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DHS's clearer and more refined Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities,[1] which ICE began implementing in FY 2015, place increased emphasis and focus on the removal of convicted felons and other public safety threats over non-criminals. ICE continued the implementation of these priorities with steady success during FY 2016. The implementation of the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) further builds on the prioritization for removal of convicted criminals with the support of state and local jurisdictions. PEP became fully operational in July 2015, and, since that time, ICE has engaged in extensive efforts to encourage state and local law enforcement partners to collaborate with ICE to ensure the transfer and removal of serious public safety threats.
The NYPD got a whopping 1,526 requests from the feds to detain immigrants in President Trump’s first year in office — and rejected them all, officials said Wednesday.
In 2016, cops complied with two of the 80 requests to turn over undocumented immigrants who got arrested to the feds for deportation.
ICE recently arrested nine people in New York who were in the country illegally and released by the NYPD despite active detainers and pending criminal charges, the agency wrote. They did not specify what crimes the immigrants were charged with.
“The release of criminal aliens back on New York City streets continues to pose a dangerous risk to our communities,” said ICE field office director Thomas Decker. “ICE will continue to dedicate more resources to conduct at-large arrests to ensure the safety of the law-abiding citizens of these communities."
Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Queens) worried the city’s strict sanctuary rules may be preventing it from turning over people guilty of violent crimes. “It’s my hope that our hands aren’t tied in a situation when you do have a violent offender, whatever their status may be, if they need to be arrested,” he said. “For me, it’s about safety.”
Councilman Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn) said cops were right to unanimously reject the requests. “There’s every reason to believe from what we know about those detainers that the vast majority of those individuals had done nothing serious,” he said. “Honoring those detainers would have been becoming part of ICE’s deportation machine.”
originally posted by: shawmanfromny
I wonder how many New Yorkers are ticked off over the Liberal mentality that is so prevalent in New York City. I live in Upstate, Ny (Rochester) and unfortunately, this city is fairly Liberal too. Regardless of your political affiliation, this issue concerns the safety of American citizens. I'm willing to bet, that many people don't realize, that ICE Immigration detains illegal immigrants based on Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities:
DHS's clearer and more refined Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities,[1] which ICE began implementing in FY 2015, place increased emphasis and focus on the removal of convicted felons and other public safety threats over non-criminals. ICE continued the implementation of these priorities with steady success during FY 2016. The implementation of the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) further builds on the prioritization for removal of convicted criminals with the support of state and local jurisdictions. PEP became fully operational in July 2015, and, since that time, ICE has engaged in extensive efforts to encourage state and local law enforcement partners to collaborate with ICE to ensure the transfer and removal of serious public safety threats.
www.ice.gov...
FOUR key words from that statement: serious public safety threats. So what are these priorities that ICE agents use to detain illegal immigrants? Priority 1:This level is for illegal aliens who are terrorist suspects, who are in an organized criminal gang or who were convicted of a felony. Priority 2:This level is for illegal aliens convicted of misdeamenors, other than minor traffic vioations, that include: domestic violence, sexual abuse, unlawful possession of a firearm, illegal drug distribution, driving under the influence or abusing the visa or visa waiver programs. Priority 3:This level is for illegal aliens who have been issued a final order of removal on or after 01/01/2014 and are still in this country illegally. Seems to me that getting rid of illegal immigrants would increase a citizen's safety in New York City...right? Apparently Bill de Blasio and other city officials don't think so.
The NYPD got a whopping 1,526 requests from the feds to detain immigrants in President Trump’s first year in office — and rejected them all, officials said Wednesday.
In 2016, cops complied with two of the 80 requests to turn over undocumented immigrants who got arrested to the feds for deportation.
ICE recently arrested nine people in New York who were in the country illegally and released by the NYPD despite active detainers and pending criminal charges, the agency wrote. They did not specify what crimes the immigrants were charged with.
“The release of criminal aliens back on New York City streets continues to pose a dangerous risk to our communities,” said ICE field office director Thomas Decker. “ICE will continue to dedicate more resources to conduct at-large arrests to ensure the safety of the law-abiding citizens of these communities."
www.nydailynews.com...
The following statements are from two Democratic councilman, who apparently have two opposing views on this subject:
Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Queens) worried the city’s strict sanctuary rules may be preventing it from turning over people guilty of violent crimes. “It’s my hope that our hands aren’t tied in a situation when you do have a violent offender, whatever their status may be, if they need to be arrested,” he said. “For me, it’s about safety.”
Councilman Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn) said cops were right to unanimously reject the requests. “There’s every reason to believe from what we know about those detainers that the vast majority of those individuals had done nothing serious,” he said. “Honoring those detainers would have been becoming part of ICE’s deportation machine.”
www.nydailynews.com...
Why would you want to gamble on the safety of your citizen's Mr. Lander? You mean to tell me that those in charge in New York City haven't read the Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants, or the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) enforcement priorities? Could it be that Bill de Blasio and his cronies are just unapologetic liberals, who hate Trump's administration and their crackdown on illegals in this country? Retired NYPD Lieutenant Joe Cardinale says the move by Mayor Bill de Blasio makes citizens less safe.
originally posted by: bluechevytree
on the bright side the new immigration policy passed by congress and sent to the house makes it`s illegal for any city or state to make laws that prohibit any law enforcement officer from enforcing immigration laws.
it ashame that we need to make laws that force law enforcement officers to enforce the laws that we already have.