Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft is questioning whether the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is hyping its drug arrests. The agency said it arrested 476 people in 83 cities last week in its largest-ever drug operation. Merritt notes that ICE describes those arrested as "gang members, associates and other criminals. She says: "If you run a car repair shop and your number is dialed from a gang member's phone, you can be called "an associate." It's a term that means nothing. If you have a DUI or a theft record, you are an "other criminal."
Who'd they get? A cartel leader? A narco-terrorist? Not quite. According to the ICE press release, the three big catches were people who were not even charged with drugs or weapons violations, just illegal reentry and parole violations. Of 16,000 ICE arrests since 2005, more than 9,000 were not charged with crimes but rather immigration violations. Declares Merritt: "That's a huge number of innocent people to arrest."
Posted by sickofillegals
Thursday, January 28, 2010 03:18
So this idiot Merritt thinks that “just illegal reentry and parole violations” are not enough to arrest people? According to Jeralynn, 9,000 were not charged with crimes but rather immigration violations. So What?? They are illegal aliens and entering this country illegally is a crime !! When will people stop playing poitically correct games and realize all illegals are criminals and subject to arrest, detainment and deportation. Americans expect police to enforce our laws, no exceptions !! Deport those who illegals who think our laws don’t apply to them.
Posted by Beast
Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:08
If any of these people are involved in the drug trade, then they are guilty of conspiracy, and stopping that is always a good thing. Someone tell Jeralyn she doesn’t know a damn thing about stopping crime, which illegal entry of all things is.