Sanctuary cities and the mainstream media are dedicating a significant amount of time and money to vilify immigration officials for doing their jobs \u2013 enforcing immigration law as it is currently written. They have also made it harder for local law enforcement officers to protect the public by preventing them from coordinating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n
For example, a Washington State Patrol officer was placed on administrative leave<\/a> for notifying ICE that he encountered a previously deported felon. Media organizations have been looking for (or manufacturing) the saddest-sounding stories they can find, like a transgender woman who was trying to file a domestic violence claim at a Texas courthouse. However, what many media outlets covering this story gloss over<\/a> or ignore<\/a>, is the fact that the transgender alien was a criminal who had been deported from the country seven times, and has been previously charged with mail theft, false impersonation, domestic violence and probation violations.<\/p>\n Reporting on these cases would be understandable \u2013 even commendable — if outlets were willing to present the entire picture. However, they are only interested in strengthening an open borders agenda, not conducting honest journalism. So in order to help them out, the following is a non-comprehensive list of dangerous criminals \u2013 some of whom were released by sanctuary cities \u2013 captured by immigration officials and law enforcement during the second half of February. Thousands of similar arrests occur every year.<\/p>\n As detailed in the preceding examples, the laudable work conducted by immigration officials is far different than what the media typically reports. It would require volumes to give due justice to the full extent of their commendable efforts in the first two months of 2017 alone. They\u2019re involved in tasks ranging from apprehending dangerous criminal aliens, combatting drug and human trafficking, to stopping criminals from fleeing the country.<\/p>\n These stories are easy to find because they occur daily. However, these officials almost never receive significant media attention or the thanks they deserve for keeping Americans safe. According to ICE statistics<\/a>, of the more than 65,000 illegal aliens removed from the interior of the country in FY 2016, the \u201cvast majority were convicted criminals.\u201d Censoring the heroism of American law enforcement officers is an intentional and crucial part of the open-border lobby\u2019s efforts to advance its agenda using a false narrative. The mainstream media is eager to comply, further earning them the appropriate epithet \u201cfake news.\u201d \n