https://winteryknight.com/2024/09/29/tens-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-with-criminal-convictions-released-into-usa/
Often, I can count on WK to write a post about a topic I want to address, and do so very well. Late last week we received a report from the Biden Administration's ICE director about the vast number of KNOWN criminals released into the US after being apprehended for criminally entering the country. Obviously this doesn't include the unknown numbers that got in without being detained.
"The data says that, among those not in detention, there are 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 with pending criminal charges.
Those include 62,231 convicted of assault, 14,301 convicted of burglary, 56,533 with drug convictions and 13,099 convicted of homicide. An additional 2,521 have kidnapping convictions and 15,811 have sexual assault convictions.
There are an additional 1,845 with pending homicide charges, 42,915 with assault charges, 3,266 with burglary charges and 4,250 with assault charges.
“As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s national docket—13,099 criminally convicted MURDERS!” Gonzales said in a statement. “Americans deserve to be SAFE in our own communities.”
During an election where crime statistics are a significant issue, it seems as though the candidate who was directly in charge of border issues importing almost 700,000 known criminals should be a topic of conversation.
I get that the immigration debate is large and has some nuance, but I can't believe that allowing known criminals to be detained and released into the US can be spun as a good thing. Especially, when one candidate has said publicly that these immigrants should be allowed to vote and/or given a fast track to citizenship.
The notion that these are "poor refugees" in need of temporary asylum is absurd.
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And aside from this most heinous revelation, it bears repeating that the notion of "asylum" is a matter of limited protection, until such time as the threat is eliminated. The same is true of "refugees". That anyone enters the country under either of those two terms and citizenship immediately enters the discussion is pretty much a sign that eternally remaining in this country was the plan all along. If I had to seek refuge or asylum anywhere, I would expect that I could return to my home at some ASAP point in time. I don't at all get the impression that's the plan for any of these migrants who enter under these premises and as such I stand firmly of the opinion they should not be allowed to enter or remain if they do. They certainly should be tracked and made to account for their whereabouts and behavior as they are not citizens and here by our good graces. They need to embrace grace and not take advantage.
Obviously asylum for refugees is not and should not be anything but a short term solution. I could see that if the condition was not resolved after an extended period of time, that some path to longer term legal residency could be theoretically possible, but that would definitely be in extreme cases.
There might be a few places I'd seek refuge in that would be attractive to stay long term, but in general I believe that I'd lean toward doing as one of my Haitian friends did and commit to making his homeland a better place. Not in "running off" to Miami (where he had family, and as Dr would have been employable), but building a better Haiti.
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