So let me get this straight...ICE will purposely release illegal aliens referred from Arizona
just to spite them? Even though 87 PERCENT of illegals detained in AZ have criminal records?
Even though they might go on to rape, murder or rob Americans in other states?
How is this not a Federal crime? Contact your Rep. RIGHT NOW and DEMAND
that John Morton be fired immediately.
May 21, 2010
Top Official Says Feds May Not
Process Illegals Referred From ArizonaFOXNews.com
A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not
necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.
A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not
necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.
John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with
the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper reports.
"I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the
newspaper.
The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach,
he said, and not a patchwork of state laws.
The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check
suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said.
In response to Morton's comments, DHS officials said President Obama has ordered
the Department of Justice to examine the civil rights and other implications of the law.
"That review will inform the government's actions going forward," DHS spokesman
Matt Chandler told Fox News on Friday.
Meanwhile,
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process
illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities.
"ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by
non-federal personnel," Napolitano said. "It also has the discretion to deport or not
to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own."
Morton, according to a biography posted on ICE's website, began his federal service
in 1994 and has held numerous positions at the Department of Justice, including as
a trial attorney and special assistant to the general counsel in the former Immigration
and Naturalization Service and as counsel to the deputy attorney general.
Border apprehensions in Arizona, where roughly 500,000 illegal immigrants are
estimated to be living, are up 6 percent since October, according to federal statistics.
Roughly 6.5 million residents live in Arizona.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/21/official-says-feds-process-illegals-referred-arizona/
