{"id":8828,"date":"2015-04-29T18:06:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T22:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=8828"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:20:41","slug":"johnson-blames-state-and-local-governments-for-plummeting-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2015\/04\/29\/johnson-blames-state-and-local-governments-for-plummeting-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Blames State and Local Governments for Plummeting Deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Department of Homeland Security\u2019s deportation numbers are plummeting, and Secretary Jeh Johnson knows why. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Johnson laid the blame, in part, on state and local policies that refuse to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests.<\/p>\n
According to Johnson, a key reason for the decline in deportation is \u201cbecause of all of the resistance that we were receiving in state and local law enforcement to the Secure Communities program, something like 239 jurisdictions where resisting, cooperating with us in our enforcement activities.\u201d \u00a0And, since criminals are the only category of illegal aliens the Obama administration sees fit to deport, this poses a problem: \u00a0If ICE can\u2019t take custody of these criminals, Johnson explained, ICE can\u2019t deport them, hence the government is on pace to remove just 236,000 illegal aliens in FY 2015, even though Congress has provided the resources to deport 400,000.<\/span><\/p>\n The Obama administration has responded to this sort of state and local obstruction with a clear and unmistakable message: \u2018We don\u2019t care.\u2019 So far, they sued exactly zero of these 239 sanctuary jurisdictions (even though sanctuary policies are expressly forbidden under federal law), and withheld exactly zero dollars from law enforcement assistance to non-cooperative jurisdictions. That\u2019ll teach them. Instead, DHS has launched a <\/span>charm offensive<\/a> aimed at persuading mayors and chiefs of police to once again cooperate in the removal of criminal aliens who are arrested and charged with other crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n