A directive to immigration officials across the country to try to portray undocumented immigrants swept up in mass raids as criminals came directly from then-Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, The Intercept has learned.
Earlier this month, The Intercept published a cache of internal emails exchanged between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Texas in February, while the first mass raids of the Trump administration were underway.
The redacted emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by students at Vanderbilt University Law School, show that while hundreds of undocumented immigrants were rounded up across the country, DHS officials tried — and largely failed — to engineer a narrative that would substantiate the administration’s claims that the raids were motivated by public safety concerns. In the emails, local ICE officials are ordered to come up with “three egregious cases” of apprehended criminals to highlight to the media.
The February raids — the first in an ongoing series under this administration — led to 680 arrests nationwide, including arrests of dozens of individuals who had no criminal history. In Austin, Texas, where 51 people were arrested, the majority of those arrested had no criminal record.
But while dozens of undocumented immigrants were detained, the administration sought to shape the narrative that “by removing from the streets criminal aliens and other threats to the public, ICE helps improve public safety,” according to statements by the agency.
On February 10, as the raids kicked off, an ICE executive in Washington sent a directive to the agency’s chiefs of staff around the country. “Please put together a white paper covering the three most egregious cases,” for each location, the acting chief of staff of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations wrote in the email. “If a location has only one egregious case — then include an extra egregious case from another city.”
As a reader of The Intercept pointed out, the email’s subject line — “Due Tonight for S1 – URGENT” — meant that the request had been made by the secretary of Homeland Security himself, referred to as “S1” in department shorthand.
Kelly was at the helm of the department at the time, before he was appointed in July to replace Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff.
The White House and DHS did not respond to requests for comment. ICE issued a statement in response to The Intercept’s original story, but did not answer questions about what officials meant by “egregious cases” and why they felt the need to highlight such cases in the media.
In Texas at least, ICE officials struggled to fulfill Kelly’s request.
A day after the original email, an agent at ICE’s San Antonio office sent an internal email saying the team had come up short: “I have been pinged by HQ this morning indicating that we failed at this tasking.”
“As soon as you come in, your sole focus today will be compiling three egregious case write-ups,” an assistant field office director at the agency’s Austin Resident Office wrote to that team on February 12, noting that the national and San Antonio offices were growing impatient. “HQ and SNA will ping us in the afternoon for sure.”
Then the agent added that a team of officers had “just picked up a criminal a few minutes ago, so get with him for your first egregious case.”
Top photo: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Oct. 12, 2017.
After recent events with the Gold Star fiasco and Trump showing the world he does have a soul he then putting Kelly out there to try and mop up the mess I don’t why anybody in their right mind would ever believe any thing Kelly says. Yes, his son gave his life for our country, Kelly was a Marine Corp four star general and for that he gets some respect. Unfortunately Mr. Kelly does not carry over that code of honor to his position as Chief of Staff. Another great american is now part of the untrustworthy government we have to deal with.
I wonder why we never hold the white male corporate criminals who bring these people into the US, bribe border security to get many of these people in so that they can pay them dirt wages and exploit them go to jail? I’ll wait. People are such sheep as to fall for the same stupid talking points not even realizing many of these “illegals” are brought in by those “real Americans”, the rich white male oligarchs who continue to use this to divide and conquer. Send those criminals to jail
Flawed logic of the Left: Small crimes are not crimes ? Those committing small crimes, are not criminals ? Sorry folks on the Left, you don’t get to unilaterally redefine words or logic !
According to Wall Street, and Obama, large crimes aren’t crimes either.
You are an authoritarian addict. Again this article has nothing to do with small crimes, and yes I agree “illegal immigrants” are criminals. What do you think about Kelly and Trump deliberating trying to equate these people with violent criminals? That is what the article is about! Sleazy strategic lies from your fellow MAGA white nationalist authoritarian. How far are you willing to go if Mexico refuses to take these illegals back? Life in alt right hero Sheriff Arpaio’s camps? Was Hitler justified in the Holocaust since many Jews wandered into Germany trying to escape what they thought was worse in Russia? And his Nazi government made being a Jew in their society illegal?
All that are here illegally ARE here criminally. Understand? If you don’t like them getting due process by getting sent back to their home countries, then change the law. Understand?
I am really sick of you people advocating lawlessness and anarchy, which will demonstrably harm the American people. President Trump is a man of action and we elected him to do the job that he is doing. MAGA!
Amen !
I don’t understand fools like you.
Why does MAGA! sound like something was stuck in your throat and you just threw up?
Melanie came here on a guest visa and worked illegally so she is also a criminal. Do you know when she will be rounded up?
Wrong, you don’t like people with a political agenda different than your own, plain and simple. If Trump pardons a convicted criminal, Sheriff Arpaio before he spent a day in prison, or if he fires director of FBI to evade investigation, you are just fine with these evasions of the law.
They may have committed misdemeanors, but they are certainly not felons. Calling them criminals is like calling a trespasser a criminal. It means nothing.
Sorry but NO ! The Definition of criminal does not distinguish between a “misdemeanor” and a “felony”.
Merriam-Wester. Definition of criminal : guilty of crime. By definition they ARE criminals. Just as a trespasser is a criminal. You cannot just unilaterally decide to redefine words ! What you are advocating leads to lawlessness.
Astonishing that the left continue to pretend illegals aren’t criminals.
Here’s the law:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325
Already chargeable as criminals under those statutes (long on the books), illegals don’t have to break OTHER laws against criminal conduct to be deported. Being here without authorization is crime enough.
The objective laws of the nation should be obeyed and enforced. Those who violate the law — or aid and abet others to violate the law — should be prosecuted. That’s precisely what the law provides.
Debating current law is perfectly legitimate. Failing to enforce current law is a violation of oath by sworn officials tasked with that duty. They should be pilloried rather than praised.
bh2, I agree many illegal aliens are “criminals” for entering USA. But that alt-right talking point is not the issue of this article. The issue is Trump calling them violent criminals and rapists with his demogoguery and his cult following lapping it up. Just what do you think Kelly was trying to dig up by tasking for ICE to come up with 3 egregious cases? If it was all about illegal immigrants actually being criminals why would ICE have failed. You point is simply mindless drivel screamed all day by those white nationalists seeking to purify the fatherland. If you guys succeed maybe you can start picking fruit in the California heat.
Illegal immigrants are by definition engaging in criminal activity. They are indeed criminals having broken the law.
By definition you are dead wrong. Someone here illegally broke a CIVIL law not a criminal law. Accordingly, they are not criminals.
You are both wrong.
If you enter the US without proper documents, then you commit a crime for which there are criminal penalties.
If you stay in the US after your documents expire, then it is a civil violations.
You are subject to deportations for both actions.
Read Title 8 of the US Code.
It is not true that all immigrants are dope smugglers and rapists. However when the acceptance for Illegal immigrants is so broad that when they say, a ‘majority’ of those detained were Not criminals, that suggests a substantial minority were criminals and immigrants. If that is a large percentage of immigrants who were also criminal, maybe the sweeps wouldn’t be so bad if they would just then release the non criminal element and introduce some sanity into what would then be reasonable ICE policies.
Did Trump make any statements lately about Fake News ?
Thanks to Trump and the Republicans,
Fascism is Up And Running in the USA.
How do Illegal aliens support themselves here in the US? Fraud, identity theft, tax evasion, falsified documents, perjury, and forgery.
They support themselves by working.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/business/economy/a-landscapers-hire-american-plan-ended-with-bringing-in-mexican-workers-to-finish-the-job/2017/10/05/f4656234-9743-11e7-b569-3360011663b4_story.html
No one with any sense ever thought Kelly was a nice guy. We did hope he wasn’t crazy, but it turns out that he’s drinking the alt-right kook-aid that’s served in Russia House on the Potomac.
Maybe with stories like this people will start to realize that Kelly isn’t the great man of integrity the media tries to paint him. He’s a repressive autocrat ready to lie any time it fits his needs.
You know who needs to be deported? ALL TRUMP SUPPORTERS, including Trump himself, his family and the entire Administration as well as every Republican who abets the crimes of these crooks. Plain and simple. Round them up and deport them to Syria or Russia. They dont belong America. These people dont love America and they sure as hell dont appreciate what it is.
The irony is that unlike with the illegal aliens they are trying to pin crimes on, the above mentioned entities really ARE criminals. They just have not been convicted (and his base is nothing more than an accomplice to their crimes).
Now THAT I would call justice. Kick them out already!!
Dear Ellen,
I was about to explode with all this comments and then I read yours…you have no idea how comforting that was, a immigrant myself, it feels as if I am living in a science fiction era and it really affects how you see your own country and the values I thought we had…thanks again!
If one is “Latino” in White & Black Only Post Civil Rights they will make you a “CRIMINAL” to BLAME YOU FOR THEIR CRIMES.
By using the phrase, “undocumented immigrants”, you seem to be trying to downplay the fact that they are illegal aliens, who by definition are committing a crime – hence, “Criminal” is quite accurate.
No, it’s simply a more humane description. “Alien” is a US-only term, as far as I know, which clearly dehumanizes people. I’m pretty sure they are not actually aliens, but human beings. Also, immigration violations are not criminal violations under the law, so no, they aren’t “criminals” either.
“Alien” is a US-only term, as far as I know”
No. It is not a US only term.
“immigration violations are not criminal violations under the law, so no, they aren’t “criminals” either.”
Entering the United States without proper documents that authorize entry is a crime under federal laws.
Staying in the United States with expired documents is not a crime, but a civil violation.
You should read the INA before you start commenting about US immigration matters.
Here’s a possible solution.
ILLEGALS HAVE NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER.
Meaning, you can take anything and everything from an illegal with impunity.
Scare them back across the border.
Illegals just want to occupy and dominate the US just like the izzies want to do to Palestine.
I would see no problem with that. The state confiscates a large portion of my wealth anyway so what’s fair is fair. No?
Cool. Since you’ve broken the law in the past, let’s see what you got! Thanks for volunteering!
What a great country! Anyone can become President!
Anyone at all
Paranoids, criminals, failed b-movie actors, perverts, numbskulls, liars, manipulators, demented autocrats
Yup. And-even people with matted clumps of hair that smell like patchouli, and upper-middle class SJW-ism.
Also, I thought that the whole argument was to show how dangerous immigrants were and what a huge threat they posed to our country. Seems to me that the bigger threat are white men who are mass shooters, men like Stephen Paddock, Dylan Roof, and James Holmes.
Are you saying that all illegals are welcome in our country unless they are white men because they are mass shooters?
It is interesting that you are proudly applying race and gender-based criteria on deciding who should or should not be allowed to break the law by illegally crossing our border. Oh… wait… that makes you a racist and a sexist. Hard to keep up with what’s right and what’s wrong these days.
You can’t be racist against white people, especially when the topic involves white supremacists and terrorists. The same goes for your “gender-based” criteria and a patriarchal society that propped up those criminals—as you are doing. It’s not that hard, you’re just not getting it.
“You can’t be racist against white people”
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the proof we were all seeking. This is the kind of thought only a ‘missing link’ could produce. No need to keep looking for a yeti or a saskatchewan. It’s the ‘Homo (pardon the pun) Buzzus’ fitting right there in the in-between zone.
I suggest you re-read what I wrote and tell me where I said whites shouldn’t be allowed into country? I never said such thing.
What I am saying is that all people are human beings and that everyone is part of human family, and that everyone has human rights.
And… you also said… what? Let’s see…
” the bigger threat are white men who are mass shooters” – WHITE and MEN – racist and sexist. You should be ashamed of yourself.
What would you call someone claiming that, I don’t know… ‘black men’ or ‘Mexicans’ are more likely to be criminals and therefore should be stopped by the state troopers more often than other drivers? I can only begin to imagine the hysteria.
First of all Jose these people ARE NOT immigrants, they are ILLEGAL ALIENS who crossed into the USA under darkness. If they wanted into the USA do it legally. They needed to be deported and sent back to their Country and help clean up the mess there.
“undocumented immigrants swept up in mass raids as criminals ”
lol, you would make Orwell proud.
‘undocumented immigrants’ ARE criminal. Seriously they are. They ARE breaking our country’s laws. So… yeah, they are criminal and if you refuse to accept that one wonders why. Are you suffering of some mental defect.
Being here undocumented is a Civil Tort, not a crime. Some N. American families predate Europeans by millennia. Expand your bubble.
Immigration Law does not fall under any criminal code. Regarding mental defects, best not to project your own insecurities.
People who disobey speed limits ARE criminals whether they’re caught or not. They’re law breakers all the same. More people die of auto deaths every year. When will you people go after the REAL criminals in America?
I assume you’ve never disobeyed the speed limit in your life, ever, or else, by your definition, you’re a renegade criminal who needs to be brought to justice.
Nice try. Well… kind of dumb.
Seriously? Illegally crossing another country’s border is like breaching the speed limit? How about more like running your vehicle into a Halloween gay parade, driving over the speed limit, uninsured and without a license while drunk and high on peyote?
I thought you were talking about the rule of law, not your loose latent-racist interpretation of those laws.
Maybe next time you can be more clear WHICH laws matter more than others, so we all are aware WHICH laws are more important to enforce. And of course, upon WHO those specific laws apply, especially when you’re arguing some laws are more important than others. Otherwise, people may mistakenly see you for the latent-racist you are.
Okay, so, in your fuzzy view of ‘reality’ things such as, I don’t know rape, illegally crossing another country’s border, mass murder, anti-semitism and breaching the speed limit fall all into the same category aka ‘breaking the law’. And since one specific offense, breaching the speed limit, is seldom punished – even though I did have to pay a ticket or 2 – nothing else should ever be enforced. Because they’re all the same.
Your logic is flawless. As in… oh my god… you so win… lol NOT.
And you’re yet another example why silly hypocrites have nothing to stand on when rationalizing their racist BS. Rules only apply when it benefits you and your kind.
lol, reduced to throwing some ‘bad’ labels.
Seriously, breaching the speed limit, disrupting a gay pride parade, rape and illegally entering our country are NOT similar crimes.
Then be more intelligent with the construction of your premise in your original comment. Stop hiding behind pointless platitudes like, “They ARE breaking our country’s laws” and be more specific with what you mean by that. You made it sound like /anyone/ who breaks the law should answer for it. That’s why I gave you my response. If you really meant something else, which you did as you proved by the following comments, then why hide behind that platitude the first time? Stop being a coward and say what you mean the first time, and use your brain to express yourself in a meaningful and coherent way.
Did Europeans come to America legally? Is killing indigenous people and robbing them of their land and resources, is that legal?
Europeans, like Asians, came to America at a time when ‘states’ and borders did not exist. There was no border enforcement at the time so Siberians 10,000 years ago and Europeans 5-600 years ago simply settled the land.
By the way, you may be aware that the Siberians quickly produced an environmental holocaust following their arrival. That’s why nice fauna such as the saber tooths no longer exist today.
Today, on the other hand, we do have strong states and we do have laws and welfare systems and taxes. You may not be aware of it but the world today is much different from the world of 500 years ago or 10,000 years ago.
Golly, sounds like the system is working exactly as designed.
I wonder what “their kind” means by “undocumented immigrants”? The phrase suggests “they” are excluding the folks who over stay there permit thingy.
Awesome Idea, should’ve done it earlier. No let’s just get the job done and remove all illegals like a modern lawful country should do, period!!!!
Papers please!
CRIME AMONG THE FOREIGN BORN
“Foreign born” includes all persons living in the USA
who were born in other countries.
All are “immigrants”,
but we should note differences among the following three groups:
(1) Unauthorized foreign nationals
is the most common meaning of “immigrant”
as seen in signs in front of churches:
“Immigrants and refugees welcome.”
(2) Green-card holders,
officially known as Lawful Permanent Residents
have legal authorization to live in the United States.
And most of these will eventually become American citizens.
(3) Naturalized American citizens
have all the same rights and responsibilities
of any citizen of the USA.
Crime statistics should SEPARATE these groups of the “foreign born”.
(1) Unauthorized foreign nationals number about 11.3 million.
Because they know that they are already outside the law,
they probably have the HIGHEST rate of ordinary crimes.
There are about 820,000 unauthorized foreign nationals
who have been convicted of a crime while living in the USA.
This is 7.5% of this part of the foreign-born population.
About 300,000 (or 2.7%) have been convicted of a felony.
(2) Green-card holders are on probation
to see whether they might become good American citizens.
Because they know they could be denied citizenship,
they are very careful to follow all laws.
Lawful Permanent Residents probably have the LOWEST rate
of criminal convictions of all foreign born.
There are about 13.7 million Lawful Permanent Residents.
Perhaps 200,000 green-card holders have felony convictions.
(3) Naturalized American citizens cannot be deported.
They have the same rights and responsibilities as any other citizens.
And their rates of criminal behavior
is probably ABOUT THE SAME as other Americans.
The USA has more than 20 million naturalized citizens.
And because of these larger total numbers,
there are perhaps 400,000 convicted felons among these ‘foreign born’.
Putting all of these three groups together,
there are about 1 million convicted felons among the ‘foreign born’.
The total number might be 2 million if we include non-violent felonies.
Better statistics will tell us the various rates of ordinary crimes
(not related to immigration)
among these three sub-groups of the ‘foreign born’.
(And readers who know better numbers
are encouraged to share that data in a comment box below.
Here is a chapter with more facts and figures:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-jamesleonardpark—freelibrary-3puxk/CY-DEP-PRI.html
If they are illegal Aliens they are criminals.
The 1% games the system to fill their coffers with the loot they steal from middle class. Trump’s proposed tax plan is a large giveaway to the billionaire class. You want to talk about criminal? Now, that’s criminal. Bankers robo-signing foreclosures, now that is criminal. No one from Wall Street was imprisoned. It’s also criminal that so many people find themselves homeless. We should do better.
Hey, being a racist and a sexist (see above) does not entitle you to mindless incoherence. On the other hand… free speech, right? lol
Obviously, it might have gone over your head. I’ll leave it there for others to read, to see if it makes sense to them.
This doesn’t make sense. Essentially the story is that illegal immigrants are made out to look like criminals. Logically they would be because of the fact “illegal” defers to criminality. Which makes this story pure sensationalism!
Udontlive,
Yes it is cute that they really are “criminals” because they are “illegal” aliens after all. Very clever that one. I guess my 5 traffic citations over my life also make me a criminal, but I to would not appreciate a bunch of white nationalist fanatics trying to deceitfully link that to being a violent criminal. Most of these illegal immigrants came here looking for a better life for themselves and their families, which is the same reason most of the Europeans came here. Trump and these other white nationalists are making fake news for their own agenda of purifying the fatherland. Instead of no Jews, it is no brown people (who are ironically more Christian oriented than themselves) and no muslims.
Homeland Security is doing their Job…and when do they need to make up lies to deport someone in the country illegally….THAT is what they do…..Fake waste of time article…If we as a country dont want them to enforce the law then abolish the agencies..wait wait we only want them to do their job under our directive …..
They are illegal aliens not immigrants so to portray them as criminals is correct as they have broken our laws. You people on the left cannot be this stupid, think about it!
Stop with you yell radio talking points and read the article. It says Homeland Security John Kelly was the source for requesting “a white paper covering the three most egregious cases” of arrested immigrant criminality to paint the issue as a matter of public safety. He specifically did not ask them for the cutesy “they are a criminals because they are illegal aliens” white nationalist meme.
immigration officials across the country to try to portray undocumented immigrants swept up in mass raids as criminals came directly from then-Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly
These are some scary times. Scapegoating and Othering the most vulnerable entities in our society to cover up the Trump administration’s own crimes and distract from their sinister agenda. Going after critics of the administration by issuing warrants that force anti Trump groups to divulge who visited their site, demanding academics be investigated for criticizing Trump, targeting immigrants, even legal ones, including naturalized ones….this is all textbook authoritarianism.
His next priority is welfare reform, because as we all know the reason this nation is bankrupt is because of people on welfare. He has put banksters and corporate heads in charge of government agencies; or more like threw such government agencies at them to devour, the members of his cabinet misappropriate millions of tax payer dollars to fund their own extravagant travels and the priority is to nickle and dime poor people.
I cant believe how quickly this nation is disintegrating and how slowly everyone is catching on at just how badly and quickly things are going downhill. I am very alarmed by all this.
I am a proud veteran of this great country, I wish every stupid narcissistic racist would go and step into the battle zone for one day while u have a group of people trying to kill you. I was proud to fight along side my brothers and sister from different races, they would have given there life for me and I for them. I bet more than have of these dam politicians would not have the balls to step into the dragons mouth. When do we stop fighting between us and start fighting the enemy. It’s easy to fight with words but more than half if these people don’t have the balls to fight the real fight. Dwell on that.
Almighty is it too much to ask for there to be just one just person in that administration. Just one?
The administration needs to demonize Illegal immigrants to manufacture public support for taking away their rights. Once that is accomplished, illegal immigrants will have no choice but to work long hours for low pay in inhumane conditions. In other words, they will become model citizens.
They will set a standard for other workers to follow and pave the way towards eliminating those pesky Amendments to the Constitution. You may call me a dreamer …
…but you’re not the only Juan.
… But you’re not the only one. I hope some day they’ll all join us. In the meantime, let’s keep speaking out and doing what’s right for humanity. Very sad that skin color and region dictate so much, to some people. We shall overcome. Thanks for posting this article and attempting to have some transparency within this racist administration.
” illegal immigrants will have no choice but to work long hours for low pay in inhumane conditions. ”
But… wait, illegals do not have a choice other than work long hours for low pay in inhumane condition. Unless, of course, they join a nice gang and entertain themselves and the rest of us by murdering, raping or molesting the natives and/or each other.
John Kelly is the same weasel, POS just like his boss!
The narrative is meant to make people believe that everyone who enters this country illegally poses a risk to the lives and property of those who did not. They know that without such a portrayal, many people would seek a solution that granted a path to citizenship for those who entered the country illegally, but have shown themselves to be honest otherwise. Or their children, who the fascists seek to punish for the crimes of their parents. In civilized countries, that is called collective guilt, and it violates international law. But that does not stop the Trump or Netanyahu administrations from practicing it.
Thank you for this piece, Alice, for it reminds us of just what kind of person John Kelly is.
Honest…otherwise??
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God…
Guy looks hurr durr as fuck.
So they proved themselves to be the criminals by perjury….. Their oath to obey our laws – follow our laws and uphold our CONSTITUTION
DOES THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY??
maybe something about entrapment – bearing false witness??
From the article : “In Texas at least, ICE officials struggled to fulfill Kelly’s request”. It strikes me as a profound indictment of ICE that they struggled to find three cases of egregiously criminal illegal aliens IN TEXAS. Now, if they were in Hawaii, they would have an excuse.
They are criminals the minute they illegaly cross our borders! Arrest them all!!
Melania is an illegal. Ship her back also
All borders are crap. If free travel across the planet we’re all born on and must live on is a crime, screw it, I dont want to be innocent. If it were up to me, I’d happily let all borders crumble so that systems that reward freedom, understanding, and collaboration could flourish in its place.
I agree. Now get the fuck off of Aboriginal land, thief!
I agree, now get the hell of of Aboriginal land, poacher!
They are ALL criminals! They broke the law when they they crossed our borders.
Donald Trump was born in Eastern China. To a Mongolian mother and a Siberian yak herdsman. He was smuggled here as a child in a shipment of soybeans. That’s just what I heard.
But U didn’t finish the dramatic ending, they saved him just before he turned into soy butter. Luckily they saved his good brain. Can U imagine what the world would become if the Poacher in Chief had soy for brains? Of course this is before he became the FPOTUS with a team of henchmen, the FPOTUSMUS, and they all disappeared in a mushroom cloud in the alternative universe. The End or that’s what I heard. Will somebody stop that ringing?
So Trump is a DACA boy? We must show endless appreciation and respect to all the DACAs, even the rapist or murderers ones. Because “they suffered so much”.
Seek help, please. Such blatant racism is not normal. Tell me, what are you doing for yourself? What have been your accomplishments, and what do you feel most proud of? I would ask how you have elevated your race, but I don’t believe an individual is responsible for the actions of the people of their race or vice versa.
Racism? Please explain. Some of my best friends belong to certain races so how dare you? Oh well… some of my best friends do belong to the white race so maybe I am guilty. Am I?
My comments are the best. Four years from now.. you will say “Mr. Holmes your comment was the greatest comment ever made!”
Mr . Jhon Kelly, you are inmigrant from Europe,,hope your people are going to work like us ….INJUST,,,GOD, O GOD,
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4986122/Illegal-alien-dreamer-accused-murdering-student.html
the mexican macho nacho culture does not fit Americanism
So, an immigration enforcement officer is supposed to look at ILLEGAL immigrants as criminals. Well DUH. Oh wait, we’re supposed to church it up and call them undocumented. Illegal is just too logical.
That’s if you want to call”leaving a hell hole” a criminal offense
Wayne’s World: It’s ok allowing Mexicans to pick vegetables in a pesticide-laced field but don’t allow them to stay. Hey.. Wayne? Pick your own [email protected]#ing vegetables!
Undocumented = criminal. Yes. My drivers license and passport are correctly documented and not criminal. CrookdClintons do not get this?
And when they expire. I am fined for not renewing. So I go to another country and pretend, they are good, that I am a full citizen of that new country now? Wtf? Not criminal, just gaming, here. CrookdClintons lawyers said so. Makes it so!
What an idiot he is if he did order ice to portray illegal immigrants as criminals. Now he’s a criminal. There are enough that already live and behave as criminals, that we can deport and relieve the system and our country. We cannot afford to deport the good and honest immigrants. We need to lock up all the criminal Americans that abuse power also. Whatever we can do to help the oppressed millionaire football players would be nice too.
my guns and drugs aren’t illegal – they’re undocumented. Don’t portray them as criminal. Right?
Sounds as if ice is doing their job.
NO – it sounds like they are making it up – as they go along – to cover for themselves..
THAT IS NOT UPHOLDING OUR LAWS
Disappointed by this administration every single day.
Why am I not surprised I’ve been sayngig he had a hand in DACA and this proves it. The generals running the country is almost as frightening as Donald
Here is some information for you. If they are here illegally they are criminals.
Beyond that, if I drive a car, I need insurance, or I’m a criminal. Aliens ignore this.
They engage in Identity Theft – so if they do something illegal under my SSN, name, or something else, the police might show up to MY door.
If I evade or have “UNDOCUMENTED income”, I’m called a tax cheat.
Citizens have to put up with huge burdens of Government, including the Police – we have to pay tickets and get hit with higher insurance, we have to have Obamacare or pay a penalty, we have to play by all the rules and the hypocrites at the Intercept don’t care.
The poor illegals get around everything.
If i renounced my US Citizenship, and was arrested would the Intercept even care, much less defend me?
We could come together, but I doubt it. The Bundys and Hammonds, or going back to Randy Weaver or the Branch Davidians at Waco where babies were incinerated by the FBI, are all cases of government overreach.
Hillary with her corrupt, crony foundation or her bathroom email server should be in prison. But the Intercept can’t see it.
The problem is the Intercept wants both an overweening, micromanaging, nanny, controlling, morality police government, but doesn’t want any tyranny.
The error is they can’t have both.
You can either have a narrow, small, (origanalist with strict bill of rights) Constitutional government that lets a few guilty go and many detestable people go, or you can have a tyrannical dictatorship you hope you won’t be on the wrong side of. There is no third alternative.
The axis is not left v.s. right as much as tyranny v.s. liberty. The Intercept has chose Tyranny, and assumes they can make it leftist.
This is old news, as I recall seeing an article here on this subject a week ago or so. Still, it’s good to get more exposure to the bad behavior of the Trump administration.
This isn’t:
I agree. Thanks. I hoped not to be disappointed in Mr. Kelly, but when works “at the pleasure of the president”….S- – – happens.