“The news last week that federal authorities had to release 2,837 convicted sex offenders back onto the streets has renewed focus on a Supreme Court case that requires the government to release immigrants whose home countries won\u2019t take them back. A report released last week by the Government Accountability Office said the nearly 3,000 sex offenders are part of the 59,347 immigrants who the courts have ruled cannot be held, whom the U.S. has been unable to send home, and who instead were released under some sort of supervision as of September 2012,” the Washington Times<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n “The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association sent a letter Friday to Board of Supervisors members opposing a move to prohibit law enforcement from detaining undocumented immigrants suspected of committing crimes. The organization, which represents those who oversee The City’s jails, became the latest entity to join the percolating debate over a controversial federal program called Secure Communities, or S-Comm,” the SF Examiner writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n “At issue is whether the Sheriff’s Department should continue to honor immigration holds, or detainers, that are ordered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Under the federal program, the fingerprints of those arrested by local law enforcement agencies are reviewed by ICE officials who can request that a person be held for up to 48 hours so suspects can be picked up for deportation.”<\/p>\n “Cuccinelli, Virginia\u2019s attorney general, championed hard-line immigration policies while rising through the state ranks \u2014 but he has awkwardly sought to play down his record in hopes of not alienating Hispanics and Asians who represent a small but growing part of Virginia\u2019s electorate,” the Washington Post<\/a> writes.<\/p>\nSan Francisco Area Sheriffs Say Immigration Holds on Criminals Are Needed<\/h3>\n
What the Washington Post Believes is Scandalous, And What Really is Scandalous<\/h3>\n