| Criminal Aliens Not Welcome At Home Are Set Free In United States |
| Aug-13-2012 |
| Keywords: immigration, deportation, criminal aliens, set free, commit, crimes |
The U.S. population remains exposed to criminal aliens set free to commit more crimes because their home countries want nothing to do with them.
That's right, under a 2001 Supreme Court ruling, U.S. immigration officials are only allowed to hold someone for six months after their incarceration. So when a home nation refuses to take back their national, the U.S. is required to release them -- no matter what they've done.
Take for example Shafiqul Islam, a Bangladeshi national, who in June was sentenced for the murder of 73-year-old Lois Decker .
Islam murdered Decker after serving a year for sexually assaulting a child. After his release from prison, a judge ordered Islam deported.
Bangladesh, however, refused to take him back. Because of the 2001 high court ruling, Islam stayed in the country.
Another example is 35-year-old Binh Thai Luc. Luc was a career thief who served an eight-year term in California state prison. A judge kicked him out of the U.S. but when Vietnam refused to take him back, he was released onto the streets of San Francisco. In March, Luc allegedly bludgeoned to death a family of five.
The issue has not received much attention from the media or congress. But that is about to change thanks to Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas who is leading a fight to change the law.
Upon hearing of such heinous crimes committed by men ordered deported years ago, Poe is pushing to withhold visas to nations that refuse to take back their own.
"I don't know why the State Department seems to take the side of foreign countries over our own American interest in the United States," Poe said, urging the U.S. to tell those countries: "Look, you take these people back or the consequence is going to be no visas for your nation."
More than 50,000 criminal alien immigrants ordered deported remain in the U.S. Those nations with the highest numbers are Cuba, China, India, Pakistan and Vietnam.
Poe says the State Department already has the discretion to withhold visas from offending nations, but used it only once in 2005 against Guyana. The country immediately took back its 100 citizens.
"These people don't go back. They stay here. They commit crimes. And the countries that are responsible for them don't do anything about it. It's time the United States do something about it and hold these countries accountable," said Poe. "They aren't going to have any choice if we pass this law.' |
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