Bummer: ICE Still Arresting Illegals With No Criminal Record

This gives the Washington Post a sad, but, then, Democrats are upset when illegals with felonies are arrested

Despite signaling change, ICE still arrests many immigrants with no record

Federal immigration officers continued to target large numbers of immigrants with no criminal record in the weeks after two U.S. citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis, newly released government data shows, despite statements from Trump administration leaders indicating they wanted to take a more targeted approach.

White House border czar Tom Homan said in late January that “all operations will be targeted” and prioritize “criminal aliens, public safety threats and national security threats.” President Donald Trump said he wanted to see “a softer touch” following the unrest in Minneapolis. The shift in rhetoric came as polls indicated that a growing majority of Americans thought the administration had gone too far in deporting undocumented immigrants.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Deportation Data Project indicates that arrest numbers have dropped. ICE averaged about 7,000 arrests a week in the six weeks since Alex Pretti was shot and killed on Jan. 24 — down from 9,000 earlier in January.

But a Washington Post analysis of the data shows that people with no criminal record still make up the largest share of those detained. In all, 42 percent of those detained in the six weeks after Pretti’s death had no criminal record. That is a slight drop from the six weeks that preceded his death, when that figure was 46 percent. Thirty percent had prior convictions and 29 percent had pending charges in the latter weeks.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if you wacktard illegal alien supporters would simply hand the ones caught breaking the law over to federal law enforcement then these big immigration raids wouldn’t really happen. Sure, many of the “non-criminal” illegals would still get picked up, but, not in these numbers. If ICE and CBP are going to do big raids in locations they’re going to scoop up everyone they can. They pretty much know who they are and where they are, regardless of criminal history.

Julia Gelatt, associate director of the U.S. immigration policy program at the Migration Policy Institute, said the data reflects the view of senior Trump officials that “anybody without authorization should be arrested and deported.” While Homan stated that ICE would take a targeted approach after Pretti’s death, he also noted that “if you’re in the country illegally, you’re never off the table.”

Well, yeah. Get this: that’s the law. Surprise!

Meanwhile

Half of those arrested by federal agents in Minnesota this winter have already been deported

Two female ICE agents posed as motorists with car troubles outside the home of mechanic Jesus Flores Aguilar on Feb. 12, according to the man’s attorney. When Flores Aguilar went outside to help, he was arrested by immigration agents.

Four days later, he walked across the border to his native Mexico, what federal authorities refer to as “self-deporting.”

“His six kids are now without their father,” Attorney John Hayden earlier told MPR News.

Flores Aguilar is one of nearly 1,700 people arrested in Minnesota by federal agents this winter who have already been deported.

His six kids and his wife can join him in Mexico. But, hey, the Trump admin needs to bump those numbers up.

That total accounts for almost half the people who were arrested during the federal operations in the state, according to recent data released through a federal lawsuit. The data shows that the Trump Administration has been shuttling many of the people it arrests out of the country at a rapid clip — leaving them little time to challenge their detentions or make a case for why they should be allowed to stay.

Are they here illegally? Yes? Bye!