Well Obama maybe you should have deported these criminals.

 

 

http://clashdaily.com/2012/08/illegals-released-by-feds-committed-19-murders-and-142-sex-crimes/

 

 

The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday.

 

All told, the nearly 47,000 illegal immigrants the administration was notified of but declined to deport between 2008 and 2011 under its Secure Communities program had a recidivism rate of 16 percent, the committee said.

 

They were just part of the nearly 160,000 immigrants — most of them here legally — who were flagged by Secure Communities during the three year period but who were either not eligible to be deported or who the administration decided to release. Those immigrants went on to be charged in nearly 60,000 more crimes, according to the committee and the Congressional Research Service, which issued a report on the matter.

 

The findings stem from the Obama administration’s Secure Communities program, which was designed to identify immigrants who run afoul of the law and who the administration decides it wants to deport.

 

While hundreds of thousands have been sent back home under the program, 159,286 were not put in deportation proceedings during the period under review, CRS said.

 

About three quarters of those weren’t eligible for deportation because they were legal immigrants and their criminal records didn’t rise to the level of deportation, though nearly a quarter could have been deported, CRS said.

 

Those who could have been deported but were released later went on to commit the 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the Judiciary Committee said.

 

“The Obama administration could have prevented these senseless crimes by enforcing our immigration laws,” committee Chairman Lamar Smith said. “But President Obama continues to further his anti-enforcement agenda while innocent Americans suffer the consequences. His unwillingness to enforce immigration laws puts our communities at risk and costs American lives.”

 

Read more at washingtontimes.com

 

Illegal Alien

 

I don't understand the point of this article. The Obama presidency has overseen more deportations than any other administration of the last 50 years. This is largely due to Bush era plans like Secure Communities (yes, a Bush policy), which the president has upheld. In fact, if anything he has increased pressure on the worst offenders in order to get them out of the country faster.

 

If the point is to disapprove of presidents who don't deport enough, then this article should consider Obama the best president ever. If the point is to highlight failures of an already aggressive deportation policy, then it should at least mention the fact that, compared to every other presidency, Obama's has been the most deport-y.

The Obama presidency has overseen more deportations than any other administration of the last 50 years.

I wonder if that would still hold if the numbers were percentages of illegal immigrants vs deported illegals throughout that time frame, meaning is the volume of illegal immigrants larger now? Just a curiosity, I can't comment on the subject for personal reasons, and no I'm not an illegal immigrant haha But I was born outside of the US.

PS: I thought no politics or religion on this board...but I won't tell!

That's probably the right kind of question to ask. From what I understand, the raw number was highest during the first 3 years of his presidency, not necessarily the ratio. However, that reflected increased border security--meaning that many people were "deported" after being caught crossing the border. There might have been a decrease in the number of resident immigrants deported during that time. However, the total number of people crossing the border has gone down substantially since 2008--which speaks directly to your question. But like most general trends (economy, immigration, crime), this is probably only tangentially related to actual federal policy.

And the crappy economy contributed with the decrease in new folks and even convinced some to get out... At least that's what I've read & heard.