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Mexico's dispersal of latest caravan simply frees migrants to cross the U.S. border less visibly
Todd Bensman
Center for Immigration Studies
2019-02-18
Tags:
border, Mexico, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, national security

A CIS visit to the improvised caravan migrant shelter at Piedras Negras, Mexico

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico, February 18, 2019 — Inside the sprawling ceramics factory where the Mexican government has detained the latest migrant caravan, a process is underway virtually guaranteeing that almost everyone here will soon be granted exactly what they came for: an opportunity to breach the U.S. southern border, exploit the American catch-and-release loophole by claiming asylum, and add themselves to the millions already living in the country illegally.

This caravan of some 2,000...

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OFIR leader speaks to Republican Women
Starla Pointer
News Register
2019-02-18
Tags:
border, immigration, legal immigration, chain migration, illegal aliens, Congress

“Every nation has the right to set immigration policy,” Jim Ludwick declared as he began an address to the Yamhill County Republican Women’s Club last week. “Every citizen has the right to advocate” for what he considers the right policy.

Those aren’t just words to Ludwick, president of the state’s largest immigration reform group.

The McMinnville resident believes too many immigrants are coming into the U.S., and far too many of those are doing so illegally. The 2010 Census showed that U.S. population grew by 27 million in 10 years. That much growth, he said, “is...

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report January 2019
By David Olen Cross
2019-02-16
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nations boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in...

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ODOC counts illegal alien inmates
My Columbia Basin
2019-02-13
Tags:
crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon, Oregon Legislature

SALEM, Oregon – The Oregon Department of Corrections reports that of Oregon’s 14,780 prison inmates, 909 of them are illegal aliens identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and have ICE detainers placed on them. The undocumented aliens in prison constitute 6.15 percent of the total prison population.

Illegal aliens convicted in Umatilla County number 25, or 2.75 percent. That’s seventh highest among Oregon counties. Marion County has the highest number – 222 inmates accounting for 24.42 percent. It’s followed by Washington (192), Multnomah (172), Clackamas (76), Lane...

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Lane County Sheriff″s Office accused of violating Oregon ‘sanctuary’ law
Sheriff Bryon Trapp denies allegations that ICE notifications, jail access violate law Oregon voters affirmed last year.
Christian Hill
The Register Guard
2019-02-11
Tags:
crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon, ORS 181A.820

More than a dozen community organizations have accused the Lane County Sheriff’s Office of violating Oregon’s “sanctuary” law, but Sheriff Byron Trapp has denied the allegations and said his office is in full compliance with all laws.

The law, enacted in 1987 and affirmed by Oregon voters in November, says law enforcement agencies can not use personnel, money or equipment for the purpose of detecting or apprehending individuals who are only violating federal immigration laws.

In a Feb. 1 letter, the organizations outlined two specific examples that they said shows the...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Criminal Alien Report January 2019
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-02-11
Tags:
crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, Oregon legislation

The Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) January 1, 2019 Inmate Population Profile
indicated there were 14,780 inmates incarcerated in the DOC’s 14 prisons.

Data obtained from the DOC indicated that on January 1st there were 909 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the state’s prison system; criminal aliens were 6.15 percent of the total prison population.

Some background information, all the criminal aliens incarcerated in the DOC prison system were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and have ICE detainers placed on them....

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Judge rules NORCOR can’t notify ICE of inmate releases but can house ICE detainees
Maxine Bernstein
OregonLive.com
2019-02-08
Tags:
crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon, ORS 181A.820

A Wasco County judge ruled Friday that two immigration enforcement practices at the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Center violate the state’s sanctuary law but upheld the jail’s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The jail in The Dalles houses inmates for Wasco, Hood River, Sherman and Gilliam counties. But under an interagency agreement reached in 1999, it also has housed people detained by ICE on illegal immigration allegations.

Wasco County Circuit Judge John Wolf found that the regional jail’s past policy of notifying ICE agents of scheduled...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sodomy Report December 2018
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-02-03
Tags:
border, crime, sex crime, Homeland Security, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on December 1, 2018 that 99 of 905 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for the crime of sodomy — 10.94 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for sodomy in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by the crime of sodomy).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number of...

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Oregon Department of Corrections: Foreign National Sex Abuse Report December 2018
Data Compiled By David Olen Cross
2019-01-31
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, sanctuary cities, cost, illegal aliens

Information obtained from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) indicated on December 1, 2018 that 190 of 905 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) in the state’s prison system were incarcerated for the crime of sex abuse — 20.99 percent of the criminal alien prison population (Note: The number of criminal aliens incarcerated for sex abuse in DOC prisons does not necessarily equal the number of Oregon residents victimized by the crime of sex abuse).

Using DOC U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer numbers, the following table reveals the total number...

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CBP officers seize largest amount of fentanyl in history
Press Release issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, January 31, 2019
2019-01-31
Tags:
border, Border Patrol, Mexico, crime, drugs, enforcement, Homeland Security, illegal aliens

TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Commercial Facility seized nearly $4.6 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine totaling close to 650 pounds on Saturday from a Mexican national when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port of Nogales. The seizure is the largest seizure of fentanyl in CBP history. The methamphetamine seizure represents the third largest at an Arizona port. 
 
CBP Officers discovered more than 400 packages of drugs concealed within a special floor compartment of a trailer that was laden with cucumbers,...

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