Judicial Watch Sues DHS For Information Surrounding Release of 36,000 Criminal Aliens
Judicial Watch, a
conservative watchdog group based in Washington, D.C., is suing DHS because it failed to fulfill a Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding the release of 36,000 illegal
aliens released by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) in 2013, according
to a report
from Centers
for Immigration Studies. DHS had until May 15, 2014 to honor the request.
193 homicide convictions (including one willful killing of a public official with a gun)
426 sexual assault convictions
303 kidnapping convictions
1,075 aggravated assault convictions
1,160 stolen vehicle convictions
9,187 dangerous drug convictions
16,070 drunk or drugged driving convictions
303 flight escape convictions
Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch posed the question, “How many Americans will be killed, maimed, or victimized by the Obama administration’s release of aliens convicted of violent crimes?”
“Under President Obama, the Department of Homeland Security has turned from a law enforcement agency into one that undermines and violates our nation’s immigration laws in a way that threatens the public safety. And now Homeland Security is in cover-up mode and violating federal law to keep documents about its mass release of criminals away from the American people.”
The initial Freedom Of Information Act request came after
a report from the Center for Immigration Studies showed tens-of-thousands of
violent criminal aliens, including those with convictions of rape, murder,
kidnapping, aggravated assault, drunk driving, vehicle theft and more, were set
free.
I want to know, by what authority did they release
criminals who had already been convicted in our court system.
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