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"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

[SoConPubbie]

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Watch as ICE Director Is Forced to Tell Ted Cruz He’s ‘Absolutely Right’ After He Disputes Her Claim During Hearing

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    CRUZ or LOSE!

[oblomov]

An honest official in the Obama Administration. Perhaps as a trans-truthful person, she should be awarded the ESPY for bravery.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“”“There are too many politicians in Washington that talk a good game but don’t act. If you want to honor Josh [Wilkerson], if you want to honor Kate Steinle, start enforcing the law and stop releasing murderers, and rapists, and drunk drivers,” he said. “I don’t want to hear from the Obama administration they’re sorry while they continue to do the exact same thing because what we know – more people will be murdered, more people will be raped, more people will be killed by drunk drivers because this Administration refuses to enforce the law. That is wrong. No man is above the law, and that includes President Obama.”””

Don’t look for any other politician to say this, as none have the balls!!

[DouglasKC]

I love this about Cruz. But here’s the thing. It’s being reported on the Blaze. Nobody sees it. If Cruz would pull a Trump...make a statement that guarantees coverage...something seemingly outrageous...then he would have the opportunity to repeat this message countless times...

[Norm Lenhart]

RACIST!
He just did this because we have a black president and wanted to smear him. Barry did not personally let a single one of those people go! Others did!

THATS IT! TED CRUZ JUST LOST MY VOTE!

AGAIN!!!

[Paulie]

I would NOT want to be in the hot seat when Mr. Cruz is looking at me like that.

That’s a ‘don’t give me that BS’ look, and by all accounts it spells trouble.

[cripplecreek]

I really believe he is the only candidate in the race who as president will seek real justice and punishment for the lawless in our government.

My personal suggestion for a president Cruz attorney general nomination would be Michigan AG Bill Schuette.

[Blood of Tyrants]

He grills her ans she goes back to ignoring the law.

[Blood of Tyrants]

He grills her and she goes back to ignoring the law.

[Hulka]

Someone have a direct link to the video, Blaze jsut locks-up my computer with ads and auto-plays and such.

[762X51]

And of course she walked right out of those hearing, went back to her office and continued to do EXACTLY what she had been doing. You can only influence a person’s actions if you have the power to inflict some type of punishment on them. These hearings are great for harvesting campaign sound bites but nothing more.

[Rome2000]

It’s an impeachable offense is what it is, not just unacceptable .

This heinous act that this President and others continue to perpetrate must be prosecuted

Glad to see Cruz bring this up, people need to go to jail over this

[Robert DeLong]

[WilliamofCarmichael]

“When I asked you how many criminals ICE released in 2013, you were off by a factor of three,” Cruz said. “You said 30,000 — the correct answer is 104,000.” Saldana argued she thought she was asked about 2014 and claimed the number was actually 30,558 released illegal aliens that were not prosecuted. The “good news is,” she continued, “at least that went down from 2013.”

But here is what she said about 2014 elsewhere STATEMENT OF SARAH R. SALDAÑA DIRECTOR U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY REGARDING A HEARING ON“ OVERSIGHT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT” BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

In Fiscal Year (FY)2014, ICE conducted 315,943 removals and returns , 213,719 of which were apprehended while, or shortly after, illegally entering the United States and 102,224 of which were apprehended in the interior of the United States.

Eighty-five percent of individuals removed or returned from the interior were previously convicted of a criminal offense, reflecting a significant percentage increase in the removal of individuals with convictions, from 67 percent in FY 2011 and 38 percent in FY 2008. This is no accident. The increasing number of convicted criminals removed from our country is the result of change in ICE’s strategic focus, which revised policies help us achieve.

This is all very confusing for me because

• I read elsewhere that the "removeds" in the majority of cases simply ignore the order and
• frequently removals are done in lieu of prosecutions and incarcerations;
• so they never even go to trial for their crimes.

These provide raw statistical data because the statistics are broken down between criminal removals and non-criminal removals. Example: Table 41. ALIENS REMOVED BY CRIMINAL STATUS AND REGION AND COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY: FISCAL YEARS 2003 TO 2012

	Total	Criminal	Non- Criminal
2003	211,098	83,731	127,367
2004	240,665	92,380	148,285
2005	246,431	92,221	154,210
2006	280,974	98,490	182,484
2007	319,382	102,394	216,988
2008	359,795	105,266	254,529
2009	391,932	131,837	260,095
2010	383,031	169,656	213,375
2011	388,409	188,964	199,445
2012	419,384	199,445	219,939
2013	438,421	198,394	240,027

Data for year 2013 were obtained by
google: yearbook of immigration statistics 2013

You should see something like this:

Search Results

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics | Homeland Security www.dhs.gov/yearbook-...United States Department of Homeland Security The Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provides data ... Data tables · Refugees and Asylees: 2013 (view summary and full report).

Yearbook of Immigration ... Table 1. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident ...

2013 Refugees and Asylees Table #, Title. Table 13, Refugee Arrivals: 1980 to 2013 (XLS, ...
2013 Enforcement Actions Enforcement Actions Table #TitleTable 33Aliens Apprehen.

US Lawful Permanent Residents U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: 2013. Summary. A lawful ...

Data tables Table #, Title. Table 25. Nonimmigrant Admissions by ...

2013 Naturalizations Naturalizations. ... Immigration Statistics: 2013 Naturalizations. More results from dhs.gov »

Select 2013 Enforcement Actions, select Table 41 Aliens Removed by Criminal Status and Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2004 to 2013 (XLS, 88 KB). The file contains revised data for years 2003 through 2012 obtained from Table 41. ALIENS REMOVED BY CRIMINAL STATUS AND REGION AND COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY: FISCAL YEARS 2003 TO 2012 Some values shown here may be slightly different.

[lonevoice]

In case you haven't seen it, this is definitely worth the 8 1/2 minutes to watch it. I've heard the audio on several radio talk shows last night and today, but doubt very seriously we'll see or hear about it on any MSM news programs, including Fox News.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SSk1c1sdJY&feature=youtu.be

[stremba]

What struck me about this is that this argument was a bit of a waste of time. Who really cares whether the number of illegal alien criminals released was 30,000 or 100,000. If the number was 1 that would be too many. If it’s 30,000, does that somehow make it better?