Disturbing Revelation About Obama Admin And 90,000 Illegals Who Are ‘Criminal Threats’ Just Made

According to an article published by the Washington Examiner, nearly 90,000 illegal aliens identified by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as criminal threats were not processed for deportation in 2015.

Even worse: those individuals who were not deported were eventually released from custody.

While internal ICE figures show that the agency encountered 152,393 illegal aliens identified as criminal threats, many of whom were already in jail, only 64,116 were charged. Meanwhile, the vast majority, nearly 90,000, were not charged.

Shockingly, those numbers are even worse for criminal aliens detained under President Barack Obama’s Priority Enforcement Program.

Under the Priority Enforcement Program, ICE is designated to work with local law enforcement to arrest and deport criminal aliens. When local police or sheriffs arrest a criminal alien, they are asked to hold that individual for 48 hours, at which point ICE will take the suspect.

The reality of the situation is that ICE only seizes the detained aliens 35-40 percent of the time. Most of the time, local law enforcement receives a phone call from ICE asking them to release the criminal alien at the end of the 48 hour period.

In one such case, Sheriff Richard W. Stanek of Hennepin County in Minneapolis had 75 illegals ICE wanted; yet the agency only picked up 35 percent for detainment and deportation. “And these are the people that they want,” said Stanek.

Sheriff Susan Benton of Highlands County in Florida had a similar story. “Mine would be much, much lower,” said Benton, referring to instances where ICE actually followed through.

In Benton’s case, many who actually are seized by ICE are sent to a federal facility in Miami, where they are immediately released; and then they return to her county, making the problem that much worse.

Under the current law, local law enforcement cannot legally hold criminal aliens longer than 48 hours. So when ICE doesn’t participate, the alien must be released.

Benton lamented the circumstances and the disproportionate blame law enforcement officers receive, saying, “We’re the bad guys, we’re the ones CNN is on saying, ‘That sheriff let that killer out.’” But the reality seems to be that local law enforcement have their hands tied.

Sheriff David J. Mahoney of Dan County in Madison, Wis., described it as follows. “It’s kind of a, ‘Do me a favor and hold them for 48 hours or more.’ When in fact there is no legal standing [for us] to do that. ICE says, ‘hold ’em, but we won’t defend you if you get sued.’”

h/t: Breitbart