Criminal Aliens

"Preventing the admission of criminals has long been a concern to the public and policy makers. Even in the colonial period, there were laws against the arrival of criminals. Laws barring admission to the United States for those who have committed certain crimes remain in force today."
- Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies at CIS

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The Oxymoronic ‘Criminal Alien’ Arguments that Now Define the Immigration Debate

... and that endanger U.S. communities with their mobius loop of sanctimonious inanity

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Criminal Aliens

Minnesota Board Pardons Child Sex Offender, Blocking His Imminent Deportation to Laos

Gov. Tim Walz (D) is back in the immigration spotlight over ‘a type of crime that is widely reviled’

Topics: Minnesota, Criminal Aliens

Excerpt: ABC’s ‘3% delusion’ on criminal migrants turns the law on its head

Topics: Criminal Aliens

ABC’s ‘3% delusion’ on criminal migrants turns the law on its head

Topics: Criminal Aliens

Salvadoran National Indicted for Rape of 16-Year-Old in N.Y.

An example of why the Laken Riley Act requires the deportation of aliens under removal orders

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Criminal Aliens

Feds Allege DACA Recipient Was Masterminded Behind Foiled WH Attack

Not all honors students?

Topics: National Security, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Criminal Aliens

The Half-Baked, Exhausting Arguments About ‘Violent Felon’ Aliens Arrested under Trump II

Spare me the faux outrage — or at least, mention the impact of the Laken Riley Act and sanctuary policies

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Media Coverage of Immigration Policy, Criminal Aliens

BIA: Consider Aliens’ Crimes, Not Just their Convictions, in Exercising the AG’s Discretion

A brief history of statutory largesse and statutory complexities

Topics: Immigration Courts, Criminal Aliens

Minnesota Battle Brewing Over State Pardon for Alien with 1992 Assault Conviction

A ‘federalism loophole’ Congress can close at any time, and a brief overview of the dreaded ‘categorical approach’

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Criminal Aliens

Takeaways from the House Judiciary Hearing on ‘Sanctuary Policies’ in Fairfax County, Va.

‘No mother should ever have to wake up to this nightmare’

Topics: Sanctuary Cities, Virginia, Criminal Aliens