Comments on: Is Secure Communities Making our Communities Secure? http://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/is-secure-communities-making-our-communities-secure/ Progressive Politics Liberal Politics and Social Justice Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:03:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 The LA Progressivehttp://www.laprogressive.com/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/images/button.gifhttp://www.laprogressive.com8831Description of your blog. By: RW http://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/is-secure-communities-making-our-communities-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-50712 RW Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:50:03 +0000 http://www.laprogressive.com/?p=19857#comment-50712 You have to remember that ICE isn't just looking at the current arrest to determine if action will be taken (i.e. ICE accepting the case) ICE looks at there criminal history as a whole, not just the most recent arrest. If a person is arrested for level 3 crime such as a traffic offense ICE still can arrest the person, put them in immigration proceedings and ultimatley process them for removal...the problem is ICE does not have the resources to get everyone so they PRIORITIZE the people that have the extensive criminal history. So the same person that just got arrested for a low level 3 type crime (traffic offense) gets booked into jail. Normally this kind of case would probably get released sooner than later...but wait his/her fingerprints are submitted to the database in question and the results reveal Level 1 or Level 2 type crimes from the persons past. Now ICE will take action...ICE will place the detainer and hold request the jail hold the person. Now there are always exceptions and people with little or no criminal history do get arrested and deported. Remember people, we refer to undocumented aliens as illegal because it's illegal to enter the country without authorization. It is a crime... Again that is the FOCUS of ICE but does it happen...yes from time to time. Just like when a police officer encounters somebody smoking a joint the police officer has to deal with it. I can guarantee most officers aren't roaming the streets looking for low level pot heads. The police want the distributors...the hardened, dangerous criminals and so does ICE. You have to remember that ICE isn’t just looking at the current arrest to determine if action will be taken (i.e. ICE accepting the case) ICE looks at there criminal history as a whole, not just the most recent arrest. If a person is arrested for level 3 crime such as a traffic offense ICE still can arrest the person, put them in immigration proceedings and ultimatley process them for removal…the problem is ICE does not have the resources to get everyone so they PRIORITIZE the people that have the extensive criminal history. So the same person that just got arrested for a low level 3 type crime (traffic offense) gets booked into jail. Normally this kind of case would probably get released sooner than later…but wait his/her fingerprints are submitted to the database in question and the results reveal Level 1 or Level 2 type crimes from the persons past. Now ICE will take action…ICE will place the detainer and hold request the jail hold the person.

Now there are always exceptions and people with little or no criminal history do get arrested and deported. Remember people, we refer to undocumented aliens as illegal because it’s illegal to enter the country without authorization. It is a crime…

Again that is the FOCUS of ICE but does it happen…yes from time to time. Just like when a police officer encounters somebody smoking a joint the police officer has to deal with it. I can guarantee most officers aren’t roaming the streets looking for low level pot heads. The police want the distributors…the hardened, dangerous criminals and so does ICE.

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