{"id":23667,"date":"2020-09-25T07:13:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23667"},"modified":"2020-09-25T07:13:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:13:43","slug":"ice-rep-omar-deportation-flights-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/09\/25\/ice-rep-omar-deportation-flights-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE Responds to Rep. Omar\u2019s Complaints About Deportation Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has been a\u00a0vocal opponent<\/a>\u00a0of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). The Minnesota representative has never concealed her antagonism towards ICE, whether by calling for their defunding<\/a> or advocating the release of illegal aliens<\/a> \u2013 including criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter she sent to ICE on September 12<\/a> is just the latest antic in her crusade to erode American immigration enforcement. In her message, Rep. Omar\u00a0expressed concern over the slated deportation of 39 Somali nationals from her Congressional district due to fear of spreading COVID-19 to others upon arrival back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interim ICE Director Tony Pham responded on September 18<\/a> to Rep. Omar\u2019s letter, justifying the deportations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interim\nDirector Pham reassured Omar that none of the Somali nationals exhibited\nsymptoms of coronavirus. Medical professionals conducted health screenings\nbefore its outbreak in compliance with the additional precautions taken by ICE\nand recommended by the CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then addressed the criminal histories carried by 36 of the 39 deportees. Their offenses included, but were not limited, to murder, sexual assault, robbery, and drug trafficking. According to the\u00a0Center for Immigration Studies<\/a>, one of the alien deportees is likely Mahdi Mohammed Hashi, convicted in 2016<\/a> for providing material support to the East African terrorist organization, Al-Shabaab.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Omar has yet to respond to Director Pham\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few days before her inquiry to ICE, she posted a tweet<\/a>\u00a0calling to abolish the agency after ICE announced the\u00a0apprehension of over 2,000 criminal aliens\u00a0<\/a>this past summer. Similar to the Somali removals, most of the arrested aliens had criminal convictions, ranging from domestic violence to assaulting children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said\nin her tweet, \u201cThe cruelty of ICE knows no bounds. In the middle of a pandemic,\nthis agency continues to terrorize the most vulnerable. ICE must be abolished.\u201d\nThis response poses an important question How do murderers and convicted\nchild-abusers constitute \u201cthe most vulnerable?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both\ninstances, Rep. Omar has used the Covid-19 pandemic as a front to decry the\ndeportation of illegal aliens, many of whom have committed horrific crimes. The\nlack of concern for the general public’s safety from a sitting member of\nCongress should shock the conscience of law-abiding Americans. Characterizing\nICE as “terrorizing” the vulnerable is far from the truth. ICE’s top\npriority has been apprehending and removing foreign nationals who pose a\nsignificant public safety or national security risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather\nthan criticizing the men and women who courageously apprehend dangerous\nindividuals to keep our communities safe from harm, Rep. Omar should focus on\nensuring her constituents do not fall victim to a preventable crime at the hand\nof an illegal alien.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has been a\u00a0vocal opponent\u00a0of U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). The Minnesota representative has never concealed her antagonism towards ICE, whether by calling for their defunding or advocating the release of illegal aliens \u2013 including criminals. The letter she sent to ICE on September 12 is just the latest antic in<\/p>\n

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