Illegal Aliens, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Progressive, Democratic Criminal Intentions, Lawyers and Fools are playing the game. “The preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that immigration enforcement in America has collapsed. Even those with criminal convictions are being released. DHS is a department in crisis. Secretary Johnson must reject the President’s demands to weaken enforcement further and tell him that his duty, and his officers’ duty, is to enforce the law—not break it. As Homeland Secretary, Mr. Johnson is tasked with ensuring the public safety and the rule of law. But Secretary Johnson is not meeting these duties.

Illegal Aliens, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Progressive, Democratic Criminal Intentions, Lawyers and Fools are playing the game. “The preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that immigration enforcement in America has collapsed. Even those with criminal convictions are being released. DHS is a department in crisis. Secretary Johnson must reject the President’s demands to weaken enforcement further and tell him that his duty, and his officers’ duty, is to enforce the law—not break it. As Homeland Secretary, Mr. Johnson is tasked with ensuring the public safety and the rule of law. But Secretary Johnson is not meeting these duties.

American citizens have a legal and moral right to the protections our immigration laws afford—at the border, the interior and the workplace. The Administration has stripped these protections and adopted a government policy that encourages new arrivals to enter illegally or overstay visas by advertising immunity from future enforcement. Comments from top Administration officials, such as Attorney General Holder’s claim that amnesty is a civil right, or Vice President Biden’s claim that those here illegally are all U.S. citizens (apparently including someone whose visa expired yesterday), demonstrate the Administration’s increasing belief in an open borders policy the American public has always rejected.

The Administration’s lawless policies have not only impaired public safety but increased economic suffering for millions of vulnerable Americans by depriving them of their jobs and wages.

Unfortunately, Congressional Democrats continue to empower this lawlessness. Republicans must work to end it.”

BACKGROUND:

DHS considers an individual to be a criminal alien only if they have a criminal conviction (excluding traffic offenses) so the actual number of non-citizens with criminal records released is even larger than the document reveals. Those released by ICE include those with numerous arrests and multiple convictions. In some cities, nearly half of all criminal aliens encountered were released. In some, more than half were released. Overall, there was nearly a 30% drop from 2012 in the number of charging documents issued. Of ICE’s entire caseload, less than 2% were in detention at the end of FY2013. Approximately 870,000 aliens ordered removed had not departed. Roughly 3 in 4 non-citizens encountered were released for one reason or another.