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The Obama administration has admitted that an illegal immigrant and known gang member -- who recently was charged in the murders of four people -- was allowed to remain in the United States under President Obama's executive actions.
Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez was allowed in August 2013 to remain in the U.S., following his request about seven months earlier to stay under the president's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez.
Rodriquez acknowledged in a letter to a top Republican senator that Rangel-Hernandez's application was approved, even though a federal crime database indicated he was "known gang member."
"Based on the standard procedures and protocols in place at the time, the DACA request and related employment authorization should not have been approved," said Rodriguez, in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who had raised questions about the case.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, in an interview Wednesday on Fox News, declined to address the Rangel-Hernandez case specifically -- or whether illegal immigrants who engage in criminal activity are being allowed to stay in the U.S. under DACA or similar executive actions. (DACA is intended to give a deportation reprieve to some illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.)
"Let me tell you what DACA is about," Psaki told Fox News. "It's not about not only giving a path [to citizenship] to individuals who are in the United States. It's morally right. ... I can't go into detail on every specific case. This is something that there are a number of steps in place that we take to look at who benefits from it."
originally posted by: Sremmos80
Well doesn't he have to stand trial for his crimes here in the states?
It would seem deportation would be the easy way out for him.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: Vasa Croe
So is this really about the letter and the barry E.O or about a man facing trial being held for said trial?
I'm with you on the prison population angle.
originally posted by: TDawg61
Message to young serial killers south of the US border:Come on in for your free benefits.
The madness of this administration will be suffered for years.This just latest example.
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: Vasa Croe
So are we saying we would rather have this man deported then stay here and face his crimes?
We don't deport people with this kind of case period, it makes no sense...
Shoot seems the message some want to send is come on in and kill 4 people and your punishment will just be getting sent out of the country.
State Department contractor allegedly was paid thousands by an individual thought to be a Chinese agent in exchange for information on Americans -- but despite an FBI probe, the Justice Department declined to prosecute.
www.foxnews.com...
originally posted by: windword
I thought this was just standard operating procedure. Commit a crime and get charged with the crime and face the punishment in the place where you've committed the crime. Do you think that American Drug smugglers caught in Peru should be deported to the US and NOT serve time in a Peruvian jail?
originally posted by: windword
I thought this was just standard operating procedure. Commit a crime and get charged with the crime and face the punishment in the place where you've committed the crime. Do you think that American Drug smugglers caught in Peru should be deported to the US and NOT serve time in a Peruvian jail?
originally posted by: windword
I thought this was just standard operating procedure. Commit a crime and get charged with the crime and face the punishment in the place where you've committed the crime. Do you think that American Drug smugglers caught in Peru should be deported to the US and NOT serve time in a Peruvian jail?
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Yes that is how our justice system works, if you commit a crime you get jailed...
Free room and board is a stretch, not sure how much time you have spent behind bars, I haven't heard it is all that great.
This man was spared from anything, just spun sideways by Fox cause obama.