700 Percent Increase in Illegal Immigration Case Dismissals in Houston, TX Alone!

Be a good little illegal immigrant, and don't commit any major crimes for a couple of years, and there is a good chance your case will be dismissed. You can then walk right out of a courtroom, still a criminal, and go right back to being your illegal self. No problem.

This is evidenced by the article below. And if that is happening in Houston, it's a safe bet to say that it is probably happening all over the country under Obama administration "Back door amnesty" mandate. This despite some recent stories that overall, deportations had increased nationwide. Yup, uh-huh.

In the month after Homeland Security officials started a review of Houston's immigration court docket, immigration judges dismissed more than 200 cases, an increase of more than 700 percent from the prior month, new data shows.

The number of dismissals in Houston courts reached 217 in August — up from just 27 in July, according to data from the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which administers the nation's immigration court system.

In September, judges dismissed 174 pending cases — the vast majority involving immigrants who already were out on bond and had cases pending on Houston's crowded downtown court docket, where hearings are now being scheduled into 2012.

Roughly 45 percent of the 350 cases decided in that court in September resulted in dismissals, the records show.

The EOIR data offer the first glimpse into Homeland Security's largely secretive review of pending cases on the local immigration court docket.

In early August, federal attorneys in Houston started filing unsolicited motions to dismiss cases involving suspected illegal immigrants who have lived in the country for years without committing serious crimes.

www.chron.com...

"When you have this kind of mass dismissal, it sends a very clear message to illegal immigrants, and to society at large, that the government is not serious about enforcing the laws," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, an organization that advocates for stricter border controls.

"This type of action muddles the message so both the public at large as well as illegal immigrants don't know what to think."

Don't know what to think? Oh yes the heck they do! It's free party in the US time!



This definitely sends the wrong message, and they better figure out another way. Like, umm, plastering the border with troops, UAV's and C-130's??? And how about a few Apaches and Bradley fighting vehicles? Think they'll get the message then?

Just because they are focusing on the criminal illegal element, doesn't make being a law-abiding illegal any less illegal!!!!!!!!!!!!

JEEZ, this makes me mad!!!!

One bump, just for those that may have missed this story. The feds are failing miserably at protecting our border, but yet when a state like Arizona tries to do something about it, they sure don't fail at coming down on the state like a ton of bricks! Why? Because the state had the nerve to enforce the fed's own laws!

This isn't about protecting the residents of the border states. Nope. They don't care how many get killed. This is about retaining their control over the issue. Well sorry, but you don't deserve control over an issue that you have failed on so miserably for years. Party's over.

reply to post by TrueAmerican


Thanks for posting this, but it was expected from this adminsitration. I'm piping hot mad too, I live in Los Angeles, where being illegal is cool... Just ask our Mayor, our Attorney General, and our Governator.

Illegal Immigration Costs California Over Ten Billion Annually
State's "cheap labor" costs average household $1,183 a year

Leave it to the left to believe the word "illegal" means anything but. Excellent post, sir. S&F for truth.

/TOA

reply to post by TrueAmerican

This definitely sends the wrong message,

You and I believe it is the wrong message. However, these criminal judges are sending the message that they want:
" Come to America, we'll let you in, and eventually we'll give you citizenship, and you can live here off of the hard work of those Americans who are foolish enough to hold jobs and pay taxes. In return, you'll vote for us, and keep us and our kind in power. "

Disgusting.

Don't you think the reason more are being dismissed is because more are being brought to court in the first place?

Bringing them to court does no good if they are allowed to stay................
Criminals one in all....................so are the judges.

Originally posted by Jezus
Don't you think the reason more are being dismissed is because more are being brought to court in the first place?

Not proportionately speaking- that is relative. Of the ones that have cases, regardless of those numbers, 700% more are being dismissed because they are taking the less of two evils and concentrating on deporting illegals that have committed serious crimes.

You can rationalize crossing the border illegally any way you want to try and justify it, but that act spits in the face of immigrants who have toughed it out and waited to get in the right way. Not to mention giving the US the middle finger and saying "screw you and your laws, I'm coming in anyway."

reply to post by TrueAmerican


Right on. We had to wait in line to adopt our children from outside the country, and it really burns us up to see these criminals cross the border, and then be encouraged by our crooked politicians and judges. In fact, I am beginning to believe that most judges in this country are completely corrupt, answering only to the big bucks of their political allies. I'm afraid that our Founding Fathers are turning over in their graves over this. They fought to rid themselves of tyranny, and now we have it in our "government", if you can call it that.

yeah definately sends the wrong message.............all this is....is setting up amnesty to get their votes..........border enforcement is a joke and we all know it..........

while i do blame the federal government for this nations illegal problems...........it just shows our own naivety to expect the federal government to do anything............they cant do anything right.............

which is why i am switching gears in immigration issue............while it is a problem nationwide........if the states exercised their rights to protect and defend their own borders in the ways they see fit........and tell the federal government to beggar off............they have had their chances to do their job for decades and they have miserably failed...............agian this shows we americans overdependence of a government that clearly doesnt work........the immigration issue is nothing but political anymore and it has nothing to do with enforcing federal and state laws...............we are a nation of laws are we not? either we follow our laws or we burn them completely..........our laws exist to protect its legal citizens from harm and how many cases were dismissed? past behavior is the leading indicator for future actions...............this is a travesty of justice and those judges need to be fired..............the laws that exist in this land are supreme that means politics be damned........... the feds and obama need to take a reality check and stop pandering for votes............agian thats what this is all about getting their votes after amensty is passed.............sell out their country all in the name of votes and power...........................................which is the biggest bunch of bs i have ever read on here to date.............................

Originally posted by TrueAmerican

Originally posted by Jezus
Don't you think the reason more are being dismissed is because more are being brought to court in the first place?

Not proportionately speaking- that is relative. Of the ones that have cases, regardless of those numbers, 700% more are being dismissed because they are taking the less of two evils and concentrating on deporting illegals that have committed serious crimes.

Yes, 700% more total dismissals.

This statistics doesn't take into account the increase in total cases.

In fact if you read the this part of the article it doesn't actually mention the total increase in cases...

Originally posted by TrueAmerican
In the month after Homeland Security officials started a review of Houston's immigration court docket, immigration judges dismissed more than 200 cases, an increase of more than 700 percent from the prior month, new data shows.

The number of dismissals in Houston courts reached 217 in August — up from just 27 in July, according to data from the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which administers the nation's immigration court system.

In September, judges dismissed 174 pending cases — the vast majority involving immigrants who already were out on bond and had cases pending on Houston's crowded downtown court docket, where hearings are now being scheduled into 2012.

Roughly 45 percent of the 350 cases decided in that court in September resulted in dismissals, the records show.

reply to post by Jezus

This statistics doesn't take into account the increase in total cases. In fact if you read the this part of the article it doesn't actually mention the total increase in cases...

Actually, if you did a little research, as I did, you would see that the number of cases actually WENT DOWN during the last several months:

trac.syr.edu...

The Southern District of Texas (Houston)—with 513 prosecutions—was the most active during July 2010.

Note this:


www.federalobserver.com...

The Houston immigration courts averaged about 38 case terminations each month in the 10 months prior to the DHS review.

Now note this:

The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during July 2010 the government reported 6548 new immigration prosecutions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is down 18.1% over the previous month. The comparisons of the number of defendants charged with immigration-related offenses are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys. (See Table 1) When monthly 2010 prosecutions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of filings was only slightlyup (2 percent).

trac.syr.edu...

Thus, the July figures are DOWN 18.1% over the last year, while the overall filings over the last year are only up by 2%.

The reason for the huge increase in dismissals is due to this:

Homeland Security Begins Dismissing Certain Deportation Cases The Houston Chronicle revealed this week that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is beginning to dismiss cases against certain aliens in deportation proceedings. According to The Chronicle, DHS is systematically reviewing thousands of pending immigration cases and moving to dismiss those filed against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records. The local Houston office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reviewing 2,500 cases and other ICE offices around the country are expected to follow suit. (The Houston Chronicle, Aug. 24, 2010) ICE spokesman Richard Rocha said the review is part of the agency's nationwide strategy to prioritize the deportation of criminal aliens-meaning illegal aliens who have committed additional criminal offenses and have been caught and prosecuted

In summary, there has been virtually NO INCREASE in the number of cases, but the 700% increase in DISMISSALS is due to Homeland Security's change of policy.

reply to post by ProfEmeritus


So what were the total cases in August?

reply to post by Jezus

So what were the total cases in August?

You just don't get it, do you? Take a look at the statistics provided. There has only been about a 2% increase over the last YEAR. Do the math yourself.

Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by Jezus

 

So what were the total cases in August?

You just don't get it, do you? Take a look at the statistics provided. There has only been about a 2% increase over the last YEAR. Do the math yourself.

Over the last year?

But you claimed they went down from August to September...