• Untangling DHS’ Record High Deportation Numbers

    • October 20, 2011
    • Category: American Immigration Council, Border Security, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, ICE, Parole in Place, Prosecutorial Discretion, Secure Communities
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       It was another record breaking year for deportations, with DHS logging 396,906 removals during Fiscal Year 2011. While the raw number is not in doubt, its meaning is far from clear, according to the American Immigration Council. 

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  • ICE arrests almost 3,000 convicted criminal aliens; Obama Blames GOP for Lack of Immigration Reform

    • September 28, 2011
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Morton, Obama, Prosecutorial Discretion
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      U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced the results of a seven-day national “Cross Check” enforcement operation-which led to the arrest of more than 2,900 convicted criminal aliens.

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  • Task Force Submits Recommendations on DHS’s Secure Communities Program

    • September 21, 2011
    • Category: AIC, American Immigration Council, ICE, Morton, Secure Communities
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      After tensions reached a boiling point regarding the Secure Communities program in June, ICE Director John Morton created a 20-member task force to address growing concerns. This week, that task force submitted its final recommendations in a report to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)

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  • GOP 2012 Field on Immigration – The Self-Defeating Strategy Continues

    • August 16, 2011
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, General, GOP, ICE, Obama, Republicans
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    Washington, DC – Just as they have in past election cycles, Republican presidential candidates are struggling with the issue of immigration.

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  • In Abrupt Shift, ICE Announces Secure Communities to be Imposed on States

    • August 8, 2011
    • Category: Gov. Cuomo, Gov. Patrick, Gov. Quinn, ICE, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Obama, Secure Communities
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    In a late Friday announcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) declared that the memoranda of agreement (MOAs) previously executed with 42 states to implement the Secure Communities program were “terminated,” opining that no agreement with states or local law enforcement was necessary.

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