Posted on 04/28/2016 9:37:05 AM PDT by jazusamo
(CNSNews.com) – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said Thursday at a hearing on illegal immigration crime that from 2013 to 2015, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released more than 86,000 criminal illegal immigrants back into the United States – 196 of which were convicted of homicide in 2015.
“What’s going on at Homeland Security, what’s going on with Immigration [and] Customs Enforcement is one of the most infuriating things I think I’ve seen in this government yet. In a three-year period, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released more than 86,000 criminal aliens into the American public,” Chaffetz said.
“These are people that were here illegally, got caught committing a crime, were convicted of that crime and instead of deporting them, they were just released back out in the United States of America,” he said at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.
Chaffetz also noted that these 86,000 criminal aliens were convicted of more than 231,000 crimes.
“All told, they had more than 231,000 crimes that they were convicted of – 86,000 of these people. In 2015, 196 of these people were convicted of homicide, and ICE released them back into the public rather than deporting them,” he said.
Furthermore, “124 of those that were released between fiscal year 2010 and 2015 went on to commit homicide,” Chaffetz said.
“Let me give you some other stats. In 2013, ICE released 36,007 criminal aliens, criminal aliens who are here unlawfully and present in the United States. As of September 2014, 5,700 of those individuals went on to commit additional crimes,” he said.
Chaffetz said ICE Director Sarah Saldana testified before the committee in March 2015 “that ICE released another 30,000 individuals with criminal convictions.”
“In fact, ICE released 30,558 criminal aliens in 2014 who had a combined 79,059 convictions instead of deporting them. Of those 30,558 criminal aliens, 1,895 were charged with another crime following their release. Their convictions included sex offenses, assault, burglary, robbery, driving under the influence,” Chaffetz said.
He said ICE told the committee “that in 2015, the agency released 19,723 criminal aliens with a combined 64,197 convictions, including 934 sex offenses, 804 robberies, 216 kidnappings, and 196 homicide-related convictions” on Saldana’s watch.
“They were here illegally. They got caught committing a crime. They were convicted of a crime, and instead of following the law and deporting them, you released them back into the public, and they commit more crimes. How do you look those people in the eye?” Chaffetz asked Saldana.
Chaffetz showed a picture of the University of Notre Dame football stadium and said Saldanaa released more criminal illegal aliens than can fit in the stadium.
“Let me show this football stadium. This is Notre Dame football stadium. You released more people that were convicted of crimes that should have been deported than you can fit into that stadium. You’d still have people waiting outside the line. Those are the criminals that you released instead of deporting,” he said.
According to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies, in 2015 ICE released “19,723 criminal aliens, who had a total of 64,197 convictions among them,” including 8,234 violent convictions and 208 homicide convictions.
The report classified the 208 homicide convictions as follows: 101 homicide, 19 homicide (negligent manslaughter – weapon), 19 homicide (negligent manslaughter – vehicle), 19 homicide (willful kill – weapon), 18 homicide (willful kill – gun), 12 voluntary manslaughter, 9 homicide (willful kill – non-family gun), 4 homicide (willful kill – non-family – weapon), 3 homicide (willful kill – family weapon), 2 attempt to commit homicide, 1 homicide (John/Jane Doe – no warrant), and 1 homicide – negligent manslaughter (weapon – attempt to commit).
According to the report, the largest number of convictions was for DUI – 12,307 alcohol DUI convictions and 354 drug DUI convictions, totaling 12,661.
Yet you and the rest of the gutless Republicans continue to fund this s—t.
There is something seriously wrong here.
Correct. Republicans make a lot of noise but do nothing as 0bama laughs and continues to destroy us from the inside.
And the count of those who went on to commit another crime includes only those who were caught again. I wonder if there is a recidivism metric that could be used to extrapolate how many crimes were likely committed and the perp remained at large?
American lives don’t matter.
They never have (to the government), it is just becoming a little more obvious to the less dense citizens of this former republic.
Ping
Cry me a river Chaffetz. You could have endorsed Trump in Utah. The border patrol had already endorsed him. You’re just like all the rest.
You Congressman Chaffetz INFURIATE THE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THIS:
And We in Congress are too LAZY, CORRUPT, And Morally Bankrupt to do Our JOB!!!!!
Just another DOG AND PONY SHOW!
If He or They were SERIOUS, an Immediate Vote for CONTEMPT of CONGRESS would be Taken, and then the Attorney should have been LOCKED UP FOR CONTEMPT. 6 Months ought to do the trick.
QUIT LYING, You Have ALL the Necessary Tools and Authority to get to the Bottom of ANYTHING you so Desire.
These SENATORS and CONGRESSMEN have the ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY to get All the Answers they wish and they can act on those answers as they wish. Instead they JUST WHINE AND BITCH, while DOING NOTHING!:
Congress has ALL the power in washington, the executive and judicial branch operate according to the whims of CONGRESS!
Congress can Remove the President
Congress can remove the head of every executive agency Congress can remove ALL of their employees
Congress can Abolish every agency they so choose
Congress can remove EVERY JUDGE IN AMERICA, including every supreme court justice.
Congress can abolish every federal court except the supreme Court
Congress can decide which cases the Judicial Branch can hear and decide
CONGRESS can Imprison ANYONE they want for any reason they so desire for as long as they wish.
Congress can declare WAR
No other governing body has even 10% of the power CONGRESS has!!
CONGRESS IS ALLOWING ALL OF IT!!!
Congress has the authority to arrest and imprison those found in Contempt. The power extends throughout the United States and is an inherent power (does not depend upon legislated act)
If found in Contempt the person can be arrested under a warrant of the Speaker of the House of Representatives or President of the Senate, by the respective Sergeant at Arms.
Statutory criminal contempt is an alternative to inherent contempt.
Under the inherent contempt power Congress may imprison a person for a specific period of time or an indefinite period of time, except a person imprisoned by the House of Representatives may not be imprisoned beyond adjournment of a session of Congress.
Imprisonment may be coercive or punitive.
Some references
[1] Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution, Volume 2, § 842 http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/a1_5s21.html
[2] Anderson v. Dunn - 19 U.S. 204 - “And, as to the distance to which the process might reach, it is very clear that there exists no reason for confining its operation to the limits of the District of Columbia; after passing those limits, we know no bounds that can be prescribed to its range but those of the United States.” http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/19/204/case.html
[3] Jurney v. MacCracken, 294 U.S. 125 http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/294/125/case.html 73rd Cong., 78 Cong. Rec. 2410 (1934) https://archive.org/details/congressionalrec78aunit
[4] McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 - Under a warrant issued by the President of the Senate the Deputy to the Senate Sergeant at Arms arrested at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mally S. Daugherty, who had been twice subpoenaed by the Senate and twice failed to appear. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/273/135/case.html
[5] Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule IV Duties of the Sergeant at Arms - [] execute the commands of the House, and all processes issued by authority thereof, directed to him by the Speaker. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/HMAN-105/pdf/HMAN-105-pg348.pdf
[6] An analysis of Congressional inquiry, subpoena, and enforcement http://www.constitutionproject.org/documents/when-congress-comes-calling-a-primer-on-the-principles-practices-and-pragmatics-of-legislative-inquiry/
And here is what the OFFICIAL DEMONRAT PUBLICATIONS SAY:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/opinion/04tue4.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2007/04/house_arrest.html
Released, given a Brand New Car and 6 months free rent.
Here is a good one, I strongly urge you to read the Whole Article, especially this part::
In 1924 an oil executive appeared but refused to answer certain questions, so the Senate held — literally held — him in contempt. Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana argued that this question of contempt was of the gravest importance, and that it involved “the very life of the effective existence of the House of Representatives of the United States and of the Senate of the United States.” The matter was taken to court, and the witness fined and imprisoned. Imagine locking up the attendees of Cheney’s secret energy task force meetings until they explained how our supposedly democratic government arrived at some of its worst recent decisions.
http://davidswanson.org/node/1416
They're all, even those not jailed, criminal aliens.
Drive around. You'll see criminal aliens everywhere. It's like a plague.
Agreed, all illegal aliens are criminals in my view.
Sad that the bleeding hearts in the country now belittle American citizens who refer to them as such.
You are wrong. Gutless means they don’t have the courage of their convictions. These pubbies have no convictions.
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