Under the Obama Administration, there has been a change in immigration policy and enforcement. Under the Priority Enforcement Program(PEP), the administration has changed parts of immigration policy. It asks for state and local assistance when starting the deportation process and focuses PEP’s resources on deporting individuals that pose a risk to national security, are member of gangs or violate, and who were convicted of certain felonies. Under PEP, there have been issues with Sanctuary cities that do not enforce immigration policies, and issues with illegal immigrants being let go by ICE and committing crimes. The Obama other policy is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DOCA), which gives undocumented workers who entered the country
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Saldaña testified that ICE supported the President’s PEP plan because it focuses ICE’s resources on helping to deport the most dangerous illegal immigrants. She said the ICE is most effective when communities communicate with them, but ICE needs to find a way to work with each community and their values when enforcing deportation policies. Ms. Saldaña admitted that sanctuary cities made ICE’s job harder because the limited cooperation forced ICE to spend more money and take more risks. ICE is trying to explain to sanctuary cities how the PEP program is different from previous immigration policy. She did not think taking money away from sanctuary cities was a good idea because it made the cities less safe. Ms. Saldaña says ICE does refer people who are repeatedly deported to US attorneys’ office, but US attorney’s office decides whether to proscute or not. Ms. Saldaña thought a mandatory minimum five year sentence would place an unnecessary strain on the justice system.
ICS Testimony
Mr. Rodriguez testified that that ICS had made some mistake and gave DOCA status to some immigrants who did not meet the criteria because of their criminal history only happened in 20 of almost 600,000 case. He testified that ICS went through and reviewed every person who was accepted under DOCA, and they retrained their staff to fix their previous …show more content…
They felt that ICE was most effective when local law enforcement notified them when a potential dangerous person was released so ICE could pick them up and begin the deportation process. Most people felt like sanctuary cities were a problem because they made it harder for ICE to enforce their policies. There was not a consensus on a solution, Senator Cruz has proposed Kate’s Law, H.R. 3011, which forces a five year mandatory sentence for illegal immigrants who are deported two or more times. Their was vocal opposition to this policy from Ms. Saldaña. Senator Grassley has written a bill. S. 1812, “protect public safety by incentivizing State and local law enforcement to cooperate with Federal immigration law enforcement to prevent the release of criminal aliens into communities.” Only the title of the this bill is available, and a summary as well as the text is not
Saldaña testified that ICE supported the President’s PEP plan because it focuses ICE’s resources on helping to deport the most dangerous illegal immigrants. She said the ICE is most effective when communities communicate with them, but ICE needs to find a way to work with each community and their values when enforcing deportation policies. Ms. Saldaña admitted that sanctuary cities made ICE’s job harder because the limited cooperation forced ICE to spend more money and take more risks. ICE is trying to explain to sanctuary cities how the PEP program is different from previous immigration policy. She did not think taking money away from sanctuary cities was a good idea because it made the cities less safe. Ms. Saldaña says ICE does refer people who are repeatedly deported to US attorneys’ office, but US attorney’s office decides whether to proscute or not. Ms. Saldaña thought a mandatory minimum five year sentence would place an unnecessary strain on the justice system.
ICS Testimony
Mr. Rodriguez testified that that ICS had made some mistake and gave DOCA status to some immigrants who did not meet the criteria because of their criminal history only happened in 20 of almost 600,000 case. He testified that ICS went through and reviewed every person who was accepted under DOCA, and they retrained their staff to fix their previous …show more content…
They felt that ICE was most effective when local law enforcement notified them when a potential dangerous person was released so ICE could pick them up and begin the deportation process. Most people felt like sanctuary cities were a problem because they made it harder for ICE to enforce their policies. There was not a consensus on a solution, Senator Cruz has proposed Kate’s Law, H.R. 3011, which forces a five year mandatory sentence for illegal immigrants who are deported two or more times. Their was vocal opposition to this policy from Ms. Saldaña. Senator Grassley has written a bill. S. 1812, “protect public safety by incentivizing State and local law enforcement to cooperate with Federal immigration law enforcement to prevent the release of criminal aliens into communities.” Only the title of the this bill is available, and a summary as well as the text is not