Ever since Homeland Security instituted a policy of “catch and release” for illegal immigrants accused of serious felonies, they have been found time and time again committing violent assaults and murders. When their home countries refuse to take them back, they are sent back out into the streets, at most being required to post bond. With Republicans now in control of both the House and the Senate, perhaps Congress will be able to override this dangerous practiced ordered by Obama.
Townhall reports,
According to Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s office, the policy was “created by a 2001 Supreme Court decision (Zadvydas v. Davis), which prohibits immigrants who had been ordered removed from being detained for more than six months. The Court expanded this decision to apply to all illegal immigrants in Clark v. Martinez in 2005.”
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Newly re-introduced legislation, the Keep Our Communities Safe Act, would put an end to at least one type of catch a release policy by extending the amount of time DHS can detain “non-removable” illegal aliens whose home countries won’t accept them. The legislation is co-sponsored by senators Jim Inhofe, David Vitter, Jeff Sessions and Ted Cruz.
According to Grassley’s office, more than 36,000 criminally convicted illegal aliens were released in 2013. Since their release, 1,000 of these criminal aliens have been convicted of crimes like assault with a deadly weapon, child-rape, rape, participating in street gangs, aggravated assault, robbery, DUI, terroristic threats and more.
Of course, there are so many Republican sellouts in Congress these days that even a common sense bill like that, which would prevent violent felonies, yes even murders, may not even make it through, much less override Obama’s inevitable veto. God help the inevitable victims.