ICE not picking up all illegals
Deport them all
llegal immigrants arrested in Pickens County are walking back into the shadows after serving their time or paying their fines, according to officials.
More than half of arrested illegal immigrants are released on the orders of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said Capt. Phil Sargent, jail administrator for Pickens County. The mission of ICE is “to more effectively enforce our immigration and customs laws,” but most of the agency’s Web site is devoted to anti-terrorist activities.
Sargent said typically only those facing charges of driving under the influence or more serious charges are ordered by ICE to be held in custody. Most of the illegal immigrants arrested in Pickens County in the past year are from Mexico – 80 out of 97 – but there were also immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, England, Guatemala, Paraguay, Ukraine, Venezuela and Vietnam. Charges against those arrested ranged from public disorderly conduct to criminal sexual conduct.
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