OrlandoMary
04-16-2005, 03:00 PM
"...465,000 are fugitive aliens who have been ordered deported. About 80,000 of those are criminal alien..."
Authorities free 1 million aliens amid proceedings (http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050414-115247-2595r.htm)
By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published April 15, 2005
One million people facing immigration proceedings have been released into the general population, the government's chief of detention and removal told the Senate yesterday , prompting some Republicans to say the Bush administration is "not serious" about the problem.
"We have a million individuals who are in some phase of immigration proceedings released," said Victor X. Cerda, the acting director of detention and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
He said of those people, 465,000 are fugitive aliens who have been ordered deported. About 80,000 of those are criminal aliens who have committed an offense in addition to immigration violations, but he couldn't provide an exact number.
His comments came as an immigration debate in the Senate blocked most progress on the emergency war-spending bill. Pending amendments include cracking down on illegal immigrants' use of driver's licenses, increasing visas for seasonal nonimmigrant workers and legalizing up to 1 million illegal aliens who work in agriculture and their families. [more]
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Authorities free 1 million aliens amid proceedings (http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050414-115247-2595r.htm)
By Stephen Dinan
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published April 15, 2005
One million people facing immigration proceedings have been released into the general population, the government's chief of detention and removal told the Senate yesterday , prompting some Republicans to say the Bush administration is "not serious" about the problem.
"We have a million individuals who are in some phase of immigration proceedings released," said Victor X. Cerda, the acting director of detention and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
He said of those people, 465,000 are fugitive aliens who have been ordered deported. About 80,000 of those are criminal aliens who have committed an offense in addition to immigration violations, but he couldn't provide an exact number.
His comments came as an immigration debate in the Senate blocked most progress on the emergency war-spending bill. Pending amendments include cracking down on illegal immigrants' use of driver's licenses, increasing visas for seasonal nonimmigrant workers and legalizing up to 1 million illegal aliens who work in agriculture and their families. [more]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050414-115247-2595r
OrlandoMary
www.maryschneider.us