing, but the conditions are usually set by ICE, and ICE attorneys say that they have been instructed not to vigorously contest an alien’s request for release.
Aliens who are released on bond typically are not subject to any form of supervision. Most of them will join the approximately 904,000 aliens who have been ordered removed (often in absentia), but who have not left. Of these, 167,527 are convicted criminals. ICE disclosed to the AJC that there are 27,790 such fugitives in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina alone, 8,647 of whom have criminal convictions.
Other ICE records show that, despite ICE Director Sarah Saldana’s insistence that they are working hard to find them, few are in fact being found. As of April 2015, ICE had arrested only 11,983 of the 168,000 at-large convicted criminal aliens. The Atlanta field office of ICE had arrested only 993 of the 8,600 at-large fugitives in that area — so they are not making much of a dent in the criminal fugitive population.
We know that criminal aliens who are released by ICE often go on to commit additional crimes, just like the illegal alien rapist profiled in the AJC story. ICE released him under an order of supervision, but he simply ignored it.
The Obama administration continues to practice catch and release of criminal aliens to this day. According to ICE records, in the first six months of this fiscal year, ICE officers encountered approximately 47,000 aliens labeled a criminal threat, but took enforcement action against only about 19,000.
It’s not as if ICE has nowhere to put the criminal aliens that officers encounter (most of whom are referred to the agency after arrest or conviction on local or state charges). ICE is allowing 20 percent of its detention capacity to go unused. Halfway through the fiscal year, the agency was detaining an average of 27,400 per day, in defiance of a congressional mandate to detain 34,000.
Deportations of criminal aliens continue to decline, just as overall deportations are at their lowest level in several years.
The AJC article notes other areas in which ICE is not living up to its responsibilities as a law enforcement agency that claims to prioritize public safety. ICE’s victim notification system is kept under a bushel, with few victims aware of it, and no concerted agency effort to conduct outreach to victims. ICE is also taking its sweet time in launching a notification system for local law enforcement agencies that would make them aware of the thousands of offenders being turned back onto the streets. In contrast, ICE is extremely diligent at protecting the privacy of criminal alien offenders. Like other news outlets, the AJC had to go to great lengths to get information from ICE on convicted criminal alien cases and the problem of recalcitrant foreign countries, which is the sort of material that would be routinely released without hesitation by any other law enforcement agency.
I like what is happening so far, in the GOP race.
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The backstabbing GOP has lost the trust of many, if not most, conservatives. The GOP controls much of the flow of money and resources that candidates depend on. But the GOP organization is not conservative in any way, shape or form and does not like “outsiders” who distance themselves from the club. There is a price to pay for this.
Recall the golden rule: those who have the gold make the rules. Maintain a healthy skepticism and be wary of the GOP. And remember what happened to the Tea Party.
Team Victory?
Many Republican financial backers like the idea of open borders. Its good for business. And that’s all they care about (i.e., cheap labor and larger markets to grow the bottom line). We have a strange alliance of fifth column forces in this country.
I prolly don't agree with everything he supports, but don't think I agree with everything for any of the candidates.
Let me also say, H1B’s in of itself is not a bad thing. Those coming here on H1B’s are the PRODUCTIVE, tax paying foreigners. We know where they are and have them for the most part assimilate. I work with lots of Indians...they are good, moral, hardworking folks.
It is the exploitation of H1B’s, Illegal immigration and those being given special asylum status from the middle eastern nations that combined with the H1B visa program, creates a huge issue for American workers.
I want Trump, Cruz and Walker to become a tag-team, especially at the debates.
Speak no ill of each other but strike hard against Jeb! and the other GOPe favorites.
A pact among three hard men. An agreement to form the ticket according to polling position ... Pres/VP/a major cabinet position
No more splitting the primary votes among a large field of conservatives so the likes of Jeb! can become the nominee.
Two standing down and supporting the other to become the nominee and carry all three into office.
Well then they should have a Star of David tattooed on their foreheads and be parachuted into ISIS territory.
WHY IS ICE RELEASING LEGIONS OF CONVICTED ALIEN KIDNAPPERS, MURDERERS, RAPISTS, AND DRUNK DRIVER FELONS INTO AMERICA?
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS?
Breakdown of the Types of Specific Criminal Convictions Associated with
Criminal Aliens Placed in a Non-Custodial Setting in Fiscal Year 2014
The following table provides a breakdown of the types of specific criminal convictions associated with the 30,558 criminal aliens placed in a non-custodial setting in Fiscal Year 2014.
Please note that an alien may have more than one criminal conviction. As such, the total number of criminal convictions is greater than the total number of criminal aliens released from ICE custody.
Conviction Category Number of Convictions
Traffic Offense - Traffic Offense 15,197
Traffic Offense - Driving Under Influence Liquor 13,636
Dangerous Drugs 8,408
Larceny 4,514
Immigration1 4,088
Obstructing Judiciary, Congress, Legislature, Etc.2 3,062
General Crimes3 2,645
Assault 2,372
Public Peace 2,367
Fraudulent Activities 2,147
Burglary 2,124
Obstructing the Police 1,839
Weapon Offenses 1,589
Assault - Domestic Violence 1,346
Assault - Battery 1,194
Invasion of Privacy 1,183
Stolen Vehicle 1,074
Forgery 1,063
Assault - Aggravated Assault 994
Stolen Property 969
Family Offenses 962
Robbery 734
Sex Offenses (Not Involving Assault or Commercialized Sex) 673
Damage Property 665
Traffic Offense - Hit and Run 654
Liquor 459
Commercialized Sexual Offenses 449
Health / Safety 379
Traffic Offense - Driving Under Influence Drugs 378
Sexual Assault 373
Assault - Simple Assault 295
Flight / Escape 240
Kidnapping 186
Assault - Intimidation 140
Threat 135
Homicide 86
Arson 56
Conservation 49
Juvenile Offenders 38
Extortion 36
Gambling 34
Homicide - Negligent Manslaughter - Vehicle 34
Smuggling 31
Tax Revenue 27
Embezzlement 26
Obscenity 19
Bribery 17
Homicide - Negligent Manslaughter - Weapon 15
Homicide - Willful Kill - Gun 15
Voluntary - Manslaughter 13
Homicide - Willful Kill - Weapon 10
Homicide - Willful Kill - Non-family - Gun 9
Traffic Offense - Transporting Dangerous Material 4
Homicide - Willful Kill-Family - Gun 2
Homicide - Willful Kill - Family - Weapon 2
Homicide - Willful Kill - Non-family - Weapon 2
Obstructing Criminal Investigation 1
TOTAL 79,059
I wonder if Trump will return the favor, or slam Cruz at some point. (he already has in the general sense).
Class will rise to the top.
Trump has also said good things about Cruz.
Their relationship may or may not fully bloom, but they are certainly sharing more than most candidates.
how about striking hard against the left.......that’s what really generates enthusiasm. Jeb, Graham, Rubio, etc, they won’t strike hard against the left....the contrast will speak for itself.
2011-12 taught us this. (I can recount if you need it).
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